Holy Spirit

The Remembrance of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:24

… They ought to recollect their effectual calling, for they were called of God, and rescued by the power of the Holy Ghost. They ought to remember their special …

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved

Psalm 127:2

… Have you self-love? Beseech the Holy Spirit to turn it out; for if you will always will to do as God wills, you must be happy. I …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… However, I shall do my best, and leave myself in the hands of our great Illuminator, the Holy Spirit, that He may speak through me as He wills …

The Immutability of God

Malachi 3:6

… They are men in whom the Holy Ghost so works, they they can no more live without prayer than I can live without breathing. They must pray. Sirs …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… Now, brethren, it has been said, and said most truly, that repentance and conversion are the work of the Holy Spirit of God. You do not need that …

Salvation to the Uttermost

Hebrews 7:25

… But doest thou feel in thine heart to-night the tender motions of the Holy Spirit? Dost thou feel something say, “Sinner! come to Christ now?” Dost thou …

A Sense of Pardoned Sin

Isaiah 38:17

… If the Holy Ghost, however. is pleased to slyer them more at this time, they have a consciousness that God loves them. They are sore that Jehovah looks …

Creation’s Groans and the Saints’ Sighs

Romans 8:22-23

… We are already made “new creatures in Christ Jesus,” by the effectual working of the mighty lower of God the Holy Ghost. This is called the first-fruit …

Compassion for Souls

Genesis 21:16

… Men shall wonder at your power—the secret shall be hidden from them, the fact being that the Holy Ghost shall overshadow you, and your heart shall teach …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… When the Holy Ghost rested upon his servants their course was like that of a mighty storm, the truth flashed with the force and speed of a thunderbolt …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… He makes them feel their constant dependance upon the Holy Ghost. Some do not feel it, I confess. Some will venture to preach without the Spirit of God …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… May the Holy Ghost in all the plenitude of his power be with us this morning, so that while I shall deal with the character indicated by the …

The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

… If you consider God in the trinity of his persons for a few moments, you will see that in each—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost—the title is …

Christ the End of the Law

Romans 10:4

… Yea, the Holy Spirit by the mouth of Paul challengeth all men, angels, and devils, to lay anything to the charge of God’s elect, since Christ hath …

The Sin-Bearer

… Note how personal are the terms here employed! How expressly the Holy Ghost speaketh! “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body.” It was not …

The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)

Hebrews 12:24

… The doctrinal portion of our meditation was greatly blest to our hearts, for God the Holy Ghost refreshed us thereby: may he now fulfill his sacred office with …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… May the Holy Spirit make it so! I. First, here is THE EVERLASTING COVENANT: "I will make an everlasting covenant with them." In the previous chapter, in the …

The Shortest of the Seven Cries

John 19:28

… The Holy Spirit took special care that each of the sacred utterances should be fittingly recorded. There were, as you know, seven of those last words, and seven …

The Blood of the Covenant

Hebrews 13:20-21

… I invite those who would understand the deep things of God to ask the Holy Spirit’s assistance while we follow the apostle in this his covenant prayer …

The Blessing of Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… Thank God much more if any part of it should be used of the Holy Ghost for your salvation. The fact that the Holy Spirit speaks to the …

'Love and I' A Mystery

John 17:26

… Again, where there is the love of God in the heart there is the Holy Spirit; but wherever the Holy Spirit is, there is Christ, for the Holy …

Psalm 45

Psalm 45

… And is not this exactly what we learn from the histories of the evangelists? Before Jesus went forth to the work of his public mission, the Holy Ghost …

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… And then in comes the Holy Spirit. “And I,” saith the Spirit, “am also God—not an influence, but a person —I, eternal and everlasting, co-existent with …

Prayer 6 — The Wonders of Calvary

… Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, and mount and bear us on Thy wings, far from these inferior sorrows and inferior joys, up where eternal ages roll. May we …

A Call to Holy Living

Matthew 5:47

… My desire, this morning, is to insist upon the precepts which tend to holiness, and I pray the Holy Spirit to excite desires after a high degree of …

Faith and Regeneration

1 John 5:1

… Only the Holy Spirit can teach you this. This is a narrow path which the eagle’s eye has not seen, and the lions whelp has not trodden …

Ploughing the Rock

… The Holy Ghost is almighty, let us call for his aid. Brothers who plough and sisters who pray, cry to the Master for help. The horse and the …

"The Tender Mercy of Our God"

Luke 1:77-79

… What a visit is this! This visit of the Holy Ghost, when he comes to dwell in us, is surpassingly condescending. I have often said that I never …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… We believe that the Holy Spirit is greater than man's spirit, and that our Lord and Master was a better judge of what is right and good …

The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People

Nehemiah 8:10

… There was nothing in the character of Jupiter, or any of the pretended gods of the heathen, to make glad a pure and holy spirit, but there is …

Love's Labours

1 Corinthians 13:7

… The absence of charity is absolutely fatal to vital godliness; so saith the Holy Ghost in this chapter. When, then, you read the apostle’s high encomiums of …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… The Holy Spirit. 5. Heirship. Encouragement. Appeal to saints and sinners. OUTLINE II. — NECESSITY OF PURITY FOR AN ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN. “And there shall in no wise enter …

Household Salvation

Acts 16:32-34

… We have a few such men, full of the Holy Ghost, but, alas, we have too many other converts, who are rather tinctured with grace, than saturated with …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… The Holy Ghost was given, and multitudes were born to the church of God, yea we may say, a nation was born in a day. The wilderness and …

The Axe at the Root—A Testimony Against Puseyite Idolatry

John 4:23-24

… At any rate, my dear hearers, if you have not with your whole hearts loved and worshipped God, repent over it, and pray the Holy Ghost to make …

Prayer 14 — "Bless The Lord, O My Soul!"

… Bless the Lord! And we have been called by the Holy Spirit out of the world and we have been led to obey that wondrous call which hath …

Psalm 12

Psalm 12

… is thought of making this Psalm), and therein committed the sin against the Holy Ghost, as some grave divines are of opinion. 1 Samuel 22:17. David, after …

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… So, brethren, I have said that the woman represents the Holy Spirit, or rather the church in which the Holy Spirit dwells. Now, there will never be a …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… Glory be unto Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, who hath lifted us up from our ruin and condemnation, and made us new creatures and justified us, and guaranteed …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… us, we cannot, like Zacharias, ask, "Whereby shall I know" without grieving the Holy Spirit of God, and bringing upon ourselves some sad chastisement as the result. What …