Holy Spirit

Real Contact With Jesus

… They are baptized, yet not by the Holy Spirit; they take the Lord’s supper, but they take not the Lord Himself; they eat the bread, but they …

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… These hands have baptized them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. And so far there appears reasonable evidence that …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… Then they would become spiritually wise by the teaching of the Holy Spirit. But, alas, they are hasty hearers—they look in the glass and go their way …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… Thou hast the dew of Thy youth ; " and, with his usual painstaking preparation, he consulted all the Commentaries he then possessed, seeking light from the Holy Spirit upon …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… It is the work of the Holy Spirit to make us to be born again, and as that which is born of the flesh is flesh, so that …

Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"

1 Chronicles 22:19

… net and take many in it—and they will be taken if the Holy Spirit is here in answer to our prayers. To you who are unconverted, I …

The Poor Man's Prayer

Psalm 106:4

… let me whisper a half word into your ear and may God the Holy Spirit make it a comfort to you. You need not say, if you have …

Two Good Things

Psalm 119:71

… which lurks in our hearts—and that we may be driven to the Holy Spirit for power to conquer our sin and to the cleansing blood of Jesus …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… What, then, is to be done? Christ is the great heart changer. "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be be saved." The Holy Spirit gives …

Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument

Judges 13:22

… resting in the everlasting faithfulness and goodness of the Lord! If God the Holy Spirit shall help us, we will take up the argument of Manoah's wife …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… to all Your people." "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem." Work it, O Holy Spirit of Peace! Then ask for peace by conquest of an ungodly world for …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… say today, "Through floods and flames if Jesus leads, I will, by the Holy Spirit's aid, be true to my following." Now, though I have said nothing …

A Double Silver Wedding

… The Holy Spirit came down like showers which saturate the soil till the clods are ready for the breaking ; and then it was not long before, on the …

The Old Man Crucified

Romans 6:6

… there is a work of Divine Grace in our soul worked by the Holy Spirit. To will is present with us. No, we are not merely willing—that …

Jesus, The Delight of Heaven

Revelation 5:9

… priesthood belongs to all the saints! They sometimes call you laity, but the Holy Spirit says of all the saints, "You are God's cleros"—you are God …

Coming to Christ

1 Peter 2:4

… By God's Holy Spirit, we were not left merely to talk about faith, nor to think about it, but we did believe. If the Government were to …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… I need your prayers; I need God’s Holy Spirit; and I felt that I could not preach to-day, unless I should preach in such a way …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… Let them go home where they ought to go home, and may God the Holy Spirit bless them! Again, these lepers, if they had held their tongues, would …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… May God the Holy Spirit enable us to obey them, and we shall then have the continual peace of God. III. Now, the third thing, was to show …

But a Step

1 Samuel 20:3

… whole life in that blessed service which is joy and peace! May the Holy Spirit of His great love make it so with many here present! Suppose that …

Timely Reflections

Romans 13:11

… Alas, there are many in this congregation who have done violence to the Holy Spirit! There are many who have been accused, convicted, startled, made to pray— and …

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… back upon his haunches, the pale horse of Death, than turn back the Holy Spirit when He comes in His Divine Omnipotence to lay hold upon the heart …

A Typical Week’s Work

… the following day * ; or, to speak more correctly, to know what topics the Holy Spirit would have me bring before the congregation. As soon as any passage of …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… The wise men of this world may look no farther than the physical laws by which God acts; but the Holy Spirit, by the Psalmist, views the awful …

A Home for the Fatherless

… Had the Holy Spirit told him? It seemed so, for, walking lightly across the platform to where I was sitting, he said to me softly, ‘It’s all …

The Feast of the Lord

John 2:9-10

… Their faith is firm and strong; they have much love to the Redeemer; they are engaged in some delightful work, and the Holy Spirit attends that work with …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… peace, good will toward men.” We shall, hoping to be assisted by the Holy Spirit, look at these words of the angels in a fourfold manner. I shall …

The Great Catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall

… meditation ; but if the heart prompts the act, and the motions of the Holy Spirit are not contrary thereto, I think I may venture for this once to …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… calculated for human amusement than for divine acceptance? An understanding enlightened of the Holy Spirit is then and then only fully capable of offering worthy praise. Verse 8 …

A Word in Season

Job 22:29

… ALTHOUGH we cannot take everything that Eliphaz the Temanite happened to say as being of Divine authority— the immediate Inspiration of the Holy Spirit—yet in this case …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… we are only blessed by feeling it, under the agency of God’s Holy Spirit. Christian man! do not blush, because you are like a bottle in the …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… Let us cut the thistles up if there are any, and may the Holy Spirit plant the evergreen fir of hope, the towering pine of love, and the …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… Having just indicated what the Christian life ought to be, I must, in a few words, plead with you that by the power of God's Holy Spirit …

The Tomb of Jesus

Matthew 28:6

… A second doctrine here taught well may charm thee, if the Holy Spirit apply it with power. Behold his empty tomb, O true believer: it is a sign …

The Saviour's Many Crowns

Revelation 19:12

… Pray for me that I may utter a few words which the Holy Spirit may comfortably apply to your souls, for if he help me not, I am …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… are thus dry, I do not offer you any comfort; but if the Holy Spirit has led you to see your weakness, your nothingness, your deadness, then I …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… Take care that you make the wisdom of God, by God’s Holy Spirit, a thing of true wisdom, directing your feet into his statutes, and keeping you …

The Young Soul-Winner at Waterbeach

… This is the work of Jesus, — (1) by showing us His example and commands, (2) by the Holy Spirit. This is the beauteous salvation Jesus gives, complete deliverance …

"Noli Me Tangere" ("Touch Me Not")

John 20:17

… with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ must be through the Holy Spirit—and not after any carnal method. We may blunder, again, when we are …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… own understanding and the resistance I have offered to the motions of the Holy Spirit. Alas for the carnality of our minds, the worldliness of our projects and …