Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 1 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?SID=31706111445 So in love is Christ with holiness that he will buy it with his blood for us. - John Flavel on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html Let mortification be especially directed to strike at those sins that act your master sins - that are most prevalent and predominant in your heart, that yet you have most prayed against and are least able to resist, that strongly assault you and most easily beset you and are masters over you. - Christopher Love on the Puritan Hard Drive at PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 2 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=31706113730 Sin is cosmic treason. Sin is the treason against a perfectly pure Sovereign. It is an act of supreme ingratitude toward the One to whom we owe everything, to the One who has given us life itself. - R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God , p. 116, puritandownloads/r-c-sproul-on-swrb/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 3 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=3170616824 The test of repentance is the genuineness and resoluteness of our repentance in respect of our own sins. - John Murray. Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 4 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=31706162449 Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? A. Mans chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. - Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) puritandownloads/westminster-larger-and-shorter-catechisms-by-jim-dodson-free-mp3s/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 5 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32006134529 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. - 1 Corinthians 10:31, KJV, puritandownloads/westminster-larger-and-shorter-catechisms-by-jim-dodson-free-mp3s/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 6 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=3200614253 Hence that dread and amazement with which, as Scripture uniformly relates, holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God... Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God. - John Calvin PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html Attributes and Holiness of God puritandownloads/attributes-and-holiness-of-god/ Luther said he feared his own heart, more than Pope or Cardinal. The heart is the fomenter of sin. It mints evil thoughts-and blows up the coals of fiery passions. It is the Trojan horse out of which comes a whole army of lusts! Shall we not fight the good fight, and discharge with the fire of zeal against this bosom traitor, the flesh! The primitive Christians chose rather to be destroyed by lions without-than by lusts within! - Thomas Watson (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 7 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32106111645 Any sin is more or less heinous depending upon the honor and majesty of the one whom we had offended. Since God is of infinite honor, infinite majesty, and infinite holiness, the slightest sin is of infinite consequence. The slightest sin is nothing less than cosmic treason when we realize against whom we have sinned. - Jonathan Edwards puritandownloads/a-w-pinks-book-the-attributes-of-god-free-online-audio-book-mp3s-itunes-text-pdf-epub-mobi-files-kindle-romania-edition-paperback-book-etc/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 8 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32106113553 Not all the vials of judgment that have or shall be poured out upon the wicked world, nor the flaming furnace of a sinners conscience, nor the irreversible sentence pronounced against the rebellious demons, nor the groans of the damned creatures, give such a demonstration of Gods hatred of sin, as the wrath of God let loose upon his son. Never did Divine holiness appear more beautiful and lovely than at the time our Saviors countenance was most marred in the midst of his dying groans. - Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God. Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 9 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=321061620 Incommunicable Attributes of God by Dr. R.C. Sproul (Free MP3) & the Attributes Of God by A.W. Pink, Stephen Charnock, Greg Price, Al Martin & Others (Free In Many Formats) puritandownloads/incommunicable-attributes-of-god-by-dr-r-c-sproul-free-mp3-the-attributes-of-god-by-a-w-pink-stephen-charnock-greg-price-al-martin-others-free-in-many-formats/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 10 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32106162113 The Communicable Attributes Of God (Love, Goodness, Justice, Wisdom, Mercy, Peace, Truthfulness, Righteousness, etc.) by Dr. R.C. Sproul (Free MP3) puritandownloads/the-communicable-attributes-of-god-love-goodness-justice-wisdom-mercy-peace-truthfulness-righteousness-etc-by-dr-r-c-sproul-free-mp3/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 11 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32206133822 Gods Amazing & Awe-Inspiring Attributes In Scripture and the Westminster Confession Of Faith, With Practical Reformation Applications By Dr. Steven Dilday (6 Free MP3s), Stephen Charnock, A.W. Pink, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon and Others puritandownloads/gods-amazing-awe-inspiring-attributes-in-scripture-and-the-westminster-confession-of-faith-with-practical-reformation-applications-by-dr-steven-dilday-6-free-mp3s-stephen-charnock-a-w-pink-jonathan-edwards-charles-spurgeon-and-others/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 12 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32206135516 We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love. - John Owen (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 13 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32306111351 Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again -- you will never come to the bottom of these depths! - Robert Murray McCheyne (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 14 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32306113214 They who love any thing better than Christ are not worthy of him. - Covenanter field Minister James Renwick, on the day of his martyrdom (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 15 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32306155412 Prayer keeps the heart open to God -- but shut to sin. - Thomas Watson (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 16 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32306162034 Power is Gods hand or arm, omniscience is his eye, mercy his bowels, eternity his duration, but holiness is his beauty. - Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God puritandownloads/a-w-pinks-book-the-attributes-of-god-free-online-audio-book-mp3s-itunes-text-pdf-epub-mobi-files-kindle-romania-edition-paperback-book-etc/ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 17 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32406154122 Christ is the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. - John Flavel (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 18 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=32406162326 Where will all of our worldly enjoyments be, when we are laid in the silent grave? Resolved, to live as I shall wish I had done, when I come to die. Resolved, to live as I shall wish I had done, ten thousand ages hence. Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs. - Jonathan Edwards (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 19 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=3270613485 Prayer is not overcoming Gods reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness. - Martin Luther (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 20 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=3270614322 The enjoyment of [God] is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance. - Jonathan Edwards (on the Puritan Hard Drive PuritanDownloads/swrb-puritan-hard-drive.html) Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots 21 of 23 by J. C. Ryle (Free MP3) sermonaudio/sermoninfo.asp?sid=71808116301 All things considered, certainly it is no small condemnation of us to behold what an ardent zeal the holy martyrs had in the past, especially in comparison with the nonchalance we demonstrate. For as soon as a poor man of that time got so much as a little taste of the true knowledge of God, he did not hesitate to expose himself to the danger involved in confessing his faith. 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(FREE MP3) puritandownloads/institutes-of-the-christian-religion-12-free-will-refuted-how-god-works-in-the-heart-regarding-salvation-and-sanctification-free-mp3/ The Calvinist View Of Gods Love, Gods Hate, Gods Wrath, Election, Reprobation, Providence, Natural Law, Moral Law, Justification, Sanctification, the Gospel, Liberty, Conscience, Common Grace, Arminianism, Pelagianism, Hermeneutics, etc. puritandownloads/the-calvinist-view-of-gods-love-gods-hate-gods-wrath-election-reprobation-providence-natural-law-moral-law-justification-sanctification-the-gospel-liberty-conscience-common-grace-arminianism-pelagianism-hermeneutics-etc/ From the Preface to The Attributes of God by Arthur W. Pink (free at ow.ly/zTFVM): Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee (Job 22:21). Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might, let not the rich glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord (Jer 9:23,24). A spiritual and saving knowledge of God is the greatest need of every human creature. The foundation of all true knowledge of God must be a clear mental apprehension of His perfections as revealed in Holy Scripture. An unknown God can neither be trusted, served, nor worshipped. In this booklet an effort has been made to set forth some of the principal perfections of the Divine character. ... Something more than a theoretical knowledge of God is needed by us. God is only truly known in the soul as we yield ourselves to Him, submit to His authority, and regulate all the details of our lives by His holy precepts and commandments. Then shall we know, if we follow on (in the path of obedience) to know the Lord (Hosea 6:3). If any man will do His will, he shall know (John 7:17). The people that do know their God shall be strong (Dan. 11:32). ow.ly/zTFVM SANCTIFICATION (Free Grace Broadcaster, Free PDF) chapellibrary.org/files/6213/7643/3354/sancfg.pdf __________ How must we pursue holiness? Briefly, here are ten hints of assistance: 1. Know and relish Scripture. This is God’s primary road to holiness—the Spirit blessing His Word. Jesus prayed, “Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy Word is truth” (John 17:17). Memorize Scripture, search it, and seek grace to live it. Let Scripture be your compass to guide you over the waves and storms of life, to teach you how to live holy in an unholy world with a heart prone to be tempted away from sanctity. 2. Strive for constant faith in Christ. Flee often to Christ. Seek to touch the hem of His garment to be washed from all your impurities. Faith in Christ is a powerful motivator for holiness; for faith and the love of sin cannot mix. Be careful, however, not to seek your holiness in your experiences of Christ, but in Christ Himself. As William Gurnall beautifully states: “When thou trustest in Christ within thee, instead of Christ without thee, thou settest Christ against Christ. The bride does well to esteem her husband’s picture, but it were ridiculous if she should love it better than himself, much more if she should go to it rather than to him to supply her wants. Yet thou actest thus when thou art more fond of Christ’s image in thy soul than of Him who painted it there.” 3. If you would grow in holiness, ask always: “What would Christ do?” Seek grace to do as Paul: “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (I Cor 11:1). 4. “Breathe after the Spirit,” writes Thomas Watson. “The Spirit stamps the impression of [His] own sanctity upon the heart, as the seal prints its likeness upon the wax. The Spirit of God in a man perfumes him with holiness, and makes his heart a map of heaven.” 5. Associate with mentors in holiness (I Cor 11:1). Converse with fellow believers whose godly walk you admire. “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise” (Prov 13:20). Association begets assimilation. 6. Pray for holiness. No one is sufficient to bring a clean thing out of an unclean but God (Job 14:4). Hence, pray with David, “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psa 51:10). 7. Regard yourself as dead to the dominion of sin and as alive to God in Christ (Rom 6:11). Seek to cultivate the same hatred of sin that God possesses. Recognize that God is worthy of obedience not only as Judge, but especially as loving Father. Say with Joseph in temptation, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Gen 39:9). And believe that Christ is mighty to preserve you alive. You live through union with Him. His righteousness is greater than your unrighteousness. His Saviorhood is greater than your sinnership. Do not despair: you are strong in Him, alive in Him, victorious in Him. Satan may win many skirmishes, but the war is yours; the victory is done-yours. In Christ, realistic optimism, not negative pessimism, reigns (Rom 6:11)! 8. Nurture, and persevere in, personal discipline. If you “sometimes through weakness fall into sin, [you] must not therefore despair of God’s mercy, nor continue in sin” (Baptism Form). Rather, resolve with Jonathan Edwards: “Resolved, never to give over, nor in the least to slacken my fight with my corruptions, however unsuccessful I may be.” These two things, fighting against sin and lack of success, appear contradictory but are not. The believer recognizes he will often fail, but he seeks to cultivate perseverance even through his failures. Failure doesn’t make him quit, but it makes him repent and plod on in the Spirit’s strength. “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief” (Prov 24:16). 9. Develop a Biblical formula for holy acting. Here’s one possibility drawn from I Corinthians: Does this glorify God? (10:31) Is this consistent with the Lordship of Christ? (7:23) Is this consistent with biblical examples? (11:1) Is this lawful and beneficial for me—physically, spiritually, mentally? (6:9-12) Does this help others positively and not hurt others unnecessarily? (10:33; 8:13) Does this bring me under any enslaving power? (6:12) 10. Live “present-tense,” total commitment. Don’t fall prey to the “one-more-time” syndrome. Tomorrow’s obedience is disobedience now. Tomorrow’s holiness is impurity now. Tomorrow’s faith is unbelief now. Aim not to sin at all (I John 2:1), asking for divine strength to bring even your very thoughts under the captivity of Christ (II Cor 10:5), for Scripture indicates that our “thought-lives” ultimately determine our character: “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov 23:7). An old verse says it this way: Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character. - Dr. Joiel Beeke puritandownloads/dr-joel-r-beeke-on-the-puritan-hard-drive/ ________ Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots by J. C. Ryle (23 Free MP3) sermonaudio/go/150995 Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots by J. C. Ryle (free online book) gracegems.org/Ryle/holiness.htm This volume is considered the best book on the Christian life that has EVER been written. - Grace Gems gracegems.org/Ryle/holiness.htm
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