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Today's message: "Hungry for Holiness"
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Psalms 24:1-10 NKJV
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He read the psalm again, then faced his praying companions with these words: “Brethren, we have been praying for weeks, waiting upon God. Now I would like to ask, Are our hands clean? Are our hearts pure? In the wee hours of that morning, the Spirit of God swept into the barn. Had you gone there at four you would have found three of the men in a trance, prostrate on the floor. They had prayed until they passed out of consciousness.
Duncan Campbell
II. Holiness Begins with Acknowledgment of God as Owner
(Psalm 24:1-2)
III. Holiness Involves Seeking with Both the Internal Heart and External Hands
(Psalm 24:3-6).
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It is uphill work for the creature to reach the Creator. Where is the mighty climber who can scale the towering heights? Nor is it height alone; it is glory too.
Charles Spurgeon
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To wash in water with Pilate is nothing, but to wash in innocency is all-important… It is vain to prate of inward experience unless the daily life is free from impurity, dishonesty, violence, and oppression.
Charles Spurgeon
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There must be a work of grace in the core of the heart as well as in the palm of the hand, or our religion is a delusion.
Charles Spurgeon
IV. Holiness Creates the Context for Declarative Authority
(Psalm 24:7-10)
Lyrics:
Who is this King of glory? Who?
The Lord that all our foes overcame;
The world, sin, death, and hell overthrew;
And Jesus is the conqueror’s Name.
Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay:
Lift up your heads, you heavenly gates;
You everlasting doors give way!
Who is the King of Glory, who?
The Lord of glorious power possessed,
The King of saints and angels, too;
God over all, forever blessed.
Charles Wesley