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2601 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1000.52 (Matthew Henry)
… between God and Israel: there God revealed himself to them; there they presented themselves and their services to him. Thus by Christ God speaks to us, and we …
2602 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1002.60 (Matthew Henry)
… is called true worship, in opposition to that which was typical. The legal services were figures of the true, Hebrews 9:3, 9:24. Those that revolted from Christianity …
2603 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1004.107 (Matthew Henry)
… Christ to special services who yet prove false to him: I have chosen you to the apostleship, for it is expressly said that Judas was not chosen to eternal life …
2604 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1005.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , and to choose the service of those places which are least perilous, Matthew 10:23. Then, and not till then, we are called to expose and lay down our lives, when we …
2605 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1008.4 (Matthew Henry)
… other, to bind up that which is broken, and strengthen that which is sick, Ezekiel 34:16. Sheep need man’s care, and, in return for it, are serviceable to man ( 1 Corinthians …
2606 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1009.31 (Matthew Henry)
… amiable to their relations, and serviceable to their generation, are taken away. The house where death is called the house of mourning, Ecclesiastes 7:2. When …
2607 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1011.21 (Matthew Henry)
… .] Not to reckon it a disturbance, nor any just cause of uneasiness, to be called from our meal to do God or our brother any real service, esteeming the discharge …
2608 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1011.49 (Matthew Henry)
… taught to condescend to each other in love, and to do it as Christ did it, unasked, unpaid; we must not be mercenary in the services of love, nor do them with reluctancy …
2609 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1011.57 (Matthew Henry)
… regularly called and appointed to do so, and as an officer give himself to the word and prayer, he that entertains him shall be owned as a friend of mine.” Christ …
2610 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1015.23 (Matthew Henry)
… all to his praise as our highest end,— this is life eternal. God is here called the only true God, to distinguish him from the false gods of the heathen, which were …
2611 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1015.84 (Matthew Henry)
… and service; let their call to the apostleship be ratified in heaven.” Prophets were said to be sanctified, Jeremiah 1:5. Priests and Levites were so. Sanctify …
2612 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1018.95 (Matthew Henry)
… to ourselves as the fulness of our joy and the abundant recompence of all our services and sufferings. Secondly, To encourage our faith, and invite us to believe …
2613 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1022.6 (Matthew Henry)
… , unable to work or walk in God’s service. 2. He was a beggar. Being unable to work for his living, he must live upon alms; such are God’s poor. He was laid daily by his …
2614 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1022.10 (Matthew Henry)
… wherewithal to give in charity; those who have not silver and gold have their limbs and senses, and with these may be serviceable to the blind, and lame, and sick …
2615 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1022.22 (Matthew Henry)
… of God’s raising up, for he took not this honour of himself, but was called of God to it. He was raised up unto Israel in the first place. He executed this office …
2616 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1023.15 (Matthew Henry)
… from God which are necessary to our salvation, and that our services can be accepted with God. This is the honour of Christ’s name, that it is the only name whereby …
2617 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1023.49 (Matthew Henry)
… services afterwards in the church of God, especially in carrying the gospel to the Gentiles; and, that this might not appear to come from any ill-will to his …
2618 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1024.32 (Matthew Henry)
… are to be looked upon by us as granted, not that we may enjoy the comforts of our life, but that God may be honoured with the services of our life. Let my soul live …
2619 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1025.17 (Matthew Henry)
… , according to that promise, is that fulness of the Holy Ghost which was required in those that were to be chosen to this service. We may further conjecture, concerning …
2620 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1025.18 (Matthew Henry)
… the service to which they were called, and own them in it, and make them thereby a blessing to the church, and particularly to the poor of the flock. All that are …