Ellen G. White Writings

2301 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.6 (Matthew Henry)

… the legal sacrifices did not of themselves take away sin, so it was impossible they should, Hebrews 10:4. There was an essential defect in them. 1. They were not …

2302 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.7 (Matthew Henry)

… these legal sacrifices would be no longer accepted by him nor useful to men. God never did desire them for themselves, and now he abrogated them; and therefore …

2303 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1152.5 (Matthew Henry)

… act legally indeed, they condemn before they kill; but unjust prosecutions, whatever colour of law they may carry in them, will come into the reckoning when …

2304 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.8 (Matthew Henry)

… . The legal or typical sanctification operated no further than the purifying of the flesh, but the Christian dispensation takes effect upon the spirit of …

2305 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.9 (Matthew Henry)

… the legal sacrifices, was not only shed, but must be sprinkled and communicated to every one of these elect Christians, that through faith in his blood they …

2306 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.22 (Matthew Henry)

1. The duty required is submission, which comprises loyalty and reverence to their persons, obedience to their just laws and commands, and subjection to legal penalties.

2307 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.23 (Matthew Henry)

… a legal person, not a tyrant: or unto governors, deputies, proconsuls, rulers of provinces, who are sent by him, that is, commissioned by him to govern.

2308 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1155.16 (Matthew Henry)

… a legal remedy when they are wronged; but private revenge by duelling, scolding, or secret mischief, is forbidden Proverbs 20:22, 6:27, 12:17, 5:15. To rail is to revile …

2309 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1155.21 (Matthew Henry)

… . The legal sacrifices were repeated from day to day, and from year to year; but the sacrifice of Christ, once offered, purgeth away sin, Hebrews 7:27, 9:26, 9:28, 10:10 …

2310 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1162.4 (Matthew Henry)

… the legal court (the court of the violated law) is our Father in the gospel court, the court of heaven and of grace. His throne or tribunal is the mercy-seat. And …

2311 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.23 (Matthew Henry)

… the legal sentence of death: He that loveth not his brother (his brother in Christ) abideth in death, 1 John 3:14. He yet stands under the curse and condemnation …

2312 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.30 (Matthew Henry)

… and legal sentence of it, is unto death. The wages of sin is death; and cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the …

2313 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1171.7 (Matthew Henry)

… a legal but a gospel worthiness that is ascribed to them, not merit but meetness. Those who walk with Christ in the clean garments of real practical holiness …