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2581 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 956.142 (Matthew Henry)
… .” Note, God has no need of us, of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes; and it argues our distrust and disbelief of the power of Christ, when …
2582 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 957.86 (Matthew Henry)
… seem to be so) are really cruel. Taking the cross off from him, they compelled one Simon of Cyrene to bear it, pressing him to the service by the authority of the …
2583 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 957.152 (Matthew Henry)
… not to forsake him now. Note, Our former services and sufferings for Christ should be an argument with us, faithfully to persevere to the end in our attendance …
2584 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 971.35 (Matthew Henry)
… of God, but is not revealed by any word of God, either to men on earth, or to angels in heaven; the angels shall have timely notice to prepare to attend in that day …
2585 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 973.35 (Matthew Henry)
… of God, whose faith will condemn the unbelief of all the rest. This man God raised up for this necessary service, when none of Christ’s disciples could, or durst …
2586 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.16 (Matthew Henry)
… lot to burn incense morning and evening for that week of his waiting, as other services fell to other priests by lot likewise. The services were directed by …
2587 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.17 (Matthew Henry)
… of God always were a praying people; and prayer is the great and principal piece of service by which we give honour to God, fetch in favours from him, and keep …
2588 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.26 (Matthew Henry)
… of God, and employed in eminent services, must learn to live a life of self-denial and mortification, must be dead to the pleasures of sense, and keep their minds …
2589 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.27 (Matthew Henry)
… eminent services to which in due time he shall be called: He shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb, and as soon as it is possible he shall …
2590 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 977.10 (Matthew Henry)
… now to be admitted into the temple-service, where he should have attended as a candidate five years before. But God had called him to a more honourable ministry …
2591 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 978.36 (Matthew Henry)
… to a commission; his being anointed signifies both his being fitted for the undertaking and called to it. Those whom God appoints to any service he anoints …
2592 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 980.3 (Matthew Henry)
… us to know and remember that it is his day, and therefore is to be spent in his service and to his honour ( Luke 6:5 ): The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. In the …
2593 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 983.20 (Matthew Henry)
… the service and honour of Christ called for his testimony and agency, he denied them, because the interest of Christ was a despised interest, and every where …
2594 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 983.60 (Matthew Henry)
… other service, yet thou hast other work to do; go thou, and preach the kingdom of God .” Not that Christ would have his followers or his ministers to be unnatural …
2595 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 984.53 (Matthew Henry)
… their serviceableness to them in their worldly pursuits, they are ready to condemn those that addict themselves to the exercises of religion, as if they …
2596 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 989.55 (Matthew Henry)
… services are apt to think hardly of their master and meanly of his favours. We ought to own ourselves utterly unworthy of those mercies which God has thought …
2597 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 991.9 (Matthew Henry)
… addition to his perfections. It becomes us therefore to call ourselves unprofitable servants, but to call his service a profitable service, for God is happy …
2598 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.24 (Matthew Henry)
… young, to bring to Christ, who knows how to show kindness to them that are not capable of doing service to him. 2. One gracious touch of Christ’s will make our children …
2599 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 994.8 (Matthew Henry)
… duty to God cannot bear to be called upon to do it. Some of the best men in the world have had the hardest usage from it, for their best services. 4. That God sent his …
2600 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 995.13 (Matthew Henry)
… for services and sufferings; wisdom to know what to say, and a mouth wherewith to say it as it should be said. It is a great happiness to have both matter and words …