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32961 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 68.3 (Matthew Henry)
… more spiritual any service is, the more apt we are to fail and flag in it. To convince Israel that the hand of Moses, whom they had been chiding, did more for their …
32962 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 69.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual sacrifice of prayer and praise, as those that meet in Christ. This was a temperate feast; they did eat bread, manna. Jethro must see and taste that …
32963 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 70.2 (Matthew Henry)
… our spiritual sacrifices, not only of prayer and praise, but of devout affections, and pious resolutions, the work of his own Spirit in us.
32964 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 71.2 (Matthew Henry)
… is spiritual, and takes knowledge of the secret thoughts, desires, and dispositions of the heart. Its grand demand is love, without which outward obedience …
32965 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 71.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual import of this command extends much further. All kinds of superstition are here forbidden, and the using of mere human inventions in the worship …
32966 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 71.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , so spiritual that we cannot evade it, and so reasonable that we cannot find fault with it, will be the rule of the future judgment of God, as it is for the present …
32967 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 78.3 (Matthew Henry)
… true spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and communion with him.
32968 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 79.6 (Matthew Henry)
… law spiritually understood, we see that such a High Priest became us; that we cannot draw near to a holy God, or be accepted, but by him. There is no light, no wisdom …
32969 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 80.2 (Matthew Henry)
… are spiritual priests, to offer spiritual sacrifices, 1 Peter 2:5, washed in the blood of Christ, and so made to our God priests, Revelation 1:5,6. They also are …
32970 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 80.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise every day, morning and evening. Our daily devotions are the most needful of our daily works, and the most pleasant …
32971 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 83.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual worship of God. But a god, a priest, a worship, a doctrine, and a sacrifice, suited to the carnal mind, will ever meet with abundance of worshippers …
32972 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 85.6 (Matthew Henry)
… and spiritual communion with God improves the graces of a renewed and holy character. Serious godliness puts a lustre upon a man’s countenance, such as commands …
32973 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 88.2 (Matthew Henry)
… a spiritual and acceptable service. The incense represented the prayers of the saints. The sacrifice of the alter represented the Lamb of God that taketh …
32974 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 90.2 (Matthew Henry)
… God’s spiritual Israel, laid them near his heart, engraved them on the palms of his hands, and presented them to his Father. And he crowned himself with holiness …
32975 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 92.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects; and future events are exhibited in these rites. Without this, the whole will seem …
32976 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 99.3 (Matthew Henry)
… be spiritual priests. We should seriously ask ourselves, whether in our daily walk we study to maintain this character? and abound in spiritual sacrifices …
32977 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 100.2 (Matthew Henry)
… being spiritual, the tokens of the acceptance are spiritual likewise. When Aaron had done all that was to be done about the sacrifices, he lifted up his hands …
32978 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 101.3 (Matthew Henry)
… , as spiritual priests. This ought to make us very serious in all acts of devotion. It concerns us all, when we come nigh to God, to do every religious exercise, as …
32979 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 104.2 (Matthew Henry)
… our spiritual state. We all have cause to suspect ourselves, being conscious of sores and spots; but whether clean or unclean is the question. As there were …
32980 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 105.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual leprosy of sin, it intimates that when we withdraw from those who walk disorderly, we must not count them as enemies, but admonish them as brethren …