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33241 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 982.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , desire spiritual food, that they may grow thereby.
33242 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 984.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of spiritual pride, which has been the destruction of many. Our Lord rejoiced at the prospect of the salvation of many souls. It was fit that particular notice …
33243 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 984.4 (Matthew Henry)
… pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But the proud heart of man strives hard against these convictions. Christ gave an instance …
33244 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 985.3 (Matthew Henry)
… all spiritual blessings are included in that one. For by the influences of the Holy Spirit we are brought to know God and ourselves, to repent, believe in, and …
33245 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 986.3 (Matthew Henry)
… is spiritual, and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but wordly dominion is not founded in grace. It does …
33246 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 989.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of spiritual life. A sinful state is a lost state. Souls that are separated from God, if his mercy prevent not, will soon be lost for ever. The prodigal’s wretched …
33247 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 990.2 (Matthew Henry)
… signify spiritual blessings; and if a man spends upon himself, or hoards up what God has trusted to him, as to outward things, what evidence can he have, that he …
33248 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 990.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual things are represented, in a description of the different state of good and bad, in this world and in the other. We are not told that the rich man …
33249 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 991.3 (Matthew Henry)
… our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail …
33250 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 991.4 (Matthew Henry)
… a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which …
33251 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 992.2 (Matthew Henry)
… for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow’s earnestness prevailed even with the unjust judge: she might fear lest it should set him more against her; but …
33252 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 995.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. Christ tells them what hard things they should …
33253 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 996.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual warfare. The sword of the Spirit is the sword with which the disciples of Christ must furnish themselves.
33254 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 998.5 (Matthew Henry)
… promising spiritual peace with every blessing. Many troublesome thoughts which disquiet our minds, rise from mistakes concerning Christ. All the troublesome …
33255 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 999.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual blessings to be conferred on them by the Messiah, who was in the midst of them, though they knew him not, and to whom he was unworthy to render the …
33256 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 999.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual welfare of those related to us, and seek to bring them to Him. Those who come to Christ, must come with a fixed resolution to be firm and constant …
33257 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1002.3 (Matthew Henry)
… him. Spiritual affections, as shown in fervent prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings, form the worship of an upright heart, in which God delights and is …
33258 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1003.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of spiritual cure, is our rising and walking. Has Christ healed our spiritual diseases, let us go wherever he sends us, and take up whatever he lays upon us; and …
33259 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1004.1 (Matthew Henry)
Five thousand miraculously fed. (1-14) Jesus walks on the sea. (15-21) He directs to spiritual food. (22-27) His discourse with the multitude. (28-65) Many of disciples go back. (66-71)
33260 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1004.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual life. He is the Bread of God. Bread which the Father gives, which he has made to be the food of our souls. Bread nourishes only by the powers of a living …