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6101 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 959.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the Spirit descending upon him like a dove. We may see heaven opened to us, when we perceive the Spirit descending and working upon us. God's good work in us, is …
6102 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 965.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.
6103 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 967.1 (Matthew Henry)
The transfiguration. (1-13) An evil spirit cast out. (14-29) The apostles reproved. (30-40) Pain to be preferred to sin. (41-50)
6104 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 976.6 (Matthew Henry)
… praying spirit; gave herself to prayer, and in all things she served God. Those to whom Christ is made known, have great reason to thank the Lord. She taught others …
6105 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 977.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the Spirit, to cleanse and purify the heart, not only as water washes off the dirt on the outside, but as fire clears out the dross that is within, and melts down …
6106 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 980.7 (Matthew Henry)
… forgiving spirit, we shall ourselves reap the benefit. Though full and exact returns are made in another world, not in this world, yet Providence does what …
6107 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 983.1 (Matthew Henry)
… ) An evil spirit cast out. (37-42) Christ checks the ambition of his disciples. (43-50) He reproves their mistaken zeal. (51-56) Every thing to be given up for Christ. (57 …
6108 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 983.6 (Matthew Henry)
… an evil spirit. Disease of that nature are more frightful than such as arise merely from natural causes. What mischief Satan does where he gets possession …
6109 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 985.7 (Matthew Henry)
… their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for Christ's sake, and that thy Holy Spirit may rest upon us …
6110 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 990.4 (Matthew Henry)
… condemned spirits are brought. There is a day coming, when those who now hate and despise the people of God, would gladly receive kindness from them. But the …
6111 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1006.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the Spirit of Christ's grace will be an agent powerful enough, to turn us from sin to God; and that Spirit is given, and that doctrine is given, to work upon those …
6112 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1006.6 (Matthew Henry)
… to evil. Thus doing, they would be his disciples truly; and by the teaching of his word and Spirit, they would learn where their hope and strength lay. Christ spoke …
6113 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1011.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of spirit as he now discovered when he spake of Judas. The sins of Christians are the grief of Christ. We are not to confine our attention to Judas. The prophecy …
6114 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1015.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . The Spirit of God in true Christians is opposed to the spirit of the world.
6115 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1015.5 (Matthew Henry)
… eternal Spirit. The real holiness of all true Christians is the fruit of Christ's death, by which the gift of the Holy Ghost was purchased; he gave himself for …
6116 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1023.5 (Matthew Henry)
… his Spirit; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, more than ever; by which they were not only encouraged, but enabled to speak the word of God with boldness …
6117 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1024.2 (Matthew Henry)
… . The Spirit of God in Peter discerned the principle of unbelief reigning in the heart of Ananias. But whatever Satan might suggest, he could not have filled …
6118 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1024.5 (Matthew Henry)
… his Spirit working with the word, to awaken the conscience, to work sorrow for sin, and an effectual change in the heart and life. The giving of the Holy Ghost …
6119 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1027.3 (Matthew Henry)
… prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul are such. Distempers …
6120 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1027.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this example, in praying to God to give the renewing graces of the Holy Ghost to all for …