Search for: The Spirit of Christ—true faith
861 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 501.3 (Matthew Henry)
… spirits. Who then can stand before God’s anger? or who knows the power of it? The life of the sinner was forfeited, and the life of the Sacrifice must be the ransom …
862 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 529.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of the coming of Christ and the day of judgment, in which God will call men to account; and the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of judgement. All the children of men …
863 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 530.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the interests of the church of God. And let this be the continued joy of all the redeemed, that they have redemption through the blood of Christ, the forgiveness …
864 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 534.4 (Matthew Henry)
… in the arms of his power, as a nurse carries a child; and will strengthen our spirits by his Spirit, so that they shall sustain the trial. He will never suffer the …
865 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 539.3 (Matthew Henry)
… Christ, may rejoice in all the precious promises God has spoken in his holiness. His present privileges, and the sanctifying influences of the Spirit, are …
866 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 552.2 (Matthew Henry)
… both of soul and body. The heart is cleansed by the blood of Christ laid hold upon by faith; and by the begun works of the Lord’s Spirit, manifested in the hearty …
867 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 584.3 (Matthew Henry)
… to the earth. The word of God is the staff of spiritual life, the food and support of the soul: the sorest judgment is a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. Such …
868 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 591.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the vexation of sinners. The happiness of the saints is the envy of the wicked. The desire of the wicked shall perish; their desire was wholly to the world …
869 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 598.4 (Matthew Henry)
… protect the innocent, are their betrayers. The psalmist went on in duty, and he found comfort in the word of God. The comforts of the word of God are most pleasant …
870 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 673.5 (Matthew Henry)
… is the Author, will be the Finisher of the good work. The grace received from Christ’s fulness, springs forth into lively exercises of faith, affection, and …
871 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 709.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , the work of God’s grace. May those who now err in spirit, and murmur against the truth, come to understanding, and learn true doctrine. The Spirit of truth …
872 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 839.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of the sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost; yet this is always connected with the atoning blood of Christ. When the latter is applied by faith to the conscience …
873 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 854.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the kingdom of grace, as the saving them out of the fiery furnace was in the kingdom of nature. Fear of man and love of the world, especially want of faith, make …
874 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 935.3 (Matthew Henry)
… by the righteousness of Christ, confirmed by the faithfulness of God. Our desires of spiritual blessings must be earnest. Though all desires for grace are …
875 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 938.7 (Matthew Henry)
… storms of doubt and fear in the soul, under the power of the spirit of bondage, sometimes end in a wonderful calm, created and spoken by the Spirit of adoption …
876 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 955.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of the parable of the ten virgins were taken from the marriage customs among the Jews, and explain the great day of Christ’s coming. See the nature of Christianity …
877 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1001.2 (Matthew Henry)
… . Christ’s stating of the doctrine and the necessity of regeneration, it should seem, made it not clearer to Nicodemus. Thus the things of the Spirit of God …
878 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1013.2 (Matthew Henry)
… Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made …
879 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1015.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , by the 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 …
880 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1021.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of sins are still preached to the chief of sinners, in the Redeemer’s name; still the Holy Spirit seals the blessing on the believer’s heart; still the encouraging …