Search for: The Spirit of Christ—true faith
881 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1035.5 (Matthew Henry)
… Christ. Here is the sum of the whole gospel, the covenant of grace in a few words; Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. The Lord …
882 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1038.4 (Matthew Henry)
… evil spirits. If we resist the devil by faith in Christ, he will flee from us; but if we think to resist him by the using of Christ's name, or his works, as a spell or …
883 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1039.5 (Matthew Henry)
… powerful influences of the Holy Spirit bind the true Christian to his duty. Even when he expects persecution and affliction, the love of Christ constrains …
884 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1052.2 (Matthew Henry)
… with the Holy Spirit as a Spirit of love. It is the gracious work of the blessed Spirit to shed abroad the love of God in the hearts of all the saints. A right sense …
885 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1055.2 (Matthew Henry)
… have the Spirit of God and Christ, or not, ver. 9. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Having the Spirit of Christ, means having a turn of mind in some degree like …
886 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1064.5 (Matthew Henry)
… true knowledge of the gospel, than those who have made the letter of Scripture the study of their lives, but who have studied it rather as the witness of men …
887 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1086.3 (Matthew Henry)
… , as the author of all the consolation and good we enjoy. Sorrow according to the will of God, tending to the glory of God, and wrought by the Spirit of God, renders …
888 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1092.2 (Matthew Henry)
… by Christ. They ought to know if Christ Jesus was in them, by the influences, graces, and indwelling of his Spirit, by his kingdom set up in their hearts. Let us question …
889 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1093.3 (Matthew Henry)
… be faithful, and yet endeavour to restore them in the spirit of meekness. Some would set up the works of the law in the place of Christ's righteousness, and thus …
890 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1095.6 (Matthew Henry)
… that the mercy and grace of God form his only hope. And the terrors of the law are often used by the convincing Spirit, to show the sinner his need of Christ, to …
891 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1096.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of freedom, and is the mother of all believers, who are born of the Holy Spirit. They were by regeneration and true faith, made a part of the true seed of Abraham …
892 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1097.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the Holy Spirit, wait for eternal life, the reward of righteousness, and the object of their hope, as the gift of God by faith in Christ; and not for the sake of their …
893 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1099.2 (Matthew Henry)
… God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ; and the best saints need fresh supplies of the graces of the Spirit, and desire to grow.
894 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1104.4 (Matthew Henry)
… knowledge of the gospel. Faith is all in all in an hour of temptation. Faith, as relying on unseen objects, receiving Christ and the benefits of redemption, and …
895 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1107.2 (Matthew Henry)
… against faithful professors of the gospel of Christ, barking at them and biting them. They urged human works in opposition to the faith of Christ; but Paul …
896 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1113.2 (Matthew Henry)
… . Unless the Spirit of God comes with the word of God, it will be to us a dead letter. Thus they entertained it by the power of the Holy Ghost. They were fully convinced …
897 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1134.4 (Matthew Henry)
… that Christ of his own will bore the punishment of our sins, that we might receive the reward of his righteousness. Philemon was Paul's son in the faith, yet …
898 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1137.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same …
899 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1145.2 (Matthew Henry)
… -3 Faith always has been the mark of God's servants, from the beginning of the world. Where the principle is planted by the regenerating Spirit of God, it will …
900 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1152.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , but the prayer of faith. The great thing we should beg of God for ourselves and others in the time of sickness is, the pardon of sin. Let nothing be done to encourage …