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92901 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.1 (Matthew Henry)
… to faith and obedience.
92902 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.4 (Matthew Henry)
… mix faith with what we hear; it is faith in the hearer that is the life of the word. Though the preacher believes the gospel, and endeavours to mix faith with his …
92903 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.5 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith may fall short by unbelief. 3. It is a dreadful thing so much as to seem to fall short of the gospel salvation, to seem so to themselves, to lose their comfortable …
92904 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.8 (Matthew Henry)
… their faith to the promised Redeemer and restorer of all things, by which faith they find rest in their souls. (3.) From God’s proposing Canaan as a typical rest …
92905 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.14 (Matthew Henry)
… our faith, and excite our diligence, that we may obtain this rest: The word of God is quick and powerful, Hebrews 4:12. By the word of God we may understand either …
92906 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.16 (Matthew Henry)
… in faith and obedience till he has perfected all our affairs.
92907 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1138.19 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith in him, Hebrews 4:14. Let us never deny him, never be ashamed of him before men. Let us hold fast the enlightening doctrines of Christianity in our heads …
92908 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.7 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith to this our great high priest.
92909 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.18 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith in him, but we must hearken to his word, and obey him. He is exalted to be a prince to rule us, as well as a Saviour to deliver us; and he will be a Saviour to none …
92910 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.21 (Matthew Henry)
… some faith are but dull hearers, dull of understanding and slow to believe; the understanding is weak, and does not apprehend these spiritual things; the memory …
92911 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.25 (Matthew Henry)
… and faith, but spiritual sense, will teach men to distinguish between what is pleasing and what is provoking to God, between what is helpful and what is hurtful …
92912 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.1 (Matthew Henry)
… in faith and holiness, to which he exhorts them, and sets before them the great encouragement they had from God, both with respect to their duty and happiness …
92913 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.5 (Matthew Henry)
2. Faith towards God, a firm belief of the existence of God, of his nature, attributes, and perfections, the trinity of persons in the unity of essence, the whole …
92914 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.6 (Matthew Henry)
… and faithfulness of God for the blessings contained in it. And the doctrine of an inward baptism, that of the Spirit sprinkling the blood of Christ upon the …
92915 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.12 (Matthew Henry)
III. He shows that this spiritual growth is the surest way to prevent that dreadful sin of apostasy from the faith. And here,
92916 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.14 (Matthew Henry)
… his faithful ministers, who are, under Christ, dressers of the ground. And this fruit-field or garden receives the blessing. God declares fruitful Christians …
92917 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.18 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith and patience. These graces were implanted in their souls, and drawn forth into act and exercise in their lives. If we ever expect to inherit as they …
92918 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1140.20 (Matthew Henry)
… the faithful, remains in full force and virtue to all true believers: When God made a promise unto Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself …
92919 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1141.1 (Matthew Henry)
… Christian faith, that the apostle loves to dwell upon it. Nothing made the Jews so fond of the Levitical dispensation as the high esteem they had of their priesthood …
92920 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1141.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith, perfection might come to all who obey him; and, blessed be God, that we may have perfect holiness and perfect happiness by Christ in the covenant of …