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96821 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.10 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:5. Go in the right method, first cast the beam out of thine own eye. Our own badness is so far from excusing us in not reproving, that our being by it rendered …
96822 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.11 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:6. This may be considered, either, (1.) As a rule to the disciples in preaching the gospel; not that they must not preach it to any one who were wicked and …
96823 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.13 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Matthew 7:7 ); that is, in one word, “Pray; pray often; pray with sincerity and seriousness; pray, and pray again; make conscience of prayer, and be constant in it; make …
96824 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.15 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:7. Ask, and it shall be given you; not lent you, not sold you, but given you; and what is more free than gift? Whatever you pray for, according to the promise …
96825 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:8. It is to the same purport, yet with some addition. (1.) It is made to extend to all that pray aright; “Not only you my disciples shall receive what you pray …
96826 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.17 (Matthew Henry)
… ? Matthew 7:9, 7:10. Whence he infers ( Matthew 7:11 ), If ye then, being evil, yet grant your children’s requests, much more will your heavenly Father give you the good …
96827 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.23 (Matthew Henry)
… :9, 7:9, 7:13. We cannot expect to receive good things from God, if we do not fair things, and that which is honest, and lovely, and of good report among men. We must not …
96828 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.26 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:13, 7:14. Observe here,
96829 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.40 (Matthew Henry)
I. A good reason for this caution, Beware of them, for they are wolves in sheep’s clothing, Matthew 7:15 .
96830 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.41 (Matthew Henry)
… 9:7, 9:8. Seducers in language and carriage are soft as wool, Romans 16:18, 30:10 .
96831 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.43 (Matthew Henry)
II. Here is a good rule to go by in this caution; we must prove all things ( 1 Thessalonians 5:21 ), try the spirits ( 1 John 4:1 ), and here we have a touchstone; ye shall know them by their fruits, Matthew 7:16-7:20. Observe,
96832 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.46 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Matthew 7:19 ); Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down. This very saying John the Baptist had used, Matthew 3:10. Christ could have spoken the same …
96833 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.51 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:21-7:23. All judgment is committed to our Lord Jesus; the keys are put into his hand; he has power to prescribe new terms of life and death, and to judge …
96834 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.52 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:21. Not every one that saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, into the kingdom of grace and glory. It is an answer to that question, Psalms …
96835 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.55 (Matthew Henry)
… , Matthew 7:22. The plea is supposed to be in that day, that great day, when every man shall appear in his own colours; when the secrets of all hearts shall be manifest …
96836 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.56 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Matthew 7:21 ) is here the Judge according to that law ( Matthew 7:23 ), and he will overrule the plea, will overrule it publicly; he will profess to them with all possible …
96837 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.57 (Matthew Henry)
II. He shows, by a parable, that hearing these sayings of Christ will not make us happy, if we do not make conscience of doing them; but that if we hear them and do them, we are blessed in our deed, Matthew 7:24-7:27 .
96838 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.70 (Matthew Henry)
[7.] That those hopes which foolish builders ground upon any thing but Christ, will certainly fail them on a stormy day; will yield them no true comfort and satisfaction …
96839 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.71 (Matthew Henry)
… Matthew 7:28, 7:29, we are told what impressions Christ’s discourse made upon the auditory. It was an excellent sermon; and it is probable that he said more than …
96840 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 938.3 (Matthew Henry)
… 5:7. Christ proved himself God, by recovering many from the leprosy, and authorizing his disciples, in his name, to do so too ( Matthew 10:8 ), and it is put among the …