Search for: The Spirit of Christ—true faith
961 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1006.64 (Matthew Henry)
… to the last. Nothing but the doctrine of Christ’s grace will be an argument powerful enough, and none but the Spirit of Christ’s grace will be an agent powerful …
962 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1006.96 (Matthew Henry)
… ; by the powerful arguments of his gospel, and the powerful operations of his Spirit, he breaks the power of corruption in the soul, rallies the scattered forces …
963 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1014.28 (Matthew Henry)
… God; of the fountain of sin, the corrupt nature; and lastly, of the fruit of sin, that the end thereof is death. The Spirit demonstrates the depravity and degeneracy …
964 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1014.71 (Matthew Henry)
… to the true intent of the new covenant. Christ had promised them great illumination by the Spirit, but they must pray for it, and did so, Acts 1:14. God will for this …
965 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1015.78 (Matthew Henry)
… true Christians are not of this world. The Spirit of Christ in them is opposite to the spirit of the world. First, It is their lot to be despised by the world; they …
966 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1016.93 (Matthew Henry)
… the sun by day. (2.) The subjects of this kingdom are those that are of the truth. All that by the grace of God are rescued from under the power of the father of lies …
967 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1018.31 (Matthew Henry)
… of their souls, the mortifying of their sins, and the endearing of Christ to them. (2.) The strength of her love. Those that have a true affection for Christ cannot …
968 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1018.60 (Matthew Henry)
… sight of Christ will gladden the heart of a disciple at any time; the more we see of Christ, the more we shall rejoice in him; and our joy will never be perfect till …
969 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1018.68 (Matthew Henry)
… have the Spirit to go along with you.” Now the Spirit of the Lord rested upon them to qualify them for all the services that lay before them. Whom Christ employs …
970 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1027.16 (Matthew Henry)
… become the true worshippers, who worship the Father in spirit and in truth, and in the name of Christ, the true temple, John 4:20-4:23. [3.] When they believed, without …
971 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1030.20 (Matthew Henry)
… of the true God only; but they turned from a confidence in the righteousness of the law, to rely only upon the righteousness of Christ, the righteousness …
972 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.67 (Matthew Henry)
… in the day of his power. Those came to Christ whom the Father drew, and to whom the Spirit made the gospel call effectual. It is called the faith of the operation …
973 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1033.11 (Matthew Henry)
… aware of, by the spirit of discerning that he had, and perhaps the aspect of his countenance did in part witness for him: Paul perceived that he had faith to be …
974 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1036.9 (Matthew Henry)
… then the mob was up presently. See who are the troublers of Israel—not the faithful preachers of the gospel, but the enemies of it. See how the devil carries on …
975 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1036.16 (Matthew Henry)
… in the same spirit, and in the same steps, with the Gentiles there, of whom it is said that they received the word with joy of the Holy Ghost, and turned to God from …
976 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1038.30 (Matthew Henry)
… out of the mouth of the evil spirit by the power of God, to gain honour to the gospel, and to put those to shame that made a bad use of Christ’s name. Antichristian …
977 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.2 (Matthew Henry)
… . And the great question is, What is the principle of the walk, the flesh or the spirit, the old or the new nature, corruption or grace? Which of these do we mind, for …
978 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1058.6 (Matthew Henry)
… , when the displays of grace were less clear and the pourings out of the Spirit less plentiful, much more now under the gospel, when the grace of God, which bringeth …
979 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1058.25 (Matthew Henry)
… made the matter of a covenant, which the God that cannot lie could not but be true and faithful to. They were the children of the covenant, Acts 3:25. The apostle …
980 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.30 (Matthew Henry)
… the greatest deference possible to the power of Christ, and the effectual working of the Spirit as all in all; but with a protestation of the truth of what …