Search for: The Spirit of Christ—true faith
1021 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of the Son and Holy Spirit, you invalidate the redemption of the one and the gracious operations of the other, and by this means destroy the foundation of your …
1022 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.28 (Matthew Henry)
… the end of their faith, the end wherein faith terminates: faith helps to save the soul, then it has done its work, and ceases for ever. [2.] He speaks of the present …
1023 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1155.27 (Matthew Henry)
… , the true circumcision was that of the heart and of the spirit ( Romans 2:29 ), which children were no more capable of then than our infants are capable of making …
1024 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1158.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the faith here mentioned is vastly different from the false faith of the heretic, and the feigned faith of the hypocrite, and the fruitless faith of the formal …
1025 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1158.7 (Matthew Henry)
… whom the Spirit works the divine nature are freed from the bondage of corruption. Those who are, by the Spirit of grace, renewed in the spirit of their mind, are …
1026 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1158.15 (Matthew Henry)
… by the spirit of anti-christ; but those who are the true apostles and ministers of Christ, and are directed and guided by the Spirit of Christ, evidence that …
1027 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.5 (Matthew Henry)
… knows the purity and holiness of God, the love and grace of God, the truth and faithfulness of God, the ancient word and prophecies of God, the signals and testimonials …
1028 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.3 (Matthew Henry)
… Christ, in contempt of, and opposition to, the world. (2.) Faith works in and by love to God and Christ, and so withdraws us from the love of the world. (3.) Faith sanctifies …
1029 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world, 1 John 2:16. 2. He sees it must be a great part of the Saviour’s …
1030 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.9 (Matthew Henry)
… receive the promise of the Spirit, the promised Spirit, through faith, Galatians 3:13 The water, as well as the blood, issued out of the side of the sacrificed …
1031 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.19 (Matthew Henry)
… , or the Holy Spirit, and august, venerable name, the possessor, proprietor, and author of holiness. True and faithful must he be to whom the Spirit of holiness …
1032 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1166.4 (Matthew Henry)
… our faith and love. It is to be hoped that where religion once truly dwells it will abide for ever. The Spirit of Christianity, we may suppose, will not be totally …
1033 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1166.7 (Matthew Henry)
… in the saluter (in faith and love he prays them from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ ), or as productive of continued truth and love in the saluted; these …
1034 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1166.16 (Matthew Henry)
… world, the excellency of religion, and the power of God’s word. They have even tasted of the powers of the world to come, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit; and …
1035 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1171.32 (Matthew Henry)
… at the door and knock, etc., Revelation 3:20. Here observe, [1.] Christ is graciously pleased by his word and Spirit to come to the door of the heart of sinners; he draws …
1036 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1180.11 (Matthew Henry)
… hath the power of death, that is, the devil. [2.] By the word of their testimony, as the great instrument of war, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God ,—by a resolute …
1037 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1181.2 (Matthew Henry)
… for the patience and faith of the saints —patience under the prospect of such great sufferings, and faith in the prospect of so glorious a deliverance.
1038 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1182.2 (Matthew Henry)
… world—the Lord Jesus Christ at the head of his faithful adherents and attendants. Here observe, 1. How Christ appears: as a Lamb standing upon mount Zion. Mount …
1039 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1190.7 (Matthew Henry)
… by the joint testimony of the Spirit of God, and that gracious Spirit that is in all the true members of the church of God; the Spirit and the bride join in testifying …
1040 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Ephesians, Epistle to.13 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of the church is the will of the Father; the course of the church is by the satisfaction of the Son; the end of the church is the life in the Holy Spirit.” In the Epistle …