Search for: god's call to service
1961 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 86.5 (Matthew Henry)
… account to them. Those whom God called by name to his service, he filled with the Spirit of God. Skill, even in worldly employments, is God's gift, and comes from …
1962 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 92.4 (Matthew Henry)
… things God leaves us to fix what shall be spent in his service, whether of our time or our substance; yet where God's providence has put much into a man's power …
1963 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 93.2 (Matthew Henry)
… presented to God for us, and as being the Bread of life to our souls; but they rather seem to denote our obligation to God for the blessings of providence, and …
1964 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 96.2 (Matthew Henry)
… with God, and then we may expect that our services for his glory will be accepted by him. To show the loathsomeness of sin, the flour, when offered, must not be made …
1965 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 112.2 (Matthew Henry)
… is called to set a good example, that the people may follow it. Our bodily infirmities, blessed be God, cannot now shut us out from his service, from these privileges …
1966 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 114.6 (Matthew Henry)
… perfected. God appointed these feasts, "Beside the sabbaths and your free-will offerings." Calls to extraordinary services will not excuse from constant …
1967 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 119.4 (Matthew Henry)
… were called of God to the service. We all are unfit and unworthy to have fellowship with God, till called by his grace into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ …
1968 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 121.4 (Matthew Henry)
… is called the church of the first-born, which is redeemed, not as they were, with silver and gold; but, being devoted by sin to the justice of God, is ransomed with …
1969 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 122.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the service of this world, are many more than those devoted to the service of God. May our souls be wholly devoted to his service.
1970 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 125.3 (Matthew Henry)
… services, we are conscious that there is sin, there should be repentance, even in our most joyful services. In all approaches to God we must by faith look to Christ …
1971 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 126.3 (Matthew Henry)
… resolve to do the service of the tabernacle. As, on the one hand, none of God's creatures are his necessary servants, he needs not the service of any of them; so …
1972 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 134.2 (Matthew Henry)
… called of God to it. See here, 1. What spirit levellers are of; those who resist the powers God has set over them. 2. What usage they have been serviceable. Moses …
1973 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 146.2 (Matthew Henry)
… praises to God. Nothing is added here but that the wine poured out in the drink-offering is to be strong wine, to teach us to serve God with the best we have. It was …
1974 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 164.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . God's common gifts to mankind oblige us to honour all men. And those who have themselves been in distress, and have found mercy with God, should be ready to show …
1975 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 217.4 (Matthew Henry)
… pleased to accept the services of those who improve their talents to advance his cause. He requires every man to do so.
1976 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 227.4 (Matthew Henry)
… greatest services. Samson prayed to God in this distress. Those that forget to attend God their praises, may be compelled to attend him with their prayers …
1977 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 239.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the service of the sanctuary till they became customs, and led to abominations; and his sons, who should have taught those that engaged in the service of the …
1978 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 247.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church call them …
1979 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 298.2 (Matthew Henry)
… is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it …
1980 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 300.4 (Matthew Henry)
… to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and favour from God. The experiences we have of God's performing …