Matthew Henry (35)
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It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for Him.Matthew Henry's Commentary
The service of sin is perfect slavery; the service of God is perfect liberty.
Human learning is both ornamental and serviceable to a gospel minister, especially for the convincing of those who are outside; for it enables him to beat them at their own weapons, and to cut off Goliath's head with his own sword.
The way of family worship is a good old way, no new thing, but the ancient usage of the saints.Commentary Gen 12:6
No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has
become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.Matthew Henry's Commentary
If God does not give His people what they ask for, it is because He knows they do not need it, and that it is not for their good.
A man may go idle to Hell, but he who will go to Heaven, must be diligent.
Our temptations, if not yielded to, are not sins; they are afflictions only.
We cannot expect too little from man, nor too much from God!
Our times are in God's hand. Whether they be prosperous times or calamitous times, it is He who has determined them.
It is our wisdom and duty to begin every day with God.
The more cheerful we are in our duty the more constant we shall be to it.
When we begin to fret and be uneasy, we ought to consider that God hears all our murmurings, though silent, and only the murmurings of the heart.
The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way.
Even when God is coming towards his people in ways of mercy, he sometimes takes such methods as that they may think themselves but ill treated.
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The dominion that sin has over us is according to the delight we have in it.
God's promises to us are more powerful and effectual for the killing of sin than our promises to God.Commentary, 6:326
Parents cannot give grace to their children, but may by prayer bring them to the God of grace, and shall not seek him in vain, for their prayer shall either be answered or it shall return with comfort into their own bosom.
When our heads are fullest of care, and our hands of business, yet we must not forget our religion, nor suffer ourselves to be indisposed for acts of devotion.
We should take notice of that in others which is good, to their praise, that by so doing we may lay engagements upon them to abound therein more and more.
The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies.
Let no man go beyond or defraud his brother, for, though it be hidden from man, it will be found that God is the avenger of all such.
The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.
Take Jesus for your king, and by baptism swear allegiance to him; take him for your prophet, and hear him; take him for your priest, to make atonement for you.
We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.
The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.
If you take a book into your hands, be it 'God's book, or any other useful good book,' rely on God to make it profitable to you. Do not waste time reading unprofitable books. When you read, do so not out of vain curiosity but with love for God's kingdom, compassion for human beings, and the intent to turn what you learn into prayers and praises.
The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.
Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.
The Christian religion is the religion of sinners, of such as have sinned, and in whom sin in some measure still dwells.
The Christian life is a life of continued repentance, humiliation for and mortification of sin, of continual faith in, thankfulness for, and love to the Redeemer, and hopeful joyful expectation of a day of glorious redemption, in which the believer shall be fully and finally acquitted, and sin abolished for ever.
Women were created from the rib of man to be beside him, not from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled by him, but from under his arm to be protected by him, near to his heart to be loved by him.
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.Matthew Henry's Commentary
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