mhcc - draws

mhcc@Genesis:3:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 - Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. He quoted the command wrong. He spoke in a taunting way. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. It is the craft of Satan to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. Has God said, Ye shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, &...And still the devil draws people...

mhcc@Genesis:4:19-24 @ Verse 19-24 -...he had provoked. He draws a...

mhcc@Leviticus:9:1-21 @ Verse 1-21 -...such appearances, but God draws nigh...

mhcc@Leviticus:22 @ ****** Leviticus 22 ****** *** Outline of Leviticus 22 *** Laws concerning the priests and sacrifices. -...his own sin, or draws near...-righteousness, puts as great an affront on Christ, as he who comes to the Lord's table from the gratification of sinful lusts. Nor can the minister who loves the souls of the people, suffer them to continue in this dangerous delusion. He must call upon them, not only to repent of their sins, and forsake them; but to put their whole trust in the atonement of Christ, by faith in his name, for pardon and acceptance with God; thus only will the Lord make them holy, as his own people. __Outline Henry'__23 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Numbers:25:16-18 @ Verse 16-18 - We read not that any Midianites died of the plague; God punished them with the sword of an enemy, not with the rod of a father. We must set ourselves against whatever is an occasion of sin to us, Matthew strkjv@5:29,30. Whatever draws us to sin, should be a vexation to us, as a thorn in the flesh. And none will be more surely and severely punished than those who, after Satan's example, and with his subtlety, tempt others to sin. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:21:18-21 @ Verse 18-21 -...wilfulness and obstinacy. Nothing draws men...

mhcc@1Samuel:28:7-19 @ Verse 7-19 -...of duty, every thing draws us...18:11. All real or pretended witchcraft or conjuration, is a malicious or an ignorant attempt to gain knowledge or help from some creature, when it cannot be had from the Lord in the path of duty. While Samuel was living, we never read of Saul's going to advise with him in any difficulties; it had been well for him if he had. But now he is dead, "Bring me up Samuel." Many who despise and persecute God's saints and ministers when living, would be glad to have them again, when they are gone. The whole shows that it was no human fraud or trick. Though the woman could not cause Samuel's being sent, yet Saul's inquiry might be the occasion of it. The woman's surprise and terror proved that it was an unusual and unexpected appearance. Saul had despised Samuel's solemn warnings in his lifetime, yet now that he hoped, as in defiance of God, to obtain some counsel and encouragement from him, might not God permit the soul of his departed prophet to appear to Saul, to confirm his former sentence, and denounce his doom? The expression, "Thou and thy sons shall be with me," means no more than that they shall be in the eternal world. There appears much solemnity in God's permitting the soul of a departed prophet to come as a witness from heaven, to confirm the word he had spoken on earth.

mhcc@2Samuel:5:6-10 @ Verse 6-10 -...their day to fall draws nigh....-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings every thought into obedience to himself. May He thus come, and claim, and cleanse, each of our hearts; and, destroying every idol, may he reign there for ever!

mhcc@1Kings:13:11-22 @ Verse 11-22 -...upon; and whom he draws into...

mhcc@1Chronicles:5 @ Henry'_1__4 ****** 1st Chronicles 5 ****** *** Outline of 1st Chronicles 5 *** Genealogies. -...desire of earthly objects draws to...__Outline Henry'_1__6 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Job:2:7-10 @ Verse 7-10 -...his own children, and draws them...

mhcc@Job:5:17-27 @ Verse 17-27 -...heart from the world, draws him...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:96:10-13 @ Verse 10-13 -...of righteousness. His coming draws nigh;...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:119:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...of that wickedness which draws them...

mhcc@Proverbs:6:6-11 @ Verse 6-11 -...at a distance, gradually draws near,...

mhcc@Isaiah:5:8-23 @ Verse 8-23 -...lawful; but when it draws away...-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.

mhcc@Matthew:20:29-34 @ Verse 29-34 -...men's eyes, and so draws their...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Luke:23:50-56 @ Verse 50-56 -...sabbath. When the sabbath draws on,...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@John:6:36-46 @ Verse 36-46 -...known therein; but God draws with...

mhcc@1Peter:4:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...been spent. One sin draws on...-doers, some even suffering death. But being quickened to Divine life by the Holy Spirit, they lived to God as his devoted servants. Let not believers care, though the world scorns and reproaches them.

mhcc@1John:2:15-17 @ Verse 15-17 -...abuses them. The world draws the...1. The lust of the flesh, of the body: wrong desires of the heart, the appetite of indulging all things that excite and inflame sensual pleasures. 2. The lust of the eyes: the eyes are delighted with riches and rich possessions; this is the lust of covetousness. 3. The pride of life: a vain man craves the grandeur and pomp of a vain-glorious life; this includes thirst after honour and applause. The things of the world quickly fade and die away; desire itself will ere long fail and cease, but holy affection is not like the lust that passes away. The love of God shall never fail. Many vain efforts have been made to evade the force of this passage by limitations, distinctions, or exceptions. Many have tried to show how far we may be carnally-minded, and love the world; but the plain meaning of these verses cannot easily be mistaken. Unless this victory over the world is begun in the heart, a man has no root in himself, but will fall away, or at most remain an unfruitful professor. Yet these vanities are so alluring to the corruption in our hearts, that without constant watching and prayer, we cannot escape the world, or obtain victory over the god and prince of it.

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