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mhcc@Genesis:3:22-24 @ Verse 22-24 -...no longer occupy and enjoy that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:9:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...for the security we enjoy from...

mhcc@Genesis:13:14-18 @ Verse 14-18 -...a numerous issue to enjoy it....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:28:20-22 @ Verse 20-22 -...content, and cheerfully to enjoy him...3. Jacob's piety, and his regard to God, appear in what he desired, that God would be with him, and keep him. We need desire no more to make us easy and happy. Also his resolution is, to cleave to the Lord, as his God in covenant. When we receive more than common mercy from God, we should abound in gratitude to him. The tenth is a fit proportion to be devoted to God, and employed for him; though it may be more or less, as God prospers us, 1st Corinthians strkjv@16:2. Let us then remember our Bethels, how we stand engaged by solemn vows to yield ourselves to the Lord, to take him for our God, and to devote all we have and are to his glory! **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:31:1-21 @ Verse 1-21 - The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while (what are called)...serve God, how to enjoy the...

mhcc@Genesis:49:13-18 @ Verse 13-18 -...he is going to enjoy the...

mhcc@Leviticus:11 @ ****** Leviticus 11 ****** *** Outline of Leviticus 11 *** What animals were clean and unclean. - These laws seem to have been intended, 1. As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge; and to teach them self-...to obey. Whilst we enjoy our...__Outline Henry'__12 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Leviticus:14:10-32 @ Verse 10-32 -...has restored us to enjoy public...-offering, some of the blood, and some of the oil, was to be put upon him that was to be cleansed. Wherever the blood of Christ is applied for justification, the oil of the Spirit is applied for sanctification; these two cannot be separated. We have here the gracious provision the law made for poor lepers. The poor are as welcome to God's altar as the rich. But though a meaner sacrifice was accepted from the poor, yet the same ceremony was used for the rich; their souls are as precious, and Christ and his gospel are the same to both. Even for the poor one lamb was necessary. No sinner could be saved, had it not been for the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God with his blood.

mhcc@Numbers:6:22-27 @ Verse 22-27 -...God our Saviour; to enjoy his...2Corinthians strkjv@13:14. each of which Persons is Jehovah, and yet they are not three Lords, but one Lord. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:4:24-40 @ Verse 24-40 -...is wisdom. Those who enjoy the...19:1,3. but to Israel he made himself known by speech and language, condescending to their weakness. The rise of this nation was quite different from the origin of all other nations. See the reasons of free grace; we are not beloved for our own sakes, but for Christ's sake. Moses urged the certain benefit and advantage of obedience. This argument he had begun with, ver.1, That ye may live, and go in and possess the land; and this he concludes with, ver.40, That it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee. He reminds them that their prosperity would depend upon their piety. Apostacy from God would undoubtedly be the ruin of their nation. He foresees their revolt from God to idols. Those, and those only, shall find God to their comfort, who seek him with all their heart. Afflictions engage and quicken us to seek God; and, by the grace of God working with them, many are thus brought back to their right mind. When these things are come upon thee, turn to the Lord thy God, for thou seest what comes of turning from him. Let all the arguments be laid together, and then say, if religion has not reason on its side. None cast off the government of their God, but those who first abandon the understanding of a man.

mhcc@Deuteronomy:29:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...not give grace. Many enjoy the...

mhcc@Joshua:2:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...told by those who enjoy the...

mhcc@Judges:12:8-15 @ Verse 8-15 -...nothing can avail, to enjoy communion...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@2Samuel:21:10-14 @ Verse 10-14 -...a guilty land should enjoy many...

mhcc@2Samuel:23:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...them, that he might enjoy full...73:24-28. Still the power of evil, and the weakness of his faith, hope, and love, were his grief and burden. Doubtless he would have allowed that his own slackness and want of care were the cause; but the hope that he should soon be made perfect in glory, encouraged him in his dying moments.

mhcc@1Chronicles:3 @ Henry'_1__2 ****** 1st Chronicles 3 ****** *** Outline of 1st Chronicles 3 *** Genealogies. -...children of the righteous enjoy many...__Outline Henry'_1__4 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Chronicles:27:1-15 @ Verse 1-15 -...be safe, and probably enjoy inward...

mhcc@2Chronicles:31 @ Henry'_2__30 ****** 2nd Chronicles 31 ****** *** Outline of 2nd Chronicles 31 *** Hezekiah destroys idolatry. - After the passover, the people of Israel applied with vigour to destroy the monuments of idolatry. Public ordinances should stir us up to cleanse our hearts, our houses, and shops, from the filth of sin, and the idolatry of covetousness, and to excite others to do the same. The after-...temple service. Those who enjoy the...__Outline Henry'_2__32 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Job:10:14-22 @ Verse 14-22 -...holiness, that he may enjoy eternal...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:17:10-16 @ Verse 10-16 - Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-...grave, our souls may enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:35:9-13 @ Verse 9-13 -...notice the mercies they enjoy in...

mhcc@Psalms:23 @ ****** Psalms 23 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 23 *** Confidence in God's grace and care. -...and they hope to enjoy his...__Outline Henry'__24 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:45:10-17 @ Verse 10-17 -...the very same grace, enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:49:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...gracious security, which they enjoy who...

mhcc@Psalms:119:33-40 @ Verse 33-40 -...of Christ. When we enjoy the...

mhcc@Psalms:119:73-80 @ Verse 73-80 -...serve him, and to enjoy him....

mhcc@Psalms:119:137-144 @ Verse 137-144 -...saints often most sweetly enjoy when...17:3. May we live the life of faith and grace here, and be removed to the life of glory hereafter.

mhcc@Psalms:119:145-152 @ Verse 145-152 -...thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health,...

mhcc@Psalms:128 @ ****** Psalms 128 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 128 *** The blessings of those who fear God. -...They and theirs shall enjoy what...__Outline Henry'__129 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:150 @ ****** Psalms 150 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 150 *** A psalm of praise. -...and the privileges we enjoy by...__Outline Henry'__1 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:1:20-33 @ Verse 20-33 -...Jesus, that we may enjoy peace...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:9:1-12 @ Verse 1-12 -...or we never can enjoy the...

mhcc@Proverbs:11:28. @ Verse 28. -...unable to keep and enjoy what...30. The righteous are as trees of life; and their influence upon earth, like the fruits of that tree, support and nourish the spiritual life in many.31. Even the righteous, when they offend on earth, shall meet with sharp corrections; much more will the wicked meet the due reward of their sins. Let us then seek those blessings which our Surety purchased by his sufferings and death; let us seek to copy his example, and to keep his commandments. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:12:14. @ Verse 14. -...and comfort others, they enjoy acceptance...15. A fool, in the sense of Scripture, means a wicked man, one who acts contrary to the wisdom that is from above. His rule is, to do what is right in his own eyes.

mhcc@Proverbs:27:15,16. @ Verse 15,16. -. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for a time; the contentions of a wife are like constant rain.17. We are cautioned to take heed whom we converse with. And directed to have in view, in conversation, to make one another wiser and better.18. Though a calling be laborious and despised, yet those who keep to it, will find there is something to be got by it. God is a Master who has engaged to honour those who serve him faithfully.19. One corrupt heart is like another; so are sanctified hearts: the former bear the same image of the earthly, the latter the same image of the heavenly. Let us carefully watch our own hearts, comparing them with the word of God.20. Two things are here said to be never satisfied, death and sin. The appetites of the carnal mind for profit or pleasure are always desiring more. Those whose eyes are ever toward the Lord, are satisfied in him, and shall for ever be so.21. Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is a man tried by praising him.22. Some are so bad, that even severe methods do not answer the end; what remains but that they should be rejected? The new-creating power of God's grace alone is able to make a change.23-...we may expect to enjoy as...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:2:18-26 @ Verse 18-26 -...to true and satisfying enjoyment even...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:6:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...not be able to enjoy his...

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:7:7-10 @ Verse 7-10 - The event of our trials and difficulties is often better than at first we thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit, than to be proud and hasty. Be not soon angry, nor quick in resenting an affront. Be not long angry; though anger may come into the bosom of a wise man, it passes through it as a way-...in these times we enjoy many...

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:8:14-17 @ Verse 14-17 -...time, we may cheerfully enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Isaiah:5:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...that profess religion, and enjoy the...

mhcc@Isaiah:16:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...Him we may not enjoy worldly...

mhcc@Isaiah:24:16-23 @ Verse 16-23 -...no more, while believers enjoy everlasting...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Isaiah:51:4-8 @ Verse 4-8 - The gospel of Christ shall be preached and published. How shall we escape if we neglect it? There is no salvation without righteousness. The soul shall, as to this world, vanish like smoke, and the body be thrown by like a worn-...course. The believer will enjoy his...

mhcc@Isaiah:51:9-16 @ Verse 9-16 -...And Christ's church shall enjoy security...

mhcc@Isaiah:55:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...more your own, and enjoy it....1st Peter strkjv@1:19. Our wants are beyond number, and we have nothing to supply them; if Christ and heaven are ours, we see ourselves for ever indebted to free grace. Hearken diligently; let the proud heart stoop; not only come, but accept God's offers. All the wealth and pleasure in the world, will not yield solid comfort and content to the soul. They do not satisfy even the appetites of the body; for all is vanity and vexation. Let the disappointments we meet with in the world, help to drive us to Christ, and to seek for satisfaction in him only. Then, and not before, we shall find rest for our souls. Hear, and your soul shall live. On what easy terms is happiness offered us! By the sure mercies of David, we are to understand the Messiah. All his mercies are covenant mercies; they are purchased by him, they are promised in him, and out of his hand they are dispensed to us. We know not how to find the way to the waters, but Christ is given to be a Leader, a Commander, to show us what to do, and enable us to do it. Our business is to obey him, and follow him. And there is no coming to the Father but by him. He is the Holy One of Israel, true to his promises; and he has promised to glorify Christ, by giving him the heathen for his inheritance.

mhcc@Isaiah:62:6-9 @ Verse 6-9 - God's professing people must be a praying people. He is not displeased with us for being earnest, as men commonly are; he bids us to cry after him, and give him no rest, Luke strkjv@11:5,6. It is a sign that God is coming to a people in mercy, when he pours out a spirit of prayer upon them. See how uncertain our creature-...Lord, that we may enjoy the...

mhcc@Isaiah:65:17-25 @ Verse 17-25 -...blessed with the undisturbed enjoyment of...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Jeremiah:8:4-13 @ Verse 4-13 -...the written word. Many enjoy abundance...

mhcc@Jeremiah:27:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...the meek and humble, enjoy comfort,...-spirited are exposed. It must, in all cases, be our interest to obey God's will.

mhcc@Jeremiah:48:1-13. @ Verse 1-13. -...unrepented iniquity, yet long enjoy outward...55:19.

mhcc@Jeremiah:50:33-46 @ Verse 33-46 -...God, rather than to enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Hosea:9:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 - Israel gave rewards to their idols, in the offerings presented to them. It is common for those who are niggardly in religion, to be prodigal upon their lusts. Those are reckoned as idolaters, who love a reward in the corn-...his love. When we enjoy the...

mhcc@Joel:3:18-21 @ Verse 18-21 -...taste, and hope to enjoy eternally....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Habakkuk:3:16-19 @ Verse 16-19 - When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. A good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looked back upon the experiences of the church in former ages, and observed what great things God had done for them, and so was not only recovered, but filled with holy joy. He resolved to delight and triumph in the Lord; for when all is gone, his God is not gone. Destroy the vines and the fig-...emptied and poor, can enjoy all...-comforts, and even then praise the Lord, as the God of their salvation, the salvation of the soul, and rejoice in him as such, in their greatest distresses. Joy in the Lord is especially seasonable when we meet with losses and crosses in the world. Even when provisions are cut off, to make it appear that man lives not by bread alone, we may be supplied by the graces and comforts of God's Spirit. Then we shall be strong for spiritual warfare and work, and with enlargement of heart may run the way of his commandments, and outrun our troubles. And we shall be successful in spiritual undertakings. Thus the prophet, who began his prayer with fear and trembling, ends it with joy and triumph. And thus faith in Christ prepares for every event. The name of Jesus, when we can speak of Him as ours, is balm for every wound, a cordial for every care. It is as ointment poured forth, shedding fragrance through the whole soul. In the hope of a heavenly crown, let us sit loose to earthly possessions and comforts, and cheerfully bear up under crosses. Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry; and where he is, we shall be also. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Zechariah:9:9-17 @ Verse 9-17 -...the gospel which we enjoy by...-hold, a strong Tower, in whom believers are safe from the fear of the wrath of God, the curse of the law, and the assaults of spiritual enemies. To him we must turn with lively faith; to him we must flee, and trust in his name under all trials and sufferings. It is here promised that the Lord would deliver his people. This passage also refers to the apostles, and the preachers of the gospel in the early ages. God was evidently with them; his words from their lips pierced the hearts and consciences of the hearers. They were wondrously defended in persecution, and were filled with the influences of the Holy Spirit. They were saved by the Good Shepherd as his flock, and honoured as jewels of his crown. The gifts, graces, and consolations of the Spirit, poured forth on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2 and in succeeding times, are represented. Sharp have been, and still will be, the conflicts of Zion's sons, but their God will give them success. The more we are employed, and satisfied with his goodness, the more we shall admire the beauty revealed in the Redeemer. Whatever gifts God bestows on us, we must serve him cheerfully with them; and, when refreshed with blessings, we must say, How great is his goodness! **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Malachi:4:4-6 @ Verse 4-6 -...broken law, nor to enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:14:22-33 @ Verse 22-33 -...Christ's followers who cannot enjoy being...11:6.

mhcc@Matthew:21:33-46 @ Verse 33-46 -...to caution all that enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Mark:4:1-20 @ Verse 1-20 -...value the privileges we enjoy as...-...fruit from those who enjoy the...-creating grace our hearts may become good ground, and that the good seed of the word may produce in our lives those good words and works which are through Jesus Christ, to the praise and glory of God the Father.

mhcc@Mark:9:41-50 @ Verse 41-50 - It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it is beyond compare better to undergo all possible pain, hardship, and self-...ever hereafter, than to enjoy all...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Mark:10:17-22 @ Verse 17-22 -...world, in order to enjoy the...6:24,. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

mhcc@Mark:13:5-13 @ Verse 5-13 -...their own fault, may enjoy holy...

mhcc@Luke:13:6-9 @ Verse 6-9 - This parable of the barren fig-...for awakening all that enjoy the...

mhcc@John:9:24-34 @ Verse 24-34 -...unbelief of those who enjoy the...

mhcc@John:17:24-26 @ Verse 24-26 -...fulness of God, and enjoy a...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Acts:4:15-22 @ Verse 15-22 -...right way. None will enjoy peace...

mhcc@Acts:5:17-25 @ Verse 17-25 -...not that we may enjoy the...

mhcc@Romans:14:19-23 @ Verse 19-23 - Many wish for peace, and talk loudly for it, who do not follow the things that make for peace. Meekness, humility, self-denial, and love, make for peace. We cannot edify one another, while quarrelling and contending. Many, for meat and drink, destroy the work of God in themselves; nothing more destroys the soul than pampering and pleasing the flesh, and fulfilling the lusts of it; so others are hurt, by wilful offence given. Lawful things may be done unlawfully, by giving offence to brethren. This takes in all indifferent things, whereby a brother is drawn into sin or trouble; or has his graces, his comforts, or his resolutions weakened. Hast thou faith? It is meant of knowledge and clearness as to our Christian liberty. Enjoy the comfort of it, but do not trouble others by a wrong use of it. Nor may we act against a doubting conscience. How excellent are the blessings of Christ's kingdom, which consists not in outward rites and ceremonies, but in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost! How preferable is the service of God to all other services! and in serving him we are not called to live and die to ourselves, but unto Christ, whose we are, and whom we ought to serve. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Corinthians:15:12-19 @ Verse 12-19 -...they, of all men, enjoy solid...

mhcc@1Corinthians:15:20-34 @ Verse 20-34 - All that are by faith united to Christ, are by his resurrection assured of their own. As through the sin of the first Adam, all men became mortal, because all had from him the same sinful nature, so, through the resurrection of Christ, shall all who are made to partake of the Spirit, and the spiritual nature, revive, and live for ever. There will be an order in the resurrection. Christ himself has been the first-...ever serve him, and enjoy his...20:22,23. What is, or will become of those who have suffered many and great injuries, and have even lost their lives, for this doctrine of the resurrection, if the dead rise not at all? Whatever the meaning may be, doubtless the apostle's argument was understood by the Corinthians. And it is as plain to us that Christianity would be a foolish profession, if it proposed advantage to themselves by their faithfulness to God; and to have our fruit to holiness, that our end may be everlasting life. But we must not live like beasts, as we do not die like them. It must be ignorance of God that leads any to disbelieve the resurrection and future life. Those who own a God and a providence, and observe how unequal things are in the present life, how frequently the best men fare worst, cannot doubt as to an after-state, where every thing will be set to rights. Let us not be joined with ungodly men; but warn all around us, especially children and young persons, to shun them as a pestilence. Let us awake to righteousness, and not sin.

mhcc@1Corinthians:15:35-50 @ Verse 35-50 -...weaknesses, cannot enter or enjoy the...

mhcc@2Corinthians:3:12-18 @ Verse 12-18 -...condition of those who enjoy and..._2__4 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Corinthians:6:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 -...shall be. We now enjoy a...

mhcc@2Corinthians:12:7-10 @ Verse 7-10 - The apostle gives an account of the method God took to keep him humble, and to prevent his being lifted up above measure, on account of the visions and revelations he had. We are not told what this thorn in the flesh was, whether some great trouble, or some great temptation. But God often brings this good out of evil, that the reproaches of our enemies help to hide pride from us. If God loves us, he will keep us from being exalted above measure; and spiritual burdens are ordered to cure spiritual pride. This thorn in the flesh is said to be a messenger of Satan which he sent for evil; but God designed it, and overruled it for good. Prayer is a salve for every sore, a remedy for every malady; and when we are afflicted with thorns in the flesh, we should give ourselves to prayer. If an answer be not given to the first prayer, nor to the second, we are to continue praying. Troubles are sent to teach us to pray; and are continued, to teach us to continue instant in prayer. Though God accepts the prayer of faith, yet he does not always give what is asked for: as he sometimes grants in wrath, so he sometimes denies in love. When God does not take away our troubles and temptations, yet, if he gives grace enough for us, we have no reason to complain. Grace signifies the good-...strength from him, and enjoy most...

mhcc@Galatians:3:23-25 @ Verse 23-25 -...shown, under which we enjoy a...-examination. In this use of it he learns to depend more simply on the Saviour.

mhcc@Galatians:3:26-29 @ Verse 26-29 - Real Christians enjoy great privileges under the gospel; and are no longer accounted servants, but sons; not now kept at such a distance, and under such restraints as the Jews were. Having accepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, and relying on him alone for justification and salvation, they become the sons of God. But no outward forms or profession can secure these blessings; for if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. In baptism we put on Christ; therein we profess to be his disciples. Being baptized into Christ, we are baptized into his death, that as he died and rose again, so we should die unto sin, and walk in newness and holiness of life. The putting on of Christ according to the gospel, consists not in outward imitation, but in a new birth, an entire change. He who makes believers to be heirs, will provide for them. Therefore our care must be to do the duties that belong to us, and all other cares we must cast upon God. And our special care must be for heaven; the things of this life are but trifles. The city of God in heaven, is the portion or child's part. Seek to be sure of that above all things. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Galatians:4:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...Also, the advantages Christians enjoy under...

mhcc@Galatians:6:16-18 @ Verse 16-18 -...prayer, that they might enjoy the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Thessalonians:4:13-18 @ Verse 13-18 -...live with him, and enjoy him...-seat of God! Who can feel comfort from those words? That man alone with whose spirit the Spirit of God bears witness that his sins are blotted out, and the thoughts of whose heart are purified by the Holy Spirit, so that he can love God, and worthily magnify his name. We are not in a safe state unless it is thus with us, or we are desiring to be so. Henry'_1__5 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Thessalonians:1:5-10 @ Verse 5-10 -...The meanest believer shall enjoy more...

mhcc@2Thessalonians:3:16-18 @ Verse 16-18 -...with God, and to enjoy the..._1__1 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Timothy:6:17-21 @ Verse 17-21 -...many have riches, but enjoy them...-indulgent, covetous, and ungodly around, lift up their eyes in torment. That learning which opposes the truth of the gospel, is not true science, or real knowledge, or it would approve the gospel, and consent to it. Those who advance reason above faith, are in danger of leaving faith. Grace includes all that is good, and grace is an earnest, a beginning of glory; wherever God gives grace, he will give glory. Henry'_2_1 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Hebrews:4:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 -...it remains to be enjoyed, is...

mhcc@Hebrews:10:19-25 @ Verse 19-25 -...means by which Christians enjoy such...

mhcc@Hebrews:11:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...gives the soul to enjoy those...-fruits and foretastes of them. Faith proves to the mind, the reality of things that cannot be seen by the bodily eye. It is a full approval of all God has revealed, as holy, just, and good. This view of faith is explained by many examples of persons in former times, who obtained a good report, or an honourable character in the word of God. Faith was the principle of their holy obedience, remarkable services, and patient sufferings. The Bible gives the most true and exact account of the origin of all things, and we are to believe it, and not to wrest the Scripture account of the creation, because it does not suit with the differing fancies of men. All that we see of the works of creation, were brought into being by the command of God.

mhcc@Hebrews:11:8-19 @ Verse 8-19 -...The best way to enjoy our...-denial, or to make smaller sacrifices to our duty. Have we given up what was called for, fully believing that the Lord would make up all our losses, and even bless us by the most afflicting dispensations?

mhcc@Hebrews:11:20-31 @ Verse 20-31 -...capable of relishing and enjoying it....

mhcc@1Peter:5:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 -...his own people, to enjoy his...

mhcc@Revelation:1:9-11 @ Verse 9-11 - It was the apostle's comfort that he did not suffer as an evil-...God. Those who would enjoy communion...

mhcc@Revelation:3:14-22 @ Verse 14-22 - Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia. Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth anything, it is worth every thing. Christ expects men should be in earnest. How many professors of gospel doctrine are neither hot nor cold; except as they are indifferent in needful matters, and hot and fiery in disputes about things of lesser moment! A severe punishment is threatened. They would give a false opinion of Christianity, as if it were an unholy religion; while others would conclude it could afford no real satisfaction, otherwise its professors would not have been heartless in it, or so ready to seek pleasure or happiness from the world. One cause of this indifference and inconsistency in religion is, self-conceit and self-delusion; "Because thou sayest." What a difference between their thoughts of themselves, and the thoughts Christ had of them! How careful should we be not to cheat our owns souls! There are many in hell, who once thought themselves far in the way to heaven. Let us beg of God that we may not be left to flatter and deceive ourselves. Professors grow proud, as they become carnal and formal. Their state was wretched in itself. They were poor; really poor, when they said and thought they were rich. They could not see their state, nor their way, nor their danger, yet they thought they saw it. They had not the garment of justification, nor sanctification: they were exposed to sin and shame; their rags that would defile them. They were naked, without house or harbour, for they were without God, in whom alone the soul of man can find rest and safety. Good counsel was given by Christ to this sinful people. Happy those who take his counsel, for all others must perish in their sins. Christ lets them know where they might have true riches, and how they might have them. Some things must be parted with, but nothing valuable; and it is only to make room for receiving true riches. Part with sin and self-...open to him shall enjoy his...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Revelation:7:9-12 @ Verse 9-12 -...great salvation. Those who enjoy eternal...

mhcc@Revelation:13:11-18 @ Verse 11-18 -...by allowing none to enjoy natural...666. What or who is intended by this, remains a mystery. To almost every religious dispute this number has yet been applied, and it may reasonably be doubted whether the meaning has yet been discovered. But he who has wisdom and understanding, will see that all the enemies of God are numbered and marked out for destruction; that the term of their power will soon expire, and that all nations shall submit to our King of righteousness and peace. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Revelation:21:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...has brought us to enjoy complete...

CONCORD enjoy