mhcc - needlessly

mhcc@Genesis:9:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...not to pain them needlessly whilst...

mhcc@Genesis:34:1-19 @ Verse 1-19 -...hinder their children from needlessly exposing...

mhcc@Judges:16:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...history, at which some needlessly stumble,...-laid, and marked for ruin by their spiritual enemies! The faster they sleep, the more secure they feel, the greater their danger. We hope it was with a pious resolution not to return to his sin, that he rose under a fear of the danger he was in. Can I be safe under this guilt? It was bad that he lay down without such checks; but it would have been worse, if he had laid still under them.

mhcc@Job:8:20-22 @ Verse 20-22 -...nor to distress ourselves needlessly about...-creatures. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:6:9-15 @ Verse 9-15 -...understanding, and without being needlessly repeated....20:17. nor the bread of idleness, Proverbs strkjv@31:27,. but the bread honestly gotten. We ask for our daily bread; which teaches us constantly to depend upon Divine Providence. We beg of God to give it us; not sell it us, nor lend it us, but give it. The greatest of men must be beholden to the mercy of God for their daily bread. We pray, Give it to us. This teaches us a compassion for the poor. Also that we ought to pray with our families. We pray that God would give it us this day; which teaches us to renew the desires of our souls toward God, as the wants of our bodies are renewed. As the day comes we must pray to our heavenly Father, and reckon we could as well go a day without food, as without prayer. We are taught to hate and dread sin while we hope for mercy, to distrust ourselves, to rely on the providence and grace of God to keep us from it, to be prepared to resist the tempter, and not to become tempters of others. Here is a promise, If you forgive, your heavenly Father will also forgive. We must forgive, as we hope to be forgiven. Those who desire to find mercy with God, must show mercy to their brethren. Christ came into the world as the great Peace-maker, not only to reconcile us to God, but one to another.

mhcc@Matthew:26:69-75 @ Verse 69-75 -...to sin: those who needlessly thrust...-confidence, and render him more modest, humble, compassionate, and useful to others. The event has taught believers many things ever since, and if infidels, Pharisees, and hypocrites stumble at it or abuse it, it is at their peril. Little do we know how we should act in very difficult situations, if we were left to ourselves. Let him, therefore, that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall; let us all distrust our own hearts, and rely wholly on the Lord. Peter wept bitterly. Sorrow for sin must not be slight, but great and deep. Peter, who wept so bitterly for denying Christ, never denied him again, but confessed him often in the face of danger. True repentance for any sin will be shown by the contrary grace and duty; that is a sign of our sorrowing not only bitterly, but sincerely. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Acts:15:7-21 @ Verse 7-21 -...still offered, it would needlessly grieve...

mhcc@Acts:27:21-29 @ Verse 21-29 -...Paul had thrust himself needlessly into...

CONCORD needlessly