mhcc - sees

mhcc@Genesis:6:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...as a tender father sees the...

mhcc@Genesis:7:1-12 @ Verse 1-12 - The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in obedience to the command of God, and in faith, we ourselves shall certainly have the comfort of, first or last. This call to Noah reminds us of the call the gospel gives to poor sinners. Christ is an ark, in whom alone we can be safe, when death and judgment approach. The word says, "Come;" ministers say, "Come;" the Spirit says, "Come, come into the Ark." Noah was accounted righteous, not for his own righteousness, but as an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Hebrews strkjv@11:7. He believed the revelation of a saviour, and sought and expected salvation through Him alone. Thus was he justified by faith, and received that Spirit whose fruit is in all goodness; but if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. After the hundred and twenty years, God granted seven days' longer space for repentance. But these seven days were trifled away, like all the rest. It shall be but seven days. They had only one week more, one sabbath more to improve, and to consider the things that belonged to their peace. But it is common for those who have been careless of their souls during the years of their health, when they have looked upon death at a distance, to be as careless during the days, the few days of their sickness, when they see death approaching; their hearts being hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. As Noah prepared the ark by faith in the warning given that the flood would come, so he went into it, by faith in this warning that it would come quickly. And on the day Noah was securely fixed in the ark, the fountains of the great deep were broken up. The earth had within it those waters, which, at God's command, sprang up and flooded it; and thus our bodies have in themselves those humours, which, when God pleases, become the seeds and springs of mortal diseases. The windows of heaven were opened, and the waters which were above the firmament, that is, in the air, were poured out upon the earth. The rain comes down in drops; but such rains fell then, as were never known before or since. It rained without stop or abatement, forty days and forty nights, upon the whole earth at once. As there was a peculiar exercise of the almighty power of God in causing the flood, it is vain and presumptuous to attempt explaining the method of it, by human wisdom.

mhcc@Genesis:27:41-46 @ Verse 41-46 -...his favours as he sees proper,...9:12-15. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:43:26-34 @ Verse 26-34 -...himself. Then, as he sees good,...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:24:9-11 @ Verse 9-11 -...hearts. Thus the believer sees in...

mhcc@Exodus:32:7-14 @ Verse 7-14 - God says to Moses, that the Israelites had corrupted themselves. Sin is the corruption of the sinner, and it is a self-corruption; every man is tempted when he is drawn aside of his own lust. They had turned aside out of the way. Sin is a departing from the way of duty into a by-...that evil which God sees every...

mhcc@Leviticus:15 @ ****** Leviticus 15 ****** *** Outline of Leviticus 15 *** Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness. -...remind us that God sees all...__Outline Henry'__16 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Numbers:23:11-30 @ Verse 11-30 -...ruin. If the Lord sees that...-creating Spirit! Balak had no hope of ruining Israel, and Balaam showed that he had more reason to fear being ruined by them. Since Balaam cannot say what he would have him, Balak wished him to say nothing. But though there are many devices in man's heart, God's counsels shall stand. Yet they resolve to make another attempt, though they had no promise on which to build their hopes. Let us, who have a promise that the vision at the end shall speak and not lie, continue earnest in prayer, Luke strkjv@18:1. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:3:21-29 @ Verse 21-29 -...of matters which he sees good...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Joshua:7:10-15 @ Verse 10-15 -...thing there, which God sees and...

mhcc@Judges:6:33-40 @ Verse 33-40 -...himself in particular? He sees the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Judges:7:1-8. @ Verse 1-8. -...undertakings. When the Lord sees that...

mhcc@2Samuel:19:24-30 @ Verse 24-30 -...own losses, while he sees Israel...

mhcc@1Kings:19:14-18 @ Verse 14-18 -...we do not; he sees in...

mhcc@2Kings:4:8-17 @ Verse 8-17 -...well off. The Lord sees the...-for and unexpected mercies; nor must the professions of men of God be supposed to be delusive like those of men of the world.

mhcc@2Chronicles:26:16-23 @ Verse 16-23 -...And when the Lord sees good..._2__27 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Chronicles:33:1-20 @ Verse 1-20 - We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. Deprived of his liberty, separated from his evil counsellors and companions, without any prospect but of ending his days in a wretched prison, Manasseh thought upon what had passed; he began to cry for mercy and deliverance. He confessed his sins, condemned himself, was humbled before God, loathing himself as a monster of impiety and wickedness. Yet he hoped to be pardoned through the abundant mercy of the Lord. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah was God, able to deliver. He knew him as a God of salvation; he learned to fear, trust in, love, and obey him. From this time he bore a new character, and walked in newness of life. Who can tell what tortures of conscience, what pangs of grief, what fears of wrath, what agonizing remorse he endured, when he looked back on his many years of apostacy and rebellion against God; on his having led thousands into sin and perdition; and on his blood-...blocked up, when he sees such...

mhcc@Ezra:4:6-24 @ Verse 6-24 -...judgment is just; he sees things...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:11:7-12 @ Verse 7-12 -...him be humbled. God sees this...-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he will not submit to the laws of wisdom. He would be wise, he reaches after forbidden wisdom, and, like his first parents, aiming to be wise above what is written, loses the tree of life for the tree of knowledge. Is such a creature as this fit to contend with God?

mhcc@Job:28:20-28 @ Verse 20-28 - There is a two-...is open, and who sees the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:3:4-8 @ Verse 4-8 -...his God, and now sees more...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:49:6-14 @ Verse 6-14 -...rise again before he sees corruption,...1:18. This likewise shows the folly of worldly people, who sell their souls for that which will never buy them. With all their wealth they cannot secure themselves from the stroke of death. Yet one generation after another applaud their maxims; and the character of a fool, as drawn by heavenly Wisdom itself, Luke strkjv@12:16-21,. continues to be followed even among professed Christians. Death will ask the proud sinner, Where is thy wealth, thy pomp? And in the morning of the resurrection, when all that sleep in the dust shall awake, the upright shall be advanced to the highest honour, when the wicked shall be filled with everlasting shame and contempt, Daniel strkjv@12:2. Let us now judge of things as they will appear in that day. The beauty of holiness is that alone which the grave cannot touch, or damage.

mhcc@Psalms:51:7-15 @ Verse 7-15 - Purge me with hyssop, with the blood of Christ applied to my soul by a lively faith, as the water of purification was sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop. The blood of Christ is called the blood of sprinkling, Hebrews strkjv@12:24. If this blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, cleanse us from our sin, then we shall be clean indeed, Hebrews strkjv@10:2. He asks not to be comforted, till he is first cleansed; if sin, the bitter root of sorrow, be taken away, he can pray in faith, Let me have a well-...laments it; but he sees it...5:1. It is the Spirit of adoption spoken to the heart. Those to whom God is the God of salvation, he will deliver from guilt; for the salvation he is the God of, is salvation from sin. We may therefore plead with him, Lord, thou art the God of my salvation, therefore deliver me from the dominion of sin. And when the lips are opened, what should they speak but the praises of God for his forgiving mercy?

mhcc@Psalms:52:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...for ever. The believer sees that...

mhcc@Psalms:55:16-23 @ Verse 16-23 -...him; but now he sees there...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:119:89-96 @ Verse 89-96 -...poor perfection which one sees and...

mhcc@Psalms:128 @ ****** Psalms 128 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 128 *** The blessings of those who fear God. -...children's children, unless he sees peace...__Outline Henry'__129 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:12:16. @ Verse 16. -...and his family. He sees that...28. The way of religion is a straight, plain way; it is the way of righteousness. There is not only life at the end, but life in the way; all true comfort. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:21:1 @ Verse 1 -...every heart as he sees fit,...2. We are partial in judging ourselves and our actions.3. Many deceive themselves with a conceit that outward devotions will excuse unrighteousness.4. Sin is the pride, the ambition, the glory, the joy, and the business of wicked men.5. The really diligent employ foresight as well as labour.6. While men seek wealth by unlawful practices, they seek death.7. Injustice will return upon the sinner, and will destroy him here and for ever.8. The way of mankind by nature is froward and strange.

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:10:16-20 @ Verse 16-20 -...silver and gold. God sees what...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Song:of @ Solomon strkjv@2:8-13 Verse 8-13 -...to the heart. She sees him...-kindness. The saints of old saw him, appearing through the sacrifices and ceremonial institutions. We see him through a glass darkly, as he manifests himself through the lattices. Christ invites the new convert to arise from sloth and despondency, and to leave sin and worldly vanities, for union and communion with him. The winter may mean years passed in ignorance and sin, unfruitful and miserable, or storms and tempests that accompanied his conviction of guilt and danger. Even the unripe fruits of holiness are pleasant unto Him whose grace has produced them. All these encouraging tokens and evidences of Divine favour, are motives to the soul to follow Christ more fully. Arise then, and come away from the world and the flesh, come into fellowship with Christ. This blessed change is owing wholly to the approaches and influences of the Sun of righteousness.

mhcc@Isaiah:6:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...standing outside the temple, sees the...-seat, raised over the ark of the covenant, between the cherubim and seraphim, and the Divine glory filled the whole temple. See God upon his throne. This vision is explained, John strkjv@12:41,. that Isaiah now saw Christ's glory, and spake of Him, which is a full proof that our Saviour is God. In Christ Jesus, God is seated on a throne of grace; and through him the way into the holiest is laid open. See God's temple, his church on earth, filled with his glory. His train, the skirts of his robes, filled the temple, the whole world, for it is all God's temple. And yet he dwells in every contrite heart. See the blessed attendants by whom his government is served. Above the throne stood the holy angels, called seraphim, which means "burners;" they burn in love to God, and zeal for his glory against sin. The seraphim showing their faces veiled, declares that they are ready to yield obedience to all God's commands, though they do not understand the secret reasons of his counsels, government, or promises. All vain-glory, ambition, ignorance, and pride, would be done away by one view of Christ in his glory. This awful vision of the Divine Majesty overwhelmed the prophet with a sense of his own vileness. We are undone if there is not a Mediator between us and this holy God. A glimpse of heavenly glory is enough to convince us that all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Nor is there a man that would dare to speak to the Lord, if he saw the justice, holiness, and majesty of God, without discerning his glorious mercy and grace in Jesus Christ. The live coal may denote the assurance given to the prophet, of pardon, and acceptance in his work, through the atonement of Christ. Nothing is powerful to cleanse and comfort the soul, but what is taken from Christ's satisfaction and intercession. The taking away sin is necessary to our speaking with confidence and comfort, either to God in prayer, or from God in preaching; and those shall have their sin taken away who complain of it as a burden, and see themselves in danger of being undone by it. It is great comfort to those whom God sends, that they go for God, and may therefore speak in his name, assured that he will bear them out.

mhcc@Jeremiah:17:5-11 @ Verse 5-11 - He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, make flesh their arm, and their souls cannot prosper in graces or comforts. Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be anxious in a year of drought. Those who make God their Hope, have enough in him to make up the want of all creature-...in the heart, God sees it....

mhcc@Jeremiah:27:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...it is what God sees fit...-spirited are exposed. It must, in all cases, be our interest to obey God's will.

mhcc@Jeremiah:32:16-25 @ Verse 16-25 -...ourselves that the Lord sees it,...

mhcc@Jeremiah:49:34-39 @ Verse 34-39 -...the church, the believer sees that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ezekiel:10:8-22 @ Verse 8-22 - Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, further his departure. The Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, directs all creatures, in heaven and on earth, so as to make them serve the Divine purpose. God removes by degrees from a provoking people; and, when ready to depart, would return to them, if they were a repenting, praying people. Let this warn sinners to seek the Lord while he may be found, and to call on him while he is near, and cause us all to walk humbly and watchfully with our God. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ezekiel:38:1-13 @ Verse 1-13 -...them. God not only sees who...

mhcc@Hosea:12:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...contended with also. God sees the...

mhcc@Jonah:1:8-12 @ Verse 8-12 -...sins and follies. Jonah sees this...

mhcc@Jonah:3:5-10 @ Verse 5-10 - There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. It condemns the men of the gospel generation, Matthew strkjv@12:41. A very small degree of light may convince men that humbling themselves before God, confessing their sins with prayer, and turning from sin, are means of escaping wrath and obtaining mercy. The people followed the example of the king. It became a national act, and it was necessary it should be so, when it was to prevent a national ruin. Let even the brute creatures' cries and moans for want of food remind their owners to cry to God. In prayer we must cry mightily, with fixedness of thought, firmness of faith, and devout affections. It concerns us in prayer to stir up all that is within us. It is not enough to fast for sin, but we must fast from sin; and, in order to the success of our prayers, we must no more regard iniquity in our hearts, Psalms strkjv@66:18. The work of a fast-...us with compassion. God sees who...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Nahum:3:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...and if the Lord sees good...

mhcc@Zechariah:2:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...Jesus, whom the prophet sees with...-Builder of his church. God notices the extent of his church, and will take care that whatever number of guests are brought to the wedding-supper, there shall be room. This vision means well to Jerusalem. The walls of a city, as they defend it, so they straiten its inhabitants; but Jerusalem shall be extended as freely as if it had no walls at all, yet shall be as safe as if it had the strongest walls. In the church of God there yet is room for other multitudes, more than man can number. None shall be refused who trust in Christ; and He never shuts out from heaven one true member of the church on earth. God will be a Wall of fire round them, which can neither be broken through nor undermined, nor can it be assailed without danger to those who attack. This vision was to have its full accomplishment in the gospel church, which is extended by admitting the Gentiles into it; and which has the Son of God for its Prince and Protector; especially in the glorious times yet to come.

mhcc@Zechariah:5:5-11 @ Verse 5-11 -...rejecting his gospel. Zechariah sees the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:6:16-18 @ Verse 16-18 -...it be seen. God sees in...

mhcc@Matthew:12:22-30 @ Verse 22-30 -...the throne of grace; sees nothing,...

mhcc@Matthew:13:44-52 @ Verse 44-52 -...When the convinced sinner sees Christ...3. The world is a vast sea, and men, in their natural state, are like the fishes. Preaching the gospel is casting a net into this sea, to catch something out of it, for His glory who has the sovereignty of this sea. Hypocrites and true Christians shall be parted: miserable is the condition of those that shall then be cast away. 4. A skilful, faithful minister of the gospel, is a scribe, well versed in the things of the gospel, and able to teach them. Christ compares him to a good householder, who brings forth fruits of last year's growth and this year's gathering, abundance and variety, to entertain his friends. Old experiences and new observations, all have their use. Our place is at Christ's feet, and we must daily learn old lessons over again, and new ones also.

mhcc@Matthew:14:1-12 @ Verse 1-12 - The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be the terror of convictions, where there is not the truth of conversion. When men pretend to favour the gospel, yet live in evil, we must not favour their self-...further than the Lord sees good...

mhcc@Matthew:22:15-22 @ Verse 15-22 -...on, our Lord Jesus sees through...

mhcc@Mark:8:27-33 @ Verse 27-33 -...give them notice. He sees that...

mhcc@Mark:12:41-44 @ Verse 41-44 -...forget that Jesus still sees the...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Mark:16:9-13 @ Verse 9-13 -...his people, he often sees it...

mhcc@Luke:18:9-14 @ Verse 9-14 -...and despised others. God sees with...-condemned, and not the self-righteous, are justified before God.

mhcc@Luke:21:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 -...God; and our Saviour sees with...

mhcc@also:the @...done away, when he sees the...

mhcc@John:14:18-24 @ Verse 18-24 -...for ever: the world sees him...-creating grace.

mhcc@Acts:7:30-41 @ Verse 30-41 -...cannot do what he sees to...22:31. Abraham is dead, yet God is still his God, therefore Abraham is still alive. Now, this is that life and immortality which are brought to light by the gospel. Stephen here shows that Moses was an eminent type of Christ, as he was Israel's deliverer. God has compassion for the troubles of his church, and the groans of his persecuted people; and their deliverance takes rise from his pity. And that deliverance was typical of what Christ did, when, for us men, and for our salvation, he came down from heaven. This Jesus, whom they now refused, as their fathers did Moses, even this same has God advanced to be a Prince and Saviour. It does not at all take from the just honour of Moses to say, that he was but an instrument, and that he is infinitely outshone by Jesus. In asserting that Jesus should change the customs of the ceremonial law. Stephen was so far from blaspheming Moses, that really he honoured him, by showing how the prophecy of Moses was come to pass, which was so clear. God who gave them those customs by his servant Moses, might, no doubt, change the custom by his Son Jesus. But Israel thrust Moses from them, and would have returned to their bondage; so men in general will not obey Jesus, because they love this present evil world, and rejoice in their own works and devices.

mhcc@Acts:18:18-23 @ Verse 18-23 -...to pass if he sees good....

mhcc@Romans:7:18-22 @ Verse 18-22 -...in it. The believer sees more...

mhcc@Romans:13:11-14 @ Verse 11-14 -...please God, who ever sees us....23:29-35. See what provision to make. Our great care must be to provide for our souls: but must we take no care about our bodies? Yes; but two things are forbidden. Perplexing ourselves with anxious, encumbering care; and indulging ourselves in irregular desires. Natural wants are to be answered, but evil appetites must be checked and denied. To ask meat for our necessities, is our duty, we are taught to pray for daily bread; but to ask meat for our lusts, is provoking God, Psalms strkjv@78:18. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Corinthians:3:18-23 @ Verse 18-23 - To have a high opinion of our own wisdom, is but to flatter ourselves; and self-flattery is the next step to self-...it as Infinite Wisdom sees fit..._1__4 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Thessalonians:2:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...that God not only sees all...-glory.

mhcc@2Peter:1:16-21 @ Verse 16-21 - The gospel is no weak thing, but comes in power, Romans strkjv@1:16. The law sets before us our wretched state by sin, but there it leaves us. It discovers our disease, but does not make known the cure. It is the sight of Jesus crucified, in the gospel, that heals the soul. Try to dissuade the covetous worlding from his greediness, one ounce of gold weighs down all reasons. Offer to stay a furious man from anger by arguments, he has not patience to hear them. Try to detain the licentious, one smile is stronger with him than all reason. But come with the gospel, and urge them with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, shed to save their souls from hell, and to satisfy for their sins, and this is that powerful pleading which makes good men confess that their hearts burn within them, and bad men, even an Agrippa, to say they are almost persuaded to be Christians, Acts strkjv@26:28. God is well pleased with Christ, and with us in him. This is the Messiah who was promised, through whom all who believe in him shall be accepted and saved. The truth and reality of the gospel also are foretold by the prophets and penmenof the Old Testament, who spake and wrote under influence, and according to the direction of the Spirit of God. How firm and sure should our faith be, who have such a firm and sure word to rest upon! When the light of the Scripture is darted into the blind mind and dark understanding, by the Holy Spirit of God, it is like the day-...feels a power, and sees a..._2__2 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1John:2:3-11 @ Verse 3-11 -...can that be, which sees not...-examination; and earnest prayer, that God would show us what we are, and whither we are going.

mhcc@Revelation:2:1-7 @ Verse 1-7 -...his people, when he sees them...

mhcc@Revelation:9:13-21 @ Verse 13-21 -...with tears, while he sees that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

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