mhcc - sheep

mhcc@Genesis:3:9-13 @ Verse 9-13 -...utter ruin. This lost sheep had...7:11. Hebrews strkjv@3:13. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls.

mhcc@Leviticus:1:10-17 @ Verse 10-17 -...were to bring a sheep or...-dove, or a pigeon. Those creatures were chosen for sacrifice which were mild, and gentle, and harmless; to show the innocence and meekness that were in Christ, and that should be in Christians. The offering of the poor was as typical of Christ's atonement as the more costly sacrifices, and expressed as fully repentance, faith, and devotedness to God. We have no excuse, if we refuse the pleasant and reasonable service now required. But we can no more offer the sacrifice of a broken heart, or of praise and thanksgiving, than an Israelite could offer a bullock or a goat, except as God hath first given to us. The more we do in the Lord's service, the greater are our obligations to him, for the will, for the ability, and opportunity. In many things God leaves us to fix what shall be spent in his service, whether of our time or our substance; yet where God's providence has put much into a man's power, scanty offerings will not be accepted, for they are not proper expressions of a willing mind. Let us be devoted in body and soul to his service, whatever he may call us to give, venture, do, or suffer for his sake. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@2Samuel:11:14-27 @ Verse 14-27 - Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No man in such a case can have evidence to be satisfied that he is a believer. The higher a man's confidence is, who has sunk in wickedness, the greater his presumption and hypocrisy. Let not any one who resembles David in nothing but his transgressions, bolster up his confidence with this example. Let him follow David in his humiliation, repentance, and his other eminent graces, before he thinks himself only a backslider, and not a hypocrite. Let no opposer of the truth say, These are the fruits of faith! No; they are the effects of corrupt nature. Let us all watch against the beginnings of self-...Satan to pluck his sheep out..._2__12 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Psalms:23 @ ****** Psalms 23 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 23 *** Confidence in God's grace and care. -...but not to the sheep of...__Outline Henry'__24 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:47:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 - The God with whom we have to do, is a God of awful majesty. The universal and absolute sovereignty of a holy God would be too terrible for us even to think of, were it not exercised by his Son from a mercy-...shall bring them as sheep into...

mhcc@Psalms:100 @ ****** Psalms 100 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 100 *** An exhortation to praise God, and rejoice in him. -...we strayed like wandering sheep, he...__Outline Henry'__101 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Jeremiah:12:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...of their pasture as sheep for...

mhcc@Jeremiah:50:8-20 @ Verse 8-20 -...destruction of Babylon. These sheep shall...

mhcc@Jeremiah:51:1-58 @ Verse 1-58 -...Then will the lost sheep of...

mhcc@Ezekiel:34:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...The people became as sheep without...

mhcc@Zechariah:13:7-9 @ Verse 7-9 -...his life for the sheep. If...-...the Shepherd, and the sheep shall...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:2:19-23 @ Verse 19-23 -...sent to the lost sheep of...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:9:35-38 @ Verse 35-38 -...vast multitudes are as sheep not...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

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-...shepherds are smitten, the sheep need...

mhcc@Luke:15:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 -...man's redemption. The lost sheep represents...

mhcc@John:10:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...Creator, are called the sheep of...-...an open door. The sheep of...

mhcc@John:10:19-21 @ Verse 19-21 -...work of bringing his sheep into...

mhcc@John:10:22-30 @ Verse 22-30 -...able to defend his sheep against...

mhcc@John:17:6-10. @ Verse 6-10. -...gavest them me, as sheep to...

mhcc@John:21:15-19 @ Verse 15-19 - Our Lord addressed Peter by his original name, as if he had forfeited that of Peter through his denying him. He now answered, Thou knowest that I love thee; but without professing to love Jesus more than others. We must not be surprised to have our sincerity called into question, when we ourselves have done that which makes it doubtful. Every remembrance of past sins, even pardoned sins, renews the sorrow of a true penitent. Conscious of integrity, Peter solemnly appealed to Christ, as knowing all things, even the secrets of his heart. It is well when our falls and mistakes make us more humble and watchful. The sincerity of our love to God must be brought to the test; and it behoves us to inquire with earnest, preserving prayer to the heart-...qualified to feed the sheep and...

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