mhcc - thankful

mhcc@Genesis:9:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...we to be less thankful for...

mhcc@Genesis:26:18-25 @ Verse 18-25 -...more reason to be thankful for...-sheba, God brought comforts to his soul. Those may remove with comfort who are sure of God's presence.

mhcc@Genesis:32:9-23 @ Verse 9-23 - Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-...this. Here is a thankful acknowledgement...

mhcc@Exodus:12:1-20 @ Verse 1-20 - The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does this is to them the beginning of a new life. God appointed that, on the night wherein they were to go out of Egypt, each family should kill a lamb, or that two or three families, if small, should kill one lamb. This lamb was to be eaten in the manner here directed, and the blood to be sprinkled on the door-posts, to mark the houses of the Israelites from those of the Egyptians. The angel of the Lord, when destroying the first-born of the Egyptians, would pass over the houses marked by the blood of the lamb: hence the name of this holy feast or ordinance. The passover was to be kept every year, both as a remembrance of Israel's preservation and deliverance out of Egypt, and as a remarkable type of Christ. Their safety and deliverance were not a reward of their own righteousness, but the gift of mercy. Of this they were reminded, and by this ordinance they were taught, that all blessings came to them through the shedding and sprinkling of blood. Observe, 1. The paschal lamb was typical. Christ is our passover, 1st Corinthians strkjv@5:7. Christ is the Lamb of God, John strkjv@1:29. often in the Revelation he is called the Lamb. It was to be in its prime; Christ offered up himself in the midst of his days, not when a babe at Bethlehem. It was to be without blemish; the Lord Jesus was a Lamb without spot: the judge who condemned Christ declared him innocent. It was to be set apart four days before, denoting the marking out of the Lord Jesus to be a Saviour, both in the purpose and in the promise. It was to be slain, and roasted with fire, denoting the painful sufferings of the Lord Jesus, even unto death, the death of the cross. The wrath of God is as fire, and Christ was made a curse for us. Not a bone of it must be broken, which was fulfilled in Christ, John strkjv@19:33,. denoting the unbroken strength of the Lord Jesus. 2. The sprinkling of the blood was typical. The blood of the lamb must be sprinkled, denoting the applying of the merits of Christ's death to our souls; we must receive the atonement, Romans strkjv@5:11. Faith is the bunch of hyssop, by which we apply the promises, and the benefits of the blood of Christ laid up in them, to ourselves. It was to be sprinkled on the door-posts, denoting the open profession we are to make of faith in Christ. It was not to be sprinkled upon the threshold; which cautions us to take heed of trampling under foot the blood of the covenant. It is precious blood, and must be precious to us. The blood, thus sprinkled, was a means of preserving the Israelites from the destroying angel, who had nothing to do where the blood was. The blood of Christ is the believer's protection from the wrath of God, the curse of the law, and the damnation of hell, Romans strkjv@8:1. 3. The solemn eating of the lamb was typical of our gospel duty to Christ. The paschal lamb was not to be looked upon only, but to be fed upon. So we must by faith make Christ our own; and we must receive spiritual strength and nourishment from him, as from our food, see John strkjv@6:53,55. It was all to be eaten; those who by faith feed upon Christ, must feed upon a whole Christ; they must take Christ and his yoke, Christ and his cross, as well as Christ and his crown. It was to be eaten at once, not put by till morning. To-day Christ is offered, and is to be accepted while it is called to-...in him always, with thankful mention...

mhcc@Exodus:12:43-51 @ Verse 43-51 -...mercies should join in thankful praises...1st Corinthians strkjv@5:7. his blood is the only ransom for our souls; without the shedding of it there is no remission; without the sprinkling of it there can be no salvation. Have we, by faith in him, sheltered our souls from deserved vengeance under the protection of his atoning blood? Do we keep close to him, constantly depending upon him? Do we so profess our faith in the Redeemer, and our obligations to him, that all who pass by may know to whom we belong? Do we stand prepared for his service, ready to walk in his ways, and to separate ourselves from his enemies? These are questions of vast importance to the soul; may the Lord direct our consciences honestly to answer them. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Exodus:34:18-27 @ Verse 18-27 - Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Canaan was a desirable land, and the neighbouring nations were greedy; yet God says, They shall not desire it. Let us check all sinful desires against God and his glory, in our hearts, and then trust him to check all sinful desires in the hearts of others against us. The way of duty is the way of safety. Those who venture for him never lose by him. Three feasts are here mentioned: 1. The Passover, in remembrance of the deliverance out of Egypt. 2. The feast of weeks, or the feast of Pentecost; added to it is the law of the first-fruits. 3. The feast of in-...can never be enough thankful to...

mhcc@Leviticus:2:12-16 @ Verse 12-16 - Salt is required in all the offerings. God hereby intimates to them that their sacrifices, in themselves, were unsavoury. All religious services must be seasoned with grace. Christianity is the salt of the earth. Directions are given about offering their first-...a man, with a thankful sense...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Leviticus:4:22-26 @ Verse 22-26 -...submit to, but be thankful for....

mhcc@Leviticus:9:1-21 @ Verse 1-21 -...they. Let us be thankful that...

mhcc@Leviticus:15 @ ****** Leviticus 15 ****** *** Outline of Leviticus 15 *** Laws concerning ceremonial uncleanness. -...have reason to be thankful that...__Outline Henry'__16 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Numbers:11:24-30 @ Verse 24-30 -...desire it, and be thankful for...

mhcc@Numbers:31:48-54 @ Verse 48-54 -...and desired to be thankful for...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:26:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 - When God has made good his promises to us, he expects we should own it to the honour of his faithfulness. And our creature comforts are doubly sweet, when we see them flowing from the fountain of the promise. The person who offered his first-...lead us to be thankful for...-fruits. Whatever good thing God gives us, it is his will that we make the most comfortable use we can of it, tracing the streams to the Fountain of all consolation.

mhcc@Deuteronomy:28:45-68 @ Verse 45-68 -...And let us be thankful that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:31:9-13 @ Verse 9-13 -...possessed, will see how thankful we...

mhcc@Joshua:13:7-33 @ Verse 7-33 -...God; we should be thankful for,...18:20. Their maintenance must be brought out of all the tribes. The ministers of the Lord should show themselves indifferent about worldly interests, and the people should take care they want nothing suitable. And happy are those who have the Lord God of Israel for their inheritance, though little of this world falls to their lot. His providences will supply their wants, his consolations will support their souls, till they gain heavenly joy and everlasting pleasures. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Judges:9:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...sorrow: we may be thankful that...

mhcc@Judges:15:18-20 @ Verse 18-20 - So little notice did the men of Judah take of their deliverer, that he was ready to perish for want of a draught of water. Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those who do the greatest services. Samson prayed to God in this distress. Those that forget to attend God their praises, may be compelled to attend him with their prayers. Past experiences of God's power and goodness, are excellent pleas in prayer for further mercy. He pleads his being exposed to God's enemies; our best pleas are taken from God's glory. The Lord sent him seasonable relief. The place of this action was, from the jaw-...We should be more thankful for...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Samuel:8:10-22 @ Verse 10-22 -...wisdom is, to be thankful for..._1__9 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Samuel:25:32-39 @ Verse 32-39 -...few will take it thankfully, and...

mhcc@1Kings:8:22-53 @ Verse 22-53 -...further mercies, must be thankful for...-dwelling corruptions are our spiritual diseases: every true Israelite endeavours to know these, that he may mortify them, and watch against the risings of them. These drive him to his knees; lamenting these, he spreads forth his hands in prayer. After many particulars, Solomon concludes with the general request, that God would hearken to his praying people. No place, now, under the gospel, can add to the prayers made in or towards it. The substance is Christ; whatever we ask in his name, it shall be given us. In this manner the Israel of God is established and sanctified, the backslider is recovered and healed. In this manner the stranger is brought nigh, the mourner is comforted, the name of God is glorified. Sin is the cause of all our troubles; repentance and forgiveness lead to all human happiness.

mhcc@1Kings:8:62-66 @ Verse 62-66 -...rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful for..._1__9 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Kings:6:24-33 @ Verse 24-33 -...plenty, and to be thankful for...28:53-57. The truth and the awful justice of God were displayed in this horrible transaction. Alas! what miseries sin has brought upon the world! But the foolishness of man perverts his way, and then his heart frets against the Lord. The king swears the death of Elisha. Wicked men will blame any one as the cause of their troubles, rather than themselves, and will not leave their sins. If rending the clothes, without a broken and contrite heart, would avail, if wearing sackcloth, without being renewed in the spirit of their mind, would serve, they would not stand out against the Lord. May the whole word of God increase in us reverent fear and holy hope, that we may be stedfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. Henry'_2__7 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Kings:15:8-31 @ Verse 8-31 -...have reason to be thankful for...

mhcc@2Chronicles:20:31-37 @ Verse 31-37 -...season. Let us be thankful for..._2__21 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@Ezra:3:8-13 @ Verse 8-13 -...We ought to be thankful for...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Esther:3:7-15 @ Verse 7-15 -...himself. Let us be thankful for...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Esther:9:1-19 @ Verse 1-19 -...be speedy in making thankful returns...

mhcc@Job:7:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 - Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death. Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here? yes, certainly, and the appointment is made by Him who made us and sent us here. During that, man's life is a warfare, and as day-...to us, and be thankful for...8:14. But if, while we live, we live unto the Lord, in works of faith and labours of love, we shall have the benefit, for every man shall reap as he sowed, and wear as he wove.

mhcc@Job:10:14-22 @ Verse 14-22 -...and every believer be thankful to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:22:1-4 @ Verse 1-4 -...Spirit; he accepts the thankful services...-confident.

mhcc@Job:22:15-20 @ Verse 15-20 -...we ought to be thankful to...

mhcc@Job:35:1-8 @ Verse 1-8 -...expect, but should be thankful that...

mhcc@Job:35:9-13 @ Verse 9-13 -...their afflictions, nor are thankful for...

mhcc@Psalms:33:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 -...are proper expressions of thankful praise....

mhcc@Psalms:69:30-36 @ Verse 30-36 -...us, that humble and thankful praises...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:135:15-21 @ Verse 15-21 -...are we to be thankful that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:144:9-15 @ Verse 9-15 -...that we may be thankful to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Proverbs:27:1 @ Verse 1 - We know not what a day may bring forth. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-...and are often more thankful for...-sufficient disdain the gospel; but those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, find comfort from the meanest book or sermon that testifies of Christ Jesus.8. Every man has his proper place in society, where he may be safe and comfortable.

mhcc@Song:of @ Solomon strkjv@1:9-17 Verse 9-17 -...holy, to be very thankful for...(the believer) has a humble, modest eye, discovering simplicity and godly sincerity; eyes enlightened and guided by the Holy Spirit, that blessed Dove. The church expresses her value for Christ. Thou art the great Original, but I am but a faint and imperfect copy. Many are fair to look at, yet their temper renders them unpleasant: but Christ is fair, yet pleasant. The believer, ver.16, speaks with praise of those holy ordinances in which true believers have fellowship with Christ. Whether the believer is in the courts of the Lord, or in retirement; whether following his daily labours, or confined on the bed of sickness, or even in a dungeon, a sense of the Divine presence will turn the place into a paradise. Thus the soul, daily having fellowship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, enjoys a lively hope of an incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading inheritance above. __2 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Isaiah:7:10-16 @ Verse 10-16 - Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reproved Ahaz and his court, for the little value they had for Divine revelation. Nothing is more grievous to God than distrust, but the unbelief of man shall not make the promise of God of no effect; the Lord himself shall give a sign. How great soever your distress and danger, of you the Messiah is to be born, and you cannot be destroyed while that blessing is in you. It shall be brought to pass in a glorious manner; and the strongest consolations in time of trouble are derived from Christ, our relation to him, our interest in him, our expectations of him and from him. He would grow up like other children, by the use of the diet of those countries; but he would, unlike other children, uniformly refuse the evil and choose the good. And although his birth would be by the power of the Holy Ghost, yet he should not be fed with angels' food. Then follows a sign of the speedy destruction of the princes, now a terror to Judah. "Before this child," so it may be read; "this child which I have now in my arms," (Shear-jashub, the prophet's own son, ver.3,) shall be three or four years older, these enemies' forces shall be forsaken of both their kings. The prophecy is so solemn, the sign is so marked, as given by God himself after Ahaz rejected the offer, that it must have raised hopes far beyond what the present occasion suggested. And, if the prospect of the coming of the Divine Saviour was a never-...have we to be thankful that...

mhcc@Jeremiah:14:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...prayer. Let us be thankful for...-comforts. He has given Israel his word to hope in. It becomes us in prayer to show ourselves more concerned for God's glory than for our own comfort. And if we now return to the Lord, he will save us to the glory of his grace.

mhcc@Jeremiah:48:1-13. @ Verse 1-13. -...Moabites. We should be thankful that...55:19.

mhcc@Ezekiel:21:28-32 @ Verse 28-32 -...forgotten. Let us be thankful to...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Daniel:2:14-23 @ Verse 14-23 -...more should we be thankful to...

mhcc@Daniel:4:1-18 @ Verse 1-18 -...patiently, and to be thankful that...

mhcc@Daniel:6:6-10 @ Verse 6-10 -...him continually, with humble, thankful hearts....

mhcc@Nahum:1:9-15 @ Verse 9-15 -...good. Let us be thankful for...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Matthew:3:7-12 @ Verse 7-12 -...own eyes, to be thankful for...2:4. This he does in the graces and comforts of the Spirit, given to those that ask him, Luke strkjv@11:13. John strkjv@7:38,39. see Acts strkjv@11:16. Observe here, the outward church is Christ's floor, Isaiah strkjv@21:10. True believers are as wheat, substantial, useful, and valuable; hypocrites are as chaff, light and empty, useless and worthless, carried about with every wind; these are mixed, good and bad, in the same outward communion. There is a day coming when the wheat and chaff shall be separated. The last judgment will be the distinguishing day, when saints and sinners shall be parted for ever. In heaven the saints are brought together, and no longer scattered; they are safe, and no longer exposed; separated from corrupt neighbours without, and corrupt affections within, and there is no chaff among them. Hell is the unquenchable fire, which will certainly be the portion and punishment of hypocrites and unbelievers. Here life and death, good and evil, are set before us: according as we now are in the field, we shall be then in the floor.

mhcc@Matthew:11:7-15 @ Verse 7-15 - What Christ said concerning John, was not only for his praise, but for the people's profit. Those who attend on the word will be called to give an account of their improvements. Do we think when the sermon is done, the care is over? No, then the greatest of the care begins. John was a self-...we have to be thankful that...

mhcc@Matthew:15:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...to disobey God. How thankful ought...

mhcc@John:6:60-65 @ Verse 60-65 -...us apply to Christ, thankful that...

mhcc@John:21:25 @ Verse 25 -...the Scriptures, and be thankful that...20:31. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Acts:16:6-15 @ Verse 6-15 -...synagogues, we must be thankful for...

mhcc@Acts:28:23-31 @ Verse 23-31 -...number, we should be thankful to...4:22. We learn also fromPhp strkjv@1:13,. how God overruled Paul's imprisonment for the furtherance of the gospel. And not the residents at Rome only, but all the church of Christ, to the present day, and in the most remote corner of the globe, have abundant reason to bless God, that during the most mature period of his Christian life and experience, he was detained a prisoner. It was from his prison, probably chained hand to hand to the soldier who kept him, that the apostle wrote the epistles to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Hebrews; epistles showing, perhaps more than any others, the Christian love with which his heart overflowed, and the Christian experience with which his soul was filled. The believer of the present time may have less of triumph, and less of heavenly joy, than the apostle, but every follower of the same Saviour, is equally sure of safety and peace at the last. Let us seek to live more and more in the love of the Saviour; to labour to glorify Him by every action of our lives; and we shall assuredly, by his strength, be among the number of those who now overcome our enemies; and by his free grace and mercy, be hereafter among the blessed company who shall sit with Him upon his throne, even as He also has overcome, and is sitting on his Father's throne, at God's right hand for evermore. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Romans:2:17-24 @ Verse 17-24 -...pretensions. A believing, humble, thankful glorying...-glorious boasting in God, and in the outward profession of his name, is the root and sum of all hypocrisy. Spiritual pride is the most dangerous of all kinds of pride. A great evil of the sins professors is, the dishonour done to God and religion, by their not living according to their profession. Many despise their more ignorant neighbours who rest in a dead form of godliness; yet themselves trust in a form of knowledge, equally void of life and power, while some glory in the gospel, whose unholy lives dishonour God, and cause his name to be blasphemed.

mhcc@Romans:14:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...of no moment. A thankful regard...

mhcc@Colossians:1:24-29 @ Verse 24-29 -...him. Let us be thankful that...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Hebrews:1:1-3 @ Verse 1-3 -...We never can be thankful enough...

mhcc@James:4:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 - Since all wars and fightings come from the corruptions of our own hearts, it is right to mortify those lusts that war in the members. Wordly and fleshly lusts are distempers, which will not allow content or satisfaction. Sinful desires and affections stop prayer, and the working of our desires toward God. And let us beware that we do not abuse or misuse the mercies received, by the disposition of the heart when prayers are granted When men ask of God prosperity, they often ask with wrong aims and intentions. If we thus seek the things of this world, it is just in God to deny them. Unbelieving and cold desires beg denials; and we may be sure that when prayers are rather the language of lusts than of graces, they will return empty. Here is a decided warning to avoid all criminal friendships with this world. Worldly-mindedness is enmity to God. An enemy may be reconciled, but "enmity" never can be reconciled. A man may have a large portion in things of this life, and yet be kept in the love of God; but he who sets his heart upon the world, who will conform to it rather than lose its friendship, is an enemy to God. So that any one who resolves at all events to be upon friendly terms with the world, must be the enemy of God. Did then the Jews, or the loose professors of Christianity, think the Scripture spake in vain against this worldly-...pray for it are thankful for...7. Submit your understanding to the truth of God; submit your wills to the will of his precept, the will of his providence. Submit yourselves to God, for he is ready to do you good. If we yield to temptations, the devil will continually follow us; but if we put on the whole armour of God, and stand out against him, he will leave us. Let sinners then submit to God, and seek his grace and favour; resisting the devil. All sin must be wept over; here, in godly sorrow, or, hereafter, in eternal misery. And the Lord will not refuse to comfort one who really mourns for sin, or to exalt one who humbles himself before him.

mhcc@1John:5:13-17 @ Verse 13-17 -...let us be truly thankful that...

mhcc@Revelation:4:9-11 @ Verse 9-11 - All true believers wholly ascribe their redemption and conversion, their present privileges and future hopes, to the eternal and most holy God. Thus rise the for-...interrupted; united, not divided; thankful, not...-confident. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Revelation:8:7-13 @ Verse 7-13 -...value and to be thankful for...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

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