"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME,
HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS,
and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you"
John 14:26 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
One of the most grievous things that one can endure is to be ignored. How grieved then, must the Holy Spirit be, for to be ignored has been His lot for these many centuries! He, Who is the Indweller of the believer, the Anointer of the anointed, the Power of the pulpit and the Fullness of power for the believer, continues to go about His work with little or no acknowledgment or attention. Few sermons are preached about Him, fewer books are written of Him; yet He quietly continues to offer us leadership, comfort, wisdom, strength, teaching and power.
He must be a wonderful Person to go about His work among us with little or no recognition. Each of us enjoys introducing to our friends someone whom we have met and whose presence has enriched our lives. Years ago I met the Holy Spirit. How rich has been my life since that day! I want you to know Him too. May I introduce the Holy Spirit to you.
"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us"
Ephesians 3:20 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
"BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT:
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?
even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God"
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
"BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER,
AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON YOU:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth"
Acts 1:8 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
"BUT IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM THAT RAISED UP JESUS FROM THE DEAD DWELL IN YOU,
he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you"
Romans 8:11 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
"I tell you, Nay:
but, except ye REPENT (stop sinning),
ye shall ALL likewise perish"
Jesus Christ, Luke 13:3 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE BLOTTED OUT,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord"
Acts 3:19 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
“But the FEARFUL, and UNBELIEVING, and the ABOMINABLE, and MURDERERS,
and WHOREMONGERS, and SORCERERS, and IDOLATERS, and all LIARS,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death”
"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
ADULTERY
(voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse),
FORNICATION
(sexual intercourse between people not married to each other),
UNCLEANNESS
(morally impure thoughts),
LASCIVIOUSNESS
(driven by thoughts of sex, lust),
IDOLATRY
(an exceedingly strong passion/desire of something or someone other than God),
WITCHCRAFT
(sorcery, magic, the black arts, witchcraft, wizardry, the occult, occultism, enchantment, spell, incantation, necromancy, divination)
HATRED
(intense dislike or ill will),
VARIANCE
(the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent, disagreeing or quarreling)
EMULATIONS
(ambition or endeavor to equal or excel others (as in achievement),
WRATH
(extreme anger, rage, fury, outrage),
STRIFE
(conflict, friction, discord, disagreement, dissension, quarreling)
SEDITIONS
(conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority),
HERESIES
(any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with the Bible),
ENVYINGS
(covetousness with regard to another's advantages, possessions, or attainments),
MURDERS
(is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse),
DRUNKENNESS
(all drinking of alcohol is drunkenness),
REVELLINGS
(letting loose or going wild, noisy partying or carousing),
AND SUCH: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
THAT THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD"
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE”
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
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