4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-18)We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ’s doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the duty of beneficence and doing good to those who…
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