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Quotes by Matthew Henry
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.— filed under Affliction
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it. -— filed under Church
An active faith can give thanks for a promise even though it be not yet performed, knowing that God's bonds are as good as ready money.— filed under Faith In God
The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.— filed under God's Providence
In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony between them, and that they mutually illustrate each other.— filed under God's Providence
Hypocrites do the devil's drudgery in Christ's livery.— filed under Hypocrisy
When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He bequeathed to Joseph to be decently interred; His clothes fell to the soldiers; His mother He left to the care of John; but what should He leave to His poor disciples that had left all for Him? Silver and gold He had none; but He left them that which was infinitely better, His peace.— filed under Peace
Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and half-heartedness of the professors of it.— filed under Religion
There is a burden of care in getting riches, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account at last to be given up concerning them.— filed under Riches
This makes salvation great - I shall know how great, when I can measure the distance between the eternal and the perishable, omnipotence and feebleness, immortality and death. The shipwrecked passenger who grasps an oar does something, but if the possession of that oar leads him to reject the hand which would draw him on board, it is worse than useless. If your church-going, if your reputable life, has the effect of saying to the Saviour, “No, thank you; I can float," the publicans and vilest sinners may get to heaven before you. But oh, rest not till those everlasting arms are around you, and although the cold brine may still drip from your garments, though your limbs may still be torpid and powerless with that long exposure on the deep, still the moment you clasp that outstretched arm of mercy, you have come in contact with what will never let you go. None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.— filed under Salvation
The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.— filed under Self-Denial