Field Notes of an Ordinary Pastor
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:13-17:
“Ministers, who preach to others and baptize others, should make sure that they also preach the message to themselves and that they themselves are baptized with the Holy Spirit. Watch your own life and teaching closely.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:13-17:
“Even those who were born before Christ in time depended on him, received from him, and looked to him.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:13-17:
“The best and holiest people have need of Christ, and the better they are, the more they see their need.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:13-17:
“The purest souls are most aware of their own remaining impurity, and they fervently seek spiritual washing.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“It is a great encouragement to faithful ministers to think that Jesus Christ is more powerful than they are, that he can do for them and by them what they cannot do; his strength is made perfect in their weakness.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“The word does us no good when we will not take it as spoken to us and belonging to us.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“Those who say they are sorry for their sins and yet persist in them are not worthy of the name of penitents or their privileges.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“God has warned us; he takes no pleasure in our ruin. He warns us through the written word, ministers, and conscience.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“It is a wonderful mercy that we are warned fairly to flee from this wrath.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“It is the great concern of each one of us to flee from this wrath.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“It is befitting for ministers of Christ to be bold in showing sinners their true character.”
From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:7-12:
“What the application was. It is plain and direct and addressed to their consciences. He spoke as one who came not to preach before them, but to preach to them.”