A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry
together his elect from the four winds, and then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Matthew
13:41. Matthew 24:31. Matthew 13:43.
And we then, according to your promise, look for new heavens, and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness: Lord, grant that seeing we look for such things, we may give diligence to be found of him in peace without spot and blameless: And then come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. 2 Peter 3:13, 14. Revelation 22:20.
2.3.1.16. For the sendingof the Holy Spirit to supply the want of Christ's bodily presence, to carry on His undertaking, andto prepare things for His second coming.
We bless you that when our Lord Jesus went away, he sent us another Comforter to abide with us forever, even the Spirit of truth, who shall glorify the Son, for he shall take of his, and shall shew it unto us. John 14:16, 17. John 16:14.
That being by the right hand of God exalted and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he poured it forth as rivers of living water. Acts 2:33. John 7:38.
Blessed be God for the signs and wonders, and divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, with which God bear witness to the great salvation. Hebrews 2:4, 3.
And blessed be God for the promise, that as earthly parents, though evil, know how to give good gifts to their children, so our heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him, that holy Spirit ofpromise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. Luke 11:13. Ephesians 1:13, 14.
2.3.1.17. For the covenantofgrace made with us in Jesus Christ, and all the exceeding great andprecious privileges of that covenant, andfor the seals ofit.
We thank you that in Jesus Christ you have made an everlasting covenant with us, even the sure mercies of David, and that though the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, yet this covenant of your peace shall never be removed. Isaiah 55:3. Isaiah
That you have given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these we might be partakers of a divine nature: and that Jesus Christ is the mediator of this better covenant, which is established upon better promises. 2 Peter 1:4. Hebrews 8:6.
That though you chasten our transgression with the rod, and our iniquity with stripes, yet your loving kindness you will not utterly take away, nor cause your faithfulness to fail, your covenant you will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of your lips. Psalm
That being willing more abundantly to shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of your counsel, you have confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us. Hebrews 6:17, 18.