Isaiah 35:3-4 (ISV) Strengthen the feeble h ands\, and support the stumbling knees. Say to those with anxious hearts\, 'Be strong\, do not be afraid! Here is your God. He will bring vengeance\ , He will bring divine retribution\, and He will save you.
\nThe fee ble and faint-hearted are encouraged. This is the design of the good news God has given us in Jesus Christ. Fear is weakening but God says to us\, \ "Be strong\,\" and gives us hope for One who is mighty who will take venge ance on the powers of darkness\, and give abundant comforts to those that mourn. He will come and save and give those who were troubled\, rest
\nHebrews 12:12 Strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees\, and stra ighten the paths of your life\, so that your lameness many not become wors e\, but instead may be healed.
\nA burden of affliction is apt to ma ke the Christian's hands hang down\, and his knees grow feeble\, to dispir it him and discourage him\; but against this he must strive\, that he may better run his spiritual race and course. Faith and patience enable believ ers to follow peace and holiness\, as a man follows his calling constantly \, diligently\, and with pleasure. Peace with men\, of all sects and parti es\, will be favorable to our pursuit of holiness. But peace and holiness go together\; there can be not right peace without holiness. Where persons fail of having the true grace of God\, corruption will prevail and break forth\; beware lest any unmortified lust in the heart\, which seems to be dead\, should spring up\, to trouble and disturb the whole body. Falling a way from Christ is the fruit of preferring the delights of the flesh\, to the blessing of God\, and the heavenly inheritance. Henry\, Matthew. Matth ew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible : Complete and Unabridged. Peab ody\, Mass.\, Hendrickson Publishers\, 1991.
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