Matthew Henry was a Heretic!
"...there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ." —Galatians 1:7
By David J. Stewart
Christians all around the world look to
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible for insight into the
Scriptures; yet they are being woefully deceived if they think for one
moment that Henry was a true believer. Henry's commentary is freely available online, for all to read.
However, many believers don't know is that Matthew Henry was a heretic
who taught Baptismal Regeneration (i.e., the damnable heresy that a
person MUST be baptized in order to go to Heaven). Here is Henry's own
words in his commentary on 1st
Peter 3:21 ...
Christian Baptism. (a. d. 66.)
21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Noah's salvation in the ark upon the water prefigured the salvation of all good Christians in the church by baptism; that temporal salvation by the ark was a type, the antitype whereunto is the eternal salvation of believers by baptism, to prevent mistakes about which the apostle,
I. Declares what he means by saving baptism; not the outward ceremony of washing with water, which, in itself, does no more than put away the filth of the flesh, but it is that baptism wherein there is a faithful answer or restipulation of a resolved good conscience, engaging to believe in, and be entirely devoted to, God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, renouncing at the same time the flesh, the world, and the devil. The baptismal covenant, made and kept, will certainly save us. Washing is the visible sign; this is the thing signified.
II. The apostle shows that the efficacy of baptism to salvation depends not upon the work done, but upon the resurrection of Christ, which supposes his death, and is the foundation of our faith and hope, to which we are rendered conformable by dying to sin, and rising again to holiness and newness of life. Learn, 1. The sacrament of baptism, rightly received, is a means and a pledge of salvation. Baptism now saveth us. God is pleased to convey his blessings to us in and by his ordinances, Acts ii. 38; xxii. 16. 2. The external participation of baptism will save no man without an answerable good conscience and conversation. There must be the answer of a good conscience towards God.—Obj. Infants cannot make such an answer, and therefore ought not to be baptized.—Answer, the true circumcision was that of the heart and of the spirit (Rom. ii. 29), which children were no more capable of then than our infants are capable of making this answer now; yet they were allowed circumcision at eight days old. The infants of the Christian church therefore may be admitted to the ordinance with as much reason as the infants of the Jewish, unless they are barred from it by some express prohibition of Christ.
Clearly, Matthew Henry taught the same damnable Protestant heresies as Martin Luther and others ... Henry states above, "The sacrament of baptism, rightly received, is a means and a pledge of salvation." A "means" of salvation? There's no such teaching in the Word of God. If you'd like to know the Biblical truth about Baptism, please read What Is Baptism? Also, for an accurate exegesis of 1st Peter 3:21, please read 1st Peter 3:21 Explained.
Also, the Bible does NOT teach
Protestantism.
There's not one Protestant church that doesn't teach water baptism as a
"sacrament" (i.e., that the act of water baptism bestows some special grace
upon the believer). Some Protestants require baptism for salvation,
others do not; but they all teach baptism as a "sacrament" (a term not found
in the Bible).
Baptism is NOT a Sacrament!
In his book, A Concise Guide to Bible Christianity and Romanism, Ian R.K. Paisley makes the following statement concerning baptism...
48. What is Baptism?
'Baptism is a Sacrament wherein the washing with water in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our engrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace and our engagement to be the Lord's.' —SOURCE
Show me that in the Bible! Show me where baptism is a sacrament! The word "sacrament" is NOT even found in the Bible. The dictionary defines sacrament as, "a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it." What "grace" is conferred upon us by being baptized? Clearly, the word "sacrament" is a dangerous and unscriptural word. There is NO grace bestowed upon anyone by being baptized. Getting baptized will just get you wet!
It's high time for Christians to become CHRISTIANS, and stop hobnobbing with the "harlots" of Catholicism. The Protestants are those who's forefathers separated from the Roman Catholic Religion. Protestants may have come out of Catholicism; but Catholicism certainly didn't come out of them. If you don't believe me, then read about Martin Loser (Martin Luther) who idolized Mary, taught the Immaculate Conception, and believed that Mary is the mother of all believers. Also, please read, Lutheran Lies and The Damnable Martin Luther Deception. As a Christian, I am glad to say that I am NOT a Protestant. I never came out of the Great Whore of Catholicism (Revelation 17:5,19:2). Baptists are not Protestants and never were.
