galatians 5:15 sermon

galatians 5:15 sermon

"The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. The early communities had apostolic teaching; but beyond that, they seem to have been in no respect above, and in many respects below, the level of subsequent ages. Then shall concord and all its myriad blessings come into the Church of God and the world be subdued before it. Scripture: Galatians 5:13-15 Denomination: Baptist Liberty In Christ Contributed by John Mccormack on Aug 28, 2012 based on 4 ratings | 3,166 views LEGALISM PRODUCES BONDAGE LIBERTY IN CHRIST THE LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH WAS IN DEFENSE OF THE TRUTH OF GOD'S GRACE OPPOSED THE RIGID TEACHINGS OF LEGALISM. All we therefore, who believe in the Living and True God, Whose Nature, being in the highest sense good and incapable of change, neither doth any evil, nor suffers any evil, from Whom is every good, even that which admits of decrease, and Who admits not at all of decrease in His own Good, Which is Himself, when we hear the Apostle saying, "Walk in the Spirit, and perform ye not the lusts of the flesh. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. GALATIANS v. 16. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. [1716] We grant that all these things are true, and we say that the Law is not necessary, save for them unto whom bondage is yet profitable: and that St. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! And also, when he exhorts us, that we live not after the flesh, lest we die, but that by the Spirit we mortify the deeds of the flesh, that we may live; surely the trumpet which sounds, shows the war in which we are engaged, and enkindles us to contend keenly, and to do our enemies to death, [1832] that we be not done to death by them. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." )Dissensions in the ChurchR. He spake not of all; but, having named St. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) Amen. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. doubts! There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another. The early communities had apostolic teaching; but beyond that, they seem to have been in no respect above, and in many respects below, the level of subsequent ages. )The evil of dissensionsT. v. 22). And also, when he exhorts us, that we live not after the flesh, lest we die, but that by the Spirit we mortify the deeds of the flesh, that we may live; surely the trumpet which sounds, shows the war in which we are engaged, and enkindles us to contend keenly, and to do our enemies to death, [1832] that we be not done to death by them. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Finally, so many benefits were seen to be the result of the occurrence that, instead of rebuilding the fallen part, the remainder was pulled down to a low level, that air and sunshine might have freer course, and the gardens a free communication. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? The flowers and shrubs of each garden discovered that members of their own families had been living on the other side, and therefore really near to each other, though they had had no communion, owing to the wall between.5. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. It is not enough for us to have been born again of Water and the Holy Ghost, and to have received the Gifts of the Spirit from time to time through the different means of grace. v. 22). In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 'The fruit of the Spirit,' says Paul, not the fruits, as we might more naturally have expected, and as the phrase is most often quoted; all this rich variety of graces, of conduct and character, is thought of as one. The shrubs looked over to one another, and got into friendly talk; and so they said, "What a good thing that piece of old wall fell down; it is a pity it stood so high so long."4. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Whatever may be our experience of failure and barrenness, He is never defeated. v. 22). Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. GALATIANS v. 16. However, this did not cheer me so much," continued the wolf, "as this, that as they came marching on, I observed they were all snapping right and left at one another, and I could see clearly that though they all hate the wolf, yet each dog hates every other dog with all his heart." Gurnall. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. A. v. 22). The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. We are not to suppose that the Apostle here uses the familiar contrast of spirit and flesh to express simply different elements of human nature. Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. It is, love, therefore, we are bound to cultivate. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." Let us all, then, be entreated, conjured, and persuaded to forbear biting and devouring one another. I am afraid that the dissensions betwixt Christian Churches (being so long in reconciling their discords) will breed in pagans such a disrelish of our religion, as they will not be invited to attend thereunto.(T. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. (d)Be clothed with humility. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. v. 22, 23. It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. 4. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. The sun was able to pour more light into the gardens on either side, which the height of the wall had obstructed, so that the flowers looked to greater advantage; and, owing to their having more air and sunshine, became really more beautiful.2. v. 22). Not a defeatist mentality that capitulates at the weight of every struggle, but one that always looks forward to the hope that we have In Christ. AugustineOn ContinenceAnd Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. Bowden. (c)Endeavour for a catholic spirit. And not a few afterwards acknowledged that a real good and blessing was the consequence to all parties, by the opportunely falling down of that old dividing wall Party spirit is a wall of separation which the coming and the work of Christ was intended to remove. The early communities had apostolic teaching; but beyond that, they seem to have been in no respect above, and in many respects below, the level of subsequent ages. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. It is to be like God. (Admonition 23.) (b)Learn Christian wisdom. A. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. "Walk in the Spirit." What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." (Persian Fables. (3) The best method to cure this great evil, and to prevent this great danger. Divisions are as the north-east wind to the fruits, which causeth them to dwindle away to nothing; but when the storms are over, everything begins to grow. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. Gurnall. (b)You trample upon the great precept of the gospel, which is love. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. The contentions among the Protestants in King Edward the Sixth's reign ended in the persecution by Queen Mary: and if ever the Romans ruin us again, it will be procured by our contentions among ourselves. "What a pity that piece of old wall had not fallen down before," said the flowers.3. In asking their question, the Jews intended to inquire of Christ what particular things they must do, before all others, in order to please God. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. [1716] We grant that all these things are true, and we say that the Law is not necessary, save for them unto whom bondage is yet profitable: and that St. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. (2) The certainty and sadness of the danger. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. A. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Paul tells us that they are the fruit of the Spirit, that is, if the Holy Spirit is given control of our lives, this is the fruit that He will bear. A. And on this account that, which, the parts that beget being bridled by modesty, is most chiefly and properly to be called Continence, is violated by no transgression, if the higher Continence, concerning which we have been some time speaking, be preserved in the heart. Nothing is more important then, than that we should be continuously filled with the Holy Spirit, or to keep to the metaphor, that the "trees of the Lord should be continuously full of sap"--His sap. For they mark what is said, that they who are under the Law are in bondage, and they keep flying above the rest that last saying, "Ye are made empty [1715] of Christ, as many of you as are justified in the Law; ye have fallen from Grace." These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. JOHN vi. And we, on our part, have only to get into a right relationship with Him, and we shall see His power being demonstrated in our hearts and lives and service, and His victorious life will Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Dove and the LambVictorious living and effective soul-winning service are not the product of our better selves and hard endeavours, but are simply the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! v. 22). Thrice happy they who at Thy side, Thou Child of Nazareth, Have learnt to give their struggling pride Into Thy hands to death: If thus indeed we lay us low, Thou wilt exalt us o'er the foe; And let the exaltation be That we are lost in Thee. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. (f)Follow after charity. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? "Worse than that, I fear. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. (f)Follow after charity. (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26 We should allow the fruits of the" Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. May the Holy Spirit lead us, beloved, these days, into His sweetness, quietness, and gentleness, subduing every coarse, rude, harsh, and unholy habit, and making us like Him, of whom it is said, "He shall not strive, Rev. Discover Sermons | Plack Road Baptist Church 01-04-23 The Folly Of The Galatians - Pastor Jason Demlow. Are a hindrance to the progress of the gospel.4. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. (g)These contentions in religion tempt men to be atheists. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. For those are they, whom it willed should be done to death by us, that is to say, the works of the St. "Why, how is that? What shall I do? (c) They prepare for the most desperate actions. What shall I do? The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. 2. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." While the Law is, therefore, rejected as a way of life, it is accepted as a rule. 1 Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Nothing is more important then, than that we should be continuously filled with the Holy Spirit, or to keep to the metaphor, that the "trees of the Lord should be continuously full of sap"--His sap. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. Has the wolf got into the fold?" (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Let me say a little on a subject which, like the last, is one of some delicacy and difficulty, though its problems are of a very different kind. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. And if men would begin at this end, and not still at the wrong end to wit, the few and small things wherein we differ we could not, for very shame, be so implacable to one another. The call to freedom, according to Paul, and according to Christ is a call to love. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. Without entering here on questions for which a sermon is scarcely a suitable vehicle of discussion, it may be sufficient for our present purpose to say that, as usually, when employing this antithesis the Apostle means by Spirit the divine, the Spirit of God, which he triumphed Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureWhat Makes a Christian: Circumcision or Faith? (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. Gal 5:52. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. )How to end bickeringsC. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. (e)They stir up much corruption, both in the aggressor and in the defendant. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth. Neil. A. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. We are not to suppose that the Apostle here uses the familiar contrast of spirit and flesh to express simply different elements of human nature. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. If there be tempest (not in the air) in the spirits of Christians, and the wind of their passions be high and loud, it is easy to tell who is the conjuror; it is the devil that is practising his black art upon their lusts, which yet are so much unmortified, as gives him too great an advantage of raising many times sad storms of division and strife amongst them. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. I am afraid that the dissensions betwixt Christian Churches (being so long in reconciling their discords) will breed in pagans such a disrelish of our religion, as they will not be invited to attend thereunto.(T. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). It is, the relation between the Curate and his Incumbent; or more particularly, the Curate's position and conduct Handley C. G. MouleTo My Younger BrethrenHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not . Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. Goodness is just "Godness." )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. For this reason the Lord, after He had said, "For from the heart go forth evil thoughts," then went on to add what it is that belongs to evil thoughts, "murders, adulteries," and the rest. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. It is a delightful passion. It is an emulation of a selfish character. Jesus is always victorious. When the sheep of Christ are malignant one against another, it is a fearful presage of ensuing ruin; when there are tumults in the Church, it may justly be feared that God is about to remove from us.(Spencer. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." I have said this, lest haply married fruitfulness dare to vie with virgin chastity, and to set forth Mary herself, and to say unto the virgins of God, She had in her flesh two things worthy of honor, virginity and fruitfulness; inasmuch as she both continued a virgin, and bore: this happiness, since we could not both have the whole, we have divided, that ye be virgins, we be mothers: for what is wanting to you in children, let your virginity, that hath been preserved, be a consolation: for us, St. And on this account that, which, the parts that beget being bridled by modesty, is most chiefly and properly to be called Continence, is violated by no transgression, if the higher Continence, concerning which we have been some time speaking, be preserved in the heart. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Jesus is always victorious. The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. A. Bertram.1. Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. Union is the true means of our preservation. 4. The "works of God," as they denominate them, were not any and every duty, but those more special and important acts, by which the creature might secure William G.T. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. His power is boundless. There is nothing (next Christ and heaven) that the devil grudges believers more than their peace and mutual love; if he cannot rend them from Christ, or stop them from getting heaven, yet he takes some pleasure to see them go thither in a storm; like a shattered fleet severed one from another, that they may have no assistance from, nor comfort of, each other's company all the way; though, where he can divide, he hopes to ruin also, well knowing this to be the most probable means to effect it; one ship is easier taken than a squadron. Are often due to trivial causes.2. What can I do with them? (b)It threatens the ruin of our religion. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. His power is boundless. We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" "Worse than that, I fear. 'The fruit of the Spirit,' says Paul, not the fruits, as we might more naturally have expected, and as the phrase is most often quoted; all this rich variety of graces, of conduct and character, is thought of as one. I should like to dismiss them, but it seems I can not. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. Goodness is just "Godness." It is a sad presage of an approaching famine (as one well observes) not of bread, nor of water, but of hearing the Word of God when the thin ears of corn devour the plump full ones; when our controversies about doubtful things, and things of less moment, eat up our zeal for the more indisputable and practical things in religion.(American. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! Bowden. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. The Inward Warfare. Let me say a little on a subject which, like the last, is one of some delicacy and difficulty, though its problems are of a very different kind. The "works of God," as they denominate them, were not any and every duty, but those more special and important acts, by which the creature might secure William G.T. Thrice happy they who at Thy side, Thou Child of Nazareth, Have learnt to give their struggling pride Into Thy hands to death: If thus indeed we lay us low, Thou wilt exalt us o'er the foe; And let the exaltation be That we are lost in Thee. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. v. 22). The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. Are often due to trivial causes.2. But it happened that the musicians were so long in tuning their instruments that the great Turk, distasting their tediousness, went away in discontent before the music began. Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. Licence is liberty to please ourselves, to humour the flesh, to regard liberty as an end and not a means. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." 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"The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. The early communities had apostolic teaching; but beyond that, they seem to have been in no respect above, and in many respects below, the level of subsequent ages. Then shall concord and all its myriad blessings come into the Church of God and the world be subdued before it. Scripture: Galatians 5:13-15 Denomination: Baptist Liberty In Christ Contributed by John Mccormack on Aug 28, 2012 based on 4 ratings | 3,166 views LEGALISM PRODUCES BONDAGE LIBERTY IN CHRIST THE LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH WAS IN DEFENSE OF THE TRUTH OF GOD'S GRACE OPPOSED THE RIGID TEACHINGS OF LEGALISM. All we therefore, who believe in the Living and True God, Whose Nature, being in the highest sense good and incapable of change, neither doth any evil, nor suffers any evil, from Whom is every good, even that which admits of decrease, and Who admits not at all of decrease in His own Good, Which is Himself, when we hear the Apostle saying, "Walk in the Spirit, and perform ye not the lusts of the flesh. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. GALATIANS v. 16. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. [1716] We grant that all these things are true, and we say that the Law is not necessary, save for them unto whom bondage is yet profitable: and that St. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! And also, when he exhorts us, that we live not after the flesh, lest we die, but that by the Spirit we mortify the deeds of the flesh, that we may live; surely the trumpet which sounds, shows the war in which we are engaged, and enkindles us to contend keenly, and to do our enemies to death, [1832] that we be not done to death by them. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." )Dissensions in the ChurchR. He spake not of all; but, having named St. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) Amen. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. doubts! There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another. The early communities had apostolic teaching; but beyond that, they seem to have been in no respect above, and in many respects below, the level of subsequent ages. )The evil of dissensionsT. v. 22). And also, when he exhorts us, that we live not after the flesh, lest we die, but that by the Spirit we mortify the deeds of the flesh, that we may live; surely the trumpet which sounds, shows the war in which we are engaged, and enkindles us to contend keenly, and to do our enemies to death, [1832] that we be not done to death by them. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Finally, so many benefits were seen to be the result of the occurrence that, instead of rebuilding the fallen part, the remainder was pulled down to a low level, that air and sunshine might have freer course, and the gardens a free communication. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? The flowers and shrubs of each garden discovered that members of their own families had been living on the other side, and therefore really near to each other, though they had had no communion, owing to the wall between.5. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. It is not enough for us to have been born again of Water and the Holy Ghost, and to have received the Gifts of the Spirit from time to time through the different means of grace. v. 22). In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 'The fruit of the Spirit,' says Paul, not the fruits, as we might more naturally have expected, and as the phrase is most often quoted; all this rich variety of graces, of conduct and character, is thought of as one. The shrubs looked over to one another, and got into friendly talk; and so they said, "What a good thing that piece of old wall fell down; it is a pity it stood so high so long."4. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Whatever may be our experience of failure and barrenness, He is never defeated. v. 22). Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. GALATIANS v. 16. However, this did not cheer me so much," continued the wolf, "as this, that as they came marching on, I observed they were all snapping right and left at one another, and I could see clearly that though they all hate the wolf, yet each dog hates every other dog with all his heart." Gurnall. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. A. v. 22). The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. We are not to suppose that the Apostle here uses the familiar contrast of spirit and flesh to express simply different elements of human nature. Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. It is, love, therefore, we are bound to cultivate. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." Let us all, then, be entreated, conjured, and persuaded to forbear biting and devouring one another. I am afraid that the dissensions betwixt Christian Churches (being so long in reconciling their discords) will breed in pagans such a disrelish of our religion, as they will not be invited to attend thereunto.(T. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. (d)Be clothed with humility. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. v. 22, 23. It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. 4. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. The sun was able to pour more light into the gardens on either side, which the height of the wall had obstructed, so that the flowers looked to greater advantage; and, owing to their having more air and sunshine, became really more beautiful.2. v. 22). Not a defeatist mentality that capitulates at the weight of every struggle, but one that always looks forward to the hope that we have In Christ. AugustineOn ContinenceAnd Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. Bowden. (c)Endeavour for a catholic spirit. And not a few afterwards acknowledged that a real good and blessing was the consequence to all parties, by the opportunely falling down of that old dividing wall Party spirit is a wall of separation which the coming and the work of Christ was intended to remove. The early communities had apostolic teaching; but beyond that, they seem to have been in no respect above, and in many respects below, the level of subsequent ages. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. It is to be like God. (Admonition 23.) (b)Learn Christian wisdom. A. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. "Walk in the Spirit." What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." (Persian Fables. (3) The best method to cure this great evil, and to prevent this great danger. Divisions are as the north-east wind to the fruits, which causeth them to dwindle away to nothing; but when the storms are over, everything begins to grow. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. Gurnall. (b)You trample upon the great precept of the gospel, which is love. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. The contentions among the Protestants in King Edward the Sixth's reign ended in the persecution by Queen Mary: and if ever the Romans ruin us again, it will be procured by our contentions among ourselves. "What a pity that piece of old wall had not fallen down before," said the flowers.3. In asking their question, the Jews intended to inquire of Christ what particular things they must do, before all others, in order to please God. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. [1716] We grant that all these things are true, and we say that the Law is not necessary, save for them unto whom bondage is yet profitable: and that St. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. (2) The certainty and sadness of the danger. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. A. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Paul tells us that they are the fruit of the Spirit, that is, if the Holy Spirit is given control of our lives, this is the fruit that He will bear. A. And on this account that, which, the parts that beget being bridled by modesty, is most chiefly and properly to be called Continence, is violated by no transgression, if the higher Continence, concerning which we have been some time speaking, be preserved in the heart. Nothing is more important then, than that we should be continuously filled with the Holy Spirit, or to keep to the metaphor, that the "trees of the Lord should be continuously full of sap"--His sap. For they mark what is said, that they who are under the Law are in bondage, and they keep flying above the rest that last saying, "Ye are made empty [1715] of Christ, as many of you as are justified in the Law; ye have fallen from Grace." These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. JOHN vi. And we, on our part, have only to get into a right relationship with Him, and we shall see His power being demonstrated in our hearts and lives and service, and His victorious life will Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Dove and the LambVictorious living and effective soul-winning service are not the product of our better selves and hard endeavours, but are simply the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! v. 22). Thrice happy they who at Thy side, Thou Child of Nazareth, Have learnt to give their struggling pride Into Thy hands to death: If thus indeed we lay us low, Thou wilt exalt us o'er the foe; And let the exaltation be That we are lost in Thee. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. (f)Follow after charity. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? "Worse than that, I fear. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. (f)Follow after charity. (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26 We should allow the fruits of the" Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. May the Holy Spirit lead us, beloved, these days, into His sweetness, quietness, and gentleness, subduing every coarse, rude, harsh, and unholy habit, and making us like Him, of whom it is said, "He shall not strive, Rev. Discover Sermons | Plack Road Baptist Church 01-04-23 The Folly Of The Galatians - Pastor Jason Demlow. Are a hindrance to the progress of the gospel.4. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. (g)These contentions in religion tempt men to be atheists. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. For those are they, whom it willed should be done to death by us, that is to say, the works of the St. "Why, how is that? What shall I do? (c) They prepare for the most desperate actions. What shall I do? The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. 2. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." While the Law is, therefore, rejected as a way of life, it is accepted as a rule. 1 Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Nothing is more important then, than that we should be continuously filled with the Holy Spirit, or to keep to the metaphor, that the "trees of the Lord should be continuously full of sap"--His sap. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. Has the wolf got into the fold?" (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Let me say a little on a subject which, like the last, is one of some delicacy and difficulty, though its problems are of a very different kind. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. And if men would begin at this end, and not still at the wrong end to wit, the few and small things wherein we differ we could not, for very shame, be so implacable to one another. The call to freedom, according to Paul, and according to Christ is a call to love. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. Without entering here on questions for which a sermon is scarcely a suitable vehicle of discussion, it may be sufficient for our present purpose to say that, as usually, when employing this antithesis the Apostle means by Spirit the divine, the Spirit of God, which he triumphed Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureWhat Makes a Christian: Circumcision or Faith? (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. Gal 5:52. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. )How to end bickeringsC. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. (e)They stir up much corruption, both in the aggressor and in the defendant. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth. Neil. A. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. We are not to suppose that the Apostle here uses the familiar contrast of spirit and flesh to express simply different elements of human nature. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. If there be tempest (not in the air) in the spirits of Christians, and the wind of their passions be high and loud, it is easy to tell who is the conjuror; it is the devil that is practising his black art upon their lusts, which yet are so much unmortified, as gives him too great an advantage of raising many times sad storms of division and strife amongst them. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. I am afraid that the dissensions betwixt Christian Churches (being so long in reconciling their discords) will breed in pagans such a disrelish of our religion, as they will not be invited to attend thereunto.(T. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). It is, the relation between the Curate and his Incumbent; or more particularly, the Curate's position and conduct Handley C. G. MouleTo My Younger BrethrenHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not . Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. Goodness is just "Godness." )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. For this reason the Lord, after He had said, "For from the heart go forth evil thoughts," then went on to add what it is that belongs to evil thoughts, "murders, adulteries," and the rest. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. It is a delightful passion. It is an emulation of a selfish character. Jesus is always victorious. When the sheep of Christ are malignant one against another, it is a fearful presage of ensuing ruin; when there are tumults in the Church, it may justly be feared that God is about to remove from us.(Spencer. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." I have said this, lest haply married fruitfulness dare to vie with virgin chastity, and to set forth Mary herself, and to say unto the virgins of God, She had in her flesh two things worthy of honor, virginity and fruitfulness; inasmuch as she both continued a virgin, and bore: this happiness, since we could not both have the whole, we have divided, that ye be virgins, we be mothers: for what is wanting to you in children, let your virginity, that hath been preserved, be a consolation: for us, St. And on this account that, which, the parts that beget being bridled by modesty, is most chiefly and properly to be called Continence, is violated by no transgression, if the higher Continence, concerning which we have been some time speaking, be preserved in the heart. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Jesus is always victorious. The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. A. Bertram.1. Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. Union is the true means of our preservation. 4. The "works of God," as they denominate them, were not any and every duty, but those more special and important acts, by which the creature might secure William G.T. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. His power is boundless. There is nothing (next Christ and heaven) that the devil grudges believers more than their peace and mutual love; if he cannot rend them from Christ, or stop them from getting heaven, yet he takes some pleasure to see them go thither in a storm; like a shattered fleet severed one from another, that they may have no assistance from, nor comfort of, each other's company all the way; though, where he can divide, he hopes to ruin also, well knowing this to be the most probable means to effect it; one ship is easier taken than a squadron. Are often due to trivial causes.2. What can I do with them? (b)It threatens the ruin of our religion. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. His power is boundless. We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" "Worse than that, I fear. 'The fruit of the Spirit,' says Paul, not the fruits, as we might more naturally have expected, and as the phrase is most often quoted; all this rich variety of graces, of conduct and character, is thought of as one. I should like to dismiss them, but it seems I can not. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. Goodness is just "Godness." It is a sad presage of an approaching famine (as one well observes) not of bread, nor of water, but of hearing the Word of God when the thin ears of corn devour the plump full ones; when our controversies about doubtful things, and things of less moment, eat up our zeal for the more indisputable and practical things in religion.(American. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! Bowden. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. The Inward Warfare. Let me say a little on a subject which, like the last, is one of some delicacy and difficulty, though its problems are of a very different kind. The "works of God," as they denominate them, were not any and every duty, but those more special and important acts, by which the creature might secure William G.T. Thrice happy they who at Thy side, Thou Child of Nazareth, Have learnt to give their struggling pride Into Thy hands to death: If thus indeed we lay us low, Thou wilt exalt us o'er the foe; And let the exaltation be That we are lost in Thee. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. v. 22). The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. Are often due to trivial causes.2. But it happened that the musicians were so long in tuning their instruments that the great Turk, distasting their tediousness, went away in discontent before the music began. Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. Licence is liberty to please ourselves, to humour the flesh, to regard liberty as an end and not a means. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." 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