This kind of love goes far beyond what the law demands. (b)It threatens the ruin of our religion. Bowden. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. ). I. 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. It is all the time to be His fruit. (Persian Fables. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. Spiritual joy is a sweet and delightful passion, arising from the apprehension and feeling of some good, whereby the soul is supported under present troubles, and fenced against future fear. The father had grown grey in a long life of depredation and danger, and his scars bore witness to his narrow escapes in the chase, or his less honourable encounters with the faithful guardians of the hen roost. 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. (c)These contentions bring great dishonour to Jesus Christ. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. '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. v. 16. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. )The evil of dissensionsT. Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. v. 6. (b)It threatens the ruin of our religion. (f)Follow after charity. "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." v. 16. The father had grown grey in a long life of depredation and danger, and his scars bore witness to his narrow escapes in the chase, or his less honourable encounters with the faithful guardians of the hen roost. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. v. 16. "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. It is all the time to be His fruit. A. Spiritual joy is a sweet and delightful passion, arising from the apprehension and feeling of some good, whereby the soul is supported under present troubles, and fenced against future fear. (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. 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. Leave off this brutish behaviour toward one another. Are often due to trivial causes.2. The Inward Warfare. 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. JOHN vi. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. MP3 Audio (3.09 MB) Gal 5 & The Eighth Day Kirt Merriman 10 17 22. 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. I should like to dismiss them, but it seems I can not. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. I. We are bidden "to stir up the gift that is in us;" we are told to "grow in grace." )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. 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. v. 22. The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. 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. 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. 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. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. Let it, therefore, be your great care to keep the devil's spark from your powder.(W. 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 third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. He spake not of all; but, having named St. and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.Dictionary of Bible ThemesGalatians 5:155132biting5821criticism, among believers8765grudgeGalatians 5:2-256511salvationGalatians 5:9-216026sin, judgment onGalatians 5:13-166679justification, results8452neighbours, duty toGalatians 5:13-185380law, and gospelGalatians 5:14-163209Holy Spirit, and loveLibraryMarch 28. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Are always unreasonable.3. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." )Dissensions in the ChurchR. 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. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. 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. 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. Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. The gospel, which makes wolves and lambs agree, does not teach the lambs to turn wolves and devour each the other. v. 22. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. AugustineOn ContinenceAnd Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. 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. "Worse than that, I fear. 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. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. 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. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." (h)Mind every one his own business. AugustineOn ContinenceAll we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God18. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? Are offensive to God.(R. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. I. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. )How to end bickeringsC. 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. 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. "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. (h)Mind every one his own business. 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. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. 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. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. Gal 5:52. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. Has the wolf got into the fold?" (g)These contentions in religion tempt men to be atheists. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. 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. 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. Nature's harshness has melted away and she is now beaming with the smile of spring, and everything around us whispers of the gentleness of God. This is the healing grace; and if this be not applied to our bleeding wounds, they will never be cured. Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. "Walk in the Spirit." (Persian Fables. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." Do not labour to screw-up one another to the utmost. Let it, therefore, be your great care to keep the devil's spark from your powder.(W. It seems to me that surely I am not sanctified, or else I should be more perfect. v. 22). Amen. We recognize in God the supreme object of grateful love; we recognize in our neighbour the object of our love for God's sake and for his own sake; and we honour the Law of God as "holy and just and good." Bowden. 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. Gurnall.You all profess to have been baptized into the spirit of the gospel; but you do not show it when you bite and snarl at one another. It is a delightful passion. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. v. 16. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. What shall I do? (e)Apply yourselves to the practice of real piety. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. 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." Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. Gal 5:52. 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. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 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