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(c)Endeavour for a catholic spirit. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. Fuller, D. D.)PeopleGalatians, Paul, PhilippiansPlacesGalatiaTopicsBeware, Bite, Biting, Care, Careful, Cause, Consume, Consumed, Destroyed, Destruction, Devour, Devouring, Fighting, Heed, Lest, Perpetually, Snapping, Snarling, WatchOutline1. Galatians 5:13. Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. )How to end bickeringsC. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. He replied with a sigh, "After all my experience, I am forced to confess that the best trick is, to keep out of their way." 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 safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. Bowden. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Steele, M. AugustineOn ContinenceAnd Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. 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. Jesus is always victorious. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. )The evil of dissensionsT. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? Topic: Liberty Scripture: Galatians 5:1-15. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. 5. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. His power is boundless. I should like to dismiss them, but it seems I can not. 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. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. 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. 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?" Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. It is to be like God. (5) Consider your own personal moral failings. 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. (a)They provoke the wrath of God. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. "Walk in the Spirit." The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. (b) They destroy that love which is the cement of all societies. (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. 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. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. Goodness is just "Godness." Gal 5:52. 17. 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. Union is the true means of our preservation. 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. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. v. 16. v. 22). 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. The whole difference between the legal spirit and the gospel spirit is that in the one case Law is kept in hope of establishing a claim; in the other it is kept in token of our gratitude. v. 22). For when there is a dislike settled within, and that men's spirits are exasperated by provoking words and actions, there wants nothing but opportunity to produce the most violent effects. 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. doubts! His power is boundless. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. 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. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." 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. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. He replied with a sigh, "After all my experience, I am forced to confess that the best trick is, to keep out of their way." (c)These contentions bring great dishonour to Jesus Christ. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. (4)Our common enemy is ready to devour us.4. Men's capacities are different. (g)These contentions in religion tempt men to be atheists. 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? The Inward Warfare. v. 22). 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. v. 22). v. 22. Are a hindrance to the progress of the gospel.4. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." 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. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. doubts! 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. 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. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. "What a pity that piece of old wall had not fallen down before," said the flowers.3. Neil. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. What shall I do? 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. Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. 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. 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. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. A. Bertram.1. 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. 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. 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. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. )The evil of dissensionsT. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. Are often due to trivial causes.2. Steele, M. 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. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. '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. Has the wolf got into the fold?" IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. (h)These biting and devouring contentions are uncivil, inhuman, and barbarous. A. 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. )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. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement , "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." 15 But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. [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, 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. It seems to me that surely I am not sanctified, or else I should be more perfect. (f)Follow after charity. I. It is a delightful passion. Tweet. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. 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). "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. Of such good old Mr. Greenham is to be understood, when, being asked by the lord-treasurer Cecil, where the blame of that great rent lay between the bishops of those times and others, "The fault," said he, "is on both sides, and on neither side: for the godly-wise on both sides bear with each other, and concur in the main; but there be some selfish, peevish spirits on both sides, and these make the quarrel."3. v. 22). The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. 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. (b)You trample upon the great precept of the gospel, which is love. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 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. It were better, as one says, that Caesar should break all Pollio's curious glasses, than that they should break the bond of charity, or that the breach of them should be the occasion of so much inhumanity of brethren one against another. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. (3)Too many of those that should quench these flames, exasperate them. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Has the wolf got into the fold?" A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. 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. I fear to come out boldly and declare that I believe that Christ fully saves me now. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. III 'Walk in the Spirit''Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.'--GAL. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. doubts! We are bidden "to stir up the gift that is in us;" we are told to "grow in grace." The gospel, which makes wolves and lambs agree, does not teach the lambs to turn wolves and devour each the other. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. Gurnall. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 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. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. Gal 5:52. 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. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. 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