A. Application:1. "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. 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. JOHN vi. In verse 15 we learn that the Galatian saints were "biting and devouring" each other. GALATIANS v. 16. 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. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. 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." A. 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. (a)You break the great commandment of God's law, which is love. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. 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. I am not perfect; far from it. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. 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. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! Neil. (Persian Fables. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. 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. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatLinksGalatians 5:15 NIVGalatians 5:15 NLTGalatians 5:15 ESVGalatians 5:15 NASBGalatians 5:15 KJVGalatians 5:15 Bible AppsGalatians 5:15 ParallelGalatians 5:15 Biblia ParalelaGalatians 5:15 Chinese BibleGalatians 5:15 French BibleGalatians 5:15 German BibleGalatians 5:15 CommentariesBible Hub. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. v. 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. 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. Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' The apostle gives us the difference between goodness and righteousness in this passage in Romans, "Scarcely for a righteous man would one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die." 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. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. (h)Mind every one his own business. 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. (e)They stir up much corruption, both in the aggressor and in the defendant. 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. (f)They greatly hinder the conversion of the ungodly, and the progress in holiness of the godly. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. A. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. He lists the works of the flesh,22. (3)Ignorant and proud people.These are many in number, and generally most conceited and contemptuous. 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." For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? 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. "Why, how is that? "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. v. 6. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. If we may judge of their morality by the exhortations and dehortations which Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Fruit of the Spirit'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23. "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. No, when any such embers of contention begin to smoke among Christians, we may know who left the spark; no other but Satan, he is the great kindle-coal of all their contentions. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. 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. v. 22). And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. It is love that edifieth, but division pulleth down. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." "They are quarrelling," was the answer. v. 6. doubts! )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. 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. 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. Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. JOHN vi. What shall I do? Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. III 'Walk in the Spirit''Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.'--GAL. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Let none now seek to divide Christians by building up a wall of party spirit between them; for, "behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."(G. Are always unreasonable.3. 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. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. He lists the works of the flesh,22. doubts! 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 fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. Let it, therefore, be your great care to keep the devil's spark from your powder.(W. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' (h)Mind every one his own business. The contrast between freedom and slavery continues to be his major thrust in the first half of Galatians 5. Are always unreasonable.3. 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. He lists the works of the flesh,22. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 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. Feeding the 5000. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. 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). and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! 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. [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. All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. The apostle gives us the difference between goodness and righteousness in this passage in Romans, "Scarcely for a righteous man would one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die." (c)Endeavour for a catholic spirit. Goodness is just "Godness." Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. III 'Walk in the Spirit''Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.'--GAL. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. Gal 5:52. He lists the works of the flesh,22. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. (d)Be clothed with humility. 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. 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