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. 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. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. 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. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. 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). 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. Do not labour to screw-up one another to the utmost. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. 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. 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. All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. 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. 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. A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. A. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. 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. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." 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. Are offensive to God.(R. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. 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. 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. 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." Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. A. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" This is the healing grace; and if this be not applied to our bleeding wounds, they will never be cured. But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. (a) They weaken that confidence that is necessary for the preservation of a people. Steele, M. It is a delightful passion. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. 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. (b)You trample upon the great precept of the gospel, which is love. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. He spake not of all; but, having named St. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces" (Psalm 122:6, 7).(R. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. (Admonition 23.) Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. As the best men are imperfect in their holiness, so are they in their knowledge; there will be defects in our understanding, as well as in our will. A. Are offensive to God.(R. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. Fuller, D. D.)PeopleGalatians, Paul, PhilippiansPlacesGalatiaTopicsBeware, Bite, Biting, Care, Careful, Cause, Consume, Consumed, Destroyed, Destruction, Devour, Devouring, Fighting, Heed, Lest, Perpetually, Snapping, Snarling, WatchOutline1. When men are divided, they seldom speak the truth in love; and then, no marvel, they grow not up to Him in all things which is the Head. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. 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. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. v. 22). 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. 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. Has the wolf got into the fold?" Gal 5:52. And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. . "Worse than that, I fear. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. v. 22, 23. A. One inquired of the other how his Church was prospering. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. 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. By becoming a patron, you'll instantly unlock access to 32 exclusive posts. What can I do with them? (c)Endeavour for a catholic spirit. A. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. God's grace never thrives in an unquiet spirit. But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another. Steele, M. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. 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? "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." Are often due to trivial causes.2. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. Goodness is just "Godness." 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. Galatians 1:11-12 Galatians 1:6-7 Galatians 2:21 Galatians 3:14 Genesis 15:5-6 Genesis 22:17-18. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. A. What can I do with them? A. Bertram.1. 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. (2) Consider the imperfections of our human nature. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 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. (e)They stir up much corruption, both in the aggressor and in the defendant. v. 6. The Inward Warfare. What can I do with them? 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 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. 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. Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. (3) The best method to cure this great evil, and to prevent this great danger. v. 22). What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among 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. 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. 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. Is not this still true that many professed Christians snap right and left at their own brethren, when they had better save their teeth for the wolves?Evils of strifeSpencer.They say of bees, that, when they strive among themselves, it is a sign that the queen is about to leave the hive. "Walk in the Spirit." The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. (Persian Fables. 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. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. doubts! 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