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. 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." (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." 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. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. 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. Fuller, D. D.)PeopleGalatians, Paul, PhilippiansPlacesGalatiaTopicsBeware, Bite, Biting, Care, Careful, Cause, Consume, Consumed, Destroyed, Destruction, Devour, Devouring, Fighting, Heed, Lest, Perpetually, Snapping, Snarling, WatchOutline1. Justification starts a process; it does not conclude it! v. 6. Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." Are a hindrance to the progress of the gospel.4. I fear to come out boldly and declare that I believe that Christ fully saves me now. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. If these prepare for destruction, then we in this sinful nation are in the ready way to misery. '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. 22). The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. His power is boundless. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. 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. 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? His power is boundless. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." v. 22). Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. 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. It is a delightful passion. 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. 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. Galatians 1:11-12 Galatians 1:6-7 Galatians 2:21 Galatians 3:14 Genesis 15:5-6 Genesis 22:17-18. He lists the works of the flesh,22. To which end consider (1) The greatness and baseness of the sin. 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. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. 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. v. 22, 23. Steele, M. A. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. (e)Apply yourselves to the practice of real piety. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. v. 16. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. A. v. 6. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. (h)Mind every one his own business. 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. )How to defeat strifePersian Fables.A young fox asked his father if he could not teach him some trick to defeat the dogs, if he should fall in with them. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. Neil. 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. (Persian Fables. 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. 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. 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. To which end consider (1) The greatness and baseness of the sin. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? v. 22, 23. What can I do with them? Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. 15-16. 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. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. 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. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 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. "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. 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. 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. Recent . ). B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. Steele, M. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." doubts! 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. I believe Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanConflicts with Giant MistakeCONFLICTS WITH GIANT MISTAKE I make so many mistakes, it seems I am just a bundle of contradictions. Gurnall. (b)You trample upon the great precept of the gospel, which is love. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. What can I do with them? (h)These biting and devouring contentions are uncivil, inhuman, and barbarous. 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 safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. III 'Walk in the Spirit''Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.'--GAL. Has the wolf got into the fold?" His power is boundless. 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. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. Gal 5:52. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. 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. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. He wills them to stand in their liberty,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. 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. 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 life of a Christian must be one of progress. Witness Acts 15:1: "And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved:" a material point, and urged, you see, with great confidence; and yet God forbid we should blot these out of the roll of true Christians! "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' '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. and the fruits of the Spirit,25. 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. Are a hindrance to the progress of the gospel.4. v. 6. 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. 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. 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. Gal 5:52. doubts! J. Wilmot-BuxtonThe Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2Sixth Day for the Spirit of Love in the ChurchWHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit of Love in the Church "I pray that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them and Thou in Me; that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and hast loved them as Thou hast loved Me that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them." The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. v. 22). 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. 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. AugustineOn ContinenceAll we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God18. All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. v. 22). Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." 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. 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