Galatians 5 - Standing Fast In the Liberty of Jesus A. 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. Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. Pray that the power of the Holy, We want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. What shall I do? AugustineOf Holy Virginity. 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. 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. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. 3. "What a pity that piece of old wall had not fallen down before," said the flowers.3. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. 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. 16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Are always unreasonable.3. 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. 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. 16-18. 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. Divisions are as the north-east wind to the fruits, which causeth them to dwindle away to nothing; but when the storms are over, everything begins to grow. v. 16. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. His power is boundless. 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. "Walk in the Spirit." "Walk in the Spirit." For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 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?" And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. He lists the works of the flesh,22. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. v. 6. A. (d)Be clothed with humility. "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." v. 22, 23. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! It seems to me that surely I am not sanctified, or else I should be more perfect. I should like to dismiss them, but it seems I can not. 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 gospel, which makes wolves and lambs agree, does not teach the lambs to turn wolves and devour each the other. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. 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. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. Divisions are as the north-east wind to the fruits, which causeth them to dwindle away to nothing; but when the storms are over, everything begins to grow. Demonstrating love is the most concise summary of the law. 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. 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. 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 safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. 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. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. Bertram. (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. 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. Paul goes so far as to say that, if . 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. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." "Walk in the Spirit." The call to freedom, according to Paul, and according to Christ is a call to love. This is the healing grace; and if this be not applied to our bleeding wounds, they will never be cured. (1)The devil. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. )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. 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. 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. He lists the works of the flesh,22. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. It is all the time to be His fruit. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. Do not labour to screw-up one another to the utmost. AugustineOn the Profit of Believing. 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. Men do "bite" one another by keen and venomous words. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. v. 16. III 'Walk in the Spirit''Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.'--GAL. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. v. 22). Goodness is just "Godness." "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. He lists the works of the flesh,22. (2) The certainty and sadness of the danger. 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. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? (Admonition 23.) When we live in Christ Jesus, circumcision and other outward works of the flesh amount to nothing. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." (h)These biting and devouring contentions are uncivil, inhuman, and barbarous. I. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." Steele, M. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. Are offensive to God.(R. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? 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. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. What shall I do? I fear to come out boldly and declare that I believe that Christ fully saves me now. (h)These biting and devouring contentions are uncivil, inhuman, and barbarous. v. 22). What can I do with them? (g)Avoid extremes. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. 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. Bertram. We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" I. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. 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. A. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. 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. 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, 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? 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. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. 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. )Dissensions in the ChurchR. Galatians 5 describes more of what that looks like. AugustineOn ContinenceAll we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God18. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. v. 6. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? Let it, therefore, be your great care to keep the devil's spark from your powder.(W. 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, (b)Learn Christian wisdom. 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. The Inward Warfare. 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. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. 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. )How to end bickeringsC. Bertram. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. 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. "Worse than that, I fear. (2) Consider the imperfections of our human nature. 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? )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. Are often due to trivial causes.2. A. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. AugustineOn Continence, And Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. 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. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. It seems to me that surely I am not sanctified, or else I should be more perfect. 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. For they mark what is said, that they who are under the Law are in bondage, and they keep flying above the rest that last saying, "Ye are made empty [1715] of Christ, as many of you as are justified in the Law; ye have fallen from Grace." 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. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. Are often due to trivial causes.2. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! 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. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. 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. 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 Inward Warfare. Whatever may be our experience of failure and barrenness, He is never defeated. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. Fuller, D. D.)PeopleGalatians, Paul, PhilippiansPlacesGalatiaTopicsBeware, Bite, Biting, Care, Careful, Cause, Consume, Consumed, Destroyed, Destruction, Devour, Devouring, Fighting, Heed, Lest, Perpetually, Snapping, Snarling, WatchOutline1. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. A. Bertram.1. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. 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. We are bidden "to stir up the gift that is in us;" we are told to "grow in grace." B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. 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. 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). It is to be like God. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. For those are they, whom it willed should be done to death by us, that is to say, the works of the St. "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. -Galatians 5:15, NIV "Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves." -Matthew 7:15, NLT Not everyone who comes to you as a "sheep" is one of Jesus' flock. The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. (d)They grieve the Holy Spirit of God. I am not perfect; far from it. v. 22). If uncharitable contentions do prepare for utter destruction, then woe be to the instruments and bellows of our contentions! 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. "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." 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. 2. 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. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. )How to end bickeringsC. Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. It is all the time to be His fruit. )The evil of dissensionsT. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. His power is boundless. (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. It is all the time to be His fruit. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. "Walk in the Spirit." (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. 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, (c)This destruction infers the ruin of our posterity. (3)Too many of those that should quench these flames, exasperate them. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. He lists the works of the flesh,22. Fuller, D. D.)PeopleGalatians, Paul, PhilippiansPlacesGalatiaTopicsBeware, Bite, Biting, Care, Careful, Cause, Consume, Consumed, Destroyed, Destruction, Devour, Devouring, Fighting, Heed, Lest, Perpetually, Snapping, Snarling, WatchOutline1. 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 all the time to be His fruit. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. What shall I do? 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. "What a pity that piece of old wall had not fallen down before," said the flowers.3. Bowden. 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. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. 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. 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. For those are they, whom it willed should be done to death by us, that is to say, the works of the St. 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. 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. Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Bowden. 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. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. 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 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. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. A. 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. Speaker: Billy Ingram January 15, 2023 in Galatians No Comments 4. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. doubts! Goodness is a fruit of the Spirit. "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. Gal 5:52. 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, (f)Follow after charity. [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. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. )How to end bickeringsC. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. "Walk in the Spirit." Gal 5:52. Are often due to trivial causes.2. Steele, M. Bowden. o Cooperate with the Spirit! Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. He also lets loose his frustration with the opponents who are preaching a different set of requirements to the Galatians. (Persian Fables. Bowden. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. (McLarty) Just so we're clear: Jesus was not Presbyterian. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. Has the wolf got into the fold?" A. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. Goodness is a fruit of the Spirit. For they mark what is said, that they who are under the Law are in bondage, and they keep flying above the rest that last saying, "Ye are made empty [1715] of Christ, as many of you as are justified in the Law; ye have fallen from Grace." ). JOHN vi. ALL SERMONS. Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. "Walk in the Spirit." The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. 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. 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 love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. (h)Mind every one his own business. Are a hindrance to the progress of the gospel.4. And for this island, it has been still accounted like some great animal, that can only be ruined by its own strength. First, we must guard it, especially from those who would pressure us to follow the law. The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. v. 6. 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