Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. 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. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. A. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. 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. 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. 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. 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. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." 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. And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. 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. 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. Bowden. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. ALL SERMONS. 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. "Worse than that, I fear. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. Meekness, temperance'--GAL. (a)Lament your own and others' sin in this particular. "What a pity that piece of old wall had not fallen down before," said the flowers.3. '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. 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. Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." II. If it was only the wolf that was worrying the flock, we might cherish the hope that we could get him driven out. 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. v. 22). (3) The best method to cure this great evil, and to prevent this great danger. v. 22). It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. )Satanic origin of quarrels among ChristiansW. But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. doubts! Whatever may be our experience of failure and barrenness, He is never defeated. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. 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. I am not perfect; far from it. 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. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. v. 22). Do not labour to screw-up one another to the utmost. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. 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." 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. It is a delightful passion. 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. 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. 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 wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. 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. Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. It is a delightful passion. Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts. It is a delightful passion. 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. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. 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. Neil. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. What shall I do? But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. 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." He spake not of all; but, having named St. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. 26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. Has the wolf got into the fold?" AugustineOn ContinenceAll we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God18. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. 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. What can I do with them? S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. Jesus is always victorious. 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. It is all the time to be His fruit. doubts! For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. (g)These contentions in religion tempt men to be atheists. He spake not of all; but, having named St. 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." Meekness, temperance'--GAL. But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. (g)These contentions in religion tempt men to be atheists. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? )How to end bickeringsC. )Dissensions in the ChurchR. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. 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. 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. 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 all goodness" (Gal. "Histories and experience do attest the same. One inquired of the other how his Church was prospering. )The evil of dissensionsT. 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. 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. We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" He spake not of all; but, having named St. )Good results from cessation of party strifeG. ). [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. 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. v. 22). I. 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. 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. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. 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. Steele, M. We are bidden "to stir up the gift that is in us;" we are told to "grow in grace." "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. 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 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." S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. I. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. If it was only the wolf that was worrying the flock, we might cherish the hope that we could get him driven out. 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. A. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) But who those enemies are, it hath set forth plainly enough. "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." 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. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. He lists the works of the flesh,22. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. (Persian Fables. 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.3. (Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.) 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. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. I. "Walk in the Spirit." "Worse than that, I fear. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. 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. 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. What can I do with them? 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. 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