sermon on galatians 6:9

sermon on galatians 6:92020/09/28

But though "all be of grace," thy God calls thee to personal strenuousness in the work of thy high calling;--to "labour," John Ross MacduffThe Faithful PromiserCadman -- a New Day for MissionsS. The injunction in the former of these verses appears, at first sight, to be inconsistent with the statement in the latter. Besides, difficulties are just nothing to Omnipotence. Hope animates the spirits: it is to the soul as cork to the net, which keeps it from sinking. How much is there to induce this spirit, and to render the exhortation against it appropriate. The second thing to regard is, the manner in which this duty is to be performed; that is to say, unweariedly: "Let us not be weary in well-doing." NUMB. We all desire change, Monotony is irksome. Christ Himself lives and works within the Christian by the power of His Spirit.III. He began to shovel it away, but there seemed to be such a mountain of it he threw down his shovel in despair saying: "I can never clear away all that snow." There is infinite goodness in this arrangement, inasmuch as it opens to us one of the richest sources of happiness; for what joy is comparable to that of bringing joy to others?II. A Due Reaping. The words have not been taken in the same sense by all, a fact that obscures their sense. vii. The language was written, as we find, under inspiration, by Paul to the Church at Galatia. And this brings me to a third source of weariness and discouragement in well-doing our narrow and inadequate views of life. I will call your attention, in the first place, to THE SPEAKER, or rather THE WRITER. Macknight, D. D.1. A. If the least of us could only anticipate the eternal issues that will probably spring from the humblest services of faith, we should only count our sacrifices and labors unspeakable heritages of honor and opportunity, and would cease to speak of trials and sacrifices for God. There is a reward promised by Him who cannot lie, and preserved by Him who cannot be turned from His purpose. Is there any pause in the intercession of the Son? The promotion of the public good in Sunday Schools, mission work, etc.5. The smallest grain of faith is a deathless and incorruptible germ, which will yet plant the heavens and cover the earth with harvests of imperishable glory. We cannot calculate the hour nor the nature of our triumph, but we know that the Word of God standeth sure, and that the due season draweth nigh.(H. Should it not excite us to perseverance, when we think that Christ our Master has entrusted His cause in our hands? It is well-doing towards man. Do he must and will. 2. AugustineAgainst LyingOn Account Then of These Either Occupations of the Servants of God17. One more occasion of inconstancy in well.doing may be adverted to, and that is the most powerful of all the natural disinclination of the mind to doing well at any time.1. Galatians 6:1-10 ; The Process of Restoration: As we live by the Spirit, we are to help our fellow Christians who are in bondage to works of the flesh to experience true freedom in Christ. L. Galton, M. A.I. The months before the ingathering may often seem long and wearisome, and verily be heart-breaking things, but God's "seasons" are not always measurable by our forecastings, even though the harvest is pledged by His oath and His promise. What the injunction "to grow in grace" does not mean. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. He shows what they intend that preach circumcision.14. Let us, in conclusion, consider the reason which the apostle urges for our observance of this injunction. The injunction in the former of these verses appears, at first sight, to be inconsistent with the statement in the latter. There is a glorious reward before us, if we do not grow weary in well-doing. The expression "due season," then, I conceive refers to a time which is known only to the Father, who hath put the times and seasons in His own power. But to the other, set as he was amid the libidinous frenzy of the Sodomites, who would dare to say, "Although thy guests in thine own St. What you want is, to get fresh impulse by a reconsideration of the motives by which at first you were impelled.2. We shall reap the growth effectuated by His Holy Spirit, though we may not always understand the nature of the gracious sheaves that we are bringing in our bosom. We find Daniel, in the reign of Cyrus, saying "In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks; I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." Watson. Nor is this all there is the spirit of self-complacency. The great battle of life is with this heavy, weard, languid flesh, that ties us to the dust. Strengthens our faith in the power of well-doing.3. underneath is the pure white of immortality. ITS SPHERES.1. H. Listen to what Job says: "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.II. Now, futile toil is of all toil the most wearying. THE ARGUMENT USED TO DISSUADE US FROM IT.1. Perhaps they had made a good start, and now they were growing weary in well-doingthe well-doing of supporting the teaching elders in the church. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. There is good and solid reason why we should be so admonished. "In due season, we shall reap if we faint not." Christ Himself lives and works within the Christian by the power of His Spirit.III. The want of spirituality of mind.7. VI. Then the assumption is, that we have begun "well-doing," because he who has not begun to do well, can never be said to be in any risk or danger of being weary in it.2. In the first place, it refers individually to ourselves doing well, or doing good, with regard to ourselves. Observe the spirit by which those. Bow to a higher will.3. Horwood. The reaping time will come.2. In a broad view of the Christian profession, it is a volunteer service for the help of Christ in lifting the burden of the sin and misery of mankind. (2) The largeness of the problem. We may, like the caterpillar, spin a very beautiful cocoon and call it our home, but even the caterpillar will teach us, if we will listen, that if he were to remain satisfied in that silken ball which he has woven, it would become not his home, but his tomb. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. D. Horwood.In the earlier days of Christianity, when it had to contend against the prejudices and intolerance of ages; when the bigotry of the Jew fiercely opposed it, and the philosophy of the Greek and Roman despised it, and when the bitterness of persecution grew up into greater fierceness, it was then that the earlier and devoted Christians, exposed to all manner of trial and death on all sides, had need of encouragement.I. A Due Reaping. Paul bore the conditions of Christ on his body. God's.(J. The human body is, as well as the soul, the purchase of the blood of Christ. (3)The training of real home missionaries. Our ways of doing good may often be antiquated and cumbrous. An active creature as man is, there is still in him a love of ease, of repose, of luxurious rest. (4) Because there is an end which will fulfil all our hope for humanity in sight. The soldier it is natural to him to be amongst bullets, and to mount up cliffs, in order to plant his standard upon castles and difficult places. It may be found in the depths of the valley, amid streams and rocks, or in the city, amid lofty towers, temples, and palaces, where the "Te Deums" of thankful hearts may meet and swell into one of earth's loudest anthems before the throne of heaven.3. In the first place, it refers individually to ourselves doing well, or doing good, with regard to ourselves. Cultivate the grace of forbearance.3. VII. The word here employed does not bear on beneficence exclusively. The Church is His body; His eye to see, His voice to cheer, His hand to lift and to heal the weakness and the misery of mankind. (2)It is indispensable to the well-being of mankind.II. III. that silken cocoon! B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Doing Good to All'As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all. Smyth. The smallest grain of faith is a deathless and incorruptible germ, which will yet plant the heavens and cover the earth with harvests of imperishable glory. There is good and solid reason why we should be so admonished. And here we see the importance, if we first consider what was the issue of the apostle's labours. Christians are the pledged disciples of the Great Worker in this field of holy exertion. The soldier it is natural to him to be amongst bullets, and to mount up cliffs, in order to plant his standard upon castles and difficult places. A day is hastening on, when works, and not wishes, or projects, will determine your eternal reward. The difficulty of the problem depresses and disheartens us.I. Smyth. There are abundant opportunities for everybody.3. 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. vi. )The weary well-doersJ. For every man shall bear his own burden.'--GAL. Macknight, D. D.1. (2)Grace perhaps is at a low ebb. What is proof of growth in grace. The mighty name of "Christian" combines many of the strongest arguments to unwearying service.1. But the word "results" is a very indefinite kind of word. We cannot calculate the hour nor the nature of our triumph, but we know that the Word of God standeth sure, and that the due season draweth nigh.(H. In the former chapter we have shown, from Scripture and from reason, that our Church teaches only the plain truth, when she confesses that: "After Adam's fall, all men, begotten after the common course of nature, are born with sin." (2) Because these words are sustained and enforced by the infinite patience and mercy of God. It is a pronominal adjective, which signifies possession; which signifies a peculiar appropriateness when it is joined with any particular substantive. Watson. Then he picked up his shovel, and marked off a square, and began to see how long it would take him to cast that aside; then another and another, until the whole was cleared away. It is well-doing. His house is not confined to any one particular spot; it may be found on the broad ocean, in the midst of the desert waters, where the ship is turned into a sanctuary, and the incense of prayer and praise be made to ascend from her cabin or her decks. We cannot calculate the hour nor the nature of our triumph, but we know that the Word of God standeth sure, and that the due season draweth nigh.(H. "In due season ye shall reap if ye faint not." (1)The flesh cries out for ease. II. But don't be "disheartened" (see Greek). The Apostle has been exhorting to unwearied well-doing, on the ground of the certain coming of the harvest season. L. Galton, M. A.I. On account of not seeing adequate results to our efforts. (4)The want of appreciation. Do two things. There is no prophet whose office and commission is only for judgment, nay, to speak the truth, it is mercy that premises threatenings. As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. We shall reap the growth effectuated by His Holy Spirit, though we may not always understand the nature of the gracious sheaves that we are bringing in our bosom. We all desire change, Monotony is irksome. We constantly forget that this life of ours is, as to everything mental and spiritual, the sowing time, not the time of reaping. While I was doing it it was not pleasant, but after I had got through it was permanent refreshment. THE CHRISTIAN MAN'S VOCATION IN THE PRESENT WORLD, II, THE MOTIVE TO PERSEVERANCE IN IT, ARISING FROM THE ASSURANCE OF FINAL REWARD.I. (Essex Congregational Remembrancer. A second thought which the text suggests is that the Christian vocation comprehends something more than the mere purpose, or project of good. ( PPPMPN) vi. vi. (1)Some think their work less important than at first. THE MOTIVE THE TEXT ASSIGNS. H. Spurgeon. Now, there is a double link of connection between the preceding words and our text; for 'do good' looks back to 'well-doing,' and the word rendered 'opportunity' is the same as that rendered 'season.' The language was written, as we find, under inspiration, by Paul to the Church at Galatia. It represents the element of definiteness in Christianity and in the Philip SchaffThe Seven Ecumenical CouncilsHow the Married and the Single are to be Admonished. The human body, therefore, must be regarded. And this brings me to a third source of weariness and discouragement in well-doing our narrow and inadequate views of life. As much as anything, pride is self-focus. Oppression from the sense of responsibility. events were vitalized. True, the prospect may appear to us far off, though to some it may be nearer than they think.(W. At length his faith, his patience, and his submission received their rich reward: "behold, a certain man clothed in linen" appeared to him and said. A day is hastening on, when works, and not wishes, or projects, will determine your eternal reward. The confession of time will be the ascription of all eternity: "By the grace of God I am what I am!" M. Punshon, D. D.I. A Christian will not be weary of service, that hath the crown in his eye. There is not a single relation we sustain to God, or to each other, but what is fruitful of a variety of these duties. underneath is the pure white of immortality. Jesus Christ, to whom we are abandoned, and whom "we follow as the way, whom we hear as the truth, and who animates us as the life" (John xiv. Learn from the devotee of many a false god; from the worshipper of Siva, who, drunk with opium, swings on the flesh-hook at some horrid festival, or prostrates himself before the advancing car of Juggernaut, making this revolting self-sacrifice to pacify the raging of a guilty conscience, or to gain the ephemeral applause of an ignorant mob; even he is not weary with his work.(H. SOME PLACES WHERE WE ARE LIABLE TO GROW WEARY.1. What you want is, to get fresh impulse by a reconsideration of the motives by which at first you were impelled.2. A. "Do well," is the command; and the command obviously implies that those to whom it is addressed have the power to do well are, in other words, invested with an ability to benefit and bless others. And here we see the importance, if we first consider what was the issue of the apostle's labours. The PROSPECT OF REWARD. HOW TO PREVENT WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.1. A. The bestowment of rewards is a feature of God's government, as the doctrine which teaches it is a doctrine both of Scripture and of providence.(J. The confession of time will be the ascription of all eternity: "By the grace of God I am what I am!" Sometimes, to humble the individual, and to show that individual that the work is wholly of God, He lets us see how helpless and how weak we are. To give you an instance of the use which is always made of it, I may mention the place where we are told that the Jews found fault with Christ because He made Himself equal with God, saying that God was His Father: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." Death alone must terminate exertion and fidelity. Only a few weeks elapsed when ten of the twelve young ladies openly professed faith in Christ.4. "I must work, said Jesus, the works of Him that sent Me while it is day. It is quite true that we cannot very well separate these, for, as Seneca says, "He that does good to another man does good also unto himself, not only in the consequences, but in the very act of doing it, for the conscience of well-doing is an ample reward." In this busy working world, the inactive, the disappointed, the weary, are soon trodden down and destroyed.2. "Everything is beautiful in its season." The Apostle has been exhorting to unwearied well-doing, on the ground of the certain coming of the harvest season. vi. Another principle of unwearied well-doing and increasing righteousness, is the conviction that holiness is necessary as a qualification of the Christian fellowship. It may be found in the wide waste of sands, in the vast wilderness, where the tent of the pilgrims is erected, and from beneath the spread of its canvas may be heard the earnest breathings of a humble and contrite spirit. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. The absence of variety is painful, and transforms the period over which it extends into a desert a sandy plain; while, were there to be the entire negation of variety, life would be insupportable, and, like solitary confinement would soon become the harbinger of death. . There is good and solid reason why we should be so admonished. Be not weary in well-doing.1. The great controversy which embittered so much of Paul's life, and marred so much of his activity, turned upon the question whether a heathen man could come Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. It is the casket which contains the most precious of all jewels. Was there any symptom of yielding, of inconstancy there?3. The great law of communion with Christ is that of light, purity, and righteousness, in opposition to the spiritual darkness of corruption and sin. It is evident the apostle referred not first to his labours. Christ Himself lives and works within the Christian by the power of His Spirit.III. It is true that in old times criminals, and certain classes of Temple servants, and sometimes soldiers, were also so marked, but it is most in accordance with the Apostle's way of thinking that he here has reference to the first class, and would represent himself as the slave of Jesus Christ, Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureBurden-Bearing'Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. To the perfect Christian, Christ is not so much the motive as the spring: a fountain springing up to all beautiful, joyful, and blessed work for mankind.II. 5. The want of spirituality of mind.7. II. Watson. Well-doing is is the broad evidence of the Christian calling. ITS CURE.1. This is a sin natural to us; but there are few greater enemies to vital godliness than it is.2. Surely you will not be weary, when your salvation is so much nearer than when you first believed?(W. The painter may be paralyzed, and his unfinished canvas be the best expositor of his malady. (2) But we must not exclude man as a responsible and immortal being. II. "Be not weary in well-doing," BECAUSE AN UNFINISHED ENTERPRISE, OR A WORK INCOMPLETE THROUGH INCONSTANCY IS BOTH A DISTRESS AND A DISGRACE. "In Due Season we Shall Reap if we Faint Not" (Gal. The sculptor may die, and his bust half finished be his most significant monument. In the same passage he informs us that this treatise was undertaken during the years in which he was occupied with his great work on the Saint Augustineour lord's sermon on the mountAll that is Born of the Flesh must be Born of the Spirit. Lift up Rev. The smallest grain of faith is a deathless and incorruptible germ, which will yet plant the heavens and cover the earth with harvests of imperishable glory. 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