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. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. 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. 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. 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. Neil. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. It is love that edifieth, but division pulleth down. The safest mode of dealing with a quarrelsome person is to keep out of his way. Gurnall.You all profess to have been baptized into the spirit of the gospel; but you do not show it when you bite and snarl at one another. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. Are often due to trivial causes.2. SheddSermons to the Natural Man, Walking with God. Steele, M. It is all the time to be His fruit. J. Wilmot-BuxtonThe Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2, Sixth 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." )Dissensions in the ChurchR. (Admonition 23.) Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. 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. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. (e)Apply yourselves to the practice of real piety. (e)They stir up much corruption, both in the aggressor and in the defendant. It is to be like God. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. He spake not of all; but, having named St. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 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. 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. It is a delightful passion. (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. 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. v. 22). 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, (3)Ignorant and proud people.These are many in number, and generally most conceited and contemptuous. "The Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness" (Gal. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. His power is boundless. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." (h)Mind every one his own business. (d)They grieve the Holy Spirit of God. Goodness is just "Godness." AugustineOf Holy Virginity. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. Meekness, temperance'--GAL. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. What shall I do? 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. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? 16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." The life of a Christian must be one of progress. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. 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. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 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. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. 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. 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. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." Tweet. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. Steele, M. Part of the Galatians teaching series. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. 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. (c)This destruction infers the ruin of our posterity. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. 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. 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 love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. (b)They consume the power and life of godliness. v. 22). We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" 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. Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. 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. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! (2)Atheistical and debauched persons. 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. Jesus is always victorious. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. The command is repeated in v.25 'If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.'. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. 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. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. "Walk in the Spirit." God has set us upon our feet in the right H. Gal 5:52. A. Bertram.1. Let it, therefore, be your great care to keep the devil's spark from your powder.(W. 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. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. (c)These contentions bring great dishonour to Jesus Christ. (h)Mind every one his own business. 2. 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, (a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. I. [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. (4)Our common enemy is ready to devour us.4. 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. One inquired of the other how his Church was prospering. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. For,(1)Our differences and contentions are notorious. 26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. 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. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 1. Fuller, D. D.)PeopleGalatians, Paul, PhilippiansPlacesGalatiaTopicsBeware, Bite, Biting, Care, Careful, Cause, Consume, Consumed, Destroyed, Destruction, Devour, Devouring, Fighting, Heed, Lest, Perpetually, Snapping, Snarling, WatchOutline1. 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. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. 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). "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. The Inward Warfare. Goodness is just "Godness." "They are quarrelling," was the answer. S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. Gurnall.You all profess to have been baptized into the spirit of the gospel; but you do not show it when you bite and snarl at one another. "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. 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. Gurnall.You all profess to have been baptized into the spirit of the gospel; but you do not show it when you bite and snarl at one another. Are offensive to God.(R. (b)It threatens the ruin of our religion. AugustineOn ContinenceAll we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God18. 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? 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, (2)We are uncharitable in these contentions. 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. 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. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. "No," replied the child, "that cannot be, for they are brothers." "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. 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. Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. 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. (Admonition 23.) v. 22). [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. Goodness is just "Godness." "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. A. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. 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. (e)They stir up much corruption, both in the aggressor and in the defendant. Now, this love unites, and so strengthens: but when men's hearts are once divided from each other, what care I what becomes of them whom I hate? It is a delightful passion. And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. Our general imperfection in this life. We are bidden "to stir up the gift that is in us;" we are told to "grow in grace." Luke 24:6-7. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. 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. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. I. It is to be like God. This is the healing grace; and if this be not applied to our bleeding wounds, they will never be cured. Divisions run religions into briars and thorns, contention and parties. In many ways, Galatians 5:1 is a great summary of everything Paul wanted the Galatians to understand: Christ has liberated us to be free. 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. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? 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." (d)Be clothed with humility. Goodness is just "Godness." "But, remember," said Aristippus, "that I, being older than you, do make the first motion." This is the culmination of Paul's argument about justification by grace through faith. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. Let us all, then, be entreated, conjured, and persuaded to forbear biting and devouring one another. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. Steele, M. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. Bowden. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. 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. 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. 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. It is to be like God. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. AugustineOn ContinenceAll we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God18. 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." Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. Now if these two expressions do bear a distinct signification, then . 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. "Worse than that, I fear. (Admonition 23.) 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. The gospel, which makes wolves and lambs agree, does not teach the lambs to turn wolves and devour each the other. It is contrary to sorrow, which is a perturbation Thomas WatsonA Body of DivinityThe Routing of Giant DoubtTHE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. 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. v. 22). There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. God's grace never thrives in an unquiet spirit. )How to end bickeringsC. "For He is our peace, who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." The individual members are not isolated graces, but all connected, springing from one root and constituting an organic whole. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. (g)Avoid extremes. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. I. And for this island, it has been still accounted like some great animal, that can only be ruined by its own strength. Bowden. v. 22. (b)Learn Christian wisdom. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. 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. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. GALATIANS v. 16. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. )Wranglings destroy ChurchesAmerican.Jars and divisions, wranglings and prejudices, eat out the growth, if not the life, of religion. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 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." It is notorious what famous and numerous churches were once in Africa; but, by the contentions of the Manichees, then of the Donatists, they are now extinguished. 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. "Worse than that, I fear. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. 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. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. doubts! "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. A. (2) The certainty and sadness of the danger. (b)It threatens the ruin of our religion. Goodness is just "Godness." v. 22. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. 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. 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. "They are quarrelling," was the answer. Title: Sermon Outline - January 9th, 2005 Author: bmyers Jesus is always victorious. 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. Whatever may be our experience of failure and barrenness, He is never defeated. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. ). All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. The love of God rests on them, and can dwell in them. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. It is a delightful passion. It is a delightful passion. This is the healing grace; and if this be not applied to our bleeding wounds, they will never be cured. AugustineOn ContinenceAnd Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. Meekness, temperance'--GAL. The life of a Christian must be one of progress. What can I do with them? 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.
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