Now, as a means of engaging them to the one and preserving them from the other of these, he here cautions them against being desirous of vain-glory, or giving way to an undue affectation of the esteem and applause of men, because this, if it were indulged, would certainly lead them to provoke one another and to envy one another. This the apostle represents as our duty, and directs us to the most effectual means of success in it. And devour one another - As wild beasts do. Again, it is not a liberty to do anything I please. Hagar's child was born from merely human impulses; and legalism is the best that man can do. He will gain transgression thereby; nothing more, nothing better. I'm, you know, not stupid. Now, that righteousness depends upon the work of Jesus Christ as my sacrifice, as my substitute. But this is a future prophetic vision not touched on here. "Have you been reading this book?" All rights reserved. The word Paul uses for goodness (agathosune, G19) is a peculiarly Bible word and does not occur in secular Greek ( Romans 15:14; Ephesians 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:11). This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust [desires] of the flesh ( Galatians 5:15-16 ). The sense is, if you contend with each other; and the reference is, probably, to the strifes which would arise between the two parties in the churches - the Jewish and the Gentile converts. And this leads to another point, the relation of the law to the promises. The particulars he specifies are of various sorts; some are sins against the seventh commandment, such as adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, by which are meant not only the gross acts of these sins, but all such thoughts, and words, and actions, as have a tendency towards the great transgression. the Christian dooms himself to such hard labour instead of resting in the faith of Christ, whom has he to blame? "To Abraham were the promises made, and to his seed.". Was it possible, then, that any could desire to put the Gentiles under law, when they had been brought out from it themselves by the will of God, the work of Christ, and the witness of the Holy Spirit? Continue to work in me and through me so that I may live a life that is pleasing to You and glorifying to Your holy name, and keep me from falling back under bondage to legalistic practices, knowing that I have been set free by grace through faith in Christ's finished work on Calvary. I choose the best facts; for I have no wish to rake up abuses. Hairesis was not originally a bad word at all. "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. It went on to mean canvassing for political or public office, and it describes the man who wants office, not from any motives of service. Don't marvel when I say, 'You've got to be born again.'" But he proves more when he says that Abraham believed God; it was plainly not a question of law. What he preached was the truth as to this matter. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. The fleshly desires will not be dominating your life, but your life will be dominated by the Spirit, and thus, by God. Nothing that God afterwards introduced annulled this. beasts of prey falling upon and devouring one another: for wolves He visits Arabia and Damascus once more. He was saying that we each worship something - we seek to fill the God-shaped hole in our hearts, but our worship is all vain, it's all futile, unless we worship the one true God. The deeds of the lower side of human nature are obvious fornication, impurity, wantonness, idolatry, witchcraft, enmity, strife, jealousy, uncontrolled temper. True freedom; true Christianity (5:13-26). It was exactly what Christ was on earth; and the expression of Christ is the prime call of the Christian. That is, liberty in Jesus Christ. Dr. Jimmy Young Buzzsprout-11368979 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:00:00 -0500 1898 Dr. Young,DJY,Grace Evangelical,Grace Evan,Germantown,Memphis,Collierville,Bible,Jeremiah,Church,God full false You Owe Me | Matthew 20.1-16 . 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Galatians 5:17 It is the characteristic of the man who is reliable. You'll be disappointed. And devour one another - As wild beasts do. They're contrary, and I do not always walk after the Spirit. We celebrated that today in the observance of the Lord's Supper. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. He warns against "another gospel," i.e., a different one, which was really none at all. has an affinity for both. If I preach circumcision, then why would they keep persecuting me? "As many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." Apparently the believers who advocated grace and the believers who advocated law bitterly opposed one another in the Galatian churches. The warfare going on. Look at all the notches on my belt." take heed that ye be not consumed one of It's amazing, isn't it, what difference being born of the Spirit really makes. As God has wrought for us on the cross, and delivered us from every atom of sin in Christ, so He will not allow us to mix one earthly or legal element with the revelation of His grace, which He has made ours in redemption, and proclaimed to us by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. This is best seen by turning to Genesis 22:1-24, where both facts are found in the same context. Immediately, then, as. "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another. By the Spirit of God, we're waiting for that hope of righteousness through faith. The "Israel of God," I apprehend, would mean, that the only part of Israel whom God owns now consists of those that really are of faith those that .received Jesus. "Nevertheless" astonishing to say, for it could not be natural life "nevertheless, I live." But God has made you alive in Christ Jesus. The apostle urges that all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 1-6) a. "Yeah, but I had the right to do it." "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourges every son whom He receives" ( Hebrews 12:6 ). Was this the love the law claimed? For devour, comp. And you find that these people espousing them are plagiarizing from other people who have espoused them, and it goes back and back and back. There was no difference in the blessing of Christ: man's guilt and God's grace were alike indiscriminate. lest ye be consumed one of anotherconsumamini; Ah! Paul says, "If you go on in this way, of which circumcision is the beginning, you might as well end up by castrating yourselves like these heathen priests." Why then did he want he Gentiles to live as did the Jews? Joy; the Greek is chara ( G5479) , and the characteristic of this word is that it most often describes that joy which has a basis in religion (compare Psalms 30:11; Romans 14:17; Romans 15:13; Php_1:4 ; Php_1:25 ). In short, the man who, occupied with Christ above, enters for that very reason most into the blessedness of the body of Christ here below by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, is the very one that will know in fit season what it is not to confer with flesh and blood. Now, let us not believe or think that this liberty that we have is the liberty to do anything we might want to do in the flesh. What can you say to a guy? The whole idea of the word is a goodness which is kind. He is baptized into Christ's death, which is the sole means of deliverance out of his state of sin. It supposed, and went forth to every creature on the ground of the total ruin of Jew and Gentile. Mark, again, the strength of the expression. The Galatians did not think of this; people that are thus blinded by the enemy never do. Christ on high had called him. And if you do, you will not be fulfilling the desires of your flesh. Impurity, then, is that which makes a man unfit to come before God, the soiling of life with the things which separate us from him. is the cement of it, which being loosened, threatens a Suppose a man desires to become a naturalized subject of a country and carefully carries out all the rules and regulations of that country as they affect naturalization. Now, evidently these Paul people were saying, "Well, Paul was circumcised and he's preaching circumcision. Even in Christianity how much need there is to remember what the Lord warns us of inLuke 5:1-39; Luke 5:1-39 that no man accustomed to old wine straightway desires new, but says, The old is better. And so with the Mormons. ", At once the apostle launches into the troubled sea. It is . Freedom, though, requires resistance against a return to bondage. The most difficult thing in Christendom is for people to know what it is to be Christians, and to take this place by the faith of Christ themselves. It is not simply that he was brought to follow Jesus, to believe and confess His name; but God revealed His Son in him. If that is the purpose, you're thinking that it's going to make you righteous before God, you think it's going to make you acceptable before God, Paul said, "Christ will profit you nothing," if that's your mental attitude towards your circumcision. it. divided against itself, can stand long, so no religious one; and Secular Greek uses it of the virtue of an Emperor who never lets his private interests influence the government of his people. He was legitimately angry at self-proclaimed followers of God who abused followers of God -- just as Jesus was. He had before told us that the Spirit of Christ is a privilege bestowed on all the children of God, Galatians 4:6; Galatians 4:6. Oligarchy means government by the few and can be justified by arguing that only the few are fit to govern. It will appear that we are the disciples of Christ indeed when we have love one to another (John 13:35); and, where this temper is kept up, if it do not wholly extinguish those unhappy discords that are among Christians, yet at least it will so far accommodate them that the fatal consequences of them will be prevented. Venerable religion! He has set you free from the power of the flesh. Legal activity is but labouring in the fire for vanity; and if, alas! It is quite obvious that there was a hindrance of some sort. "I certify you, brethren," says he, "that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. ( Matthew 27:46 ) Who was He crying to? And we can all see how exactly the phrase falls in with the words of our Lord given in the Acts of the Apostles; for the wonderful truth burst upon the apostle's ear from the beginning, in the Saviour's call to him from heaven. Pungent, abrupt, indignant, he none the less was led of God. Thus all things fall into their place, and the Spirit connects us in heart with that which God is doing and will do for the glory of Christ. heard of the law. The apostle had heard enough of circumcision: it was repulsive to him henceforth. Had a man come down from the teaching of the twelve, albeit inspired of God to write, as we know some of them were, and all of them having a most truly apostolic place, he might have been startled by the teaching of St. Paul. The Lord did stamp the testimony of Peter as being truly the revelation of His Father.
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