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The Pulpit Commentary — Galatians
Edgar Huxtable [1810-1897] · 361,419 words · 379 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Galatians — Section 361
~e soon, then, as a man like Paul gets into unison with the crucified Christ, RB soon as the cross.becomes an experience within, and a self-sacrificing spirit takes hold of a. man for the sake of doing gqod to others, that moment the world and he become a.nta.go- nistio. They cannot get on together. 'l'he world is cruc…
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which, while cbaract~rized by faithfulness, is chiefly chamcterlzed by n:icekneas. There is. t-0 he the absenoe o! Belf-eaxut4non. We are not to triumph over a brother, RB though his fall added to our importance. There ls to be the absence of that harshness whioh accom_panies self-e:.:~ltation. We are not t~ wish to…
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of favour th11t we may minister to their necessity? And we should miniijter to their necessity were it only for our own good, to counterBCt that greed which is apt to grow insidiously upon men who are proepeting. And for this reason it were, perhaps, to ho wished that there were more poor in some of our Churches, th…
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(3) Burden of spiritual, need. We. mean the burden connected with our living the Christian life. For w~_have all our sgiri~n~l difficulties. We fin~ !t hard, with our natural weakness, to live up to the Chnetum standard. As Chr1stmns, we 1!.li need encouragement.. Now, the ordinance of Christ is that we are to bear …
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the P,(~ITT.Q.Ph 1W.(¥! the b~rdeq. of trespass, This wo are to share with a brother. Then corp.e~~~.the thol!ght of such self-deception as prevents 118 sharfog it sympathetically with hirp., .. F:ollowing upcm that is an .ex.hortation to apply proper tests to our conduct as a.whole, the rqsljlt. being that, if.we have…
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have the use or reason. We can never be forced to etn. If we could be forced, then sin would bC' no more sin. We sometimes hear of one being II martyt' to tilroumetancee. The.t is not altogether trne. Whe.t God requires of us varies, indeed, according to. oir- cnmstances. And there e.re those who have been placed un…
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ditions? Is the.t not coming down to lower principles upon the failure of higher principles? And Is it likely that these lower principles will be accompanied with the ea.me spiritual results? The apoatolic mode of aupport haa advantageafor the minister. He is put more on doing hie best. He is under less temptation to c…
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that we can sow dissipation and ren._p steaafastness. The kind 'that· \\'e bow In our actions, and none other, determines tvbat we reap. 3. As we sow to the flesh or to t?ie. Spirit, ,,,hat we re~p is corrupt-fb7.e ?'" ~11co_rmptib~t. 'l'he.'re ire many kinds of_ see~s •In nature; but there 1s one essential distinct…
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of tbe spirit in which Cbrlst rega.rrled men. But we have still to do with the matter. of.fact world. \Ve a.re not placed above the ordinary cares and difficulties of lire These may inorease with us and may act upon us so as to tend to weariness in well- doing. We have to give out largely too of our best 8';rength i…
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the seed. If it is not improved, there will be nothing to gather at harvest-time. Bo the present life is the season for well-doing. It does not appoor tht in the next world we shall be employed .in reclaiming sinners. Let us, then, improve the time that God h1LB given us for doing good, all the more because of the u…
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' III. H,e BPinlT AB CONTRASTED WITH TllAT 01!' THE JUDAIZERS, 1. Hi9 gloryinq. "But for be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world bath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world." (L) He gloried, in the croas. By the cross we are to understand the atoning death of…
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Ver. 1.-Resf.oring the erring. In all tbo writings of St. Paul there Is no more Christ-like utterance tl:um thi11. It breathes the very spirit of him who came to ~oelt and to save the lost. It ~eems to be addreBBed ln pe.rt!tular to tire moro spiritual members of the Galstian Churches-to those who had not been oarri…
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The burdens «re to be our cono81'tl, How large Ii slum, of life they cover I l. Burrlens of ain. ThMe seem to be upyermoet in the mind of St, Pan! (ver. 1). ..le Christ bore our sin, we o.re to beo.r our nmghbour'e; i.e. make it our trouble and anxiety, and a thing we lcibour at removing, 2. Hardens- of sorrow, The tr…
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Vers. 7, 8.-Sowi11g and rea,p;,ng. The Galatilme appear to have been niggardly in their contributions for the support of their Christian teachers (ver. 6). St. Paul warns them that such conduct will tell against themselves (see Prov. xi. 24). The prin- ciple on which he bases his admonition is one of deep significan…
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III. THIii KNOWLEDGE OP SUCH A LAW OF SOW'INIJ AND REAPING JS A WARNING AGAINST JNSJN0EBJTY. It ie vain to shut our eye8 to it. Natnre is pitilessly inexorable, and here we are considering a law of nature which is as rigid as the law of gravitation. Deception may avail with men, bnt here we have God's action, and no Au…
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Ver. 14.-The cross of Christ. I. THE CROSS AS AN OBJECT OF GLORYD!O. 1. St. Pa.ul can glory in nothing else. Yet he had whereof to glory. His birth, his education, nnil liis rcli;;ioua cie'1'0tion11 had baen -sources of pri\ie ,to him, Hie,Qlij'jS~\IT\'llbtptin• moots, his apostolic authority, his mil!llionary trium…
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nrul, cha.t'noter, If we are ·not' 4rue and ,pure e.nd self-s&erificing, if we have not the Spirit of Obrist; Rll our orthodo~y, Church status, and ritual observances a.re an. empty mockery,- If, we. ·are thus Christ-like, any further question is irrelevant. '1:he sole os•ential i/1 then safe, 2. In our sinful conditio…
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mat11 are the brande, the name oF the mal!ter bnmt on the slave. The most honoured of the apostles regards himself &11 the bmnded eervant of Christ. To no higher honour can any Christian aspire. Christianity is living, not for self, but for Chris'- We must all underste,nd thl\t Christ stands t.o us in the relation o…
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Diversities of Administrations 112 The Tutor 177 A Bold Rebuke ... 113 Sonship 178 Jnsti6ce,tion by Faith 114 Dying to Law and living to God 115 CHAPTER IV. CrncifiC'd with Christ 115 The Church of God in its Minority . . . 210 Grace frustrated 116 The Fnlness of Time with its Bless- ings ... 211 The Evidence of So…
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