DISCOURSE: 2054 CHRISTIAN AND UNCHRISTIAN PERTINACITY Galatians 2:5. _To whom we. gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you_. NEVER, from the foundation of the world, was there, as far as we know, a richer combination of graces in any child... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2055 REMEMBERING THE POOR Galatians 2:10. _Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do_. THE circumstances to which my text refers, were very peculiar. St. Paul, in conformity with the commission given him by the Lord, had preached his Gospel... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2056 PETER REPROVED BY PAUL Galatians 2:14. _When I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as d... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2057 TRUE USE OF THE LAW Galatians 2:19. _I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God_. THE knowledge of the law is indispensably necessary to the knowledge of the Gospel. Even persons who have some views of Christ as a Saviour, have, in general, a very inadequate i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2058 THE CHRISTIAN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST Galatians 2:20. _I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me_. THE Gospel is, for the... [ Continue Reading ]