DISCOURSE: 2087 BENEVOLENCE RECOMMENDED Galatians 6:2. _Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ_. TO open and unfold the mystery of the Gospel, is doubtless an employment which, in point of utility to others, or of comfort to ourselves, may vie with any other, in which a huma... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2088 AGAINST SELF-DECEIT Galatians 6:3. _If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden_. SELF-KNOWLEDGE... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2089 THE GROUND OF GOD’S FINAL DECISION Galatians 6:7. _Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2090 STEADFASTNESS IN DUTIES Galatians 6:9. _Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not_. THE way of duty is difficult, while that of sin is easy [Note: A learned prelate speaks admirably to this purpose:—“Vice is first pleasing; then easy; then... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2091 THE CROSS OF CHRIST Galatians 6:14. _God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world_. THE Christian, in whatever he does, is characterized by singleness of eye and simplicity of mind. All other... [ Continue Reading ]