Paul continues his exhortation to sow to the Spirit, and then returns to ring the final changes in his battle with the Judaists.
IV. Sow to the Spirit — Do Good to All Men (6:9-10)
7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8. For he that soweth…
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III. C. ii. Remember our Relationship! (4:12–20)
Paul’s exasperation with the Galatians dies quickly and he moves into an extended appeal to remember the quality of their relationship in the past, when they honoured him as a spiritual father, appreciating his divine message and personal sacri…
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B. Live in the Spirit, not in the Flesh (5:13–26)
iv. The Fruit of the Spirit (5:22–23)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
22. From stern and unambiguous warning Paul turns t…
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B. Live in the Spirit, not in the flesh (5:13-26)
i. Liberty is not licence (5:13-15)
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love t…
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“I can resist almost anything – except temptation,” a wag once said. But temptation is no laughing matter. We all know the profound power of the serpent’s voice – sometimes coming from another person, sometimes speaking inside our own heads; sometimes a logical alternative, apparently a co…
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In this and the following issue of “The Lampstand”, God willing, the feature articles will consider the most important matter of “Knowing God”. We know that our Lord said that it was life eternal to know God, and that the Son of God was manifested that we may “see” and know Him. We need …
We last saw Paul on the boat out of Caesarea, heading for Tarsus, and home. His point is made. His apostleship was not a human appointment, and his gospel did not come from human teachers. Rather, he had been called by God, he had been appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ, and he had been given his go…
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As you would remember, Paul has been laying out the case for his apostleship and his gospel. As he demonstrated in the first chapter of Galatians, his apostleship was not a human appointment, and his gospel did not come from human teachers. Rather, he had been called by God, he had been appointed by…
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E.The implications of his gospel (2:17–21)
The debate in Antioch had been a hard-fought affair. The Judaists had raised every conceivable objection, mounted every conceivable argument: for, as Luke records, there had been “no small dissension and disputation” (Acts 15:2). But Paul had won t…
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iii. Stand fast in liberty, and cast out the slaves! (4:28–5:1)
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the…
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