The first thought which claims our attention here, is this: That the present life is not designed to be a merely contemplative thing.2. In acceptance with God.V. "We shall reap, if we faint not."2. And it is no small mercy, to reap a lively heart, and a generous soul, and an affectionate spirit, and a willingness to labour in Christ's cause, as a reward for any little acts we perform for Him. Charles Jr. John 20:30-31 is the purpose statement of Johns Gospel: Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his. Watson. 3. A. God acts not without a plan.3. )Against weariness in well-doingJ. While I was doing it it was not pleasant, but after I had got through it was permanent refreshment. Two travellers crossing the Alps were freezing to death. vi. The apostle means by this charge that we are not to allow any kind of weariness in right doing to arrest us in the discharge of duty, or to force us away from its path. vi. For, setting apart that power, which he saith himself had not used, which yet that the faithful must serve unto, he enjoins, saying, "Let him that is catechised in the word, communicate unto him that doth catechise him, in all good things:" [2531] St. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 20. So, for instance, you remember he puts Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Glory of the Cross"God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."--GAL. It is true that in old times criminals, and certain classes of Temple servants, and sometimes soldiers, were also so marked, but it is most in accordance with the Apostle's way of thinking that he here has reference to the first class, and would represent himself as the slave of Jesus Christ, Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureBurden-Bearing'Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. The difficulty of the problem depresses and disheartens us.I. But though "all be of grace," thy God calls thee to personal strenuousness in the work of thy high calling;--to "labour," John Ross MacduffThe Faithful PromiserCadman -- a New Day for MissionsS. A Christian will not be weary of service, that hath the crown in his eye. There are nine hindrances of mourning. When it comes it will abundantly repay us.The present reward is (1)The conversion of the children. A Due Reaping. 17. Faith keeps from fainting; faith gives a substance to things not seen, and makes them to be as it were present, As a perspective glass makes those things which are at a distance near to the eye, so doth faith: heaven and glory seem near. The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of branding slaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership. WELL-DOING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AIDS OFFERED IN THE GOSPEL. The third persevering grace is love. To bear the conditions of Christ is something far greater than merely to consider those conditions. Weariness of mind and of body is common to most men. He sees the triumph of all that you struggle for, the defeat of all that you hate. )The difficulty of well-doingH. The apostle doubtless understood that while the end is the first in God's purpose, it is the last in manifestation. I will shut out the sob of sorrow, the wail of the woe-worn, the sigh of the suffering, the baying and babblement of the crowd; here, spending my sympathies on myself, I will enjoy all that is enjoyable. E) THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL TRY TO TURN OTHERS AGAINST YOU. "In due season we shall reap if we faint not" (Gal. (3)The training of real home missionaries. The difficulty of the work. Viney, D. D.It is the part of religion to teach man to do well. )Perseverence in well-doingW. There are abundant opportunities for everybody.3. The text speaks of "fainting." And the teacher, when he sees, as he carries on this work, his own knowledge so imperfect, his own faith so weak, his own love so cold, his own zeal so dying, exclaims "What can I do?" The moral harvest comes all to perfection; not a grain is lost. Unreasonable expectations of an immediate harvest.4. The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of branding slaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership. Our duty. vi. And here we see the importance, if we first consider what was the issue of the apostle's labours. (4) The measure in which the sorrow is mixed with sin. A right apprehension of these will make the observations advanced respecting the canon and its formation plainer. Often pray to God. The reaping time will come.2. Get the love of God in your hearts, and you will run in His ways, and not be weary.(T. THE ARGUMENT USED TO DISSUADE US FROM IT.1. Jesus Christ, to whom we are abandoned, and whom "we follow as the way, whom we hear as the truth, and who animates us as the life" (John xiv. Work on, work ever.(J. vi. 2. L. Galton, M. A.I. And therefore he was content to say, "And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Hugh BinningOf MysteriesOf Mysteries It may be objected, that, by this method, we shall have no mysteries imprinted on our minds: but it is quite the reverse; for it is the peculiar means of imparting them to the soul. Was there any symptom of yielding, of inconstancy there?3. )Against weariness in well-doingJ. Now there seem to be three important particulars suggested to us here.1. For, setting apart that power, which he saith himself had not used, which yet that the faithful must serve unto, he enjoins, saying, "Let him that is catechised in the word, communicate unto him that doth catechise him, in all good things:" [2531] St. We are too ready to be "weary in well-doing," because we observe the apathy, the obstinacy, the carelessness, the ingratitude of those whom we seek to benefit.III. The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of branding slaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership. This is a sin natural to us; but there are few greater enemies to vital godliness than it is.2. Weight, M. A.I. They include all that the sacred oracles mean by piety towards God; by justice, benevolence and humanity towards our neighbour, and by sobriety and temperance in our conduce towards ourselves. We learned from Numbers vi, GOD'S requirements of those who desire to take the privileged position of separation to Himself. THE CERTAINTY OF SUCCESS IN WELL-DOING. And here we see the importance, if we first consider what was the issue of the apostle's labours. At length his faith, his patience, and his submission received their rich reward: "behold, a certain man clothed in linen" appeared to him and said. And therefore he was content to say, "And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." One of my Sunday-school teachers came to me to resign her class, because she said she was doing them no good. The beauty of a thing is when it comes to be finished; the beauty of a picture is, when it is drawn out in its full lineaments, and laid in its orient colours; the beauty of a Christian is, when he hath finished his faith.(T. In conclusion:1. One lay down to die; the ether, seeing his awful condition, began to rub, chafe, and rouse him. The entering of the law, both in the commands and curses, is to make sin abound, that grace may superabound, so that both rods and threatenings Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. VII How to grow in Charles Grandison FinneyLectures on Revivals of ReligionPrincely Service. First, the rivalry of other workers forbids weariness.1. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. And if the least of us could only anticipate the eternal issues that will probably Rev. VII How to grow in Charles Grandison FinneyLectures on Revivals of ReligionPrincely Service. 9). There are two things in connection with duty which it will be well for us to remember well-doing, and constancy in well-doing. We find St. Paul praying thrice that the thorn in the flesh might be extracted, before he received that answer which caused his soul to thrill with holy joy. Zeal is sometimes without knowledge, and zeal is often without patience; we look for the oak, without giving the acorn time to germinate; we desire to gather the cool and delicious fruit, forgetful of the preliminary processes of vegetation. He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,2. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. Was it not love, to form man after the image of God, and to breathe into him a thinking, reasonable, immortal spirit? (2)If you don't sow the devil will. (3)Because well-doing is inseparably connected with our safety. So, then, two thoughts Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Owner's BrandI bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.'--GAL. Then I might urge the exhortation by a reference to the self-discipline which is secured by perseverence especially perseverence in a course of self-denial.4. There is not a single relation we sustain to God, or to each other, but what is fruitful of a variety of these duties. Impulse and spasm are common; not so permanence in character and conduct. In this respect a good man partakes of the Spirit of that holy and righteous Being who hateth the workers of iniquity, and with whom evil cannot dwell. There is no prophet whose office and commission is only for judgment, nay, to speak the truth, it is mercy that premises threatenings. A second thought which the text suggests is that the Christian vocation comprehends something more than the mere purpose, or project of good. Christ Himself lives and works within the Christian by the power of His Spirit.III. We cannot calculate the hour nor the nature of our triumph, but we know that the Word of God standeth sure, and that the due season draweth nigh.(H. (George H. And difficulties always rouse a generous mind. The expression there is the same that is found here; His own Father; God was His own Father. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. Not entirely of course, but too much. For those who are bound in wedlock are to be admonished that, while they take thought for each other's good, they study, both of them, so to please their consorts as not to displease their Maker; that they so conduct the things that are of this world as still not to omit desiring the things that are of God; that they so rejoice in present good as still, with earnest Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatForms Versus Character'Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.' You will be tempted to grow weary. To bear the conditions of Christ is something far greater than merely to consider those conditions. God acts not without a plan.3. God's.(J. But this, instead of discouraging us, should only make us cling closer to Him.3. The energies of goodness never rest nor take their ease. See Westcott's account of it, On the New Testament Canon, p. 498 ff. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. But work at it and work on. (2)The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. The Christian has a persevering enemy to slay.2. It represents the element of definiteness in Christianity and in the Philip SchaffThe Seven Ecumenical CouncilsHow the Married and the Single are to be Admonished. Years passed on. The efficacy of every good work lies in its completion, and all their good works terminate abruptly, and are left off unfinished. As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. W. (4) When our consciences are not tender. Well-doing is not the doing of the superstitious, the formalist, the exclusive, the recluse, nor the training of any peculiar faculty of the soul, but the training of the entire man under the master impulse of love. Direct you to the motive adverted to by the apostle. For every man shall bear his own burden.'--GAL. It must be remembered, that celestial honours await only the faithful unto death. THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECT ANNEXED TO THE CHARGE "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." He does not always, alas, do right; but it is the object of religion of revelation to induce him to do so. Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. (2)The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. (1)Because God has formed us especially for well-doing. To be engaged in doing good is to sympathize with the feelings, and to imitate the conduct of all God's saints on earth. The earnest prayer, the sympathizing or reproving word, the self-denying and laborious effort little accounted of here, and perhaps unassociated with any thought of future recompense are all helping to form the material out of which will be woven the robe of unfading brightness and beauty which the Lord Himself shall cast upon His own, in the great harvest-time to come.2. THE CERTAINTY OF SUCCESS IN WELL-DOING. L. Galton, M. A.I. F. 25. 'As we have therefore'--that points a finger backwards to what has gone before. To form new habits.2. "For, in due season, ye shall reap if ye faint not." Lift up Rev. To the perfect Christian, Christ is not so much the motive as the spring: a fountain springing up to all beautiful, joyful, and blessed work for mankind.II. And now let me request your attention to the last suggestion derivable from this text: That the assurance of certain reward, in connection with the fulfilment of the Christian vocation, is a sufficient motive to perseverance therein under every temptation to weariness.(C. For every man shall bear his own burden.'--GAL. vi. Cultivate the grace of forbearance.3. And here we see the importance, if we first consider what was the issue of the apostle's labours. F. What was the issue of his labours amongst the Gentiles and Jews? --1 COR. So the girl looks at that great pile of music, as she begins her first lessons, and says: "Oh, I can never learn all that music." "Let us not be weary in well-doing" (Gal. The causes of weariness. Well-doing must respect the world. )Unweariedness in well-doingH. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Doing Good to All'As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all. "In due season." Faith keeps from fainting; faith gives a substance to things not seen, and makes them to be as it were present, As a perspective glass makes those things which are at a distance near to the eye, so doth faith: heaven and glory seem near. "We shall reap." The first thought which claims our attention here, is this: That the present life is not designed to be a merely contemplative thing.2. Paul bore the conditions of Christ on his body. . To restrain natural passions and propensities.3. There are nine hindrances of mourning. "We shall reap, if we faint not."2. If, then, we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, that is sin, "we deceive ourselves," says the apostle. A. It may be found upon the mountain's top, amid the sweep of winds and the wrapt curtain of clouds; where two or three are met together in the name of Christ to worship God, and to believe in the work of His redemption. The seasons revolve, and each appears clad in a different garb. NUMB. Beecher. 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