THE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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developing the soul. Schools have gymna siums in order that boys and girls may de velop their bodies. We need to know how to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ, in order that our souls may de velop. The person who reads the Bible
and prays every day will grow in grace. It would be impossible to grow strong physically without eating food, and it is just as impossible to grow strong spiritu ally without prayer and reading of the Bible.
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NOVEMBER 11, 1934 THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Armistice Day) G a la tia n s 5 :13-26
Golden Text: “For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword” (Matt. 26:52). Outline and Exposition I. T h e C h r ist ia n C it iz e n in R ela tipn to O th ers (13-15), T HE.calling of the Christian is to liberty, or freedom (v. 13). The freedom is that which delivers the believer in the gospel from legalism. Such liberty is to be used in service one to another, and not as an occasion to the flesh to work its will. There are some who look upon grace as something which abolishes all restraint and allows the Christian to live carelessly, or to break the law of God with impunity. But grace delivers from legalism, in order to free the Christian to fulfill the law of God in his life. The Christian must remember that, as far as his relation to others is concerned, the whole law is summed up in love to one’s neighbor (v. 14). The Christian will keep this second table of the law not be cause he must, as a slave would do, but because he will, as a son would do. He considers the neighbor for that neighbor’s good, not because he fears the consequence of doing other than the right. The Chris tian citizen will do good to his neighbor, not because of any pressure from without, but because of the new principle within (cf. Gal. 2:20). A warning is found in verse 15. There is real peril of being “consumed one of an other.” II. T h e C h r ist ia n C it iz e n in R elation to H im se l f (16-24). The correct walk is in the Spirit, and walking thus will deliver one from fulfill ing the lusts of the flesh (v. 16). The pass age means walking by, or according to, the Spirit. Here is both a command and a prohibition which may be stated thus: “Walk according to the Spirit”—the com mand ; and “refuse to order the life on the natural plane or according to the flesh”— the prohibition. The opposition to the higher life is found in the flesh (v. 17). The “flesh” is the old nature, that with which a person is born into this world by natural generation. It is always evil and always opposed to the good. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit who is given to each Christian when that one believes in Christ. The Holy Spirit, of course, is always opposed to the evil. The BLACKBOARD LE SSON
nature of neither the flesh nor the Spirit can change; hence they can never be recon ciled to each other, but are always antago nistic one to the other. But the Spirit over comes the flesh so “that ye may not do” (R. V.) the things you would do. That is, one is not forced to obey the flesh. It is only the gospel of grace that can deliver from the power of the flesh, because grace alone provides the great Deliverer, the Holy Spirit. Therefore, “if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law” (v. 18). The idea presented here is that of willing and intelli gent following. A beast may be willingly led, but it can exercise no power of rea son. The intelligent Christian realizes that he is not under law, either as a means of justification or as a rule of life. It should be remembered that the Christian’s standing is perfect and cannot be impaired (Col. 3:3); his state is in the flesh, and hence there is constant struggle between the flesh and the Spirit (Gal. 5:17) ; and his service is in the world, and calls for continual surrender to the Master (John 17:11). The character of the flesh is manifested by its works (vs. 19-21). Here we must remember that it is the desires, or lusts, of the flesh which give birth to the works. These works are numerous and varied, no less than seventeen of them being re ferred to in this passage. There are four that might be termed sensual, two religious, nine social, and two personal. And then the expression “such things” is added to the list, thus embracing the whole range- of the “works of the flesh.” And “they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” (v. 21). A better ren dering is “they who practise such things” (R. V.), that is, they that do such things as a habitual practice, or as a settled course of conduct. The verse does not mean that the Christian will never lapse into one or another of the works of the flesh. But it is one’s habitual conduct that is in mind—the practice of life, rising either from the hid den desires in the unregenerate man lead ing to works of the flesh, or from the hid den desires in the regenerate man leading to a walk by the Spirit. The soul walking by the Spirit will mani fest the fruit of the Spirit, not the works of the flesh. Note the difference between “works” and “fruit.” All the qualities mentioned in verses 22 and 23 (“the fruit of the Spirit,” not fruits ) have, one source, the Holy Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is presented in three groups of words. First, love, joy, and peace: These are in ternal or subjective graces that have God in view; real love, joy, and peace can be manifested only by one who knows God as his Father through faith in Jesus Christ. The world can offer nothing genuine—its best are only imitations or counterfeits of the reality. Second, longsuffering, gentle ness, and goodness: These are the graces which have to do with the Christian’s rela tion to others; in their reality they can be produced only by the Holy Spirit in the Christian. Third, faith (or faithfulness),
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