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Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:2-4

DISCOURSE: 2078SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS REPROVEDGalatians 5:2-4. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law: ye are fallen from grace.ON matters of morality, men will permit us to speak with the utmost freedom; but, on points of faith, they would have us use none but the mildest... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:5

DISCOURSE: 2079THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITHGalatians 5:5. We, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.THE object of St. Paul, in this epistle is, to maintain and establish the doctrine of justification by faith alone, without the deeds of the law. This doctrine had been assailed and controverted by Judaizing teachers, who had gained such influence in the Church, as to draw multitudes after them, and to intimidate even the Apostles themselves. We are told that Peter,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:6

DISCOURSE: 2080THE OFFICE AND OPERATION OF FAITHGalatians 5:6. In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.THE peculiar character of the Gospel is, that it shews how a sinner may be justified before God; yet the generality of Christians are far from entertaining just views of this most fundamental point: they confound the different offices of faith and works. But St. Paul distinguishes them with much accuracy and precision; he... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:11

DISCOURSE: 2081OFFENCE OF THE CROSSGalatians 5:11. Then is the offence of the cross ceased.THE Gospel, in the first ages, was an object of hatred and persecution both amongst Jews and Gentiles: to the Jews it was a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness [Note: 1 Corinthians 1:23.]:” and it was the one constant labour of them both to corrupt it; the one by their traditions; the other by that which was falsely called philosophy. Hence, whilst those opposite parties felt the utmost... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:16

DISCOURSE: 2082WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, A PRESERVATIVE FROM SINGalatians 5:16. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.IN the Church of God, no less than in the ungodly world, there have always been found persons ready to foment divisions, and to kindle animosities between man and man. It was so in the apostolic age: it is so at this day: and it must of necessity be so, as long as tares are left growing amongst the wheat, or persons professing godliness... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:17

DISCOURSE: 2083THE PRINCIPLES OF FLESH AND SPIRIT CONSIDEREDGalatians 5:17. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.IT might be naturally imagined, that, from the moment of our conversion to God, the transformation of the soul into the Divine image should proceed so rapidly, as soon to extirpate sin altogether. But God has not seen fit so to carry on his work in his... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:18

DISCOURSE: 2084THE CHRISTIAN FREED FROM THE LAWGalatians 5:18. If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.TO understand these words aright, we must notice, first the general scope of the whole epistle, and then, the particular scope of the more immediate context. The epistle itself was written to establish the doctrine of justification by faith alone, without the deeds of the law; in opposition to the Judaizing teachers, who insisted on the necessity of observing the Jewish ritual, in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 5:19-24

DISCOURSE: 2085THE FRUITS OF THE FLESH AND OF THE SPIRIT CONTRASTEDGalatians 5:19-24. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I hare also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Galatians 5:4

no effect grace no effect i.e. of no experimental effect: the sense of liberty is lost. Galatians 2:21; Colossians 1:23. grace Grace (in salvation). Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:7; Romans 3:24. (See Scofield "Romans 3:24- :") , See Scofield "Romans 3:24- :". read more

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