"Be not weary in well-doing," BECAUSE AN UNFINISHED ENTERPRISE, OR A WORK INCOMPLETE THROUGH INCONSTANCY IS BOTH A DISTRESS AND A DISGRACE. Watson. ITS NATURE.1. )Perseverence in religious duties enforcedG. Those who grow weary in well-doing, so as to forsake the ways of practical godliness, lose all their former labour and pains in religion. Supposing that Sunday School teacher had built the pyramids, it would have been undeniably a great result of persistent labour, but it would have been such labour as would last at the longest for a limited time, and its use would be problematical, for we are not very sure why and for what the pyramids were built. (2) But we must not exclude man as a responsible and immortal being. Let us inquire, what is THE NATURE OF THE EVIL AGAINST WHICH WE ARE GUARDED IN THE TEXT. CONSIDER THE CHRISTIAN MAN'S VOCATION IN THE PRESENT WORLD. and to bear one another's burden;6. to be generous to their teachers,9. The expression "due season," then, I conceive refers to a time which is known only to the Father, who hath put the times and seasons in His own power. "Everything is beautiful in its season." It is, indeed, beautiful beyond expression. )Christian enduranceW. Attempts to do too much.3. True grace is a living principle, and wherever it is found in the heart, it always tends towards perfection.2. III. The energies of goodness never rest nor take their ease.II. Diverse dispositions in those with and for whom we work.5. I MUST conclude this Course of Lectures by giving converts instructions on the subject of growth in grace. HAS ITS DIFFICULTIES.1. The expression "due," is a word which is elsewhere translated "own." I grant you that large results are often given. Live in unseen communings.II. God's service is not labour without return. 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. Good accomplished 1. The difficulty of the work. They toiled a good while and got nothing. Text--But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.--2 Pet. 6) in imprinting Himself on the soul, impresses the characters of His different states; and to bear all the states of Jesus Christ is far more sublime, than merely Madame GuyonA Short and Easy Method of PrayerGrowth in Grace. Reflect that the work and weariness will soon be over in that land of rest where we shall be burdened no more.(H. VII. The Greek Samuel DavidsonThe Canon of the BibleThe Beautiful HagueWhen we came to the Hague, though we had heard much of it, we were not disappointed. (2)The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. Does the Spirit tire of striving? )PeopleGalatians, PaulPlacesGalatiaTopicsAbate, Courage, Desponding, Due, Faint, Faint-hearted, Grain, Grow, Harvest, Heart, Lose, Proper, Reap, Reward, Season, Tired, Weariness, Weary, Well-doingOutline1. "Let us not be weary for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. And this brings me to a third source of weariness and discouragement in well-doing our narrow and inadequate views of life. II. 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." 9). So, then, two thoughts Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Owner's BrandI bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.'--GAL. vi. vi. To enkindle the mind, to enlarge the heart, to awake the imagination, these will be spiritual results to ourselves, worth while surely. Paul bore the conditions of Christ on his body. We find Jacob wrestling with the wondrous angel of God's covenant through the entire night, and prevailing not till the morning began to break. Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. In all the well-doing of the Christian, in all the toil of the earnest worker for God, there is alliance with the power of the Holy Spirit, and with the purposes of God; and it would seem that the sovereignty of God has included the labours of man in its own far-reaching penetration. 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 Apostle has been exhorting to unwearied well-doing, on the ground of the certain coming of the harvest season. vi. (c)You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child.2. Conditions of growth in grace. 16). We find Daniel, in the reign of Cyrus, saying "In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks; I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." The energies of goodness never rest nor take their ease.II. Perseverence will bring success, success will inspire courage, courage will bring victory, and victory will be followed by glory.3. Brethren, it is true with regard to the world, "so long as thou doest well to thyself, men will speak good of thee;" it is true with regard to God, so long as you do well in His sight, shall you have His sanction and His smile.1. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. Conditions of growth in grace. There is infinite goodness in this arrangement, inasmuch as it opens to us one of the richest sources of happiness; for what joy is comparable to that of bringing joy to others? Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. "He is Faithful that Promised." It is a pronominal adjective, which signifies possession; which signifies a peculiar appropriateness when it is joined with any particular substantive. In usefulness to others.3. (2)Grace perhaps is at a low ebb. We find Jacob wrestling with the wondrous angel of God's covenant through the entire night, and prevailing not till the morning began to break. V)LinksGalatians 6:9 NIVGalatians 6:9 NLTGalatians 6:9 ESVGalatians 6:9 NASBGalatians 6:9 KJVGalatians 6:9 Bible AppsGalatians 6:9 ParallelGalatians 6:9 Biblia ParalelaGalatians 6:9 Chinese BibleGalatians 6:9 French BibleGalatians 6:9 German BibleGalatians 6:9 CommentariesBible Hub, (4)The want of appreciation. 1. He who loves the world, is never weary of following the world; he who loves God will never be weary of serving Him" that is the reason why the saints and angels in heaven are never weary of praising and worshipping God; because their love to God is perfect, and love turns service into delight. Viney, D. D.)The danger signalGeorge H. Smyth.I. Now mark, brethren, what the text says, "Let us not be weary in well-doing." Thomas, D. D., J. F. Stevenson.I. Now, the duty of "well-doing" embraces much of inner thought and of outward action; it embraces every Christian virtue that can be mentioned every good work that is worthy of the name; and among the many good things it includes, it most assuredly numbers among them the duty of supporting, of advancing the interests of "the house of God," as a means to an end, as an agency which the Almighty is pleased to adopt for the accomplishment of His own Divine ends, whether in the way of His Spirit or of His providence. (1)The flesh cries out for ease. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. An active creature as man is, there is still in him a love of ease, of repose, of luxurious rest. Your first day of vacation on the coast the sunset was breathtaking and made you so happy you could sing. To form new habits.2. Sunday School teaching is well-doing, because 1. If God does this, despite our sin, it is our honour, and shall be our life, to stir ourselves to do likewise; for it is the human dignity and bliss to think, feel, and live like God. This may arise from various causes. The smallest grain of faith is a deathless and incorruptible germ, which will yet plant the heavens and cover the earth with harvests of imperishable glory. The reward promised to patient labour. There is infinite goodness in this arrangement, inasmuch as it opens to us one of the richest sources of happiness; for what joy is comparable to that of bringing joy to others?II. 'For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Then he picked up his shovel, and marked off a square, and began to see how long it would take him to cast that aside; then another and another, until the whole was cleared away. There are at least two reasons, unconnected with Holy Week, why the subject of the Cross of Christ should occupy our attention. It is the prospect of this that purifies the heart, and exalts the affections beyond the earth to things above. 6 And at midnight a cry was heard: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him! 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. Do the men of the world even respect a backslider? In this busy working world, the inactive, the disappointed, the weary, are soon trodden down and destroyed.2. The expression there is the same that is found here; His own Father; God was His own Father. They toiled a good while and got nothing. Christian slept in the arbour after ascending the hill Difficulty.II. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. (2)The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. "Let us not be Weary in Well-Doing" (Gal. Observe the spirit by which those. If the least of us could only anticipate the eternal issues that will probably spring from the humblest services of faith, we should only count our sacrifices and labors unspeakable heritages of honor and opportunity, and would cease to speak of trials and sacrifices for God. (2) But we must not exclude man as a responsible and immortal being. Our ways of doing good may often be antiquated and cumbrous. II. I shall pursue the following method: I. Surely you will not be weary, when your salvation is so much nearer than when you first believed?(W. Whatever power can afford to rest, the power of evil never grows weary.3. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. Take heed of those things which will stop the current of tears. Listen to what Job says: "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.II. A. 25. H. First, you shall reap spiritual advantage. So in His "own season" that is, the season which is peculiarly adapted for the purpose; the season which God knows to be the most appropriate; the season that shall best fit in to all the other declarations which God shall make of His majesty, His justice, and His power, as well as His love, His mercy, and His grace: at that time "we shall reap, if we faint not." There are nine hindrances of mourning. In judicious labour.2. To fully realize our obligation to do good.II. If we turn from the unwearying work of the busy world to contemplate the great power of evil, if we try to realize its presence, to separate it in thought from the world which it defiles and seeks to ruin, we are appalled by its ceaseless efforts to accomplish its deadly purpose. It may perhaps be thought necessary that some guard be put to the doctrine, lest grace be dishonoured, and the worthless idol of human merit be exalted. Weariness. And surely there is disgrace. Not entirely of course, but too much. The last principle of holding fast our integrity, so as not to weary in well-doing, is a firm confidence in the declaration that our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord; that if we faint not in well-doing, we shall reap through Jesus Christ the fruit of eternal life and peace. Clay Trumbull The pious Quesnel says that "God Edward M. BoundsThe Essentials of PrayerExcursus on the Use of the Word "Canon. If we would not grow weary, let us pray for persevering grace. Early pastoral experiences.III. Angels are always engaged in well-doing. Having, then, assumed this, that we have learned to care for our own souls, and to regard our own immortal interests, the next point to be considered is, that we are bound to engage in "well-doing" for our fellow-creatures; for it is especially to this that the text refers. Watson.The husbandman doth not desire to reap till the season; he will not reap his corn while it is green, but when it is ripe; so we shall reap the reward of glory in due season; when our work is done, when our sins are purged out, when our graces are come to their full growth; then is the season of reaping; therefore let us not be weary of well-doing, but hold on in prayer, reading, and all the exercises of religion; we shall "reap in due season, if we faint not."(T. "We shall reap." Patience, industry, and perseverance: are the three great elements of success in life. On account then of these either occupations of the servants of God, or bodily infirmities, which cannot be altogether wanting, not only doth the Apostle permit the needs of saints to be supplied by good believers, but also most wholesomely exhorteth. In order to do good it is necessary . THE RESULT OF WELL-DOING WILL COME IN THE PROPER TIME.1. She was quite confused at my question, but her answer was very striking: "Yes, sir, if I work long enough." and to bear one another's burden;6. to be generous to their teachers,9. There are at least two reasons, unconnected with Holy Week, why the subject of the Cross of Christ should occupy our attention. The want of faith.II. vi. Do the men of the world even respect a backslider? The great law of communion with Christ is that of light, purity, and righteousness, in opposition to the spiritual darkness of corruption and sin. Direct you to the motive adverted to by the apostle. Was there any symptom of yielding, of inconstancy there?3. IV. (c)You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child.2. "Be not weary," FOR THE MOTIVES TO CONTINUANCE IN THE RIGHT COURSE ARE AS POWERFUL AS THE MOTIVES TO COMMENCEMENT. AugustineAgainst LyingOn Account Then of These Either Occupations of the Servants of God17. Increases our power for well-doing.2. The first reason is, that the Cross is commonly recognised as the weak point in our Christianity. No doubt the work is hard; yet you should not despair. You are but a channel; His is the power; and that power can be communicated through you.2. The great battle of life is with this heavy, weard, languid flesh, that ties us to the dust. 9. "Send any one to this work," says Moses, "only send not me." THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECT ANNEXED TO THE CHARGE "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." The original sense, "a straight rod" or "line," determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul's use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. The last principle of holding fast our integrity, so as not to weary in well-doing, is a firm confidence in the declaration that our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord; that if we faint not in well-doing, we shall reap through Jesus Christ the fruit of eternal life and peace. Having, then, assumed this, that we have learned to care for our own souls, and to regard our own immortal interests, the next point to be considered is, that we are bound to engage in "well-doing" for our fellow-creatures; for it is especially to this that the text refers. THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECT ANNEXED TO THE CHARGE "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 20. Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. We are constantly hearing of the disappointments which come to all Christian workers; indeed of the discouragements which come to all benevolent helpers of all kinds. )Against weariness in well-doingJ. Does the Spirit tire of striving? . (Essex Congregational Remembrancer. Coming to this country about 1895 he was appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Metropolitan Tabernacle, New York. On account then of these either occupations of the servants of God, or bodily infirmities, which cannot be altogether wanting, not only doth the Apostle permit the needs of saints to be supplied by good believers, but also most wholesomely exhorteth. III. Now, the duty of "well-doing" embraces much of inner thought and of outward action; it embraces every Christian virtue that can be mentioned every good work that is worthy of the name; and among the many good things it includes, it most assuredly numbers among them the duty of supporting, of advancing the interests of "the house of God," as a means to an end, as an agency which the Almighty is pleased to adopt for the accomplishment of His own Divine ends, whether in the way of His Spirit or of His providence. 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. WELL-DOING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AIDS OFFERED IN THE GOSPEL. But don't be "disheartened" (see Greek). The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. We must be eyes to see, ears to harken, mouths to plead, hands to labour, feet to walk, or shoulders to bear for the body the Church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Ephesians 4:11-13).3. "Give an account of thy steward. (2)If you don't sow the devil will. No standing still; if we are not advancing, we must be falling back. 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. Two men were digging for gold in California once. The expression "due season," then, I conceive refers to a time which is known only to the Father, who hath put the times and seasons in His own power. At last one threw down his tools and said: "I will leave here before we starve," and he did leave. Watson. Learn from the devotee of many a false god; from the worshipper of Siva, who, drunk with opium, swings on the flesh-hook at some horrid festival, or prostrates himself before the advancing car of Juggernaut, making this revolting self-sacrifice to pacify the raging of a guilty conscience, or to gain the ephemeral applause of an ignorant mob; even he is not weary with his work.(H. One of the great objects of religious buildings is, that we should gather together within their walls for public worship; that on the Sabbath, as a day of rest from the toils of labour, the mind should seek for strength and solace in the ministrations of united devotion and of Christian fellowship.II. (1)The flesh cries out for ease. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. Those who cease well-doing cannot obtain the promised reward.(J. Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. God's.(J. Such weariness is a common condition. (2)It is indispensable to the well-being of mankind.II. 17. Watson. The language was written, as we find, under inspiration, by Paul to the Church at Galatia. Let us look at that expression a moment. We all desire change, Monotony is irksome. Talmage.Many years ago, in England, a lad heard Mr. Flavel preach from the text: "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha." 6) in imprinting Himself on the soul, impresses the characters of His different states; and to bear all the states of Jesus Christ is far more sublime, than merely Madame GuyonA Short and Easy Method of PrayerGrowth in Grace. This is the argument urged by the apostle in our text: "for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." 14. Jesus Christ, to whom it is abandoned, and whom it follows as the Way, whom it hears as the Truth, and who animates it as the Life, impressing Himself upon it, imparts to it His own condition. And the boy looks from the beginning of his arithmetic through to the last page, and says: "I shall never get through that."2. 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. No, says God, that is not what I mean for you. If you say a man is doing well, you mean to say that a man is increasing in his wealth, his influence, or his connections. Early pastoral experiences.III. The old man, hearing his voice below, answered in no very courteous tone, "I don't want you here; you may go away." To have generous minds.2. 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. We may apprehend ourselves weary in it when we are not really so. He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,2. "Let us not be Weary in Well-Doing" (Gal. )Be not wearyC. It is like pumping a sinking ship. ship: for thou mayest be no longer steward."III. ITS SPHERES.1. Those who cease well-doing cannot obtain the promised reward.(J. And, on the other hand, no man can set himself to do good to others without receiving good himself. Patience, industry, and perseverance: are the three great elements of success in life. We are too ready to suppose that our exertions for the present and future benefit of our fellow-creatures are utterly without success, because we do not see the success. True, the prospect may appear to us far off, though to some it may be nearer than they think.(W. What is grace, as the term is here used? THE CHRISTIAN MAN'S VOCATION IN THE PRESENT WORLD, II, THE MOTIVE TO PERSEVERANCE IN IT, ARISING FROM THE ASSURANCE OF FINAL REWARD.I. WELL-DOING IMPLIES FIXEDNESS OF WILL AND CHARACTER. )Perseverence in well-doingW. The sixteenth chapter of the second book of that memorable review of his literary career, contains corrections of certain points on which he believed that he had not been sufficiently accurate in these discussions. 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. "In due season we shall reap if we faint not" (Gal. The traveller gets weary on his journey, whether by sea or land; the student bending over his studies through a long period, cannot escape that fatigue which attends a close and intense application of thought; the labourer, when his day's work is done, often turns to his home with a tired look and a faltering step; the sick man upon his couch feels the passing hours to be weary as they creep through the darkness of the night or the light of day, bringing no ease to his pains nor strength to his weakness; the watcher by the bedside grows faint with watching, and the overtasked eyes grapple with the slumber that steals upon them in vain. D. Horwood.In the earlier days of Christianity, when it had to contend against the prejudices and intolerance of ages; when the bigotry of the Jew fiercely opposed it, and the philosophy of the Greek and Roman despised it, and when the bitterness of persecution grew up into greater fierceness, it was then that the earlier and devoted Christians, exposed to all manner of trial and death on all sides, had need of encouragement.I. YOUR WORK IS WELL DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT.1. Man's life progresses, and each age has its character. One more occasion of inconstancy in well.doing may be adverted to, and that is the most powerful of all the natural disinclination of the mind to doing well at any time.1. The word here employed does not bear on beneficence exclusively. Does any one ask, "Why is this what are its causes?" We become discouraged and weary when we do not see immediate fruits of our labour. The struggle after a better Christian life.3. IV. Keep near to the Master. (1)Some by constitution are inapt. Do he must and will. Differently to be admonished are those who are bound in wedlock and those who are free from the ties of wedlock. vi. It must be remembered, that celestial honours await only the faithful unto death. )Unwearied in errorH. We become discouraged and weary when we do not see immediate fruits of our labour. There are at least two reasons, unconnected with Holy Week, why the subject of the Cross of Christ should occupy our attention. But to the other, set as he was amid the libidinous frenzy of the Sodomites, who would dare to say, "Although thy guests in thine own St. 9). H. There is no prophet whose office and commission is only for judgment, nay, to speak the truth, it is mercy that premises threatenings. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. Recollect that you are working together with a God who is unweariable.6. VII How to grow in Charles Grandison FinneyLectures on Revivals of ReligionPrincely Service. We shall reap the growth effectuated by His Holy Spirit, though we may not always understand the nature of the gracious sheaves that we are bringing in our bosom. In every duty done for God, grace calls to the work, aids in the discharge of it, makes meet for and finally bestows the promised inheritance. 17. Not ours, but2. The language was written, as we find, under inspiration, by Paul to the Church at Galatia. Surely you will not be weary, when your salvation is so much nearer than when you first believed?(W. Place yourself amid its events. 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. Christian slept in the arbour after ascending the hill Difficulty.II. IS WELL-DOING.1. 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