x. Simeon, M. The great controversy which embittered so much of Paul's life, and marred so much of his activity, turned upon the question whether a heathen man could come Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. What it does mean. Then I add, you shall reap Divine approbation. vi. SOME PLACES WHERE WE ARE LIABLE TO GROW WEARY.1. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. And for that I thank you, too! In the remarkable work known as his Retractations, Augustin makes a brief statement on the subject of this treatise on the Harmony of the Evangelists. (1)Some by constitution are inapt. Seek to understand the hidden laws of that outward and inward life. A. By His visitation alone we are preserved.4. (4)Because it is always identified with our happiness. 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. It brings glory to God.3. 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. 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. In the first place, your duty is, to be engaged "in well-doing;" that is to say, in doing well, in doing good, in doing that which is just and approved in the sight of God. And surely that is not a small thing. What encouragement does the service of God yield, to make us valiant for the truth and patient in well-doing? events were vitalized. And, on the other hand, no man can set himself to do good to others without receiving good himself. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. "I bear in my body," Jeanne Marie BouviresA Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual TorrentsTranslator's Introductory Notice. A MOTIVE TO WELL-DOING. vi. It is learned only by intense effort, by sorrowful failures, by many steps on the brink of despair. 16 (R.V.). (4)Saturating the whole population with religious truth.(C. Believer! "For, in due season, ye shall reap if ye faint not." Weight, M. A.I. Then the assumption is, that we have begun "well-doing," because he who has not begun to do well, can never be said to be in any risk or danger of being weary in it.2. 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. )Perseverance in well-doingJ. The first thought which claims our attention here, is this: That the present life is not designed to be a merely contemplative thing.2. Our duty. The mighty name by which we are called.III. Opportunities are few; and if we would do good, they must be seized. We ought not to grow weary in well-doing, for God is not weary in doing good to us. As introductory to the following dissertation, I shall explain and define certain terms that frequently occur in it, especially canon, apocryphal, ecclesiastical, and the like. The wants of the world and the wants of the Church demand action. Could we get it all in a small compass, as Job had it (Job 29:11-17), we could put our hands to it with some hope of success. It is the object of constant attack on the part of its assailants: and believers are content too often to accept it "on faith," which means that they despair of giving a rational J. Early pastoral experiences.III. It is the casket which contains the most precious of all jewels. Merry. The sentiment we describe is, moreover, quickened by fellow-feeling with the Saviour of man, who, laying aside the form of God, gave Himself up to sorrow, and suffering, and death, for sin. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Doing Good to All'As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all. (3) This endurance is life's grand lesson. WHY WE SHOULD GUARD AGAINST BEING THUS WEARY IN WELL-DOING, AND PURSUE THE CONTRARY LINE OF CONDUCT.1. and to bear one another's burden;6. to be generous to their teachers,9. (2)Grace perhaps is at a low ebb. L. Galton, M. Again: unwearied continuance in "well-doing" has the distinct promise of success.(G. Lift up Rev. About that there is no doubt. But work at it and work on. "Brethren, the time is short." 16 (R.V.). Smyth. By his conquest of temptation.2. Only a few weeks elapsed when ten of the twelve young ladies openly professed faith in Christ.4. Seek to understand the hidden laws of that outward and inward life. 1 The love of sin. 10, 11, &c.--"Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah," &c. It is strange to think what mercy is mixed with the most wrath like strokes and threatenings. A. 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. I pray you read them. L. Galton, M. A.I. After we have received grace, we are still prone to depart from God.3. 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. 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." In acceptance with God.V. (c)You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child.2. Viney, D. D.It is the part of religion to teach man to do well. Coming to this country about 1895 he was appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Metropolitan Tabernacle, New York. In the first place, it refers individually to ourselves doing well, or doing good, with regard to ourselves. I encouraged her to "labour and to wait." The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. The second thing to regard is, the manner in which this duty is to be performed; that is to say, unweariedly: "Let us not be weary in well-doing." Horwood. Another of the hindrances to which "well-doing" of this kind is exposed, is the tendency of our machinery to wear out, and our own disposition not unfrequently to hurry it off the field. WE HAVE ABUNDANT ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE PROSPECT OF REWARD.1. --1 COR. The path is as much the king's highway as ever; its banks as green, its turns as beautiful, its trees as picturesque: but you have become weary, and your footsteps have flagged. True, the prospect may appear to us far off, though to some it may be nearer than they think.(W. "He that watereth shall be watered also himself." For every man shall bear his own burden.'--GAL. )The beauty of a Christian is to hold on in pietyT. (c)You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child.2. A right apprehension of these will make the observations advanced respecting the canon and its formation plainer. (1)The flesh cries out for ease. In the same passage he informs us that this treatise was undertaken during the years in which he was occupied with his great work on the Saint Augustineour lord's sermon on the mountAll that is Born of the Flesh must be Born of the Spirit. Working from wrong impulses.(1)Praise.(2)Pride. A. x. The great controversy which embittered so much of Paul's life, and marred so much of his activity, turned upon the question whether a heathen man could come Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. "We shall reap if we faint not." The text speaks of "fainting." (3)Often difficulties in the way of well-doing, and resolution is indispensable. He could see that his own season might not be God's season. 16). )Unwearied in errorH. Not in your sight nor in mine, but in Christ's. By bearing the Cross.IV. 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. Hope animates the spirits: it is to the soul as cork to the net, which keeps it from sinking. I have done so much that at least I may be satisfied. "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not."--GAL. And surely there is disgrace. Varying ideas have been attached to them. The promotion of the public good in Sunday Schools, mission work, etc.5. fastened in it you are dead while you live. Varying ideas have been attached to them. VI. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. R. Reynolds, B. ITS CURE.1. 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." )Against weariness in well-doingJ. "Everything is beautiful in its season." 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. Galatians 6:9 The apostle Paul says, And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Let me begin by pointing out a THE CAUSES OF WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.1. II. III. A. You are but a channel; His is the power; and that power can be communicated through you.2. Evidently there was some problem with this in Galatia. This is the argument urged by the apostle in our text: "for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." The weary and hopeless outnumber the careless, if one may judge by the eager throng which presses into the field when some direct, immediate good is set before them as capable of being done. If it be a true and an approved maxim in common things to be ever active in laudable pursuits is the distinguishing characteristic of a man of merit in a high and peculiar sense may it be asserted of real Christians, that they "cease from evil, and learn to do well."II. Was there any symptom of yielding, of inconstancy there?3. I shall pursue the following method: I. One of my Sunday-school teachers came to me to resign her class, because she said she was doing them no good. 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. . If Paul could only know the consolation and hope that he has ministered to the countless generations who have marched along the pathway from the cross to the Kingdom above, he would be willing to go through a thousand lives and a thousand deaths such as he endured for the blessing that has followed since his noble head rolled in the dust by the Ostian gate of Rome. WELL-DOING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AIDS OFFERED IN THE GOSPEL. Place yourself amid its events. And then Satan rushes in, while the mind is thus exercised; and he says "What can such a wretch as you effect? 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. (1)Because God has formed us especially for 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. A. We learned from Numbers vi, GOD'S requirements of those who desire to take the privileged position of separation to Himself. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary but they that wait on God shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 60:30).4. The second persevering grace is hope. The waterman seizes the tide, the moment it turns; the sailor seizes the breeze, the moment it springs up; Christ, the day in which the Father sent Him to execute His will. The undying activity of the world. and to bear one another's burden;6. to be generous to their teachers,9. Go and do likewise. Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. NUMB. The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. For see what the individual who has to instruct the human mind, has to contend with. THE CERTAINTY OF SUCCESS IN WELL-DOING. Another of the hindrances to which "well-doing" of this kind is exposed, is the tendency of our machinery to wear out, and our own disposition not unfrequently to hurry it off the field. .'--GAL. 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. 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." They shall enter into the joy of their Lord. True, the prospect may appear to us far off, though to some it may be nearer than they think.(W. This is a sin natural to us; but there are few greater enemies to vital godliness than it is.2. It may be found in the wide waste of sands, in the vast wilderness, where the tent of the pilgrims is erected, and from beneath the spread of its canvas may be heard the earnest breathings of a humble and contrite spirit. The months before the ingathering may often seem long and wearisome, and verily be heart-breaking things, but God's "seasons" are not always measurable by our forecastings, even though the harvest is pledged by His oath and His promise. By its natural birth, from sinful parents, it is not in the kingdom of God, but in the realm and under the dominion of sin, death and the devil. The Church is His body; His eye to see, His voice to cheer, His hand to lift and to heal the weakness and the misery of mankind. 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. 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, (2)The work lasts on year after year.2. Merry. R. Reynolds, B. The first principle of stedfast and abounding righteousness is a constant sense of the obligation of the Divine law. Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. The Hindrances to MourningWhat shall we do to get our heart into this mourning frame? and to bear one another's burden;6. to be generous to their teachers,9. Beecher. His well-doings were not to make himself a name or a praise in the earth; he was no mountebank, who for a season sought to attract the gaze and admiration of men, in order that upon the pinnacle they should raise for him he might stand and enjoy his transient life of honour and worldly reputation. Then, thirdly, this weariness springs from the trials, to which "well-doing" frequently exposes individuals.4. "We shall reap," and reap in the best time, God's time, "in due season." But this, instead of discouraging us, should only make us cling closer to Him.3. 9). To fully realize our obligation to do good.II. The first reason is, that the Cross is commonly recognised as the weak point in our Christianity. What, however, we have to do is to be faithful, to endure patiently our burdens, and to press onward in the strength of faith and hope.2. How soon does a spirit of weariness creep over us in our spiritual career. Coming to this country about 1895 he was appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Metropolitan Tabernacle, New York. vi. There is temptation to weariness in "well-doing" from the very number of methods by which it may be persued.IV. . The text speaks of "fainting." All holy men have been acquainted practically with well-doing. The second thing to regard is, the manner in which this duty is to be performed; that is to say, unweariedly: "Let us not be weary in well-doing." .'--GAL. (2)The work lasts on year after year.2. Those who cease well-doing cannot obtain the promised reward.(J. And as the farmer has long patience, so ought we to have long patience. "Be not weary in well-doing." In the first place, your duty is, to be engaged "in well-doing;" that is to say, in doing well, in doing good, in doing that which is just and approved in the sight of God. The text may be regarded, in the first place, as marking out the Christian man's vocation in the present world. AugustineAgainst LyingOn Account Then of These Either Occupations of the Servants of God17. But the word "results" is a very indefinite kind of word. In the first place, it refers individually to ourselves doing well, or doing good, with regard to ourselves. Is there any pause in the intercession of the Son? Beecher. He began to shovel it away, but there seemed to be such a mountain of it he threw down his shovel in despair saying: "I can never clear away all that snow." )Perseverence in religious duties enforcedG. 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. It is evident the apostle referred not first to his labours. "I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work/' So said He, who could do more work in a minute, than we can do in a whole life. 17. 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. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. Direct you to the motive adverted to by the apostle. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. Two travellers crossing the Alps were freezing to death. (2)Others fear that it will prove a failure. x. Smyth. It is the object of constant attack on the part of its assailants: and believers are content too often to accept it "on faith," which means that they despair of giving a rational J. )The beauty of a Christian is to hold on in pietyT. We learned from Numbers vi, GOD'S requirements of those who desire to take the privileged position of separation to Himself. And, on the other hand, no man can set himself to do good to others without receiving good himself. Remember the evil one never gets discouraged or weary.4. We know from experience, that perseverance, either with respect to earthly or heavenly things, is scarcely ever without success. Even here on earth, says Lord Jeffrey, "he will always see the most beauty in things whose affections are warmest and most exercised, whose imagination is the most powerful, and who has most accustomed himself to attend to the objects by which he is surrounded." 9). ITS OCCASIONS.1. WebIn this sermon on Galatians 6:9 titled Weary in Well Doing, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones outlines some common pitfalls and dangers during this period. It may be found in the wide waste of sands, in the vast wilderness, where the tent of the pilgrims is erected, and from beneath the spread of its canvas may be heard the earnest breathings of a humble and contrite spirit. Diverse dispositions in those with and for whom we work.5. vi. In judicious labour.2. (2)Others fear that it will prove a failure. The same motives enforce constancy. vi. (5)Because it associates us with the highest orders of beings. (b)Particularly to children, for prevention is better than cure. It is very important when we hear an exhortation to consider the character of the person who gives it. "Give an account of thy steward. It is the object of constant attack on the part of its assailants: and believers are content too often to accept it "on faith," which means that they despair of giving a rational J. )Perseverence in religious duties enforcedG. vi. Do two things. It was when Peter followed from afar that he denied Him. Weariness of mind and of body is common to most men. 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. As they skirt a perilous precipice he cannot pray, Lord, hold up my goings in a safe path, that my footsteps slip not, but as to my guide and companions, they must look out for themselves.' 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." He does not always, alas, do right; but it is the object of religion of revelation to induce him to do so. The human body, therefore, must be regarded. vi. "Do well," is the command; and the command obviously implies that those to whom it is addressed have the power to do well are, in other words, invested with an ability to benefit and bless others. While I was doing it it was not pleasant, but after I had got through it was permanent refreshment. See Westcott's account of it, On the New Testament Canon, p. 498 ff. It may be that the results which God can give are not the results which you mean. No doubt the work is hard; yet you should not despair. He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,2. 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. This is needed 1. 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. Action is at once the destiny and the lot of man. WE HAVE ABUNDANT ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE PROSPECT OF REWARD.1. 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. In growth of character.2. Christians are the pledged disciples of the Great Worker in this field of holy exertion. "We shall reap," and reap in the best time, God's time, "in due season." H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. Practically, we plan for this life and this only. As they skirt a perilous precipice he cannot pray, Lord, hold up my goings in a safe path, that my footsteps slip not, but as to my guide and companions, they must look out for themselves.' To bear the conditions of Christ is something far greater than merely to consider those conditions. I MUST conclude this Course of Lectures by giving converts instructions on the subject of growth in grace. We all desire change, Monotony is irksome. THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECT ANNEXED TO THE CHARGE "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." vi. )Against weariness in well-doingJ. A. 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. 25. THE CAUSES OF WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.1. As introductory to the following dissertation, I shall explain and define certain terms that frequently occur in it, especially canon, apocryphal, ecclesiastical, and the like. (2)Be proportionate to our well-doing. In a broad view of the Christian profession, it is a volunteer service for the help of Christ in lifting the burden of the sin and misery of mankind. It will be objected that, by this way, mysteries will not be made known. 5. Does the Spirit tire of striving? And if the least of us could only anticipate the eternal issues that will probably Rev. H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. II. Many say, if I were but sure of doing good, God knows I would try. )The reward of unwearied diligence in the work of the LordR. Besides, difficulties are just nothing to Omnipotence. Ye grow weary and give up sometimes on the eve of reaping, and lose the harvest. "Let us not be weary in well-doing" (Gal. 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. Then, thirdly, this weariness springs from the trials, to which "well-doing" frequently exposes individuals.4. These duties are called well-doing, because in a conscientious observance of them we do well; we comply with the approving will of God. 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. 2. It is the casket which contains the most precious of all jewels. Take heed of those things which will stop these channels of mourning; put yourselves upon the use of all means that will help forward holy mourning. )PeopleGalatians, PaulPlacesGalatiaTopicsAbate, Courage, Desponding, Due, Faint, Faint-hearted, Grain, Grow, Harvest, Heart, Lose, Proper, Reap, Reward, Season, Tired, Weariness, Weary, Well-doingOutline1. The harvest will come in due season.4. Supposing one soul is brought to Christ, and permanently united to Christ by the love and faith of the heart, so united that that soul becomes a faithful Christian soul, living a life of love and faith, doing good to others, and those others doing good to a wider circle still, and so from generation to generation the influence broadens, how can you calculate the result?3. 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. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. Sunday-school teachers may appropriate this.3. Be it then observed, as Scripture teacheth, that the work is of grace, and the reward of grace. The undying activity of the world. "The spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is weak." 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. My Father worketh hitherto, and I work."3. The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. She was quite confused at my question, but her answer was very striking: "Yes, sir, if I work long enough." So, after we have sown the seeds of effort and endeavour, we must not faint if the harvest does not follow on the heel of seed-time.I. The path is as much the king's highway as ever; its banks as green, its turns as beautiful, its trees as picturesque: but you have become weary, and your footsteps have flagged.