I Apologize; I forgot that I posted it in August.
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Galatians 6.SPIRITUAL CHURCH
In verse 1 Paul called brethren of the church Spiritual. GOD Father and His Son Jesus Christ teach Spirituality from the very beginning of communication with human beings to be Spiritually wise, Spiritually intelligent, and Spiritually prudent. The Spiritual Qualities are not the same as the ordinary earthly qualities of this world, because they are of completely different standards, principals, ideals, and values.
A Spiritual person completely different from the rest of humanity and judges everything according to Spiritual wisdom, standards, principals, ideals, and values. For a Spiritual people no written Law is needed, because they act and live according to the Holy Spirit Who lives and dwells in them and Who guides their spirit throughout their lives.
Of course, not all people in the church are Spiritual people, and for this reason Spiritual people, in whom the Holy Spirit of the Lord dwells, shall control, watch over, judge, and protect the church from anything what can defile the assembly. A Spiritual person does it by guidance of the Spirit who lives in him or her. For this reason, Paul issued this statement to restore those who went from the path of GOD, and instruct them with Spiritual gentleness, using Spiritual knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence, in order to restore those who fall from the GOD'S flock and bring them back if possible.
And of course, even a Spiritual person should always examine himself/herself constantly, in order not to fall into any temptations that may defile their Spirituality, because even Spiritual person is still human and vulnerable to outside influences of this world. In other words, a Spiritual person shall practice self-discipline and self-control, and self-judgment in order to stay Spiritual.
GOOD DEEDS
Verses 7-8 outlines the universal rule of GOD to all living beings: "whatever a man sows this he will reap." In other places of the Bible this statement recorder also as: "according to their deeds," and in some other forms, types, and fashions. But in the context of this paragraph, it means that Spiritual person will reap his/her Spiritual deeds, and fleshly (earthly) person will reap his/her fleshly (earthly) material deeds and deeds of their conscience. This is certainly will be two different judgments and rewards that both types of people will reap from their life on Earth.
In verses 9-10 Paul finally specified the precise meaning of his statement in verse 7, declaring not to lose heart in doing good. "Not lose heart" means that when we do good we should not be disappointed, let down ourselves, or frustrated for lock of reward or appreciation from our Good Deeds in the Name of Christ. "in due time we shall reap," we shall reap true and real reward from the Lord, according to a statement in verse 7, if only "we do not grow weary," means get tired and stop Doing Good. And of course, then a Christian start doing good, he or she should start from his own household of Faith (family and church) in order to show his/her true intentions as a real Spiritual person who do Good Deeds from the heart, in the Name of the Lord.
According to my personal experience I seen many "Christians" who do not want to listen about Good Deeds, and always saying universal for them excuse that by Good Deeds no one can be saved but on by Faith in GOD. They justify themselves by twisting and altering the meaning of Good Deeds in Christ and use only verses in their defense there is Faith portrait as a way for salvation, ignoring many other statements in which written that Faith without Good Works in Christ is Dead.
Such people are true hypocrites, they afraid of Good Works, because they are not Spiritual and do not have Holy Spirit in them. They are judging everything from the material earthly (fleshly) point of view, and because of it incapable for Good Deeds in Christ. But worst of all, they are teaching others to avoid Good Deeds in Christ and lie to them saying that only Faith alone brings salvation. By this false teaching they turned their brother and sisters to the same hypocrites as they are.
Well, "Do not be deceived, GOD is not mocked." (7). The mockery of GOD revealed itself when people the statements of the Bible according to their own desire and their own way of life, and do not accept any other statements of the Bible that contradicts their point of view. The whole answer and the whole truth to all issues lies in the second part of verse 7, "Whatever a man sows this he will reap." These words clearly indicate that reward of Eternal Life also heavily depends and on Good Deeds in the Name of Christ beside Good Deeds, and without them the entrance to the Heavenly Kingdom of GOD will be close for many. Without the package of the Spiritual enlightenment and a result of this Spiritual enlightenment in Good Deeds is impossible to enter the Kingdom of GOD.
Good Deeds is the Spiritual matter, because it derives from the heart, from the spirit of a person, and if a person does not have Good Deeds in Christ but "Faith" alone, what kind reward he or she expected to receive? They are not complete as Christians. There is the Faith in GOD if you have no Good Deeds that comes from your Faith? If GOD never conducted Good Deeds Himself for humankind but demanded only Faith, then GOD Himself and all others including Paul would not write these statements concerning Good Deeds and would not do any of them. Faith and Good Deeds of Faith is impossible to separate just like impossible to separate GOD Father from His Son Jesus Christ.
For this reason, Paul wrote verse 8, simplify things and saying that fleshly (earthly - material things) reap corruption, hypocrisy, greed, and the rest of the evil of this world.
"But the one who sows to the Spirit," means sows physical Good Deed from his/her spirit (heart) in the Name of the Holy Spirit of Christ, such a person proved his/her Spiritual Faith in Christ and revealed themselves as true Christians. Such Christians will reap Eternal Life and live forever in harmony with their GOD.
PAUL'S AILMENT
Verse 11 returns us back to the issue of Paul's heath.11. See, with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
2Corinthians 12.7-9
~ THORN IN THE FLESH. Paul's description of a physical ailment that afflicted him and from which he prayed to be relieved (2Corinthians 12.7). Some hold that there are hints that it was an inflammation of the eyes. Paul generally dictated his letters but signed them with his own hand (1Corinthians 16.21; 2Thessalonians 3.17).
He wrote the end of Galatians with his own hand but apologized for the large handwriting ("what large letters," Galatians 6.11). His affliction was apparently not only painful but disfiguring. The Galatians did not despise him for it and would have plucked out their own eyes and given them to the Apostle, were it possible (Galatians 4.13-15).
He says he was unable to recognize the high priest (Acts 23.5). Ramsay thought it was some form of recurring malarial fever.
The New International Dictionary of the Bible. J. D. Douglas, Merrill C. Tenney.
MARKS OF JESUS CHRIST.
MARKS OF JESUS CHRIST.
Verse 17 perhaps relates more to the suffering and persecution of Paul than to anything else. On the other hand, Paul was inflicted by blindness by the hand of Christ. Taking to account assumption that Paul had problem with his eyes as suggested above in comments of 2Corinthians 12.7-9, this may suggest that it shown in Paul as "the brand-marks of Jesus."
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