Galatians 6:9-13

 

『And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.  As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 』 (Galatians 6:9-13)

 

『And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.』 Doing good is not following the law. Because, the law reminds us of sin. Those who deviate from the law do not sin. In 1 John 3:9『 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 』

However, the legalists came to the Galatians and said that they should be circumcised. The Apostle Paul said that they were proud of their bodies.『 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 』 Legalists fail to fully obey the law and thus do not achieve righteousness, but they consider circumcision as a condition of obtaining righteousness.

In Romans 3:19『 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 』 This is the spiritual reality of everyone. Everyone lives according to the thoughts of the body. In addition, the church says, "God loves the world like this." By the way, this tells us that "everyone is a snake bite."God said, "If you look at a brass snake high on a pole, you will live."

Say "omit the truth" before love. Truth comes first. It is a love of truth. The truth is that "all human beings are judged in the sight of God." In the wilderness, people love Egypt. It is the old man who loves Egypt. The old man is my master. The person I am the master cannot be saved.

So, the old man must die. Canaan is the fullness of Christ. But ten spies said, "If we enter Canaan, we die." They have forgotten God's promise. When a situation in the world appears in front of the Word of God, you may cry, "If you live like that, you die."

Even though the unrepentant hear the Bible every day, they respond to the world and obey it. They respond to the words of the ten spies. Without repenting in the church, they think they have repented. “I am a sinner. I believe that the Lord died for my sins”, but what does it mean when you react to the world?

Repentance is not a confession of speech, but a turning of the heart from the world to God. If you don't repent, even if you say, "Lord, I have lit a lamp all my life," the Lord will say, "I don't know you." Many churches will have many places that have been lit by the lamps of the world because the Lord has not given enough.

The parable of Lot's wife does not focus on violating "the words that tell you not to look back", but the departure itself is wrong. She has never repented. There was no repentance for the world that she had to die. This is the state of total corruption. The person who is the owner will be like Lot's wife. Salvation is only to cross the Jordan River and enter Canaan with Jesus.

In Galatians 6:15『 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 』 Here, "being made anew" takes place only in "In Christ." In 2 Corinthians 5, 『Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. It is the same word as in 6:15.

The word "new creation" means a born again person. It was born again. At the age of 100, Abraham receives the life of heaven that is not in him. That life is Isaac. Many churches today live in the Old Testament era, calling themselves the New Testament church. They are said to have been saved without being born again. They are said to be guided by the Holy Spirit while being trapped in the law. Before they repent and faith comes, they are all locked up.

You must be repented to be born again, and you must be born again to be recorded in the book of life. Being born again does not mean that "it is done by trying hard to do well in the world", but the old man dies, and dying about the world is born again. A blind man can lead a blind man, and both can fall into a pit. Everything outside of Christ is blind. In Romans 8:1-2『There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 』 Those who are in Christ Jesus are required to speak in Romans 8:4.『 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 』 Here, the request of the law is the Greek word "Dicaioma" (noun). It is regarded as an innocent person. It is the same as the word “right conduct” in Revelation. This must be done in Jesus.

Some people ask, "Whoever is guided by the Holy Spirit can now obey the law?" Rather than obeying, "the one in Jesus" is already fulfilled in the law. So, they are guided by the Holy Spirit. Those who live while still observing the commandments are violating the law. He is not repentant. Repentance means denying oneself and not following the body to the world.