Galatians 4:15 Where is then the blessedness you spoke of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible… I. TO MAKE HAPPINESS THE CHIEF END OF LIFE IS A MISTAKE AS WELL AS A SIN, for it must meet with failure. II. THE END OF OUR BEING IS HOLINESS: and when this is attained, happiness is the certain result. III. THE BLESSEDNESS OF RELIGION IS THE OUTWARD AND VISIBLE SIGN OF THE INWARD AND INVISIBLE GRACE, just as good health is a token that our physical employments are conducive to our well being, 1. Those forms of religion which induce melancholy bear no stamp of Divine origin. 2. Man's greatest miseries have been produced by such a religion. 3. Happiness shows the worth of true religion, for "the fruit of the Spirit is joy." (S. Pearson, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. |
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