March 21, 2016
But
it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing.
Gal
4
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They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye
might affect them.
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But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only
when I am present with you.
"They"
refers to the teachers of falsehood who zealously DISaffected the Galatians
away from the simplicity of the gospel of Jesus Christ, excluding them from
their affection to Christ, and bringing them into bondage and slavery to the
ceremonial laws of old covenant. Those teachers of falsehood were zealously
affected by a BAD thing - "the weak and beggarly elements" that are
already obsolete and geriatric.
So,
it is not well to zealously disaffect anyone from the simplicity of the gospel;
it is positively evil! Apostle Paul puts it mildly, "Let all such be
accursed."
But
for the Galatians believers... foolish, and bewitched.
They
were zealously affected in a good thing, even the gospel of Jesus Christ. But
now they have become disaffected; they did not remain affected in the same good
thing. They were not zealously affected ALWAYS. So, it is BAD; it is NOT good.
It was foolish of them.
Apostle
Paul gives us a useful rule to guide us concerning our affection in the gospel
of Christ.
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But it is GOOD to be zealously affected always in a good thing:
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God has declared it good, stand fast in it.
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But it is good to be ZEALOUSLY affected always in a good thing:
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anything less than zealously does it grievous injustice! Lukewarmness is
sickening.
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But it is good to be zealously AFFECTED always in a good thing.
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Make sure it isn't just in your mind only or outwardly only; let your whole
being, mind, heart and spirit be affected in the good thing.
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But it is good to be zealously affected ALWAYS in a good thing.
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Always, not just on and off, now and then; but grounded and steadfast. There
are enough fair-weather folks around.
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But it is good to be zealously affected always in a GOOD thing.
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There are many good things. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a supremely good thing.
It is good to be zealously affected always in the gospel of Jesus Christ. It
was so with the Apostle Paul.
Let this be our rule: It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing.