Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. s: — I. YOUR WORK IS WELL DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT. 1. Sunday School teaching is well-doing, because — 1. It is an act of obedience. 2. It brings glory to God. 3. It is well-doing towards man. (a) Highest form of charity is to teach the gospel. (b) Particularly to children, for prevention is better than cure. (c) You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child. 2. Sunday School teaching is sowing. (1) The seed you sow is the truth. (2) If you don't sow the devil will. (3) Reaping is your reward, but sowing is your work. II. YOU WILL MEET WITH EVILS IN YOUR SERVICE, AND BE LIABLE TO WEARINESS AND FAINTNESS. 1. You will be tempted to grow weary. (1) Some by constitution are inapt. (2) The work lasts on year after year. 2. But don't be "disheartened" (see Greek). (1) Some think their work less important than at first. (2) Others fear that it will prove a failure. (3) Want of order and discipline in the school. 3. The text speaks of "fainting." The original means "loosened." Some teachers get unstrung, and thus get into a slip-shod way. (1) The flesh cries out for ease. (2) Grace perhaps is at a low ebb. (3) Fellow Christians are cold and indifferent. (4) The want of appreciation. (5) The difficulty of the work. III. WE HAVE ABUNDANT ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE PROSPECT OF REWARD. 1. The reaping time will come. 2. We, not our successors, will reap. 3. The harvest will come in due season. 4. When it comes it will abundantly repay us.The present reward is — (1) The conversion of the children. (2) The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. (3) The training of real home missionaries. (4) Saturating the whole population with religious truth. (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.WEB: Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. |
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