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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: fruits of the Spirit. The Law is not given for the righteous man. A true
Christian conducts himself in such a way that he does not need any law to
warn or to restrain him. He obeys the Law without compulsion. The Law
does not concern him. As far as he is concerned there would not have to
be any Law.
VERSE 24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts.
True believers are no hypocrites. They crucify the flesh with its evil desires
and lusts. Inasmuch as they have not altogether put off the sinful flesh
they are inclined to sin. They do not fear or love God as they should. They
are likely to be provoked to anger, to envy, to impatience, to carnal lust,
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