Let Us Not Grow Weary

Let us not grow weary

Galatians 6:1-10

Introduction-

Good morning online church, we are glad that you are joining us and we pray the Lord speaks to you in a powerful way as we gather to hear his word.

Prayer-

In Paul’s writing in Galatians 5 He talks about the freedom we have in Christ.

That as believers, we have a freedom that allows us to be set free from the bondage of sin and the Holy Spirit empowering us to live a life for Christ.

Two key issues of a mature Christian (1) set free from bondage of sin and (2) Holy Spirit of God empowering us.

One of the things lacking in most believers lives is knowing who they are in Christ and the power that is available for us to live victorious and purposeful lives.

He tells mature Christians in his numerous writings to the churches that once we understand the freedom we have in Christ that we must not abuse it. That the flesh must be controlled by the Spirit of God and not by our fleshly desires that pull us away from our relationship with God.

Galatians 5 also tells us that we must walk in the Spirit and by walking in the Spirit that we will not gratify our fleshly desires and do things contrary to the Spirit of God.

To the church at Corinth, Paul really admits his failings and says that what he desires to do are the things he does not do and the things that he does not want to do that when he is not lead by the spirit those are the things that he does.

Anyone relate to that? Sometimes we fall short and we just cannot understand why we keep stumbling.

Our text is Galatians chapter 6- After we understand and are reminded that we cannot do the things of God without the Lord being in our lives and working in our lives, we see in the text that he gives instruction to the church.

You would think these words would be to unbelievers but it is the church that he speaks words of encouragement that need to be written on our hearts and active in our lives.

Gal. 6:1-10 Read from Bible (Brothers and sisters) the church

Paul knew the problems that can come up in a believer’s life.

The best of people mess up.

The word Paul uses (Paratoma)- They slip up, take false steps) does not mean a deliberate sin; but a slip as might come to a man on an icy road or a dangerous path.

Now, the danger of those who are really trying to live the Christian life is that they could be bleakly unsympathetic. But Paul says that if a man does make a slip, the real Christian duty is to get him on his feet again.

The word he uses is used for executing a repair and also for the work of a surgeon in removing some growth from a man's body or in setting a broken limb.

The whole atmosphere of the word lays the stress not on punishment but on the cure; the correction is thought of not as a penalty but as an amendment.

Paul goes on to say that when we see a man fall into a fault we do well to say, "There but for the grace of God go I.'" (William Barclay)

Bear one another's burdens - Have sympathy; feel for each other; and consider the case of a distressed brother as your own. (Adam Clarke)

There is a fine line today with being compassionate and standing on the principals that the Lord has laid out. The key is how we enforce them- we stand our ground where needed and we show compassion when we can. To hate the sin and love the sinner and the end game is always to bring healing and restoration and a relationship with the Lord.

Gal. 6:3

“If anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”

Sometimes we forget where we came from- that we are the result of a process that the Lord has been involved in our lives. Some live like they have always followed the Lord and never made any mistakes or ever been disobedient.

We judge our lives how many people are worse than we are instead of the standard being that we are matched against a sinless God and all of us has fllen short of the mark and missed the target.

Proverbs 16:18-19 “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before the fall”

Someone who is haughty is arrogant and full of pride.

When you're haughty, you have a big attitude and act like you're better than other people.

A haughty person acts superior and looks down on others.