August 30, 2024
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Reading along with us in selections from Leviticus and Galatians? Here’s today’s reading:
Galatians 6 (NIV)
Doing Good to All
1 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.……Continue Reading
Galatians 6
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”
Galatians 6:10 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gal.6.10.NIV
Good reminder that we reap what we sow, that we should not get tired of doing good..
Galatians 6
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.” Thankfully, we cannot slip anything passed God.
9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
”Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.“
Galatians 6:2 NKJV
”But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.“
Galatians 6:4-5 NKJV
Steve chuckled when he read this. It’s both/and: “bear each other’s burdens” and “bear your own load.” We are responsible for ourselves and also responsible to help others. We can neither say “that’s not my responsibility” nor can we say, “the Bible says you must help me/give me.”
Galatians 6 we should lift each other up, carry each other’s burdens. Be careful not to get caught up in sin when we are helping a brother or sister who is struggling with sin. Care for one another don’t miss the opportunity to share Christ and take special care for our family in Christ. Remember we reap what we sow so do good and what is pleasing to God.
Galatians 6. “From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus”.
Galatians 6
Galatians 6:3 reminds me of 1 Cor 4:7 and 1 Peter 3:15. It is clear we are to exhort one another to walk as Christ has called us to walk…but we must always do so in gentleness and respect, and we must be mindful of ourselves…our pride, which is ultimately idolatry, is the sin from which all others flow. It is the sin that determines that God is not enough, or that our works in some way allow us to earn our salvation. Our fallen human flesh always wants to rebel against God and have our own way…which is why God had to send His own Spirit to dwell within us, in order that we would be conformed to the image of His Son, our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, that He might be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters. That is what God is doing…to use the subtitle of a children’s Bible we have, the Snakecrusher is returning us to the Garden.
What a great beginning of the chapter to show that we are both responsible for each other, in holding each other accountable and confronting the things that are wrong, and for ourselves, making sure our heart and actions are right especially as we deal with others. It is so important to recognize we are not the source of anything and it is not fitting or necessary to compare ourselves to others to deem ourselves superior or inferior for that matter. But when we make right decisions and do right it is fitting for us to take pride in ourselves without falling into the thinking mentioned in my previous sentence. But God is certainly the final arbiter and He will not be mocked and He will allow us to bear the consequences fitting for our behavior. Let us not become weary in doing right and good especially in a world that discredits what the right is. And boy do we not have to look to impress anyone with our goodness, because our only goodness comes through Jesus Christ. Even He said that He was not good, but only God in heaven was. Thank God that we live our lives before Him and He empowers and directs us to what is right.
Galatians 6
When I get worn down and pessimistic with the goings on of life, it helps to ask the question, “what does the Lord want me to be thinking and doing right now.” God says through Paul “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” When I focus on this, I can move forward with the assurance of knowing what God wants me to be doing. In turn, I engage in what is most important and that gives me peace and positivity. “For a man reaps what he sows.”
Paul wrote he bore the marks of Jesus, certainly he had seen much suffering but more likley he reffered to the fact that he was identifying himself as a follower of Jesus. Similar to the idea of picking up our cross daily we are to carry on the work of Christ here on earth. We are to care for those around us selflessly, without pride, and without looking for recognition for ourselves but rather to bring glory to Him. We should keep the mind of Christ, or bear the mark, and follow his example every day.