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GALATIANS BIBLE STUDY
GALATIANS 6:1-10
THE OUTWORKING OF TRUE FAITH
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1a: “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should
restore that person gently.”
 The Greek word, katartizete, signifies to set in joint, like is someone has a dislocated
bone.
Doing this in wrath will likely not convey our desired intent.
1b: “But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.”
Vs. 2: “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
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Love this from Guzik: “Through this whole letter, Paul has battled the legalists among the
Galatian Christians. Here, he strikes another hit. Paul essentially says, “Do you want to fulfill the
law? Great. Here is your law to fulfill. Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
“Though as Christians we are freed from the law of Moses, yet we are under the law
of Christ.” – Henry.
It’s a law; just not the same law. We are blessed to weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15.
Two Christological exhortations:
 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved
you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another,” John 13:34-35.
 Matthew 18:15-19. This is what we talked a bit about last week.
VS 3
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“If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive
themselves.”
Do we understand that the grace upon which we stand is 1) not of us,
and therefore 2) is certain.
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I believe wholeheartedly that Christians are saved by works!
It is because of this that I believe salvation is certain.
My field experience.
“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who
has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us,” 2
Corinthians 4:6-7.
Is this the foundation of your belief system? I assure you this is not
worldly wisdom.
If you think you are something (of yourself) you deceive yourself.
VS 4
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“Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in
themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else.”
Paul says elsewhere: “Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that
we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations
with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not
on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace,” 2 Corinthians 1:12.
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Lack of conscientious confidence I’d say is the number one reason genuine believers
don’t share their faith.
There is no “gift” of evangelism.
Hebrews 10:22 says, “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water.” We’ll do that in proportion to our assurance being based on Jesus alone.
The fact that they don’t share their faith is why they can’t pray for others to share it.
Their own consciences condemn them in the prayer.
This is probably not the same the first six months after they started coming around
the things of God.
2 CORINTHIANS 4 AGAIN
“To preach the Gospel for
praise is bad business,
especially when people stop
praising you. Find your praise
in the testimony of a good
conscience . . . For anybody to
covet praise is foolish because
the praise of men will be of no
help to you in the hour of
death . . . As it is, the praise of
men stops when we die.
Before the eternal Judge it is
not praise that counts but your
own conscience.” –Luther.
Outside you
You
Christ
Confidence
Performance
You
Fear
Christ
VV 5 & 6
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Vs. 5: “For each one should carry their own load.”
There is no contradiction here between this load that we all bear, and the
load we are to help one another carry in vs. 2.
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Vs 6: “Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should
share all good things with their instructor.”
This does mean financially. Sorry, I know in our day this is a touchy
subject in the church. Today many of us have seen more “profits” than
“prophets.
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In this life we help one another.
At the judgment I can’t help you and you can’t help me.
It means what it says: “All good things.”
The message of Hebrews 1:1-2 is essentially a message intended by all
of the NT. “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time
past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us
by His Son…”
How does He do it though?
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“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists,
and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,” Ephesians 4:11-12.
VV 7 & 8
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“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;
whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
“Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness
is righteous, just as He is righteous,” 1 John 3:7.
You sow tares you’re going to reap tares.
This is what I call getting as practical as you can get.
It is no secret why some are stronger in Christ than others!!!
These verses apply to your life both private and public.
 We all need public affirmation. Rather I should say the affirmation of
other believers be that private or public.
 I will tell you my goal in life: it is to live in unblemished conscience
before God. That’s my goal through it all! That’s all I want!
 I hope you want something similar.
“Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God,” 2 Corinthians 7:1.
VS 9
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“Let us not become weary in doing
good, for at the proper time we will
reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
This can be both a direct application
of what we just read tonight, or an
application to our whole lives in every
regard.
Question: What are you dying for?
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What do you want your life to say about you
throughout eternity?
How about hearing: “Well done, good and
faithful servant; you were faithful over a few
things, I will make you ruler over many things.
Enter into the joy of your lord.” Matthew
25:21.
Don’t lose heart.
“To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-
VS 10
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“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”
So be about the Lord’s work.
Find ways to look out for one another.
Examine yourselves before God, and then also keep an eye on
those around you.
“…remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see
clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye,” Matthew
7:5.
This is the gentle restoration you would want for yourself, and
that which you should give others.
“Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my
brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up
to seventy times seven,” Matthew 18:21-22.
That’s not 490 times tops!
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