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[00:00:02] Okay, Galatians 6. Now go to Galatians 6 in your Bibles.
[00:00:10] If you need a physical Bible, there's still some more in the back. Being able to see the verses around the passage we're in will really help because that's what we're doing.
[00:00:22] And it actually kind of.
[00:00:24] I just thought about this.
[00:00:26] We have been doing this for a while, but we have a lot of new students in here because of everyone going up a grade. So I think we need to remind everyone what we're doing.
[00:00:38] So we are doing an inductive Bible study. It's called Inductive. I think it's written somewhere on your sheets.
[00:00:48] It's an inductive Bible study of Galatians. Can someone tell the group what is an inductive Bible study? Or how do you do it?
[00:01:03] Yes.
[00:01:05] Yeah. Read from the inside out. What might that mean?
[00:01:14] Chloe, you're on the right track, but. Yes.
[00:01:18] Other Bible verses or chapters to reference what information is being presented to you in this chapter or verse. Yeah. So he said using other parts of the Bible to help you understand what you're reading here. Yeah, that is part of it.
[00:01:33] So it kind of starts pretty simply.
[00:01:36] You guys, I hope all know how to read.
[00:01:39] So you read.
[00:01:41] And when you're doing that, you're interpreting how one word connects to the other. You're interpreting what a comma means or why there's a period or a question mark. All of those are things doing without even thinking about it, if you know how to read.
[00:01:53] And so you're reading and kind of understanding sentences. But how does this sentence relate to the next? Well, that's, you know, how you make a paragraph or a chapter or the whole book. And you kind of use this as you go outward. So we look close, see the sentence, and we kind of move our way out until we're taking into account even other parts of the Bible that help us understand this, because the Bible is one book, the Bible helps us understand the Bible.
[00:02:23] So other parts of Scripture interpret the one that you're in. And so we want to kind of use these tools to understand any book of the Bible. So we've chosen Galatians. There are a lot of cases where we are looking in other parts of Scripture, trying to understand the argument. And so that also means we need to remember that we don't just read a verse like, you know, let the one who is taught the word share all good things with one who teaches and, you know, write that, tweet it, or, you know, I don't know, draw A picture around it. We need to understand. What does that mean? Why is Paul saying this in Galatians? It's not a verse by itself, but it's part of a letter. This whole letter would have just been written as, like, one big paragraph. So it's one big thought from the authority.
[00:03:09] So we don't want to divide it up. Even though we have chapters and verses and subtitles, those things can sometimes confuse us. This is just one, you know, handwritten letter. Who's ever written a handwritten letter?
[00:03:21] Because. Do they make you do that in school?
[00:03:24] Okay. Yeah, I was expecting fewer people, so that's great. Yeah. So, you know, that's. That's what this is written to churches.
[00:03:34] So now what is Galatians about? Why is Paul writing this book?
[00:03:44] Yes, the Galatians are being legalistic and requiring circumcision to be in the church. Yeah, they're requiring specifically circumcision to be like real Christians to be in the church, you know, so that's something that the people of Israel had to do. God gave them that so that they would be marked out from the world.
[00:04:05] He gave them that to do in Genesis 17.
[00:04:08] But Paul's argument is that Christ has set us free from the law, not that we act lawlessly and do sins and be corrupt, but rather that we are justified by faith and not by works. And justified means to be declared righteous.
[00:04:24] If you want to dwell with God forever, you must be righteous. That's the standard. Anyone who's not righteous does. Does not dwell with God.
[00:04:33] Everyone who is, does.
[00:04:35] It's that simple. But you cannot become righteous by your works. And we know we're not righteous. We just read Psalm 14.
[00:04:43] Everyone's corrupt. No one does good, not even one person.
[00:04:48] And so to become righteous, the righteousness of Christ must be credited to you. And that can only happen through faith. That's the.
[00:04:57] The main point of this book. The Galatians are missing it. They have forgotten this point. So he's been rebuking them. He gave them his arguments, and now he's kind of explaining what does this look like? Because you're justified by faith and not by works. How should you live as Christians?
[00:05:15] So that's where we are kind of picking up in chapter six. We were just talking about bearing one another's burdens.
[00:05:23] This is one way that we live in accordance with the fruit of the Spirit, which were listed just above that.
[00:05:29] So now chapter six, verse six. Let's read a few verses that I hope to cover today.
[00:05:38] Let the one who is taught The Word share all good things with the one who teaches.
[00:05:44] Do not be deceived. God is not mocked. For whatever one sows that will he also reap.
[00:05:51] For the one who sows to his flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.
[00:05:56] But the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
[00:06:01] And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up.
[00:06:07] So then as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
[00:06:14] All right, we'll just take this one verse at a time. So verse 6. Let the one who has taught the Word share all good things with the one who teaches.
[00:06:22] All right, so to whom is this letter written to?
[00:06:31] Yes, the church of Galatia. That's right. So this is not, you know, specifically to everybody on the planet. It is to a group of people, particularly a church. So in this church context, who is or are the ones taught the Word? Who is taught the Word?
[00:07:02] Yeah, yeah. You said the congregation. That's right. We could say the members, the people that gather there, you know, the congregation, they are taught the Word. You know, like all of us, everyone in this room, myself included, we are taught the Word. I might be helping teach now, but in a little bit it's going to be taught to me. We are taught the Word.
[00:07:26] Now, who is the one who teaches?
[00:07:31] The pastor. Yeah, pastor could be pastors.
[00:07:35] Now. The one. The one who teaches is also kind of maybe a more general word, just for the one who labors in teaching.
[00:07:46] So this could mean other men that are teaching in the church, but definitely includes pastors who must teach.
[00:07:56] Now, what's your best guess for the meaning of that phrase? Share all good things. What does it mean to share all good things?
[00:08:18] Yeah.
[00:08:19] Can you say that again?
[00:08:22] Yeah, it could be, you know, sharing teachings of Christ.
[00:08:26] I think there's really a lot of answers. I really do think that that's part of it, because it seems when I read it, I see it kind of as a general thing, you know, that and much more so he might also be talking about bearing one another's burdens. It could be the teaching or maybe even specifically the truth about being justified by faith and not by works.
[00:08:51] However, I think he's also telling them to make sure to compensate their teachers.
[00:09:00] And here's why. I think there is a connotation of payment for their teachers. If we look in other parts of the Bible at the word used here, specifically how Paul, the same author, uses this word, he uses it in Romans 12:13, he says, contribute to the needs of the saints. So share that word is contribute there. Contribute to the needs of the saints. He's talking about giving money to other churches.
[00:09:29] Philippians 4:15, Paul says, no church entered into partnership with me in giving.
[00:09:35] So it's translated as giving in that context.
[00:09:38] Romans 15:26, Paul says, For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution to the poor.
[00:09:46] And second Corinthians 8:4, he says, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints. And this is talking about kind of a relief fund to give to another church. So all these texts do refer to generous giving. So I think there's a slight connotation to that, but it does mean something more general as well.
[00:10:08] And so good things. If it means this, it just could mean the necessary things in order to live in a number of texts. You know, like Luke 16:25 says, but Abraham said, child, remember that you in your lifetime received good things, and Lazarus in like manner, bad things. So in a context with false teaching, like they were having those solid biblical teachers that they have are without value. They are priceless.
[00:10:41] And so those tasked with teaching are important for the church and they bear a heavy burden.
[00:10:48] So by having their needs cared for, the church can bear that burden with its teachers. So we see this theme of bearing a burden. Someone who is working hard to rightly interpret and teach the Word.
[00:11:01] If that is, if they're giving a lot of time to that, then they need someone to help them in their needs, because teaching is hard work. So that is why we pay people at our church who teach.
[00:11:17] We pay our pastors, I also get paid. So that we can have people devoted to really knowing as much as they can and developing the ability to communicate it and teach it. And I think that's a good thing and a biblical thing.
[00:11:34] Now, verse seven says, do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever one sows that will he also reap.
[00:11:43] So Paul says, do not be deceived.
[00:11:46] He says it actually three times in the Bible.
[00:11:50] Why is this an important warning for the Galatians?
[00:11:59] I mean, they already were being deceived, right?
[00:12:02] Yeah, they have been deceived probably many times duped by these false teachers.
[00:12:09] And so this is a serious warning, do not be deceived.
[00:12:14] It's also kind of an end times warning.
[00:12:20] If they are deceived, they will not actually be saved. You know, if whatever one sows, that will he also reap. If you are sowing falsehood, false doctrine, false teaching. You will reap falsehood and not eternal life at the end.
[00:12:41] So it is a very serious warning that he's giving them now. He says, do not be deceived. God is not mocked. How would God be mocked by the Galatians? What exactly is he communicating with that phrase?
[00:13:04] How would God be mocked by them?
[00:13:08] Because circumcision implies that the sacrifice wasn't enough to save.
[00:13:14] Yeah, yeah, I think that's a great answer. He said the requirements of circumcision or any law is implying that Christ's sacrifice was not enough.
[00:13:25] So it is teaching.
[00:13:27] It's teaching that they need to do more. Christ maybe opened the gates, or maybe he got you halfway there, but you need to do a little bit more to finish the work. You see how perverted that teaching is.
[00:13:39] And also to teach something false and say this is the Gospel of Christ is to mock God with falsehood. To teach lies and say this is from God is to blaspheme God.
[00:13:52] And he's saying, God will not be mocked. If you teach falsely, you will not reap heaven, you will reap hell instead.
[00:14:04] And if we look kind of in the middle of this sentence, we see that word for, you know, words, these little kind of conjunctions are really important for us. So this word for is telling us why.
[00:14:17] So do not be deceived. God is not mocked. Why?
[00:14:21] For whatever one sows that will, he also reap.
[00:14:25] Can anyone guess why Paul uses this metaphor? I think it's maybe a metaphor.
[00:14:45] Do you know? What goes around comes around?
[00:14:49] I think, in a way. Yeah. Yeah. What goes around comes around, at least in a sense.
[00:14:57] That gives more of an implication of like a karma, which is not a biblical concept, but a Hindu concept.
[00:15:05] But I think what he's trying to tell them here is a little bit more Christianly, but it kind of has that same reciprocal nature. He wants them to know that whatever they put into the church, they're going to get out of it.
[00:15:18] If they're not bearing the fruit of the Spirit and bearing one another's burdens, then how could they expect Christ to bear the burden of their sins?
[00:15:29] If you do not love others, if you don't love those that are created in God's image, why would God bear your burden? You're not living like one who has had that sin lifted off your shoulders.
[00:15:42] Now, you're not trying to win God's favor so he will take your sins away, but if he has, your life should look like it. You should look like an unburdened man or woman, you should look like you are freed from sin and freed from the law and justified by grace through faith.
[00:16:00] So he's emphasizing the same general point here about bearing things together and having a living faith by the Spirit.
[00:16:10] And I think this is still primarily, you know, maybe even there's still this connotation of giving as well, I think.
[00:16:19] So he's saying they should sow and give generously to those who are teaching generously, the true gospel. But again, he's kind of speaking in a double way to speak of something more general.
[00:16:31] Here's an example of how you can support your teachers. And this example. You should multiply into every relationship you have.
[00:16:39] So, yes, bear the burdens of those who are teaching the word. And just like you do that, bear the burdens of that old widow, or bear the burdens of that friend that maybe you don't get along with, or bear the burdens of someone who is dealing with something difficult in the home life. You know, bear Doing all of these things, loving in all of these ways also kind of apply here.
[00:17:04] But I want to remind us, because, you know, as you read this, you might, like me, it might sound like, oh, if you do more, you get more.
[00:17:13] And I don't. I don't think that's exactly what's being said.
[00:17:18] So one of my professors writes about this. He said, those who live for the sake of others and for the glory of God will receive an eternal Reward.
[00:17:29] As verse 8 indicates, they will receive eternal life.
[00:17:35] Such good works cannot be the ultimate basis of eternal life. For Galatians has shown that salvation is a gift of God granted by grace alone. So it seems best to say that such good works constitute evidence the one has been transformed by God's grace.
[00:17:54] So it's important to remember you're not doing good so that you receive something good. Now, the doing of the good shows that you will receive an eternal reward, something after this life.
[00:18:08] Now moving on to verse 8.
[00:18:10] For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.
[00:18:17] Okay, so here's another word for another use of the word for now, previously it meant why. And I think that that's similar. Again, we're seeing. It's explanatory. He's explaining what he just said. So this is how he's connecting these sentences together.
[00:18:36] And I think we can also know that these are connected. So if you are seeing any repeated words and phrases, do you. Are there any words or phrases that are repeated in these verses?
[00:18:51] What are they?
[00:18:54] Yeah, the reaping and the sowing. That's right.
[00:19:01] You know, sometimes people get really bogged down in details and they kind of forget how does this all relate to each other? And sometimes it's just simple.
[00:19:10] He's using these same words, connecting it with a conjunction so you know that these are related. So let's not get lost. Let's remember he is kind of continuing. So in this context, what does so to his own flesh mean?
[00:19:26] Sow to your own flesh?
[00:19:32] Yes.
[00:19:34] Yeah. Living in sin. That's right.
[00:19:36] Do you have a different. Was it you sinning? Yeah, yeah, that's right, yeah. Sowing generally just all sinning, living under the curse of Adam's sin. So a lot of times you're right to pick up on this. Flesh does relate to sinful nature of humankind.
[00:19:58] And so I. But I think he's maybe picking up this word flesh even to call us back just a couple paragraphs earlier when he lists the works of the flesh.
[00:20:13] So if you are sowing to the works of the flesh, if you are living the works of the flesh, that's what I think he wants us to think about.
[00:20:22] And so this could be with the giving context, not sowing generously, being selfish with what your resources. But again it could be selfish with your time, selfish with your love, selfish with your words towards others. All of these ways are ways that we can sow to the flesh.
[00:20:41] And so what would it mean then to reap? Corruption.
[00:20:47] Yeah.
[00:20:50] Can you say that again?
[00:20:52] Yeah, corruption, a word often pointing to just the idea of a body decaying. So it's pointing to a death.
[00:21:03] And we've seen a lot here, this idea of a future, an end times reality. So this is a future eternal corruption that he's pointing to. And I guess I should say, just in case you're not familiar with sowing and reaping. Sowing is like, you know, planting or giving out. Reaping is what you get back.
[00:21:22] Just in case we're not familiar, we don't probably use these words that often in our day to day life. Yeah, you know, sowing to the flesh, living sinfully reaps a death.
[00:21:33] It reaps your own death.
[00:21:35] That's all you receive. Your reward is not a good eternal reward. It is an eternal corruption of your flesh. It is death.
[00:21:43] And so that's what Paul's warning them.
[00:21:47] But then he says, but to the one who sows to the spirit will from the spirit reap eternal life.
[00:21:56] So what would it mean to sow to the Spirit. What is sowing to the Spirit?
[00:22:05] Is that your hand?
[00:22:07] Yeah, I thought it's worshiping Jesus. Yeah, that could be one aspect of it. What else?
[00:22:15] Yes, living by the word of God, fruit of the Spirit. Do you have something different?
[00:22:23] Yeah, walk by the spirit. Yeah, all of those are. Those are right. You know, worshiping Christ, following his word. I really like, you know, pointing back to the fruit of the Spirit. I think, again, he's relating these. That's why he talks about works of the flesh, fruit of the spirit. Now he keeps using word, flesh and spirit to kind of draw us back to remember those lists.
[00:22:43] So, yes, bearing the fruit of the Spirit, living and walking in the Holy Spirit, producing that fruit.
[00:22:51] So again, in a different way, the works of the flesh are being contrasted with the fruit of the Spirit. Even down in chapter six, he's not done with that topic. That's why I said sometimes those subtitles might separate things out that should be more connected.
[00:23:06] So really, chapter five and six are still kind of talking about the same thing here.
[00:23:12] And so likewise, this results in eternal life. Instead of corruption, it is life, the opposite of corruption. And this is the, you know, and this is also kind of why we know what the word corruption refers to. You know, people could argue corruption could mean a whole lot of different things, but a lot of people would say, no, this just means a physical death. You know, when Adam and Eve sinned, God said they would die and they physically died. So people will argue that this corruption is not talking about an eternal death in hell, it is just talking about when you die.
[00:23:48] But since it's contrasted with eternal life, it only makes sense that this too would be an eternal corruption. So by reading the context, we kind of actually learn more about what corruption, corruption means.
[00:24:02] So again, you're left with this.
[00:24:08] Will you put your faith in Christ and walk with the Spirit, sowing to the Spirit and therefore receive eternal life, or will you continue on your way, selfishly sowing to the flesh, working the works of the flesh, and receive corruption and death?
[00:24:25] You know, that's a question for us all to consider.
[00:24:27] Of course, he is saying this immediately to the Galatians, saying that what you're doing might seem harmless, just requiring a little bit of extra rules to make sure people, you know, are living rightly. You know, we want people to be holy and righteous, but he's saying, you doing that, saying this is how you're justified.
[00:24:46] You can either cut that out and sow to the Spirit, or you can keep it up, sow to the flesh, and you will reap corruption.
[00:24:55] And so we too should consider, you know, our own sins, especially those sins that might be legalistic towards others, might be legalistic towards ourselves. I think that's really common for us to put requirements and strictures on ourselves. You know, I need, I don't feel like I'm close with God unless I do this, this and this every single day.
[00:25:17] And when you don't, you mourn, you wonder, am I saved? You know, I did not, I did not pray today.
[00:25:23] Did God really justify me? Sometimes it's even things with ourselves. We might see our own lives, our social lives in a different way, thinking, oh, why would God love me? I don't even have friends.
[00:25:40] Why would God love me? I can't even take care of my body. I'm not pleased with how I look. There are all these ways that we make ourselves legalists and we should cut it out, repent and turn to the Spirit who loves you.
[00:25:55] Turn to Christ.
[00:25:57] Everyone who comes to him by faith is saved.
[00:26:00] Faith alone justifies not how we make ourselves seem worthy to Him.
[00:26:06] Only by faith, only by Christ's righteousness can you actually be considered righteous.
[00:26:12] So Paul, then, appropriately in verse nine, encourages the Christians that are listening. He says, let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up.
[00:26:28] So here's a call to persevere in doing good.
[00:26:32] As we've seen multiple times, the primary context is still related to, you know, I think it's still related to maybe generously giving of resources and also to those in need.
[00:26:44] But we must do good in that way and more in every way, we must do good.
[00:26:51] Now what I have a question. What are some reasons it can be hard to not grow weary of doing good?
[00:27:03] Or I'll ask another way. What are some causes what might cause us to grow weary of doing good?
[00:27:14] Yes.
[00:27:18] Yeah. Not a lot of people do good.
[00:27:22] Yeah, I think that's right. We can be overwhelmed.
[00:27:25] Yeah, yeah. I was going to say people not doing good unto you.
[00:27:29] Yeah. It's hard to do good when people act wickedly to you or even when they're just like, not nice.
[00:27:37] Yeah. Something happens to you if something, you know, like something bad happens to you. Yeah. It's easy to become negative and to not want to do good or even to be angry at God or at another person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is. It is scary to know that, you know, even though we may not be high profile people, that we might, we hold beliefs as Christians that many people in the world would want to kill you over or at least have that desire.
[00:28:17] And that can worry us to live publicly as Christians, that someone might not want you to live because of that.
[00:28:27] Yeah, I think that's a very real reason.
[00:28:31] I think those are all great examples.
[00:28:33] What promises Paul give them and us in light of these difficulties? What promises he tell them?
[00:28:41] Because those, all those realities were true for them as well.
[00:28:55] Yeah, yeah. In due season you will reap due season. Not this season, but in the appropriate season, either when you pass or when Christ returns, you will reap.
[00:29:15] So, yeah, that word for season can be translated as, as time. So it could be in due time.
[00:29:21] So what he wants us to do is look to the future.
[00:29:25] The now is difficult. Growing weary of doing good is very real. You might be doing it now or you will one day. But he's saying, look to the future. Christ is coming and you will reap on that day. If you do not give up, perseverance will be rewarded for with the reaping of eternal life.
[00:29:48] But again, this doesn't mean you're rewarded with eternal life for your own effort of persevering.
[00:29:56] Even perseverance is God's work through faith.
[00:30:01] And how do I know this? Well, again, let's look at what other parts of Scripture tell us. How can we persevere? We don't want to give up.
[00:30:08] We need God to persevere us. We need God to not let us give up. Romans 8 says Romans 8:38,39. If you want to write these down, 8:38,39. For I'm sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Nothing can separate a Christian from God's love.
[00:30:38] Not even you.
[00:30:40] You cannot separate you from God's love if you've been found in him through faith.
[00:30:45] Romans 8:29, 30. So just a little bit before those verses, 8:29, 30. For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And and those whom he justified, he also glorified.
[00:31:07] If you believe it is true that God already foreknew you and predestined you, and that would mean that you will certainly be justified and glorified, there's not this uncertainty here. If you have been known and justified, that cannot be undone. He can't unjustify you. He won't unknow you.
[00:31:30] John 10:28 29 says, I give them eternal life and they will never perish and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
[00:31:42] My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
[00:31:49] Anyone given eternal life will not and cannot be taken from the fathers hand.
[00:31:57] Wonderful loving imagery.
[00:32:00] The last one I'm going to read is 1st Peter 1:3:5. 1 Peter 1:3:5.
[00:32:08] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy he has caused us. He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven. For you who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time, the inheritance of salvation is guarded by God's power and given to you through your faith. And it will be revealed in the last time. And it is certain.
[00:32:50] And so at this, if you are in Christ, you truly have faith in him, you should praise God that he is the one who perseveres. Christians and it's not up to our weak flesh that constantly falls into temptation and sin day in and day out. But it is kept by God. We are kept by God in faith. He saves and keeps his beloved.
[00:33:15] But because of this, you must have faith in Christ and walk in the Spirit by his power, not by your own power. Obey by the Spirit, not by yourself.
[00:33:30] So then he goes on to conclude this kind of thought section in verse 10. He says, so then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
[00:33:44] What are some ways that we can do good to everyone?
[00:33:48] So I'm talking about everyone in the world, not all at once. But what are ways that we can do good to everyone or anyone?
[00:33:57] You can tell people the gospel. That's right. Yeah. What else?
[00:34:03] Bear their burdens. Yeah, yeah. If they're. If they need help, you can help them. That's right.
[00:34:14] Anything else?
[00:34:15] Yeah. Lincoln, you can pray for them. Yes.
[00:34:20] Yeah. Love your neighbor.
[00:34:22] Yeah. These are all great, great examples of ways that we can do good to everyone.
[00:34:29] And I think we should do those things.
[00:34:32] But then. And Paul says, do good everyone, but he also specifies that we should particularly do good to those in the household of faith. What is the household of faith? What does he mean by that?
[00:34:43] Yeah, the church, those who have faith. You know, the church is likened to God's house, like the new temple, you know, where God dwells with his people. Right.
[00:34:53] So how can we do good to those in the church? What are some ways we can do good to those in the church?
[00:35:01] Yeah.
[00:35:10] Oh, like give to the church with your money. Yeah, that's a. That's a great way. Yeah.
[00:35:30] She said look for needs and fill them.
[00:35:33] So you might have to talk to people in the church and have, you know, real conversations to know what they need, but genuinely ask people how they're doing, if they need something, and be willing to help them. Yeah, I'm kind of meaning the same thing.
[00:35:55] So the people of the church are the church, but that could be a practical.
[00:36:01] Yeah, no, I think that's a great answer. All those things we said about other people, we should really be focused on doing them here, too.
[00:36:09] You know, praying for them, we said. Loving them, helping.
[00:36:16] Sharing the gospel. Bearing the burdens. Right. Anderson said, bearing the burdens. That's, you know, in the. In the text, things we should do for one another.
[00:36:22] But I think, you know, Katie kind of helped us see that, you know, we need to really know people, talk to them, and genuinely try to know their needs and things going on in their lives so that we can help them, we can love them, we can bear their burdens.
[00:36:39] But it just takes an initial act of love for you to do that.
[00:36:44] And so I would challenge you guys to have some good conversations.
[00:36:49] Maybe more than just casual, more than just, you know, football scores or whatever else you might be interested in from the weekend and really try to have good conversations.
[00:37:01] But with that, I'll close here and maybe we'll be able to finish Galatians next week.
[00:37:08] Let's pray.
[00:37:09] Father, we thank you for your word that you've written and given to us.
[00:37:15] God, we pray that you would continue, as we know you will, to keep those who trust in you in the faith.
[00:37:23] Persevere us through everything.
[00:37:26] Lord, we pray that you would reveal the sin and unbelief in the hearts of those in here that are still not in Christ, those who have not fully believed, those who are maybe just denying you or trying to earn their worthiness by works. God, we pray that you would reveal that to them and call them to you, that they would know the glorious freedom and joy that it is to be in Christ, that they would bear the fruit of the Spirit as they live. Lord, help us to see and find ways that we can love one another. We pray this in Christ's name, Amen.
