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Today we break into chapter 6 of Galatians, and if you’ve been with us, you know that for the past several weeks, the apostle Paul has been highlighting for the Galatians....
The 2 paths of life in this world...
The path of [Slavery] - under the law of God
The path of [Freedom] - Faith Alone in Christ alone
And in Paul’s argumentation - He’s been speaking against 2 EXTREME sides of Christianity that still play out even today!
On the one side was the LEGALISM that was being pushed by the Judaizers (the need to be physically circumcised to be saved)
On the other side - the abuse of the FREEDOM we have IN Christ - to use that freedom as a license to sin.
And now - MORE RECENTLY - what Paul’s been elevating over and over again - is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
That the Spirit of God will AFFIRM our faith - as we now live out - The War Within
The opposing DESIRES of...
The Flesh on one side &...
The Holy Spirit on the other
BOTH SIDES - now at war - WITHIN us who believe!
So Paul says...
Walk by the Spirit of God
Keep in step with the Spirit of God
And so FAR - the context of what Paul has been saying has REVOLVED around the individual…the BELIEVER
Walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh! - - Your OWN flesh
TODAY - we’ll see other ramifications of the CALL that Paul has been proclaiming - that we walk BY the Holy Spirit!
As we’ve mentioned - for the past several weeks - Paul has been discussing the relationship between the Spirit and the Flesh
And this whole time Paul has really been trying to FUNNEL each side - of
being under the Law
Lawlessness
…into LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
And AS WE ALL KNOW - Paul knew what this INNER WAR was all ABOUT...
He knew how IMPORTANT it was to KEEP IN STEP with the Spirit of God
Paul’s flesh was still ACTIVE in his life.
He was a VETERAN of this war...
And he knew the responsibility he had as a believer in Christ...
After reading through our text today - we see what the main theme is...
The call - for those who are Spiritual...
is to RESTORE a brother or sister who has fallen into a sin...
Remember the call from last week?
Walk by the Spirit
Be led by the Spirit
Keep In step with the Spirit!
NOW - TODAY - Do you see how important it is for us to DO THAT?
It’s those who DO keep in step with the Spirit...
Those who DO walk BY the Spirit - it’s those people who DO THAT - who are called to do the work of RESTORATION!
NOW - What if everyone decided - Nahhhh, I’m not gonna keep in step with the Spirit!
Who would restore people?
As we know - and as we keep mentioning week after week...
EVEN PAUL struggled with sin
As we also saw earlier in this book of Galatians - Remember when Paul rebuked Peter for PULLING AWAY from the gentile believers…?
Peter had been eating with the Gentiles...
But then when certain Jews came from Jerusalem, Peter pulled away...
And in doing so - he rebuilt the wall of hostility between Jew and Greek...
A wall that Christ had torn down!
And so - Peter / Paul - we all need restoration at some point-or another!
And it’s those who are Spiritual who are called to do this!
And so know this:
SLIDE:
Our pursuit of “keeping in step with the Spirit” is not only for ourselves, but for others as well.
Other people - in your life - will need you to help restore them…at some point
Will you be able to?
And so - We HEAR the call here from Paul… (Restore others who fall into sin)
But HOW do we do this?
Looking back at v1 in chapter 6 - we read this...
Paul makes it clear that we are to approach the situation of RESTORING someone...
with a spirit of gentleness.
Even so - the question remains - - HOW do we do this?
*How many of you are more often ready to FIGHT people - over restoring them?
*How many of us are more ready to DEFEND ourselves - then restore others?
Life is hard - and can roll OVER us!
SO how can be best accomplish this - with a Spirit of gentleness!
From here - Paul, lays out for us how we should go about doing this…and he starts with the ROOT - leading us to the RESULT.
Let’s look at the rest of v1
God is so wise is He not?
If we’re going to effectively restore a wayward soul, the first thing we need to do is...
What is the Root of Christian Restoration?
SLIDE: The Root of Christian Restoration: Reflecting on Self (Humility)
The Root of Christian Restoration
Back to our verse...
Now this portion here - Keep watch on yourself...
It’s really a process that we must do WHILE we’re in the process of restoring the person...
BUT - based on another principle found in Scripture...
We also know that...
LOOKING INWARD is foundational to the process itself
Let’s look to another part of scripture to see this!
FIRST - take the log our of your own eye - AND THEN you’ll see clearly to approach a brother!
What’s he saying - LOOK INWARD FIRST!!
This here is a GENERAL principle that carries through EVERY instance of restoration!
You can NEVER be too humble...
Anytime restoration is being sought...
...it MUST be founded on humility...And THAT means, we look at ourselves first...
Why?
Because it puts our hearts in the right posture!
**Be honest...
**How many times have you come into a situation - and IN THAT MOMENT - you were (QUICK to SPEAK) - - you RESPONDED HARSHLY....
and then later on - you remembered - OH YEAH, i did that same thing back in the day....
that same thing I just got mad about!
UGH - I wish I would have taken a breath - and focused INWARD - FIRST!
I THINK Paul knew - that only a heart that is HUMBLE - will display the kind of GENTLENESS needed to restore someone in a God-Honoring way
And so we start there!!
The Root of Restoration is - (Humility) - Reflecting on Self
We FIRST reflect on ourselves - BECAUSE - It puts our hearts in a position and posture to live out the next phase of restoration....BUT IT ALSO does something else
Reflecting on Ourselves not only awakens the spirit of gentleness we NEED to restore someone...
But it also - - Guards OUR hearts from the same sin that caused the need for restoration
Lest you TOO be tempted - JUST LIKE the one who fell to that sin
Something that we are very good at in life - in general - but also in the church...
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