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Binoculars Verses Mirrors Bearing One Another and Examining Ourselves (Galatians 6:1-4)

Bearing One Another “To Carry, To Lift Up” Love demands we correct (Gal. 6:1, Pro 27:5-6)

Pr 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed Pr 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Bearing One Another “To Carry, To Lift Up” Love demands we correct (Gal. 6:1, Pro 27:5-6) So, how should we do it? Lowliness, gentle, longsuffering (Eph. 4:1-2) Gracious to the hearers (not speaker) (Eph. 4:29-32) Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Cor. 13:4-7)

Examining Ourselves “Test, Prove, Scrutinize” Mirrors reveal all (Gal. 6:4, James 1:21-26) Remove the filth (James 1:21, Col. 3:5-9) Hear without doing we DECEIVE ourselves and our religion is WORTHLESS, USELESS (HOT AIR) (v. 22- 26)

Christianity is not an educational pursuit but a pursuit to educate ourselves to be transformed to the likeness of Christ. (Rom. 12; James 1:21-26) When was the last time you read something in Scripture and set out to make a change in your life to reflect what you learned? (2 Tim. 2:15; James 1)

Examining Ourselves “Test, Prove, Scrutinize” Mirrors reveal all (James 1:21-26) Remove the filth (James 1:21, Col. 3:5-9) Hear without doing we DECEIVE ourselves and our religion is WORTHLESS, USELESS (HOT AIR) (v. 22- 26) It will transform our speech (v. 26) Pure and undefiled religion is … Visit orphans and widows (helpless) in their troubles (v. 27) Keep oneself unspotted from the world (v. 27)

Binoculars Verses Mirrors Bearing One Another and Examining Ourselves (Galatians 6:1-4)