Key #3 - Building Others Up Galatians 6:1-6:10 Sunday, February 5, 2012 Jim Beasley

Galatians 6:1-6:10 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 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.

Key #3 - Building Others Up Galatians 6:1-6:10 Sunday, February 5, 2012 Jim Beasley

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self- seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

Godly Relationships Are Active Galatians 6:1 “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted” Actions That Lead To Exhortation Actions That Lead To Edification John 13:34-35 “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Godly Relationships Are Accountable Galatians 6:3-6 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. Accountability Helps Us Keep Perspective Matthew 23:12 “And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” James 4:6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble”

Godly Relationships Are Accountable Accountability Must Be Personal 2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you— unless, of course, you fail the test?” Lamentations 3:40 “Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the LORD.” Matthew 7:2 “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Godly Relationships Are Accountable Accountability Helps Our Public Life Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”

Godly Relationships Adjust God’s People Are Family Don’t Grow Fatigued John 4:36 “And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.” Avoid The Flesh To Bear God’s Fruit Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”