2. David Thompson Sunday 29 th March 2015 A Grace Filled Church Part 8: Really, That’s What it’s About! Galatians 5:25 – 6:18

3. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Gal 5:25

4. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit Keeping in step with the Spirit = To glorify Jesus by strengthening the church

5. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. Gal 5:14

6. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit 2.Have a right view of yourself Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Gal 5:26

7. Comparisons are unhelpful Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Gal 5:26

8. Comparisons are unhelpful What’s important is how God sees you! Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Gal 5:26

9. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit 2.Have a right view of yourself 3.Share one another’s burdens Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Gal 6:2

10. Share one another’s burdens 1.It is not a sin to be burdened 2.Don’t carry your burdens alone For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn— conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus. 2 Cor 7:5-6

11. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit 2.Have a right view of yourself 3.Share one another’s burdens

12. The particular burden of sin 1.Grace does not mean that we ignore sin 2.Have a spirit of gentleness 3.Aim to restore them 4.Look out for yourself If anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Gal 6:1

13. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit 2.Have a right view of yourself 3.Share one another’s burdens 4.Have a culture of sowing and reaping

14. A culture of sowing and reaping 1.Financial giving Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Gal 6:6

15. A culture of sowing and reaping 1.Financial giving 2.Personal holiness If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption. If you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life. Gal 6:8

16. A culture of sowing and reaping 1.Financial giving 2.Personal holiness 3.Doing good to others As we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Gal 6:10

17. A Grace Filled Church: 1.Keep in step with the Spirit 2.Have a right view of yourself 3.Share one another’s burdens 4.Have a culture of sowing and reaping 5.Never get tired of the cross of Christ

18. Never get tired of the Cross of Christ Far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal 6:14

19. David Thompson Sunday 29 th March 2015 A Grace Filled Church Part 8: Really, That’s What it’s About! Galatians 5:25 – 6:18