1. What Can I Do To Help? Galatians 6:1-10

2. Good Question Often asked –Desire to be involved –Measure of personal commitment Answer in the text –Live in the Spirit (Galatians 5:25) –Walk in the Spirit (Romans 8:5-8)

3. Care For Brothers and Sisters Restore them (v. 1) –Job of the faithful, or spiritual ones –Souls at risk (James 5:19, 20) –Do so with meekness

4. Care For Brothers and Sisters Help bear their burdens (v. 2) –Song: “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” –Do we know of their burdens? –To help is to fulfill the law of Christ (Matthew 23:39; 1 Thessalonians 2:7, 8)

5. Care For Brothers and Sisters Do good unto them (v. 10) –Strengthen them (Hebrews 12:12, 13) –Serve their needs (Romans 12:9-18) –Requires time and effort

6. Look At My Own Work Too busy examining other’s (v. 3) –Peter’s problem (John 21:20-22) –Can get an inflated view of self –Not to think too highly of self (Romans 12:3; Philippians 2:3, 4)

7. Look At My Own Work Use proper standard (v. 4) –Must be God’s word (2 Corinthians 13:5) –Should humble us –Can’t compare self to self (2 Corinthians 10:12-18)

8. Look At My Own Work Bear our own load (v. 5) –Personal nature of judgment (2 Corinthians 5:10) –Don’t be boastful (Luke 18:11) –That will keep us busy enough

9. Share In Spiritual Matters With the one who teaches (v. 6) –Can be done financially (1 Corinthians 9:14) –Can be encouragement (2 Timothy 1:16; Hebrews 10:32-34) –Paul was grateful (Philippians 1:3-7)

10. Share In Spiritual Matters This is sowing to the Spirit (vv. 7, 8) –Live by the Spirit –Bear the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-24) –Not in any way miraculous

11. Share In Spiritual Matters reap what we sow (v. 8) –Can be eternal life (Matthew 7:14) –May be eternal destruction (2 Thessalonians 1:6-8) –Are we sharing in this work?

12. Do Not Grow Weary Will reap if we faint not (v. 9) –Has it become a drudgery? –Must not quit (Hebrews 3:12; 10:35-39; 11:24-26) –Be steadfast (1 Corinthians 15:58)

13. Do Not Grow Weary Use every opportunity for good (v. 10) –Fist application is to all people (James 1:27) –Especially true of Christians –Deeper relationship with them

14. Do Not Grow Weary Opportunity ceases one day –“The fields are white unto harvest” (John 4:35) –“Work while it is day. (John 9:4) –How are we doing? (Matthew 25:1-13)

15. Conclusion Have you obeyed the Gospel? Do you realize what you can do?