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Welcome/Prayer
Music Ministry
Count Your Blessings
We are So Blessed
Come Thou Fount (Above All Else)
Word of God: Galatians 6:1-5 [Gem Evans]
Message: “Bearing Burdens”
God created us and God knows best what we need in life
In the very beginning, God created everything from nothing
Genesis gives us the story
After God created man in the form of Adam
Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden to take care of it, but not eat of the forbidden tree
Matthew 1:2
Then, God makes this great decision in Genesis 2:18
We were made FOR relationship
We were made to depend on each other for help
We were made to help others
We are NOT made to make it alone
We are NOT made to show the faults in others
Often in family counseling I remind families that spouses have a primary responsibility to
Come alongside their spouse
To be strength where their spouse might be weaker
That coming together as one means filling in the gaps
and it means accepting the help of their partner
Not that THEY are less, but that the new united couple is MORE
That’s basically what Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 tells us when the author is lamenting about oppression in general and says:
Oppression is NOT new and the benefit of having a partner to stand against oppression is not new
In fact, God, designed us to work together for a unified purpose
Much like my example of couple in marriage, we each have a role to play, a job to do
As Believers, our role is clear
We are NOT to be the ones tearing others down
We are to be the ones who provide a positive way out and away from the problems of today
Even, especially, when the problem is personal behavior
If society would live by Galatians 6:1,
There would be maybe a lot less on Social media
The so-called news media would go out of business
And the average person would have enough free time to solve the problem of hunger and ?
Let’s look at Galatians 6:1 again
If you someone is caught in a transgression (sin) it is not godly to
Ruin their reputation
Get them fired from their job
Breakup all their relationships
get the voted off the island
Get them canceled from their TV show
Or even embarrass them
No. Galatians 6:1 tells us that we are to ‘restore them in a spirit of gentleness’
That doesn’t happen very often, does it?
In fact, it is common in the culture now for enemies to search your past statements and if they would be considered a transgression or violation of current societal norms
Even if that behavior was accepted as normal back in the day
You can be held accountable, fired or cancelled today because you didn’t know and act correctly for the future
To be fair
If we would all act in a manner pleasing to God, then most of those statements or actions of the past that get you in trouble today
Wouldn’t be a problem
So, what is the role for each of us Believers?
To stand with and love our neighbor
To not give in to temptation
And to help our neighbor so they don’t give in to sin
How important is helping our neighbor avoid sin?
Turn in your Bibles to Matthew 18:7 and mark this passage
Anytime you see “Woe to”, you don’t want to be that guy, right
Sin is in this world, and that is just the way it is
Ever since the original sin of Adam, we know we will have to deal with sin
but “Woe to the one by whom temptation comes!”
Believers should be supportive of godly behavior for those around us
We cannot stoke the flames in disagreements
We cannot cause others to sin
If those around us end up sinning in any way,
Scripture is clear,
Then “woe to us”
We are in big trouble with God
What does that look like?
If you listen to your friend complain about something their spouse is doing
and you take any side but God’s side in the situation
Then woe to you
If you spread rumors or gossip and relationships are effected
then woe to you
and if you just can’t keep yourself from forwarding ungodly memes or messages on Social media
Then we need to continue by reading Matthew 18:8
I guess, that’s why some people refuse to have social media accounts
and likely more of us should consider cutting social media out of our lives as well
I have to spend a minute on the significance of bearing burdens in a godly way
Allowing a loved one or friend “vent” is common and can be helpful
What believers can’t do is allow the venting to lead into another venting session
We can’t stoke the flames or hold a grudge
We also can’t let someone stew in their misery of develop into anger
We can let someone vent, but then need to lead them to a godly method of dealing with the issue
If we become an echo chamber where we join voices to complain and anger,
then we sin and have helped lead another to sin
Woe to us
Consider appropriate prayer at the end of venting
Giving the problem over to God
Trusting God to have the solution
Asking God to make clear the path through this problem
Then hold the other accountable for trusting God’s perfection
And don’t let them stew in their anger
But letting someone stew, ruminate or stay in misery too long can certainly lead to sin
Romans 8:28 tells us that all things work together for good
So we must choose to look for ways to allow God’s goodness to be present in what we do and say
You should never watch a loved one shoot heroin into their veins just because it feels good to them
or because you don’t know the exact steps to helping them give up the drug
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