Sunday, May 07, 2006

Fulfilling the Law of Christ

Date: 5/7/06
Text: Galatians 6:1-10
Title: Fulfilling the Law of Christ

• The Book of Galatians


• This book has been called the "Magna Charta of Christian Liberty"


• Paul clearly reveals how grace frees the Christian from the law, not that we might sin, but that we might discover a new power for righteous living through faith and the Holy Spirit

• We have a charge to keep


• Love one another


• This is not a touchy feely love

• Do we have what it takes to keep the law?


• We are free from the law of Moses, but we must fulfill the law of Christ


• We have a choice to love or not to love


• Real love hides a multitude of faults

• Fulfilling the law of Christ can only be done in the Spirit

NOTES: A Christian is real!

• We have to fulfill the law to these groups:


• The sinning Christian


• The burdened Christian


• Teachers/Pastors

• The Sinning Christian


• Don't criticize


• The spiritual should restore the fallen brother (They should be skilled at this)


• He should be helped by setting him right


• It should be done in the spirit of meekness


• Faults can cause serious damage, if they are not set right

• The Burdened Christian


• The Law of Christ is of ministry & LOVE


• Christ bore the sins of man for man


• We should show compassion, forgiveness, prayer, encouragement, and sympathy for those who are burdened

NOTES: Believers ought to be HAPPY!

• Pastor/Teachers


• We should sholder the financial burden for them


• Teachers share good with us; we should share good with them


• You get what you sow

My Personal Notes:
I should exhibit the Law of Christ in my everyday life

My Personal Prayer:
Lord, help me to fulfill Your law. Help me to love and minister to those in need.

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-10
1: Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2: Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3: For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4: But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5: For every man shall bear his own burden.
6: Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10: As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Posted by Me :: 6:39 PM ::

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