Subscribe: RSS

Lesson Summary:

Paul gives the Galatians final instructions: take care of one another, press on with the given mission, and honor Christ above all.

Focus Passage: Galatians 6.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Restoring a Brother/Sister

Principles and Applications

I. Leave No Man Behind (Galatians 6:1-5)

Principle: Believers need to restore the fallen in love and guard against pride that would cause them to fall.
Application: Who can you help restore this week? How can you guard against pride and overconfidence in your life?
Scripture Reference

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
I Corinthians 10:12

II. Press on with the Mission (Galatians 6:6-10)

Principle: Believers need to be led by the Spirit in fulfilling their mission for Christ.
Application: In which area of your life do you need to be led by the Spirit today?
Scripture Reference

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
John 6:63

Taking Care of the Ministerial Staff

III. Honor the Supreme Commander (Galatians 6:11-18)

Principle: Believers should seek to boast on the Lord and the Lord alone.
Application: What area in your life needs to be surrendered so that you boast in Christ and not on yourself?
Scripture Reference

23 Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;
24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:23-24