1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:04,000 It's wonderful to be with each and every one of you today. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,900 And as Chris mentioned, we have several of our number here that 3 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:11,200 are visiting with us and we would hope and pray that you 4 00:00:11,207 --> 00:00:15,500 would feel as you are. And that is our honored guest as 5 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:18,500 always is the case, it is a privilege to speak concerning 6 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:21,100 the word of God. And I hope that we have some 7 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:24,500 things this morning that will be both encouraging and edifying to 8 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:27,900 you. In some way our passage is taken 9 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:31,600 from the book of Galatians, chapter 6 and Beginning there, 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,200 in verse 1. Brethren. 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,500 If a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual 12 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:44,300 restore, such an one in the spirit of gentleness considering 13 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:47,700 yourself. Lest you also be tempted, bear 14 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:52,600 one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. 15 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,700 When a person obeys the gospel you've heard me say this in days 16 00:00:56,700 --> 00:01:00,800 gone by he or she has a three-fold responding 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,700 obligation. In other words, when my sins are 18 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:07,900 washed away, Baptism and I Rise to walk in newness of life, it 19 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:12,400 doesn't end right there and my responsibility only begins and 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,100 the first responsibility that I have, I have a responding 21 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:20,200 obligation to God himself and you know the Bible talks about 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,200 living a holy life, it says be holy for, I am Holy. 23 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:28,500 So, in other words, I have a responding obligation to God to 24 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:32,100 serve him with my life for the rest of my life. 25 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:36,900 Secondly, a few months ago, I talk on the subject of Christian 26 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:41,000 growth and that's the second responding obligation and that 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,300 is our responding obligation to our self to grow in Christ. 28 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,300 But thirdly, that's what we want to talk about today. 29 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:52,100 We haven't responding obligation to each other. 30 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,200 We need each other in the Battle of living the Christian Life, 31 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,600 day by day. And so we're going to talk about 32 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,700 the idea of what it means to Bear one another's burdens. 33 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,900 And I want to make a couple of introductory remarks though, 34 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:09,199 foundational. Things concerning the things 35 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:13,700 that people go through in life. It doesn't matter where you come 36 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:15,500 from. It doesn't matter your 37 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:19,700 background and it doesn't matter the circumstances in your life. 38 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:24,300 If you are living your life today on this Earth, You will 39 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,000 strive against and you will struggle with temptation. 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,100 You know, temptation is the same for everybody. 41 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:36,000 What makes it different is perhaps, you might have a 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,100 weakness and the devil knows what that is and you may be 43 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:42,000 tempted with something that doesn't bother me at all. 44 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:44,700 But on the other hand, I might be tempted with something. 45 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:48,100 That doesn't bother you at all and the devil knows those things 46 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:52,100 and he it is called the devices of Satan and he throws these 47 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:56,300 things at us. So understand everybody is going 48 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:59,500 to struggle with temptation. In our life. 49 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:02,100 That's number one. Let me say two things about 50 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:06,600 that. Number one, number one, it is 51 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,300 not God's fault. You know, don't ever let 52 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:12,300 somebody tell you that God is tempting. 53 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:17,200 You The Book of James says that God wouldn't let, no man say 54 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,700 that when he is tempted, I'm tempted of God because God 55 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:24,800 cannot be tempted with evil. Neither tempteth, he any man. 56 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:29,300 So, when is a man tempted, James says, when he is drawn away with 57 00:03:29,300 --> 00:03:33,900 his own lust and enticed, and then when lust has conceived, it 58 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:38,200 brings forth, sin and sin when it is finished brings forth, 59 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,600 death. So number one, it is not God's 60 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,000 fault. And you know, think about it 61 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,100 this way to God is our refuge. If God was the one that through 62 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:51,400 obstacles in our path, and in our way, we have no refuge. 63 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,700 God is the one that we can go to, though, when Satan throws 64 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:57,500 Temptations are way. So, number one, understand this 65 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:01,500 about Temptation. It's not God, it does not come 66 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:04,500 from God. Number two, temptation is not 67 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:07,900 sin. Temptation is not sin. 68 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:10,900 How do I know that? How do I know that temptation is 69 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:13,800 not sin? We know that Jesus Christ, the 70 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,100 Lamb of God, lived, a life that was perfect in view of his 71 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:20,000 death. And he sinned, not at all. 72 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:23,700 In fact, the Bible says of Jesus, he was tempted, like all 73 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:29,300 men are yet without sin. So temptation is not sin. 74 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,000 And it does not come from God. And yet it is something that we 75 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,100 all struggle with. But when lust has conceived, it 76 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:40,500 brings forth, sin and sin. When it is finished, it brings 77 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:44,000 forth death. You know, I realize that sin is 78 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,400 something that we all struggle with. 79 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,200 We're not perfect in James chapter 3 and verse 2. 80 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,900 The Bible says for we all stumble in many things in 81 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:55,800 Romans, 7 and 24. Paul said, o Wretched, Man, that 82 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,300 I am. He told Timothy, he was the 83 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:02,600 chief of Sinners and yet. We cannot find a greater man 84 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,700 than the Apostle, Paul when he gave his life to Jesus obeyed, 85 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:10,300 the gospel was baptized into Christ became an apostle. 86 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:15,500 We don't find a better man, but there's something else as we're 87 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:18,300 in the battle together. We need the support of other 88 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:20,600 Christians to remind us that we are not alone. 89 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,000 You know, what this does, you know, this means it means 90 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,000 confrontation. You heard somebody say, well, 91 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,700 I'm just not good at confrontations. 92 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:37,500 He ever had somebody say to you? I don't like confrontations. 93 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:41,700 Well, I got to tell you if you like confrontations. 94 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:44,700 It's quite possible. You're a troublemaker. 95 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,300 Who in the world likes confrontations? 96 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,900 What I'm saying is is we that live the Christian life 97 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:54,200 together? We're going to have struggles 98 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,000 and we need each other. And sometimes, sometimes it 99 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,200 takes one Christian, going to another Christian and pointing 100 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,800 something out. That that person perhaps is 101 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,500 doing wrong. We talked about your friends for 102 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:10,200 just a minute. We talked about friendship and 103 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,900 Proverbs 27, verses 5 and 6. Listen to this verse 5 says, 104 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:21,500 this open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed Verse 105 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:23,600 6. Faithful are the wounds of a 106 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,200 friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 107 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:30,800 I got to tell you, I have not always made the right decision 108 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,800 and neither have you. We have we have not lived our 109 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,400 life and sinless Perfection as did Jesus. 110 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,300 And even though we look at the Jesus, as the author and 111 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:42,800 finisher of our faith, and even though Jesus is the standard of 112 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,000 our life, he is the barometer. He is the bar. 113 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,100 That's all true, and being a Christian means to be 114 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,900 christ-like at all of that. We get that. 115 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,600 The idea is this, though, when we talk about life, we don't 116 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,400 always make the right choice and when I look back on my life, 117 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,400 we're not going to be perfect. When I look back on my life of 118 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,500 all the times that I made a decision that was not the best 119 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:10,400 decision, and sometimes it was a really bad decision, right? 120 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,300 Do you know that there was always somebody standing by that 121 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:15,700 was dumber than I was, it was telling me what a great idea I 122 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:18,600 had. I'm going to tell you something 123 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,100 right now. If you have friends in your life 124 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:23,200 and you make bad choices and they support you in the bad 125 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,300 choice, they're not your friend. If they encourage you to make a 126 00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:31,600 bad choice or rebel against the structure of what is, right, 127 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:35,300 they're not your friend. A friend, is somebody that will 128 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:40,000 tell you exactly how it is even if it hurts, your feelings, as 129 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 the proverb says, open rebuke is better than love carefully. 130 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,800 Concealed and faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the 131 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:50,000 kisses of an enemy are deceitful, you know, sometimes 132 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,900 we have to point something out to someone. 133 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:58,100 Sometimes that's bad news in July, on a hot afternoon at 134 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,200 2:30, in the afternoon, on in judge alai. 135 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:06,500 Chat in the excuse me, in the month of July in the year 2010. 136 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,700 I got a phone call that changed my life forever. 137 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,800 I got a phone call from a doctor that had to make a call to me. 138 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:21,700 And it was not very fun to hear. And she told me I had cancer. 139 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,700 You know, I would imagine it was a hard conversation for her to 140 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:28,300 have with me. I would imagine it was a hard 141 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:31,400 phone call for her to make. But can you imagine how 142 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,500 irresponsible she would have been if she did? 143 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:36,600 I just don't want to bring the bad news, I don't want to really 144 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,400 tell him what his true condition is. 145 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,299 I don't want to do that. I'm going to tell you it ruined 146 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:44,300 my day just so you know, it wrecked my day, what a terrible 147 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:49,200 phone call that was it wrecked my day and saved my life. 148 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,700 And sometimes spiritually we have to do the very same thing. 149 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:54,900 So if we're going to help each other though we're going to help 150 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:57,300 each other. We have to make sure that our 151 00:08:57,300 --> 00:09:00,800 own backyard is clean in Matthew chapter 7. 152 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,400 Beginning in verse 3, Jesus says and why do you look at the speck 153 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,700 in your brother's eye but do not consider the plank in your own 154 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:11,200 eye? Or how can you say to your 155 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,000 brother? Let me remove the speck from 156 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,100 your eye and look, a plank is in your own eye hypocrite. 157 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:21,400 First remove the plank from your own my and then you will see 158 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,800 clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. 159 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,300 What he's saying is, he's not saying everybody has their own 160 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:31,100 issues, leave everybody alone. He said this, get the plank out 161 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:35,300 of your eye so you can see, clearly to help your brother get 162 00:09:35,300 --> 00:09:41,000 even the speck out of his eye. We need each other and there's a 163 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,400 pattern and its founding Galatians chapter 6 and 164 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:48,300 beginning there in verse 1. Notice what Paul says here, he 165 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:53,900 begins by saying Brethren. If any man is overtaken in a 166 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:57,600 trespass, you know, sometimes the word is translated in 167 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:02,100 various translations as overtaken in a fault and what 168 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:06,000 it's talking about is this if anybody that you know, that's 169 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,900 what a man means. If anybody that you know whether 170 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:12,500 it A man or a woman that is a child of God. 171 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,400 And you see that they are overtaken in any trespass. 172 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:21,500 You have a responsibility to do something and that is to work 173 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:27,700 toward restoration to restore and notice who does it, those 174 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:31,000 that are spiritual. I got to make a point about 175 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 being spiritual. I think being spiritual the word 176 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,600 spiritual. He's one of the most 177 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,700 misunderstood Concepts. Okay. 178 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:44,800 What does it mean? What a spiritual mean, years ago 179 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,100 as a painting contractor, we were painting a doctor's office 180 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,500 and there was a gal that worked in the front there. 181 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:52,900 She was the only girl that worked there. 182 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:56,800 So she was the receptionist, the secretary of the office manager. 183 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:59,500 She paid the bill, she ran the book, she did everything. 184 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:03,100 And I remember her always talking about this idea and she 185 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:06,800 would say this, she would say oh you know, last night I this 186 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,300 happened. So I said a prayer and then she 187 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:13,600 said, oh and mention God in this next statement that she would 188 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,300 perhaps a and then one day she said, you know what, my husband 189 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,800 and I got up at 5 a.m. today. We got our coffee, we went out 190 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,300 in the backyard and on the patio area. 191 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:28,700 There we sat there at 5:00 a.m. we drank our coffee, and I said 192 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:31,700 a prayer. And you know what I said? 193 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,200 I said you know, it's really impressive. 194 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,300 She's always talking about God and she's always talking about 195 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,400 praying. So I said this I said, may I ask 196 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,700 you this what religious affiliation are you part of what 197 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:45,000 church? Are you a member of? 198 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,800 And she said this I'm not a member of any church. 199 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,600 She said, I'm not even religious. 200 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:57,400 I'm just spiritual The question is this though, is, can you be 201 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,000 spiritual and not be religious? I'm gonna let the Bible answer. 202 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 What is spiritual? What is it? 203 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:09,000 This is what the definition of being spiritual really is in 204 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:14,100 Galatians 5. And 16, I say, then walk in the 205 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:17,600 spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 206 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,200 That's number one. Okay? 207 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,700 And we're going to get to how you do that. 208 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:24,900 But for a person to be spiritual according to Paul in Galatians, 209 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,000 Five. You have to walk in the spirit. 210 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,600 Let's take it further. Let's go to Galatians, 5 and 25. 211 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,900 If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. 212 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:41,900 So whatever that means a person that is spiritual is somebody 213 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:46,200 that is living in the spirit and somebody that is walking in the 214 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,800 spirit. So if we can understand what it 215 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,200 means to do that, then we can know exactly what Paul is 216 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,600 talking about. Notice another pass It describes 217 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,700 the fact that it's the word of God. 218 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:03,500 So who is who are those that are walking in the spirit and living 219 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:05,000 in the spirit. It's really simple. 220 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,300 It's somebody that's following the word of God, you know, who 221 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:11,600 that is. That's a Christian. 222 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,900 Don't you see, it's not somebody that's reached some sort of 223 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:20,300 higher level of perfection or higher level of spirituality. 224 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,800 It's talking about a person that's not perfect, but it's 225 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,800 talking about a person that is spiritual in that they're doing 226 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,300 what they're walking in the spirit. 227 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:32,600 They're living in the spirit. That is what that is. 228 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,200 Following the revelation of the spirit. 229 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,200 That's the word of God. That is a Christian. 230 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:41,100 That is a faithful child of God. So who are those that do that, 231 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:42,500 though? What we find? 232 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,900 Finding Galatians chapter 5 in verses 22 and 23. 233 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,400 These are those that we've just spoke of, but the fruit of the 234 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,700 spirit is love, peace long-suffering, kindness 235 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:56,800 goodness faithfulness, gentleness self-control against 236 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:02,700 such. There is no law, so not a 237 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:06,100 perfect person. But somebody's got to come to 238 00:14:06,108 --> 00:14:09,800 the rescue. Did, did you get that? 239 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:17,700 if somebody isn't sin, if I'm in sin, one of you has to come to 240 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:21,400 the rescue. And remember, remember, there is 241 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,800 something that you got to do. And if we're not talking about 242 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,800 policemen, we're not talking about those that are Boston, 243 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,500 other people around. And that, by the way, nowhere in 244 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:32,300 the word of God does it. Say if Frank brancato is not 245 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:34,400 doing right? Somebody go and really line him 246 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,700 out and say that at all it says something different. 247 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,200 Let's go back to the passage. It says restore. 248 00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:48,800 It says restore. I think the idea that we have to 249 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:54,200 all remember is anytime somebody is corrected spiritually or 250 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,100 something is brought to their attention spiritually that 251 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:59,700 they're not doing right or they're cast aside or they're 252 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:02,100 doing things. They should not do, remember 253 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,400 when you go and you confront them, those that are, spiritual 254 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,200 faithful, Christians shows up for the purpose of restoration. 255 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,200 What does that mean? I love this word. 256 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,700 The word actually comes from the Greek word. 257 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:18,400 That means to mend it. Really means to fix that, which 258 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:23,600 is broken. Get, that means it means if I'm 259 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,700 in sin, I'm broken. I need one of you. 260 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:32,100 I need one of you. That is following the word of 261 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:33,700 God. That is manifesting the fruit of 262 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:35,000 the spirit. That is trying to live in the 263 00:15:35,008 --> 00:15:36,100 spirit. Walk in the spirit. 264 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:37,600 That's trying to do. What's right? 265 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,900 I need you to come. Help me and restore for the 266 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:48,600 purpose of restoration. Now in verses 20 to 23, it 267 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,800 talked about the fruit of the spirit. 268 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,100 Now my point being is this. There's two kinds of people. 269 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:57,500 And those that are spiritual and those that are carnal and I 270 00:15:57,508 --> 00:16:00,300 didn't come up with that, Paul did, in fact, in 1st Corinthians 271 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:03,700 chapter 3, it says, if I'm following the dictates of the 272 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:07,200 flesh, I'm carnal. And you know, really that is one 273 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,100 of the hardest things that is one of the hardest Temptations 274 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:13,700 in life. It's not to be carnal, not to be 275 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:16,600 fleshly. We're going to be guided by one 276 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,600 of two things, either by the word of God, which is the spirit 277 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:24,000 or we are Guided by the world or the dictates of the flesh. 278 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:28,500 It's one of the other you are a slave to one of the others. 279 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:31,900 So am I a Christian that is spiritual has to come to the 280 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:36,500 rescue here and it also gives us a very compelling reason to 281 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:38,700 live, right? Have you ever stopped to 282 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:40,300 consider the people in your life? 283 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:41,900 I want to be very personal right now. 284 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,900 People in your life that you have an influence over that. 285 00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:49,400 Nobody else does. I'm talking about whether you're 286 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,300 a Christian, whether somebody is a Christian, I'm talking about 287 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:55,900 people that are in your life that you that they know you, you 288 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:59,800 have influence over people that perhaps nobody else has. 289 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,700 And we know that by way of the influence that we have over 290 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:06,300 people that are in the world and our neighbors and people we do 291 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:09,300 business with we know that from that standpoint but have you 292 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:11,200 ever stopped to consider that there? 293 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,800 Maybe even people in the church spiritual people that you have 294 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:23,200 the influence over that maybe nobody else has remember when we 295 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:27,599 talked about the church at laodicea, remember that we 296 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:29,000 talked about the lukewarm Church. 297 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,100 Know, when Jesus said, I would that you were hot or cold if you 298 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:33,800 are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. 299 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,200 Okay, what that means is this. He's saying, I'd rather have you 300 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,700 be a faithful Christian that's hot or cold, being somebody that 301 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:42,100 is the alien sinner in the world. 302 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:43,800 You know why? Because the word of God can 303 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,100 still affect your heart. But the lukewarm person, the one 304 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,500 that's just going through the motions, that is a Christian 305 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:53,500 that's just going through the motions and they're not led by 306 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:56,800 the word of God. They enjoy the status quo, 307 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,300 perhaps to the person that's living a double life. 308 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:02,100 Doing things out in the world trying to hold onto the world 309 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:05,000 with one hand and Jesus with the other. 310 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,100 That is a lukewarm Christian. Have you ever stopped to 311 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:12,300 consider that the lukewarm Christian can do more harm to 312 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:14,900 the cause of Christ? Then somebody that's in the 313 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:17,400 world? Doesn't profess Christianity at 314 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,100 all. Do you know why here it comes? 315 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:23,900 What if I'm that guy? What if I'm the lukewarm guy and 316 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:26,700 you say, wait a minute, why don't you come and attend 317 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:28,700 Services? They might say, wait a minute. 318 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:31,000 I know Frank. I'm as good as that guy. 319 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,600 Is that guy doesn't live it? I'm as good as he is. 320 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,100 In fact, if he's going to heaven, I can sure go to heaven. 321 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Not even say. I'm better than that guy. 322 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:46,500 Frank, you kidding me. You see the point? 323 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:51,300 that is a great motivator for living spiritually as you should 324 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:57,700 because you have influence over other people in the world and In 325 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:02,500 the church compelling motivation to do just that in first 326 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,500 Thessalonians, chapter 5 and verse 14. 327 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:08,500 Paul says, now we exhort you Brethren warn those that are 328 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:10,800 unruly Comfort the faint-hearted, uphold the weak 329 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,100 and be patient with all, okay? How are we going to do that? 330 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:16,200 Unless we are living our life as we should? 331 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,100 Let's go back to our text here. It is Brethren. 332 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:22,900 If a man is overtaking and any trespass you that are spiritual 333 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:28,200 restore, such an one in the spirit of Get on this. 334 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,500 In the spirit of gentleness. you know, I got to tell you, if you 335 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:41,400 look at the preaching of Jesus, In Matthew 23, it was a time in 336 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:45,000 the last week in the life of Jesus when Jesus was Furious. 337 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,400 And it was similar to the time that he overturned, the money 338 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,400 changers, the table of the moneychangers. 339 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,800 Remember that too? So in the last week of his life 340 00:19:55,100 --> 00:20:00,100 Jesus was confronting sin and error, he was confronting a lot 341 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:03,400 of bad people. But there's nothing that says he 342 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,100 even raised his voice. You can say something in a 343 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,400 proper way and be as strict as you possibly can be. 344 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:15,000 You know, my grandmother lived to be about Louise Brown Connor. 345 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,200 She's about this tall. I think and grandmom lived to be 346 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,200 about, I don't know, I think 96 or so maybe older. 347 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:31,100 And she was a little Italian lady, and she would say Frankie, 348 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,500 it's not what you say, it's how you say it. 349 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,700 My whole life. I've heard that little 350 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:39,100 grandmother, she didn't make that up. 351 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:43,100 Everybody knows that, right? What matters is how you say, it. 352 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:46,100 I'll give you an example by the way about that. 353 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,800 Some of you have heard this little story, but it's true. 354 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,400 I used to weigh a whole lot more than I weigh. 355 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,200 Now I think I used to weigh 50 pounds more than I weigh now. 356 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,400 And I'll never forget, I went to the doctor and had a physical 357 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 and I go in there for this physical and the doctor took my 358 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 blood and did all these tests. And they said, well, you know, 359 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,800 you got this all out of whack and this number is not good, and 360 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,000 on, and on, and on, and I'm sitting there and the doctor 361 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,500 says, very kindly and very nicely. 362 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:19,000 And even very gently. He said Frank You got to lose 363 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 some weight. I think your numbers will be a 364 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,100 lot better if you lose a little weight. 365 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,800 You know I said are you kidding? It's muscle weight. 366 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:29,300 Its muscle weight. I'm in great shape. 367 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,100 You don't understand right. Sold myself on the bill of goods 368 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:38,500 that it was just muscle weight. Well, I went my way it took me a 369 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:41,300 long long time but eventually I got the weight off. 370 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,900 Okay. And I came back for a follow-up. 371 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,400 I think it's like two years later and here I come in. 372 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,600 I'm so proud of myself. And I sit there and they did 373 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,200 some other blood work. And everything is in really 374 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,200 great shape. And here it comes. 375 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,800 He said, I'm so glad you lost the weight and I'm thinking 376 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,000 finally, here it comes. I'm going to finally get a pat 377 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,400 on the back. My doctor said I'm so glad you 378 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:10,200 lost the weight because man, you were really fat I'm glad you 379 00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:14,600 didn't say that the first time. Because how you say it's 380 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,800 everything? The idea of restoring by the 381 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,400 way, is fixing that which is broken. 382 00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:23,900 And by the way, let me also say this to, when you talk about 383 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:27,800 gentleness, if you have to remove a fly from somebody's 384 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,300 forehead, you don't need a hammer. 385 00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:33,600 There's other ways to remove the fly off of forehead of another 386 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,400 person without using the hammer. You could do it, right? 387 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,200 You could say it right? We could approach each other, 388 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,700 right? Don't ever approach, though. 389 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,600 Look at this, when you do this whole thing, then he says, you 390 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,700 got to do this. You've got to consider yourself, 391 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:55,100 lest you also be tempted. This phrase means two things, 392 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,700 two things. Number one don't have the 393 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:05,200 attitude of a haughty Spirit or a condescending Spirit or don't 394 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,100 be puffed up. Like you're better than the 395 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:10,500 person that just committed that sin and don't think, wait a 396 00:23:10,508 --> 00:23:13,100 minute. I'm way better than that. 397 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,100 Don't do that. Lest you also be tempted but 398 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:20,500 there's more Don't ever act like it could never happen to you. 399 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:31,800 Man, you have no idea. I'm telling you right now, it 400 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:37,600 can happen to anybody. And I know people that you would 401 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,300 have never thought. Whatever drift back into sin and 402 00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:42,800 do things that they've chosen to do. 403 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,800 Or be overtaken and faults and decide to leave and leave God. 404 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:52,600 Lead the Lord. And they were people that you 405 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,600 would say they would never have done that. 406 00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:59,500 How many people said this about themself? 407 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:05,500 It'll never happen to me? What about Peter do you know 408 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:10,200 when Jesus rose from the dead, and Jesus is now speaking to 409 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,000 Peter, and the apostles I call it. 410 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,500 The second conversion of Peter member that he said, do you love 411 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,900 me? He said, you know, you know, I 412 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:22,500 love you, three times three times, he got Peter to profess, 413 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:25,600 I love you one for each time he denied him. 414 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:29,100 Accident. I don't think so. 415 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:33,700 One forever time. So Peters on the way, right? 416 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,200 And then all of a sudden, Peter's doing great. 417 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:40,400 They, you know, Peter does Peter falls? 418 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,300 Why? Because he refused to eat with 419 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:44,200 the Gentiles, for fear of the Jews? 420 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,400 You know what Paul had to do? He withstood him to the face? 421 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,000 That was wrong. That was wrong. 422 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,400 Anybody can fall. Don't ever think you cannot 423 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,300 number two. Number two, you don't, sometimes 424 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:03,800 we do. Sometimes we're hardest on 425 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,800 people, okay? Sometimes we're the hardest on 426 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,300 people. that are guilty of doing things that we are self are also 427 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:17,700 guilty of I knew a guy, one time he was so hard on somebody else 428 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:19,700 about a particular sin that he was doing. 429 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,200 He was really hard on him and, you know, I found out years 430 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,700 later. He had the same problem. 431 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,700 Same exact problem. Sometimes we think it could 432 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:34,400 never happen to us and sometimes we are harder on others that are 433 00:25:34,408 --> 00:25:37,800 guilty of the same thing that we are self are also guilty of. 434 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:40,700 Let me give you a Bible example. Now, though, because back to 435 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:45,500 John chapter 8, Cullen touched on this last week, when he 436 00:25:45,508 --> 00:25:48,300 talked about the woman that was caught in the very Act of 437 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:50,700 adultery, I'm not going to go into the whole story, make a 438 00:25:50,708 --> 00:25:54,500 couple of points though because it shows that this idea that I'm 439 00:25:54,508 --> 00:25:57,400 talking about, it's nothing new. When the woman was brought 440 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,700 before Jesus, The Bible says, they said she was caught in the 441 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:06,300 very Act of adultery. Now obviously if she was caught 442 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,700 in the very act and there was a man somewhere and he also was 443 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:12,300 caught in the very act but nobody said anything about him. 444 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,500 Remember what Jesus does? He does two things that are very 445 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:20,300 significant one. It is significant what he said 446 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,100 and to it is significant what he wrote with his finger we just 447 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:28,100 don't know what it is. Jesus said, let he who is 448 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:32,100 without sin cast the first stone, a couple of things about 449 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:35,600 that. This is not a general passage 450 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,800 sometimes this is taken as a general passage. 451 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,600 In other words. Nobody's perfect. 452 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,300 So let him who is without sin or Perfect cast the first stone 453 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:46,000 nobody's going to be perfect, right? 454 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,900 That's not what it means in the original in the original, it 455 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:53,300 says this. Let him who is without this sin. 456 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:59,300 Let Him cast the first stone. And then he does this, he kneels 457 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:02,900 down and he takes his finger and he writes something on the 458 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:05,800 ground. I don't know what he wrote the 459 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,600 old type preachers used to say. Isn't it entirely possible 460 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,400 though that he was writing the names of the men that were there 461 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,300 that were guilty of the very same sin. 462 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,900 It's perhaps true. Maybe You know what they did, 463 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:24,200 they all walked off. And Jesus says, where are your 464 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,000 accusers? And she said, there are none. 465 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,500 He says, neither do I accuse you go and sin, no more. 466 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,700 Sometimes we're hardest on people that are guilty of the 467 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:36,600 very same thing that we are guilty of. 468 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:42,100 And then it comes to verse 2 In this inverse to Bear one 469 00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:48,400 another's burdens now. What is a burden? 470 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,100 The word burdens actually means heavy. 471 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:58,100 Loads that are hard to carry. This is a two-fold thing, but I 472 00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:02,100 get very specific in a minute. Heavy loads that are hard to 473 00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:04,500 carry and sometimes that is things. 474 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:07,800 You go through in life, sometimes it's illness. 475 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:13,000 Sometimes it's loss. And it's true that we need to 476 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,800 Bear one another's burdens. In fact, we can go to another 477 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,900 Bible passage and show. Just that when we're talking 478 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:22,700 about heavy, loads that are hard to carry in a general sense, no 479 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,100 matter what they are. We can go to First Corinthians 480 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:30,100 12 and 26, where Paul said, and if one member suffers all the 481 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:33,800 members suffer with it, or if one member is honored all the 482 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,400 members Rejoice with it, right? We can look at that and we can 483 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,200 say, look, if I am having a problem in my life, I'm having 484 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,600 Struggling my life. I need the, I need God's people. 485 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,700 To come to my rescue. I need God's people to help me, 486 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:52,800 right? And, you know, sometimes we are 487 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:58,100 so good at this and sometimes we come up short. 488 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:04,100 Sometimes we are really good at this and sometimes we come up 489 00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:06,500 short. But when you talk about the 490 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,100 church, that's what Paul was talking about. 491 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:11,200 In First Corinthians chapter 12, he was talking about the church 492 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,000 as a body. It's as a family and just, as 493 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,100 you would your own child, or your own sibling, or whatever it 494 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:22,000 is to come to their aid. That's what happens in the 495 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,300 family of God. We come to each other's Aid. 496 00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:28,500 So Paul said that if somebody's going to suffer, we're going to 497 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,500 suffer. With it. 498 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:32,700 If one member is honored all the members Rejoice with it. 499 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:36,800 So bearing one another's burdens in a general sense, would 500 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,900 include the things that you go through in life that are hard 501 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:44,700 and painful. Yes, but specifically, in the 502 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:52,400 context, it means this It means heavy weights that cause your 503 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,900 brother to sin. That's the context. 504 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:59,600 How do I know if anyone's overtaken in a trespass? 505 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:01,900 Somebody, that spiritual here comes a Christian. 506 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,400 You got to come to the aid, help to restore such a one in the 507 00:30:04,408 --> 00:30:06,400 spirit of gentleness consider yourself. 508 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,700 Lest you also be tempted and bear one another's burdens. 509 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:15,800 Heavy loads or heavy weights that cause your brother to sin, 510 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,000 we need help. And by the way, if your brother 511 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,800 is falling into sin, you know what happens? 512 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:29,000 It needs somebody pick him up. You got to pick him up? 513 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,600 If they're down, you got to pick him up. 514 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:36,100 That's what right, that's what restore means fixed that which 515 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,100 is broken, but you know what? Our responsibility doesn't end 516 00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:40,100 there. You know why? 517 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:42,000 Because the Temptation is not going to go away. 518 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:46,000 So if a temptation is there and we're talking about habitual sin 519 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,000 here by the way and by the way, habitual sin things you keep 520 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,700 falling back into has great. Heavyweights. 521 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,400 It's great heavyweights. Have you ever heard the word? 522 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:02,200 Guilt naturally? And when you feel guilty, it is 523 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,600 a heavy burden. It is a heavyweight. 524 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,200 So when you go to the rescue to restore that person, you got to 525 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,400 do more than that, you have picked them up but now you have 526 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,100 to help them. And you got to hold them up. 527 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:16,400 That's what bearing, one another's. 528 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,500 Burdens literally means. You got to hold them up. 529 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:25,300 In James 5:16. Confess your trespasses to one 530 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,800 another and pray for one another that you might be healed. 531 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,800 The effective, fervent, prayer of a righteous man avails much. 532 00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:35,600 What does all this mean? Well, first of all, we know 533 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:40,700 this, we know that what is first, and foremost is prayer. 534 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,700 This is not something that is just talking about something at 535 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:46,600 the invitation, by the way, that will happen. 536 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,000 Just a minute. We're talking about something 537 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,500 that is very important, and that is prayer. 538 00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:55,200 Now, let me ask you this, Don't let well first of all let me 539 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,400 make a statement. Don't let somebody tell you that 540 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,000 says if you are a child of God and you have sinned, don't let 541 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,100 anybody tell you that you have to call somebody on the phone 542 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,600 and ask him to pray for you because you can't be forgiven 543 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,800 until that happens. That is not in the Bible. 544 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:16,600 That's not in the Bible. We are a kingdom of priests. 545 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:19,700 You know what that means? That means we have access to God 546 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,700 through the high priest. That is Jesus Christ. 547 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,400 So, when I sin, I don't need to call Terry Terry, pray for me. 548 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,600 I want to be forgiven, I get to do it, I get to ask God to 549 00:32:29,608 --> 00:32:35,200 forgive me through Jesus Christ. If you buy before that acts 8, 550 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,700 Simon the Sorcerer, when he sinned, remember that Simon, the 551 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:42,300 Sorcerer Sandy was a Christian, he was a new convert and he 552 00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:46,800 sinned and when he sinned, Peter said, repent of this thy 553 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,200 wickedness and pray God that the thoughts of thine heart may be 554 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,100 forgiven thee. You know what he said, he said, 555 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:57,800 please you pray for me. So what that shows is two 556 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,400 things, you can pray for yourself. 557 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:05,300 And you can have somebody else. Pray for you too. but when you 558 00:33:05,308 --> 00:33:10,300 talk about confessing your faults, And you talk about 559 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,400 bringing that to other people. Do you know there's a wonderful 560 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,100 secondary benefit? And that is accountability, 561 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:20,700 right? It's accountability. 562 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:26,400 You know, accountability is wonderful accountability, helps 563 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:31,100 us stay on the right way or the right path if I go to Terry and 564 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:35,400 I say Terry, you know what, you know what, I'm really struggling 565 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,000 with this. I need your help. 566 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,500 What have I done? I've confessed my trespasses. 567 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:44,200 I've confessed my faults to my brother and what does the Bible 568 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,100 say the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much? 569 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:50,700 So I ask him he is spiritual he is following the word of God. 570 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:53,600 He's a faithful Christian. What To do, he's going to pray 571 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:58,600 to God on my behalf. But then, what else? 572 00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:00,900 I'm now accountable to Terry for my problem. 573 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,700 For my struggle. I'm accountable to him. 574 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:05,900 He's going to check in every once awhile. 575 00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:09,400 Hey, how you doing that? Accountability is everything, 576 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:13,300 don't you see? It's not enough just to pick up 577 00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:15,100 the person, you've got to hold them up. 578 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,400 And the way you hold them up, is by bearing their burdens, which 579 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:24,300 are heavy loads that are hard to Bear. 580 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,100 Heavy loads. You know, there was a young boy, 581 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:31,600 one time, they had a problem. He had a real problem with his 582 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,800 mouth. And he really meant to do. 583 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,800 What was right? You really meant to do better 584 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:40,400 but every time he got angry, he would just be overtaken with it 585 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:43,600 and he would use some really really bad language and then he 586 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,500 would feel really, really bad about it. 587 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:48,100 And the story is told that he kept going to a preacher and he 588 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:52,600 kept saying to the preacher, I'm from sinful, I'm I don't mean to 589 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,900 do it. I just keep following. 590 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,100 Following the preacher said this, I'm going to pray for you, 591 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,400 but this is what you're going to do. 592 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:05,500 You're going to carry a notebook with you and for the entire 593 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:07,700 week, whatever you do wherever you go, you're going to take the 594 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:11,200 notebook with you. And when you stumble and when 595 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,900 you send your going to write down, what you said, why you 596 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:16,100 said it, what were the circumstances? 597 00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:19,200 And all of that and every Friday in my office you're going to 598 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,000 come and meet with me and you're going to sit there and we're 599 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,800 going to go over it. You know what happened after two 600 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:30,200 weeks after two weeks there was nothing on the page. 601 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,500 The third week there was nothing On the page, the fourth week 602 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:36,600 there was nothing on the page, see the point. 603 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,500 The preacher said to this young man, well what got into you? 604 00:35:39,500 --> 00:35:44,100 He said I was so embarrassed to have to show you what I said it 605 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:47,900 gave me the courage and the strength to not do it ever 606 00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:51,700 again. Look at it from the standpoint 607 00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:53,600 of ever heard. Somebody say it takes 21 days to 608 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,900 break a habit in 21 days to form a new one. 609 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,900 Okay? If I go to my brother and I'm 610 00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:01,000 accountable to him, guess what I'm doing every day that goes by 611 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,200 is another day that I'm establishing a better habit, 612 00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:07,900 that's called bearing your burdens, that's called keeping 613 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:12,500 you and lifting you up. So, When you do that, you 614 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:16,600 fulfill the law of Christ. They also say this too. 615 00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:20,700 If somebody ever comes to you and tells you something very 616 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:24,300 personal, don't tell anybody else. 617 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:29,500 You know, that's terrible. When you go confide in somebody, 618 00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:33,900 And you tell them something, very personal about your life 619 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:37,300 and a struggle, perhaps that you have been going through. 620 00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:41,300 And you tell them those things, and then they go tell other 621 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:44,600 people about it. You know, my dad says sometimes 622 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,600 it's hard to tell other people are trust other people with 623 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,700 things because if you hand the load over to them they got to 624 00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:53,500 pass it on to somebody else, right? 625 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,300 My dad told me that my whole life, let's not be. 626 00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:59,500 Then we need to be there for each other to restore. 627 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,300 Not only that, but build each other up and hold each other up. 628 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,400 And that's the responsibility that we have. 629 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,300 So what does it mean? The law of Christ to fulfill the 630 00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:12,900 law of Christ? The law of Christ obviously is 631 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:14,800 the law of love and that's a got be love. 632 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,200 That is love of service and sacrifice for another and in 633 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,600 John Chapter 13 and verse 35, a new commandment. 634 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,700 I give to you that you love one another as I have loved you that 635 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:31,000 ye also love one another but this is the will this is all but 636 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,500 this that all will know you are my disciples if you love one 637 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:36,400 another. In Galatians 5 and 14 for all 638 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,400 the law is fulfilled in one word. 639 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:43,100 Even in this you shall love your neighbor as your self. 640 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,200 Okay. As we start wrapping things up, 641 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,300 we got to talk about this. Got to talk about burdens okay 642 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,900 because in one passage it says that you have to bear your own 643 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:59,100 burdens and in another passage it says that were to Bear each 644 00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:01,700 other's burdens. Let's talk about that and this 645 00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:03,600 is our last Point. Here it is. 646 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:08,300 In Galatians 6 and verse 5 for each one, shall bear. 647 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:11,600 His own burden, that's from the King James. 648 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:16,200 So in verse 5, he said, you got to Bear your own burden, three 649 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:20,100 verses prior to that is our verse under consideration today 650 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,100 and it says, bear one another's burdens. 651 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:29,200 Is there a conflict? Is there a conflict? 652 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,700 First of all, in verse 2. Let's talk about what they are. 653 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:36,400 What are the burdens inverse to Galatians 6 and to Bear one 654 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,900 another's burdens? What are the burdens? 655 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:41,500 They are heavy weights that are causing your brother to sin, 656 00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:44,000 okay? Heavy weights that are causing 657 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,600 your brother to sin. We have a responsibility to each 658 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:52,100 other in that but in Galatians 6 & 5, everyone must bear his own 659 00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:53,700 burden. That's the King James. 660 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:57,000 The new King James says load and I'm glad that it does because 661 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,800 they're two different. Birds, it's not the same word. 662 00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:03,100 What's that mean? What is burden in the King James 663 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:07,000 verse 5 or load in the kit and the new King James in verse 5 664 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,800 Min. It means this, it refers to the 665 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:15,700 things that we will, all give an account for It's really simple. 666 00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:22,700 It's really simple. I need your help. 667 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:26,000 With these burdens that caused me to sin. 668 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:31,400 But in the end you can't stand in for me. 669 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,200 I'm going to give an account to what I do. 670 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,200 You're going to give an account to what you do. 671 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,800 That's what that means. So why do we help each other in 672 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,600 this regard? Because we all will give an 673 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,700 account to the things that we do in our life. 674 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,500 That's all that. That means that is all that, 675 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:53,000 that means. So it says this in, Romans, 14, 676 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,600 and 12, to support this thought. So then each of us shall give an 677 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:03,600 account of himself and to God, now, I realized that sometimes 678 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,300 the Christian life is difficult, I do. 679 00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:11,600 I really do understand. And I understand things are 680 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,500 hard. And I understand that sometimes 681 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:19,600 heartaches come too. And they derail us. 682 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,800 And I also understand that sometimes things that are thrown 683 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:30,200 your way are so difficult, it makes you want to shut down I'm 684 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,800 going to tell you right now. That's what the devil wants you 685 00:40:31,808 --> 00:40:34,800 to do. The devil wants you to shut 686 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,300 down. If your shutdown, he wins. 687 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:43,000 He wins. If you persevere? 688 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:50,000 You win because the Lord wins. I realize it's tough. 689 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,300 I know it's tough but there's nothing in the word of God that 690 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:54,900 says be a Christian and have an easy life. 691 00:40:55,000 --> 00:41:00,400 There's nothing that it says that nowhere. so, when hard 692 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:04,800 times come and they will, Draw nigh to Jesus. 693 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,500 Draw nigh to the word of God approach. 694 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:11,600 Your heavenly father repeatedly throughout the day to help you 695 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:12,900 through it. And you know what, I'm going to 696 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:14,500 tell you, you know, sometimes we do. 697 00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:17,600 Sometimes we beg God to take it away. 698 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:22,600 We all do that. Sometimes it's hurts so bad, we 699 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,200 beg God to take it away. Let's do this. 700 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,400 Let's be better at this. Let's beg. 701 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,500 God to give us the strength and the courage to persevere. 702 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:35,900 I'm going to tell you if you do that, guess what? 703 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:38,300 The whole world's Watching God gets the price. 704 00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:42,300 I'm finished in conclusion. Here's our passive one more 705 00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:46,000 time. If anybody is caught in a sin. 706 00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:48,600 Somebody's got to come to the rescue. 707 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,700 Who is it at the spiritual person? 708 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:53,700 Who's that? That's Christian what for line 709 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:56,500 them out. No restore help to mend that 710 00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:58,600 which is broken. Let's do it in the right way 711 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,100 though. Let's do it in the spirit of 712 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,000 gentleness. It's not what you say. 713 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,900 It's how you say it. Let's do what else. 714 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,300 To let's never have the opinion or the idea. 715 00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:09,300 It could never happen to us. So let's consider ourself less. 716 00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:12,800 We also be tempted, let us bear one another's burdens which are 717 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,600 heavy weights that caused our brother to sin and help each 718 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,300 other through this life. And when We do, we fulfill the 719 00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,900 law of Christ, which is the law of love. 720 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:24,000 I'm finished. Thank you so much for your kind 721 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,600 listening this morning. We never know the hearts and 722 00:42:27,607 --> 00:42:29,900 minds of those that are present. Are you hearing the sound of my 723 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:34,400 voice and you are not a child of God the steps to become a child 724 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,600 of? God are very simple, Paul said, 725 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:40,200 so then Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 726 00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:45,100 Jesus said in Mark 16:16. He that believeth and is 727 00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:48,200 baptized shall be saved. He that believeth not shall be. 728 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,300 Damned Jesus also said in Luke 13 and 3, I tell you nay but 729 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:55,600 except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 730 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,500 All That means is this. We hear the word of God. 731 00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:01,600 We believe in Jesus. We believe in Jesus so much. 732 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,500 We're going to do what he says. He said, repent, what's that? 733 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,500 I got to change my life. What else? 734 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,900 Jesus said, if you confess me before men, I will confess you 735 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:13,100 before my Father, which is in heaven and that confession, 736 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:18,800 simply is, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and 737 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:23,300 all of those steps lead toward or up to the point of salvation. 738 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,800 First, Peter 3:21 though says, the like figure whereunto even 739 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:33,200 baptism doth also now save us. That's the point of Salvation. 740 00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:35,200 That's where you contact the blood of Jesus. 741 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,400 That's where you have your sins washed away. 742 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,400 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 743 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:47,200 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 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