Bible Study - Thrive - Purpose Expressed (5) - Galatians 6:1-10 - September 29, 2024 (Edited)

 

Bible Study – Thrive – Purpose Expressed (5) – Galatians 6:1-10 – September 29, 2024

We live out our purpose as we are led and filled with the Holy Spirit.

Our focus scripture is Galatians 6:1-10.

As humans, our human spirit must be radically changed through the miracle of Spiritual conception and birth. When a person is physically conceived in his/her mother’s womb or conceived in a petri dish and planted in the mother’s womb, human conception takes place at the instant the sperm and egg unite.

Spiritual conception takes place quicker than the twinkle of the eye. The human spirit is the egg, and the Holy Spirit is the divine sperm.

We read in the Amplified Classic Edition of the Bible in 1 John 3:9:
No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.

Our human conception brings into our lives all sorts of human traits and propensities. However, when humans are Spiritually conceived all the attributes of our Heavenly Father, GOD, are part of our born-again or Spirit-born nature. This newborn-again nature is brought out and developed when a Spirit-born person willingly seeks the right relationship with GOD through faith in JESUS. The Spirit-born person still has the freedom to choose and, as such, the Spirit-born person must grow via prayer, Bible study, application of what he/she is being taught, as GOD gives him/her opportunity.

Who do you think does everything he can to prevent a person from being “born-again” in his/her spirit or once “born-again” for that person not to grow Spiritually? You are right, if you said, “Satan.”

All people are in Spiritual warfare against the spirit world and victory can only be won through faith in JESUS and them allowing THE HOLY SPIRIT to lead, guide, empower and direct their lives. This is walking each moment, as directed by the indwelling Holy Spirit.

The Spirit-born person is not to judge but to assist others in their Spiritual Walk, as directed by the indwelling Holy Spirit. The Apostle Paul expressed in Galatians 6:1 a vital caution.

All who are born of the Holy Spirit are called to minister with caution, while keeping a close eye on themselves. Those who are Spirit-born are the target of Satan, but they are also the “Apple of GOD’S EYE.”

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Let’s read Galatians 6:1-5:

Carry One Another’s Burdens

6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit,^[a] watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted. ² Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ³ For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴ Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else. ⁵ For each person will have to carry his own load.

All people are subject to sin. Yes, even those Spirit-born. So, do not think you can walk through Hell and come out without the smell of smoke.

As Spirit-born people we are to help others to grow Spiritually and to come to their aid when they face the trials and temptations of life. Just because a person is Spirit-born does not mean that person is free from the temptations of Satan. Know that as a Spirit-born person you are at war with evil. Satan and his minions are out to defeat you.

So, what must a Spirit-born person do to suit up for battle?

The Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:10-20:

Christian Warfare

¹⁰ Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. ¹³ For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest, ¹⁵ and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God. ¹⁸ Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. ¹⁹ Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. ²⁰ For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.

Folks, we are in a Spiritual battle, and we must be suited up to fight the enemy.

Keep in mind what we read in 1 John 4:1 The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

² This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³ but every spirit that does not confess Jesus^[a] is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world. (This is so vital as we approach the second coming of JESUS. JESUS has already come in the flesh, lived a sinless life, and willingly gave HIS sinless life to pay the penalty for all sin. When a person accepts what JESUS did and accepts JESUS as his/her Savior, that person is eternally born into GOD’S eternal Family, never to be Spiritually unborn. NOW that is not only Good News but great News.

And guess what? If you had been the only person in all eternity to accept JESUS as your Savior, HE would have died just for YOU.

Now, that is personal and shows how much HE loves you!

⁴ You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ⁵ They are from the world. Therefore, what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶ We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Let’s read Galatians 6:6-8:

⁶ Let the one who is taught the word share all his good things with the teacher. ⁷ Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap, ⁸ because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 

We, who know the truth of salvation through faith in JESUS, are to share that Good News with others as GOD gives us opportunity.

Some people may say, “I don’t know what to say.” Oh, yes you do. You have a story to tell and that is your own conversion experience. When given the opportunity to tell your conversion experience consider using the format the Apostle Paul used when he approached King Agrippa as recorded in Acts 26:1-32: Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Use Acts 26 as a guide to write your own conversion experience. Give some of your old life, what led you to see your need for salvation in JESUS and then your salvation experience which is unique to just you. Then give the person or persons to whom you are speaking the opportunity to pray to receive JESUS as his/her Savior.

How exciting it is when a person accepts JESUS as his/her Savior.

As a preacher was asked after his Sunday service, “Did anyone join the church today? Just a young boy name Billy Graham.” A person never knows what GOD has in store for him/her until that person takes a step of faith and trusts JESUS as his/her Savior.

Let’s read Galatians 6:9-10:

⁹ Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. ¹⁰ Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

As long as we have breath, let us all who know JESUS as our Savior, work in GOD’S vineyard until JESUS comes again, or we meet HIM when we take our last breath upon earth. Blessing!!!