The document discusses biblical principles of bearing one another's burdens, not comparing oneself to others, and sharing blessings. It encourages Christians to minister to others in their weaknesses with gentleness and humility rather than pride or condemnation. Believers are instructed to generously share material and spiritual blessings, knowing that they will reap what they sow through ongoing investment in God's kingdom work. The overarching theme is that Christians should display the fruit of the Spirit in their relations with one another.

1. Galatians 6:1-10
Based on Be Free by Warren W Wiersbe
THE LIBERTY OF LOVE

2. ONE ANOTHER IS A RECURRING THEME IN THE
BIBLE
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3. • The Spirit-led Christian thinks of others and how he or she
can minister to them.
• Legalists are not interested in bearing burdens.
• Acts 15:10
• Matthew 23:4 – this was a sin of the Pharisees!
• Legalists are always harder on other people than
themselves, but the Spirit-led Christian demands more of
himself than he does of others that he might be a help to
others!
BEARING BURDENS (6:1-5)

4. • “Overtaken” in verse 1 carries the idea of being surprised.
This isn’t a habitual sin or deliberate disobedience.
• Nothing reveals the wickedness of legalism better than the
way the legalist treats those who have sinned.
• The Spirit-led Christian would seek to restore the brother in
love.
• The legalist uses the sinner to make himself look good.
• Luke 18:9-14
• I Peter 4:8
• The legalist rejoices when a brother falls, and often gives the
matter wide publicity because then he can boast about his
own goodness and how much better he is than them.

5. • This is why Paul admonished us in Galatians 5:26.
• You and I are not competing to “Out-Christian” each other!
• Contrast the attitude of the Christian and the legalist.
• The Spirit-led Christian approaches the manner in a spirit of
meekness and love.
• The legalist approaches it with an attitude of pride and
condemnation.
• I Corinthians 10:12
• Galatians 5:13-15
• It takes a great deal of love and courage to approach an
erring brother and seek to help him.
• Jesus compared it to eye surgery in Matthew 7:1-5

6. • Galatians 6:3-4 are a warning about this attitude of pride and
contempt.
• Comparing yourself to others is easy because there is always
someone who is worse off than you.
• V.4-5. A person should “prove his own work” in the light of
God’s will and not the shadows of somebody else’s
achievement.
• There is NO place for competition in the work of God unless
we are competing against sin and Satan.
• We should be able to rejoice at the achievements and
blessings of others just as if they were our own. Romans 12:10
• It is wrong for me to expect someone else to bear my
burden. For example, no one else can be my kids’ father.

7. • Paul now shifts to another common theme in the New
Testament: Sharing.
• V.6 starts by urging us to share with one another.
• It’s my job as a teacher to share spiritual treasures. It’s
your job to share those spiritual treasures with other
people as well.
• We are all to share material treasures. Remember, what
we do with material things is an evidence of how we
value spiritual things.
• Matthew 6:21
SHARING BLESSINGS (GALATIANS 6:6-10)

8. • V.7-8 discuss the biblical principle of sowing and reaping
• We reap what we sow, but we also need to be careful
where we sow.
• If I throw my money into satisfying my fleshly desires, I will
harvest (reap) corruption to my body, my marriage, my
job, etc.
• If I invest (sow) my money in God’s work – be it this
church, our missionaries, a love offering, etc. – it will
produce (reap) life and in that harvest will be seeds that
can be planted again for another harvest, and on and
on into eternity.
• We reap in proportion to how we sow. II Corinthians 9:6

9. • In verse 9, Paul reminds us of the promise of this principle
with a warning: we will reap IF we don’t faint.
• Why do we faint or grow tired of doing God’s work?
• Lack of devotion Malachi 1:13; Revelation 2:4-5
• Lack of prayer Luke 18:1; Matthew 4:4; Isaiah 40:28-31
• Paul says we reap “in due season.” A planted seed
doesn’t produce immediate fruit. It takes time.
• Psalm 126:5-6
• Sharing blessings also involves doing good to all men
(v.10)

10. • Romans 12:18-21 Christians are supposed to return good
for evil in a spirit of love.
• Hebrews 13:16. A Christian’s good works are actually a
spiritual sacrifice to God.
• It’s not only by words that we witness to the lost, but also
by our works. In fact, our works pave the way for our
verbal witness: they win us the right to be heard!
• This is what is happening in Europe right now. It is
Christians who are feeding, clothing, and caring for
Muslims from Syria and elsewhere, even when Muslims
are killing Christians all over the Middle East. Muslim
migrants are seeing this and accepting Christ as Savior
because of the love of God seen in the work of these
men and women.

11. • As we do good to all men, we should start with those in
our church.
• We don’t turn into an exclusive club or clique; it is a
matter of balance.
• I Timothy 5:8
• We start at home and take care of our family (the
church) before we take care of the neighborhood.
• As we abound in love for one another, we overflow in
love for all men. I Thessalonians 3:12
• So how are you going to sow the Spirit this week?