Persevering in the Spirit
Galatians 6:1-10
March 10, 2024
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations
“[The old man] said that he had but three daughters; the Lust of Flesh, the Lust of the Eyes, and the Pride of Life, and that I should marry them all if I would. Then I asked how long time he would have me live with him? And he told me, as long as he lived himself. At first, I found myself somewhat inclinable to go with the man, for I thought he spake very fair; but looking in his forehead, as I talked with him, I saw there written, ‘Put off the old man with his deeds.’ Then it came burning hot in my mind, whatever he said, and however he flattered, when he got me home to his house, he would sell me for a slave.”
~ The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan
“Tell you a little story and it won’t take long
‘Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn’t hoe his corn
The reason why I never could tell
For that young man was always well.
He planted his corn in the month of June
And by July it was up to his eyes
Come September, came a big frost
And all the young man’s corn was lost.”
~ “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn,” Allison Krauss & Union Station/Traditional
Sermon Passage
Galatians 6:1-10 (ESV)
1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. 5 For each will have to bear his own load.
6 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.