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### Bible Study Summary: Galatians 6:1-6

#### Opening and Greetings

The Bible study session began with a warm exchange of greetings and check-ins from various participants. Lee mentioned his ongoing project of developing a book business, which sparked a brief discussion on signal quality and greetings, setting a friendly and supportive tone for the study.

#### Bible Study: Galatians 6:1-6

**Theme:** How believers resolve conflicts, bear burdens, and share mutual ministry.

**Verse 1:**
The passage begins with a directive on how believers should address sin within the community. The responsibility to restore a brother caught in sin is emphasized, with a clear instruction to do so privately and with humility and gentleness. The text underscores the importance of not standing back or ignoring the sin but actively working towards restoration. This theme of restoration and the importance of addressing sin in a loving and private manner is central to understanding how believers can maintain a healthy and supportive community.

**Discussion Questions:**
- How can we ensure we approach someone in sin with humility and gentleness?
- In what ways can public offenses be handled differently from private ones?
- What are the risks of not addressing sin within the community?

**Verse 2:**
The second verse introduces the idea of bearing one another's burdens as a fulfillment of the law of Christ, which is love. The discussion centered on the distinction between bearing burdens that are crushing and those that are part of daily responsibilities. This verse encourages believers to support each other in times of need, reflecting the essence of Christ's love and the importance of mutual support within the community.

**Discussion Questions:**
- How can we identify when someone is carrying a burden that needs our support?
- What are some practical ways to bear the burdens of others?
- How does bearing one another's burdens fulfill the law of Christ?

**Verse 3:**
This verse delves into the balance between humility and recognizing the work of God in us. It warns against thinking of oneself more highly than one ought, emphasizing the importance of recognizing one's own nothingness. The discussion highlighted the need for humility while also acknowledging the work God has done in us, fostering a balanced perspective on self-worth and divine purpose.

**Discussion Questions:**
- How can we maintain humility while also recognizing the gifts and talents God has given us?
- What are the dangers of thinking too highly of ourselves?
- How does recognizing our nothingness help us in our walk with Christ?

**Verse 4:**
The fourth verse encourages each person to examine their own work and rejoice in it. This does not contradict the previous emphasis on recognizing one's nothingness but rather complements it by emphasizing personal accountability and satisfaction in one's own efforts. The discussion focused on the importance of self-examination and rejoicing in one's own work, which can foster a sense of personal fulfillment and responsibility.

**Discussion Questions:**
- How can we balance rejoicing in our work with recognizing our dependence on God?
- What are some practical ways to examine our own work?
- How does rejoicing in our work contribute to our spiritual growth?

**Verse 5:**
The fifth verse reiterates the importance of each person bearing their own burden, emphasizing personal responsibility for one's actions and choices. This theme ties back to the idea of mutual support and the importance of not burdening others with responsibilities that are one's own.

**Discussion Questions:**
- How can we ensure we are bearing our own burdens without neglecting to support others?
- What are some examples of burdens that we should bear ourselves?
- How does bearing our own burdens reflect our personal responsibility and accountability?

**Verse 6:**
The passage concludes with a reminder to reciprocate ministry and support to those who teach and minister. This mutual love and ministry are essential for a thriving community, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and supporting those who serve and teach within the church.

**Discussion Questions:**
- How can we show appreciation and support to those who teach and minister?
- What are some practical ways to reciprocate ministry and support?
- How does mutual love and ministry contribute to the strength of the church?

#### Prayers and Closing

The session concluded with prayer requests for various situations and individuals, emphasizing the importance of mutual support and encouragement. A closing prayer was offered, and participants expressed gratitude for the study, transitioning smoothly to the Vintage Military Radio Network.

#### Additional Notes

Throughout the session, participants shared personal stories and reflections, highlighting the importance of encouragement and mutual support. Technical issues and signal quality were also discussed, ensuring that all participants could engage fully in the study.

This Bible study provided a rich exploration of the themes of restoration, mutual support, and personal responsibility within the context of the Christian community, emphasizing the importance of these principles in fostering a healthy and supportive environment.
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Good morning, Peter's here down at Utah SDR. And let's see, yeah, we got Joe here on Happy Woon Day. This is Peter, and Peter says good morning to everyone. Peter, appreciate your greeting, appreciate you pulling up a chair and sitting around the table with us and listening to the one who plays the Bible study. All right, that's Peter, KJ7EA. All right, any other check-ins, please come down. I'll also leave a 7-2 above. All right, I've got Lee, AL7KG. Good morning, Lee, how you doing? Hello Max, what is it? Got a 4x3 here, 4x3. Copy 4x3, Lee, I'm picking you up 5x9 on the Utah SDR. Great signal on Utah SDR, not looking over the radio, but good clear for us there, Lee. Very good, go ahead. Ahhhh! Ah, book business! Book business! Copy book business, yeah, so, um, uh, after J7K2H, me, AL7KG, is working on developing a book business, uh, and trying to earn some money that way, so, uh, Al, if you could, uh, put me on the front request for that, uh, that's AL7KG and the success of this book selling business back to you. Good copy. Good copy. All right. Okay, so I see KT780B on the Utah SDR. Good morning, KT780B. Come back to me. Okay, good copy. Good morning. The prairie cross is pretty safe, but I was able to pick up your voice and understand your transmission. I just keep KJ7 in EP, I'll check in Brian KJ7 PWM, I see you there and you talking back to me. Okay, any relays on Brian KJ7 PWM? Wow. Okay, I'm not here. Brian, KJ7PWM. You may just be listening today, but Brian, we got you checked in. See you there on the Utah SDR. And if you get to your microphone, let us know a little later on. Okay, that's Brian, KJ7PWM, checked in off the Utah SDR. Okay, any other check-ins, please come out. Thank you. Delta to D-7C-0 Roger, WB7VZO, good morning Roger, how do you hear, over? Well, I can hear you, that's the good news of the morning, over. Copy that, okay, I got a good copy on you as well Roger, so that's great. Any further requests, go ahead there Roger. Yes, I can elaborate, but we're going to make a change here. So as we played before, the new setting and all that goes in with that. So, yeah, and Darlene took a break from attending church yesterday, so... Yeah, she's kind of feeling some challenges, but we've got some hope here. All right, real good. Okay, let's just pray for Roger's situation there and that God will bring blessing and peace and resolution of the issues that they're struggling with there in their home. So thank you for that. Appreciate that, Roger. All right, WB7 and Nick, if you're looking for any final check-ins, please come down to Colson. I just heard a dam down. I'll copy that, thank you for that sir. That way, back up off of 5-Eak, I thought that's what I heard. Now, WB-70-OT, come ahead. Alright, I got a deal. Got a B7AOT from Ham Lake, Minnesota. Deal, thank you for being here. I really appreciate that. And, uh, we got to check in and back out. I'll be back. Alright, thank you. Thank you for that relay. Much appreciated. Alright, got any other check-ins before we get started? Please come out. Hi, we're getting started with the West Coast Bible Study. We're in Galatians chapter 6, verses 1 through 6. And in this section, Paul is talking about how believers resolve conflicts between themselves, how they bear one another's burdens. and how they share mutual ministry between themselves. So a great practical connection here on pulling together, holding each other up, and supporting one another in the work of ministry. And so we really see him homing in here on the unity of the body. And so it's a great passage, really looking forward to that. Alright, but before we get started on that passage, we want to open our time together in prayer. And so, Calvin, take me to heaven, to that extent, could you please open in prayer for us today? Absolutely. Let us bow our hearts in prayer. O most gracious Father, we do thank you so much for this time that we have to come together to look into your word, Lord, to fellowship together in love and in the spirit and in what you intend. That don't sound good. Nope. Yeah, Kevin, we kinda lost you there. He just like suddenly disappeared, so... Um, anyway, um, Kevin, if you're there, come back to me. Yeah, I'm not sure what happened there. Yeah, I hope you're having a good time. Okay, alright, well, the Lord heard the prayer, so we'll take that as accomplished. Thank you for that, Kevin. Yeah, somehow we just suddenly disappeared and then you came back, so whatever. The Lord heard the prayer and so we're grateful for that. Alright, let's get started with our Bible reading today. Steve W6Y has I. If you could read for us, please, Galatians chapter 6, verses 1 through 6. Go ahead there, Steve. Yeah, Galatians 6, 1 through 6 from the New American Standard. Okay. Brethren, even if a man is caught in any trespass, if you, who are spiritual, restore such a one, a spirit of gentleness, to one looking to yourself, lest you too be tempted, bear one of his burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. But if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself only, not in regard to another. For each one shall bear his own load. Let the one who has taught the Word share all good things with him who teaches. So stop at verse 7, 36 wisely. Steve, good reading, appreciate that, and good signal on the radio, so good clear reading there. Alright, that's Steve W6YSI. Alright, this is an interesting passage lot here. Ablation 6126, any comments on this passage, please come out. Steve W6YSI, please go ahead. Yeah, I think, yeah, it's pretty clear, we're on the very first verse. and also reaching out to brethren and reminding us of our responsibilities that we have as brothers and sisters. That we're not super people. We're all different believers. We're all spiritual, because the Holy Spirit is at 12 minutes. We have that responsibility. We can't say, well, that's the pastor's problem, or that's the elder's problem. They've got to take care of this kind of stuff and don't have to worry about it. No, we do. We have to be learned and... and I'm very attentive to it. Um, we have the responsibility of helping to restore. People that find themselves, they get their hand caught in a cookie jar, so to speak, or whatever else. It's the Church's responsibility. to help these people get back on track. That's my comment, W6YSI. Yeah, that'd be a great comment, thank you for that. Yeah, there's several things there in verse 1, that's a big verse, lots of content there. You know, and the first thing, Steve, as you said, "Brother, let a man be overtaken in the fault of peace, because a Christian is a Christian." fallen to sin. And we saw that earlier in this book, didn't we? When we look back at Galatians chapter 2, where Peter was in a fault there. And you notice verse 11 of chapter 2, So when Peter was come to Antioch, I would stood him to the faith, because he was to be blamed. For before the certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles. So when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision. And the other Jews separated themselves likewise with him, insomuch that Barnabas was also carried away with their separation. So when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter, "Before them all, "without being a Jew, and after the men of a Gentile, and not a suit of Jews, why compel a sow to tend to a sow, to live as a Jew? So here we got an example, Steve Wright, in this book of a brother who was overtaken in a fall. And that fall was public. And so the rebuke was public. And he corrected them before them all, because he had sinned before them all. And so private offenses are dealt with privately, but public offenses are dealt with publicly. And so there's a procedure for each of those. And so we follow this in. Our brothers follow this in. And the question is, Steve, do we just stand back and say nothing? Or do we have a responsibility to deal with these situations? And clearly, as you said, our dads and fathers, we have a responsibility to deal with it. And so we need to react to our situation. And you know, it's kind of like a parent when they see their child behaving badly, they correct their child, don't they? Why do they do that? Well, because they don't want that child to engage in behavior that is morally destructive to themselves or to others. And it's the same way. We don't want to see people engage in behaviors that are spiritually destructive to themselves or to others. And so, if we see them going in a bad direction because we love them, We're going to have a conversation with them about the deviation that they are practicing. And, of course, there's a lot said here about how we go about doing that. But the fact that number one believers fall into sin and number two believers have a responsibility to help those who fall into sin recover from it is right there on the face of the passage. Steve, back to you. Go ahead. I'm going to make a box here. Sorry, Micah. Yeah, absolutely. And the ending of that verse, verse 1, is that the person understands... in response to the Holy Spirit's conviction that we all have that responsibility to help one another, to try to get back on course and get in the way and take the way, and proceeding in obedience again, that we have a responsibility in realizing that we need to look at ourselves. that we need to be tempted in the same way. We have to be concerned and realize that, you know, I need as much grace as the person that's having the problems that we're going to be dealing with here. And so therefore to seek God for His grace to help us do, to be responsible and to be obedient to this pushing of Scripture. I look at it as, you know, it would be nice, brethren, if you guys are, you know, it's not saying that, it's saying you will. You should do this. It's a commandment, so to speak. W6YSI. Yes, it is a commandment. And we see the failure to follow this commandment in 1 Corinthians, don't we? Where there is this man who is living with his father's wife in fornication. And Paul said to them, you're not dealing with this. You're not restoring this man. And he says, you need to face him. You need to call him to repentance. And if he doesn't repent, you need to put him out of the assembly to put pressure on him so that he will repent. And so, you know, we have this positive example of Paul dealing with Peter here in Galatians chapter 2. So we have a negative example of the Corinthians failing to deal with the individual who is flaunting public sin. in front of the whole congregation. And so you're right. This is not a suggestion. This is a command. One of the things Christ wants is for his body, his church, his people to be holy and pure. And part of the means that he uses to accomplish that goal is mutual fellowship and mutual accountability and mutual communication. And I think one of the things we see here in this passage is the whole attitude with which this has to be carried out. It says, "Do it in a spirit of meekness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted." And so any time we look at the sins that others are falling into, we need to say to ourselves, "Well, I'm not in that sin right now, but I sure could be, and maybe I have been in the past." And so we don't have this attitude of superiority, you know, "I'm here to straighten you out." We have this attitude of of humility, of kindness, and the words that we use, and the language we employ, the tone of voice that we use. We are respectful. We're kind. We have to be firm about what the truth is and about what the sin is. But at the same time, we treat people with respect. And so the attitude and the humility, because we both need to be there as we deal with situations, is critically important. And we need to recognize that we're one sinner helping another sinner overcome his sin so we'll go high and mighty about straightening people out, thinking that somehow we're better than they are. We have to have that spirit of humility. All right, any other comments on this verse or anything else in the passage, please come down to call us. Is that it? That's pretty good. Yeah, hopefully, yeah. I think I have my-- my radio shut down in self-preservation mode there. Very good comments and observations. And Steve, I really appreciate your thoughts there. As well, you know Paul. In his letters, oftentimes, as a pattern, we see where he builds this-- this-- this-- beautiful, well-founded theological structure, doctrinal structure. And, you know, whether in Ephesians, the first three chapters, and then in Lent he goes into practical application. What does that mean for us as believers in our daily lives, or in Romans as we went through, you know, first 11 chapters, and then 12, you know, to give your children a sacrifice, and how do we apply all this? And we certainly see this here in the last couple chapters of Galatians here. He's really addressing how we live in the spirit, how we live as believers. And this is such a valuable, important area of text for all the reasons that you both have highlighted here. You know, it gives the picture that we all see this, we've all dealt with this in churches, and we're We're not immune to falling in sin. We have the blessing of the Spirit. We work and strive to walk in the Spirit each day, as we talked about yesterday. But we also have self, and we still have selfish desires, and sometimes they get mixed up. Sometimes unintentionally we may find ourselves in sin, or a brother may find himself in sin. And as you pointed out, Max, what do you do about that? You don't go beat him up, you know, with the Bible, first of all. It's just part of meekness. So translation thing, you deal with that in gentleness. But the goal of God is to restore them, to help them recognize the sin that they've got into, and to help restore that brother or sister into good fellowship. You have to deal with that sin. And that's one thing that is so important. You know, if you love God and you love your brethren, you love your neighbor as we're commanded, and in the fellowship of the Lord's church. Sin does have to be addressed. And sometimes, you know, the Spirit will convict us of our sin, and we can certainly need to repent of that. And the Lord will restore us sometimes, though it may not become... obvious to us or we may want to ignore the promptings of the spirit and sometimes maybe a brother needs to come and address that with you. So yeah, this is very important, but one of the things that we see here in this little area of text is really investing in each other. Investing in, part of investing You know, as Jesus said, where our treasure is, there our heart is also. And we oftentimes think about it the other way, you know, where we put our money. You know, if we buy a stock, we're going to be focused on that stock. Our heart's going to be following that stock. But if we invest in each other, we're in the horse church. But that's what we're going to be looking for, is that fellowship, those relationships, and that walk together. in the Lord. And as we go on to chapter 6, I love that because really, this speaks, I think, to the heavenly commissions and those that care to teach the Word, like yourself and so many others on here that serve their churches in teaching and sharing the good news and how important it is that we invest in those. whether teaching the Word in our churches, or on the air, or on the mission field. These are priorities that we, Paul says, we should have as brothers and sisters in Christ. Take each other in fellowship. Yeah, Kevin, thanks for that. I love your comment about investing. And, you know, we need to invest in people. You know, that's what we're doing here on the West Coast Bible study. We're investing in each other's lives. You know, a lot of us have never met each other face to face. But we all know each other, we love each other, we care about each other, and we really try to connect with and share each other's burdens and pull together as a community and fight for one another and encourage one another and build each other up in the faith. The Bible calls that gratification. building each other up. And so, yeah, when we invest in people, our hearts are in people. And we think about them during the day. We pray for them. We reflect on passages of scripture and how we might encourage other people with those passages. And so investing in people is what this passage is about. It's investing in their sanctification, verse 1. And it's also investing, verse 2, in helping them with the struggles in their lives. Verse 2, And the idea there is that we don't just think about ourselves. We think about other people. What are their problems? What are their needs? And sometimes that involves financial help. Sometimes that involves physical help. Sometimes that involves spiritual help. You know, it depends on the situation and what the need is. But if you love folks and you see them laboring under a burden, you're going to jump in there and you're going to do what you can to make it easier for them. You know, it's just like, you know, if your hand is hurt, well, you know, your feet carry it to the doctor and the other hand applies maybe a Band-Aid or something. And, you know, we take care of the various members of our bodies. and they have needs. So, you know, it says in Philippians chapter 2, look not every man on his own things, but also every man on the things of another. And here in verse 2 it says, bear one another's burdens and still fulfill the law of Christ. What is the law of Christ? Well, love each other as I have loved you, Jesus says. So, we saw our burdens of sin, he says, coming to me, all these are labor, heavy laden. I will give you rest. And so we look at dead people around us, unseen people laboring under the burden of sin. We see our brothers struggling with remitting sin. We see, you know, the effects of sin impacting their lives with maybe some negative circumstances. And we do what Jesus did. We lay aside our comforts and our ease and our personal self-indulgences, and we go out there and we get involved in people's lives and help them with their struggles and take some struggle on ourselves so that they can have that load lightened in themselves. So, yeah, Kevin, excellent comment. Invest in people. All right, any other comments? Please come out. Thank you. and what our elements are that we're just doing okay. It really is very encouraging to me. Thank you, KK. Yes, Amy and George and I, we all feel that mutual support from each other. We really appreciate that. We would like to acknowledge Eric, KB7ES. Good morning, Eric. See you there on the SDR. And also Dave, KB7WKI. Dave, thank you for being there also. All right, back to George in the comment. Yes, we all feel mutual support, encouragement from each other. George, thank you for that. I've gotten lots of... all its comments both on the air and privately of support and encouragement, and I'm grateful. All right, Danny, any other comments on this passage or look at verses 1 through 6, please come out to call time. All right, bye. Bye, bye, go ahead. And verse 3, I think Lisa does say, and this is me really, I'm sorry, but I have to say, she's like, I don't know what to say. As far as anyone thinks he is something, to hear nothing seems himself. And, uh, I think that that's, uh, that's a big move for me to, uh, not so much swallow, but at least to, uh, to not forget I'm nothing. I mean, I'm as bad as the worst one out there that's having problems and that sort of thing. And I guess it boils down to how that manifests in my life. And I can fall into the, or move into that area. Well, you know, I don't have that problem. That guy down there, he has that problem because of whatever, and this, that sort of thing. And I think, I don't know, sometimes it's very, very humbling to realize that I'm nothing. And I should try to say to you that if I don't see that, I'm deceiving myself. W6YSI. Yes, Steve, great comment. And, you know, the Bible addresses this issue of pride a lot. And the problem is that we tend to think ourselves to be something when we are really nothing. And we start forgetting the fact that what do we have that we have not received? And if we have received it, then why do we boast as though we have not received it? And it also says, another parallel passage, Romans chapter 12, we looked at a while back. In verse 3, it says, Christ said to the grace given to me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than you ought to think, but to think soberly according as God himself to every man to measure his faith. So, you know... The thing of it is, we have to realize that whatever resources we have, whatever abilities we have, whatever gifts we have, those are given to us by God. And in and of ourselves, we are nothing. But God does give us certain things, certain abilities. And we need to own those abilities. We need to use them. We need to not say we don't have abilities when we do. But then we give God the glory for those abilities. And so, I know people say, "Well, I'm nothing and therefore I can't serve the Lord." Well, it's true that in and of yourself, you know, what are you but dust? You know, what is your life? It's a vapor. But nevertheless, God is taking that dust and He's taking that vapor. and that he's made it into who you are. And that he's given you a certain level of wisdom and ability and resources and giftedness as a stewardship to be managed for his glory. And so, who am I? Well, I'm a steward managing things that were given to me. that I can't take any credit for, but nevertheless, because I have these things, I will use them in the service of Christ and in the service of his people. So we don't want to say in light of verse 3 that we don't have anything to offer. What we do want to say in light of verse 3 is that what we have to offer doesn't come from us. It comes from God. So, we can say, "Okay, I do have this gift, I do have this ability, I do need to serve in this area, and when I do, and when there's blessing, all the glory goes to God." So, I think we have to have a balanced attitude about the meaning of verse 3, that "In and of ourselves we're nothing, but that Christ makes us into something." And that something He makes us into then can accomplish a great deal. in the service of the kingdom of God. I'll talk to you there, Steve. Go ahead. Do you have any more comments right now? That's all you're saying? All right, we'll get Steve thanks. Okay, any other comments on this first or any other verse, please come down here closely. Yeah, I'm going to get the answer out of the name, though. Roger, please go ahead. Well, this discussion is, I appreciate the comparison of the passages, and the comparison reminded me of the whole series of Jesus and his relationship to the Father. And the Apostle John records that, like for example in chapter 5, 19, Jesus therefore answered and was saying to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself. unless it is something he sees the Father doing. There's probably close to, well, I'm getting close to a thousand passages in the book of John that highlight the emphasis on verse 3. Now, Jesus sets the bar high, and I would say the highest bar for humility and his perspective. And I love that passage, as you quoted from Paul. So what do you have that you did not receive from Paul? That is so profound. But we find Jesus doing that same thing while he was on earth in his humanity, giving us a high example. And, uh, Matthew Matthew WB 730. Roger, thank you so much for bringing that passage in John 519 out. The son can do nothing himself, but what do you see if the father doeth? And so, you're right, elsewhere it says, you know, God does not give a spirit by measure to him, but we see that in his humanity, in his humanity. He was completely dependent upon the Father and the Spirit for guidance, for wisdom, for insight, for understanding, for ability. And he gave God the glory for that. Remember, it is humanity. He said, the Father is greater than I. And so he's pointing away from himself to God as the source of all of the blessings. And so, that's an example for us, Roger. Excellent comment, thank you for that. Any other comments, please come out. I wish someone had a code, but let it remain. A code is homework. And then he's rejoicing in himself alone and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Now, there's an apparent contradiction here, right? Verse 2 and 3, bear one another's burden. Verse 3, think of yourself as nothing. And then verse 4 and 5, it seems to be saying the opposite of that. Let every man prove his own work and then he shall have rejoicing in himself. So I'm supposed to think of myself as being nothing and then I'm supposed to rejoice in myself. How does that work? Well, you know, it's like so many sections of scripture where there are apparent contradictions. There is no real contradiction because it's looking at a situation from two different perspectives. And so in verse 3, the perspective is, what do we have in and of ourselves? Well, nothing, and we are nothing. But then in verse 4, we recognize God is the one who makes us into something. God is the one who gives us ability, and God is the one who produces a good result and great outcomes. in our life and in the lives of other people as we apply ourselves to the means of grace, and as we live out what we learn in the scriptures. So in verse 4, the idea here is that we don't engage in vain boasting. Verse 3, thinking of ourselves to be something when we're nothing. But if we have an accurate self-assessment, verse 4, we'll be able to recognize, yes, God has done something to me. God has done something in me. This is who God has made me to be, and I rejoice in that. So, you know, we see Paul saying, you know, I'm less than the least of all things. And yet we also see him saying, I'm not even a tiny bit behind the chief of the apostles, though I be nothing. And so Paul was confident he could rejoice in his apostolic office, in his apostolic gifts, in the results that had come from his apostolic ministry, and he didn't count that as being nothing. But what he did do is he said, I rejoice in what God has done in me. He's done real significant things in me. Let him be the glory. And that's the idea there. In verse 4, he's rejoicing in the fact that though he is nothing, God has done something really significant in him through his life. And it's not prideful to recognize that. Okay? Sometimes we have this excess of false humility that says, well, you're nothing, and I've done nothing, and I've achieved nothing, and I'm just, you know, a complete waste and a loser. But God doesn't want us to have that attitude. What he wants us to do is recognize that without him, I can do nothing. But I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And so there has to be that balance, and that's what he's bringing out here. And then when he says in verse 5, every man shall bear his own burden, he's saying every man bears responsibility for his own actions. And so he's not contradicting what he says in verse 2, bear one another's burdens. Verse 5, every man shall bear his own burden. How does that work? That contradiction is not. We're looking out at other people who are saying, how can I help? And then we're looking at what we've done in terms of our responsibility. And I bear the burden for how I raised my kids. I bear the burden for how I captured my church. I bear the burden for how I've lived my life. I'm responsible for that. And so that's what's being said there, and that's why this is not a contradiction. All right, any other comments? Please come down. Is that a sin? Go ahead. Thank you. I think it's important to look at that because on the surface in many translations it does appear to be a contradiction or a conflict there and to bury all burns and then to have others to bury them. But what he's talking about here is clear and what you look at in text in the Greek, there's different words used. In verse 2 there, it gives the picture of a crushing burden, if you will, an extraordinary circumstance that just is crushing in your life, that is overwhelming, you know, a circumstance that takes place that... that, you know, a financial situation that comes up, a medical situation, a spiritual, you know, conflict. But in this, we are not meant to deal with those type of burdens alone. That's something that we deal with as rather we reach out to one another. and not only in prayer, but sometimes to see how we can serve and help with that burden. The burden in verse 5 is speaking to our daily responsibilities. We have a burden, as you point out, of our parenting choices we make in our life and the responsibilities that we have in that. And that is our daily burden that we have. But in that, we do need to be mindful of one another. And occasionally there will be circumstances that are overwhelming to some of us. And that's when we can step in and Paul is saying it in fact is our calling to help with that burden. You know, that becomes overwhelming to be so in the same time. Yeah, Kevin, great comment. Really appreciate that distinction between the crushing burden and the daily responsibility. I think that really brings out the idea. There are two different ideas there. They're in verse 2 and they're in verse 5. Great comment. Okay, we are starting to run out of time. We've got a couple minutes left. Anybody want to comment on verse 6? We haven't looked at that one yet. Please come out with your call sign. Alright, I'll go ahead and talk about that since I was on Gaines Radio Silence. Um, right, you're just caught in the word. communicate, but we're there in the Greek of communion fellowship, unto him that teaches in all good things. And the idea there is that we are to reciprocate the ministry that has been given to us with ministry back to the person who ministered to us. And, you know, it's certainly talking about people supporting their pastors financially. But it's also talking about, you know, if someone encourages us with the Word, well, encourage them back. You know, do something in return. And the principle of reciprocation is a major principle in the Scripture. it starts between us and God, right? Where God says, you know, it says in Romans 12, I beseech you therefore by the mercy of God, you present your body, the living sacrifice to him. So when we think of how God has given to us, what do we want to do? We want to give ourselves back to him. And where our brothers and sisters have borne our burdens, when they have ministered to our needs, When they have upheld us in times of confusion and difficulty and uncertainty, then we need to not just take that and walk away. We need to ask ourselves, how can I reciprocate? How can I return? And sometimes it's as simple as giving thanks and saying, you know, I really appreciate your ministry to me. Thank you for that. Sometimes it involves financial support of a pastor. Thank you. Sometimes, you know, somebody can do something for you, but you can't do that for them, but you can do something different for them. And so the idea here is mutual love involves mutual ministry. All right, we have to stop. We have a hard stop today at 6.50 for the Vintage Military Radio Network. I want to give Al... some time to pray here, so we are going to stop. Any final prayer requests before I leave this room, please come down to your call sign. All right, hearing nothing, the whole KJ7QQH go ahead and close in prayer for us. You've got ten minutes. Thank you. with one of the members is Ernie. We are all affected. And also, Link is one of the three choices. We all have a choice together. We want to help you guys today by bringing our three leaders together, and we join together with my voice to accept those numbers that are in the way of what we want to say. uh, three of the projects that each of us detail and try to make use in their own situation, to be resolved. And also, we continue to look at the things that we've heard, uh, in our research. Uh, for the inhale, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Um, I don't know if we can cover you up. Um, we looked up AIDS first. I'm not a miracle to be honest. And pneumonia. I'm not able to communicate right now. I'm afraid it's bad. It's bad news. So I think you're getting on with the opera. It's not that much of a show. But you can help us. Okay, I think this is the right... Um, the point to, like, let me imagine. Okay. Okay. I had a way to save the turn of two flights, and the four of them, never took a day. The media felt idiotic, and still tried to save me. I was happy that we had stuff that saved me, and didn't need some more literature to read. I had to give praise for the good progress that that gave us this morning before. Uh, Mr. and I are, uh, also happy that the, uh, we, I'm currently a first-time high school general surgery. I'm going to teach you to heal, to pray for the sickest of people, and also to teach the upcoming surgery on 15, so that I can provide KJ7PWM for all of you. This is a very important helping hand, and it's going to go well. For Josh, that is a smile change for his government of Egypt. to allow this medical team to operate their own functional chiropractor. For those in the 6th, 8th, and 8th to be quite sure, there's a healing of the unknown nervous. For Tony, AJ, and TV, the time restraint and mobility field of the state is just a great start to the day. For the 3rd class, I would say, I'm down at 4 o'clock Pacific time here on 2962.5. For Carol, See? 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