Galatians 6:1-18

6:1 | The role of those who are spiritual is to serve in humilty, not to correct in pride.

6:2 | Although ultimately God bears our burdens (Ps. 55:22; 1 Pet. 5:7), He does some of His best work through people. Helping others shoulder the oppression of temptation or pride or spiritual failure, wea re doing the work of God and fulfilling the “law of Christ” (5:14; John 13:34; 15:12).

6:3 | To pridefully think we are something - either too important to inconvenience ourselves or better than someone else - often keeps us from sacrificial service to one another (Rom. 12:3; Phil. 2:3-8).

6:8 | “Every time we allow our mind to harbor a grudge, nurse a grievance, entertain an impure fantasy, or wallow in self-pity, we are sowing to the flesh. Every time we linger in bad company whose influence we know we cannot resist, ever time we lie in bed when we ought to be up and praying, every time we look at pornography, ever time we take a risk which strains our self-control, we are sowing to the flesh. Some Christians sow to the flesh every day and wonder why they do not reap holiness. Holiness is a harvest; whether we reap it depends almost entirely on what and where we sow.” -John Stott

6:9 | In difficult times we must concentrate on sowing the seed - doing good - even when no harvest seems imminent. We must continue to sow and not lose heart because Almighty God has promised that in due season we shall reap. Our responsibility is to sow the seed, but the harvest belongs to God (Luke 18:1; 1 Cor. 15:58; 2 Thess. 3:13; Heb. 6:10; James 5:7).

6:14 | To boast means “to glory in, trust in” - to live for. In Greek literature, characters “glory in” what gives them the most delight. Paul’s joy in the cross was so great that it excluded all other kinds of boasting (Rom 6:2-6; 1 Cor. 1:23-25; Phil. 3:4-7).