Monday, March 14, 2011
When Someone Stumbles Help Them Gal 6:1
Paul writes:If anyone is caught in any trespass you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness Note the word...Caught.. Most of us who stumble thought at one time That will never happen to me But it did in a moment of weakness we yielded to evil When this happens to someone in Gods family we have a responsibility to restore them regardless of the nature of the sin In this Scripture this word ..Restore has medical overtones It pictures a physician resetting a broken limb..To restore someone scripturally we must ( 1) Help them to acknowledge their failure After his affair with Bathsheba David prayed I have sinned and done what is evil in your sight..Psalms 51:4 (2) Help them to accept responsibility for their sin Even though someone else may have been a contributing factor we are still accountable to GOD (3) Help them to repent Repentance involves deep remorse turning away from there SIN and moving in a new direction.(4)Help them to make restitution..For example someone who has done wrong needs to make amends when possible.(5) Help them to grow stronger through it Through failure GOD teaches us lessons that keep us from wandering into similar situations in the future..(6) Help them to respond to Gods correction with gratitude granted this is not easy but when a person comprehends GODS purpose in such discipline that we might share in his holiness..Heb.12:10 they begin to thank their heavenly Father for His loving correction Indeed it protects them from any root of bitterness springing up in the aftermath of SIN
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Thank you Sis for sharing the message with us. I think it is so true that when we fail we should be granted the opportunity to see the wrong doing and how we have sinned against God ,then we should be given understanding and encouragement so we can return to a good standing in the eyes of the Living God that has forgiven us already, we just have to humble ourselves and ask for forgiveness.
i agree with the sermon but to often when someone falls no one helps them they just keep pushing them critising them and running their mouth to every one eaven to people who dont know the person. instead of loving them and trying to help them back on the right path jesus he would never leave us or forsake us but people will.
i beleive that we should help the ones who fall down not talk about them behined there backs like so many people do. if someone falls down we should help them back up it is the right thing to do and if we fell god would do the same thing
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