Galatians 6:1-10 NLT
1 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by
some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that
person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into
the same temptation yourself.
2Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of
Christ.
3If you think you are too important to help someone, you are
only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
4Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get
the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to
compare yourself to anyone else.
5For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
Galatians 6:1-10 NLT
6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for
their teachers, sharing all good things with them.
7Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will
always harvest what you plant.
8Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will
harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who
live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the
Spirit.
9So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right
time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do
good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.
Galatians 6:2, 5, 6, 9, 10 NLT
2Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of
Christ.
5For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for
their teachers, sharing all good things with them.
9So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right
time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do
good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.
Law of Christ
Law of Christ
•Relational
•Led by the Spirit of God
•Love with Action/Sacrifice
•Constant Transformation
Matthew 22:36-40 NLT (Deut. 6:5, Lev. 19:18)
36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the
law of Moses?”
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all
your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself.’
40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are
based on these two commandments.”
Law of Christ: Relational
John 13:34-35 NLT
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each
other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are
my disciples.”
Galatians 5:14 NLT
14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command:
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Law of Christ: Relational
Romans 8:14 NLT
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
Law of Christ: Led by the Spirt of God
John 13:12-15 NLT
12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat
down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing?
13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because
that’s what I am.
14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash each other’s feet.
15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to
you.
Law of Christ: Love with Action/Sacrifice
1 John 3:16 NLT
16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his
life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our
brothers and sisters.
Law of Christ: Love with Action/Sacrifice
James 2:14-17 NLT
14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have
faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save
anyone?
15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or
clothing,
16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and
eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing.
What good does that do?
17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces
good deeds, it is dead and useless.
Law of Christ: Love with Action/Sacrifice
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NLT
1If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but
didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging
cymbal.
2If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s
secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith
that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be
nothing.
3If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my
body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would
have gained nothing.
Law of Christ: Love with Action/Sacrifice
1 John 4:15-17 NLT
15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living
in them, and they live in God.
16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust
in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and
God lives in them.
17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we
will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him
with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
Law of Christ: Constant Transformation
Romans 12:1-2 NLT
1And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your
bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a
living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is
truly the way to worship him.
2Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God
transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and
pleasing and perfect.
Law of Christ: Constant Transformation
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 NLT
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken
away.
17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is freedom.
18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and
reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—
makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his
glorious image.
Law of Christ: Constant Transformation
Galatians 5:22-23 NLT
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these
things!
Law of Christ: Constant Transformation
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Law of Christ
•Relational
•Led by the Spirit of God
•Love with Action
•Love with Sacrifice
•Constant Transformation
