Bible Study Notes for Lord’s Day,
July 5, 2009
Galatians 6:3-5
Personal Responsibility and Freedom
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing,
he deceives himself. 4 But let each one examine his own work, and
then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5 For each one shall bear his own load.
Introduction Galatians - for your salvation, trust the Lord, not
your own works. In daily life, trust the Lord. Then He will give
you the guidance, love and the power you need to live a good life
in this world.
Ch 6 - practical advice for living.
1. How to help someone who has fallen into sin be restored
2. How to take responsibility for your own life, attain freedom
1. The Beginning of Personal Responsibility and Freedom
Gen 1
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according
to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them,
and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth
and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the
birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the
earth.”
Gen 2
15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of
Eden to tend and keep it. 19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed
every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought
them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called
each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to
all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field.
2. Responsibility and Freedom in America
3. Personal Responsibility and Freedom
a. Humility and dependence upon God v3
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing,
he deceives himself.
Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides
in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do
nothing. John 15:5
Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
me.” Phil 4:13
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing,
he deceives himself.
b. Work v4a
4 But let each one examine his own work
c. Self Examination v4a
4 But let each one examine his own work
d. Rejoicing v4
4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing
in himself alone, and not in another.
e. Personal Responsibility and Freedom v4b-5
v4b and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in
another. 5 For each one shall bear his own load.
4. The Need in this Generation - to learn these principles.
Conclusions
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing,
he deceives himself. 4 But let each one examine his own work, and
then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5 For each one shall bear his own load.
Pastor Steve Boggan
Living Waters Christian Fellowship
Heritage Ranch by Lake Nacimiento, CA
Website - livingwaters.cc
