The Bible is God’s revelation of truth about himself and His plan for humanity. The book can be divided into two main sections, the Old Testament and New Testament, each documenting God’s dealings with Israel before Jesus came and fulfilled their prophecies with salvation from sin and spiritual death.
The Bible emphasizes God’s deliverance from sin and spiritual death through repentance and faith in Christ (Romans 3:24; 2 Corinthians 5:17), commonly referred to as salvation (Rom 3:24; 2 Cor 5:17). This concept of “salvation” can also be understood in terms of Jesus’ perfect life, suffering, and resurrection – another way believers are saved through faith alone. Additionally, its contents provide many examples on how to live a God-honoring lifestyle: obeying its laws while treating others fairly, praying or worshiping in church services or even understanding its role within society – all these aspects provide excellent instruction on how to lead God-honorming lives!
Paul concludes his discussion of how Spirit-led Christians serve one another by reconciling those caught up in sin and bearing one another’s burdens. He urges his readers not to succumb to outside pressure for circumcision – which he refers to as an indication of flesh – which could bring with it corruption while sowing for Spirit will bring eternal life (Galatians 6:7).
In Galatians 6:1, Paul makes an emphatic command to “bear” each other’s burdens as part of Christian fellowship (Paul had suggested earlier that each believer esteem fellow Christians higher than themselves – Philippians 2:3-4). Often it doesn’t take much effort to recognize someone in need – what it takes instead is love in your heart for someone willing to serve.
Paul urges his readers to help restore someone who has fallen into sin gently, yet warns them against falling into temptation themselves. This warning stems from the idea that when we perceive ourselves as something when we’re nothing special, we may try and do what we want without consequences. At the end of it all, we will all perish. However, if we recognize that as followers of Christ we are nothing without him, then we can rest contentedly doing what he commands us to do and receive God’s gift of eternal life in return. As is often said, the gift of eternal life is freely given, yet requires our obedience in order to receive it – this is the beauty of gospel! So don’t wait; begin today sowing into the Spirit and reap eternal life! Whatever is sown into fleshly efforts will produce destruction while spiritual labor produces life eternal (Galatians 6:8)
