Help

This week, we are finishing Paul’s letter to Jesus followers in Galatia. Today, Paul talks about a responsibility we all share.


Galatians 6
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. 2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 3 If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. 4 Pay 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. 5 For 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. 7 Don’t be misled - you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those 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. 9 So 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.


Help. At the end of each letter, Paul usually includes some advice that really needs no other insight or explanation; but I’m going to offer some anyway. Part of our responsibility as Jesus followers is to help. We need to help people who are struggling. We need to help people who have helped us. We need to focus on doing our very best when we help and not worry about the help anyone else is offering. We need to help people that follow Jesus and people that don’t follow Jesus. We need to help ... did any of that help?