The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Galatians 6:1-7, “Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.
5 For each one will bear his own load.
6 The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him.
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.”

There is a natural tendency to chide those we find doing wrong. The Apostle Paul, however, teaches that we are to restore those we find doing wrong. His assumption is that we are spiritual. It’s naural for us to accuse and demean a liar, forgetting that we ourselves are or have been guilty of the same sin.

Bearing another’s burden means to recognize our own sin and be sympathic with the sinfulness of others. If you’ve been taught what is right –what the Word, the Scripture, says is right—you can then share what is right with others.

Be careful not to be misled, and don’t “mock” or “sneer” at God. How you behave toward others, the LORD will cause to others to behave toward you.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom