Sunday Service Notes
June 7 2026
Galatians
Our Boast Is in Christ
We are not to Grow Weary in Doing What is Proper (Galatians 6:9)
· Growing weary carries the meaning of “to become bad in”.
o Since we have received mercy, we are not to grow weary (2 Corinthians 4:1).
o Even though our outward man perishes, we do not grow wear (2 Corinthians 4:16).
o We are not to grow weary in doing what is proper (2 Thessalonians 3:13).
· Doing what is Proper.
o The concept of doing what is proper relates to moral excellence.
o It involves our conduct (Romans 7:18).
o We are not to repay wrong for wrong, but to all thing in a proper manner before men (Romans 12:17).
o Boasting that relates to sin and corruption is not proper for the saints (1 Corinthians 5:6).
· We are to zealous for proper things (Galatians 4:18).
o Let us test all things and hold to what is proper (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
o Let us live a peaceful and godly life in reverence, this is proper before God (1 Timothy 2:1–3).
o Let us fight the proper fight, laying hold of eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12).
· We will reap when it is time (Galatians 6:9).
Let us do What is Beneficial to All, Especially the Household of Faith (Galatians 6:10).
· Good refers to what which is beneficial.
· If we try to work out good through our flesh, we practice wrong instead (Romans 7:19).
· All things work out to the benefit of the one loving God (Romans 8:28).
o We love God by loving the brethren (1 John 4:21 ).
o The one saying He loves God but is indifferent to a fellow saint is lying (1 John 4:20 ).
· God has prepared good works for us to walk in (Ephesians 2:10).
· Even the words out of our mouth should be for the benefit of another (Ephesians 4:29).
· The one who stole, is to work out good with his hands so that he has something to give to those in need (Ephesians 4:28).
· When we have an opportunity to do good, let us take it.
· Good works are not based on self-effort, but applying what we have in Christ (Colossians 1:10).
· We are to pursue good works, not rendering wrong for wrong (1 Thessalonians 5:15).
Those Who Compel You to Live by Law (Galatians 6:11–14)
· Paul wrote the original letter with his own hands (Galatians 6:11).
o Paul had an issue with his eyes (Galatians 4:15).
o Many of the letters Paul wrote were written by an assistant (Romans 16:22).
o 1 Corinthians, Paul wrote the greeting by hand (1 Corinthians 16:21).
o Paul also wrote the greetings for Colossians and 2 Thessalonians (Colossians 4:18; 2 Thessalonians 3:17).
o His eyesight issues were possibly a result of being stoned (Acts 14:19).
· Those who compel them to be circumcised (Galatians 6:12).
o They desire to make a show in the flesh.
o So they will not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
· Those who are circumcised are not keeping the law (Galatians 6:13).
o They desire to have the Church saints circumcised for a boast in the flesh.
o Do those who desire you to be under law, abide by the law themselves?
Our Boast is in the Cross of Christ (Galatians 6:14)
· May it never come to be that our boast is in anything but the cross (Galatians 6:14).
o The one boasting in the law, does he dishonor God? (Romans 2:23).
o Our salvation is not based upon works, but grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9).
o Boasting in arrogance is malignant evil (James 4:16).
· Christ died on behalf of our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3).
o We do not obtain salvation through remorse or confession.
o Confession is result of salvation (Romans 10:10).
o Repent means to change the mind, not be remorseful.
o Our boast is in Christ’s completed work, not our continual work (Galatians 3:3).
o Without the resurrection of Christ, we have no salvation (Romans 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:4).
In Christ, there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile (Galatians 6:15–16)
· When God raised Christ from the dead, He made a new man (2 Corinthians 5:17).
o God took from both Jew and Gentile, making a new man (Ephesians 2:15).
o The Church is the body and Christ is the head (Ephesians 1:22–23).
o Both Jew and Gentile are under sin (Romans 3:9).
o Both Jew and Gentile are immersed into the body of the Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13).
o We are all one in Christ (Galatians 3:28).
· Those who step by this rule have peace and mercy upon them (Galatians 6:16).
o They are not hostile towards each other.
o They are not looking out for their own (Philippians 2:4).
o They are not being high-minded (Romans 12:16).
o Mercy is among them.
o Mercy is the relief from the effects of sins.
o Assisting a fellow saint caught in a trespass (Galatians 6:1).
· Peace and Mercy are also upon the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16).
o The Church is not Israel (1 Corinthians 10:32).
o God will save a remnant of Israel (Romans 11:5).
o The Church is under a different covenant with better promises (Hebrews 8:6).
Conclusion (Galatians 6:17–18)
· Paul requests that no one cause him hard labor anymore (Galatians 6:17).
· He bears the stigma of the Lord Jesus in his body (2 Corinthians 11:23–25).
o Five times receiving forty stripes minus one.
o Three times beaten with a rod.
o Stoned.
o Shipwrecked three times.
· The grace of our Lord is generally associated with us all (Galatians 6:18).
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