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Galatians 6
1Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren’t .
2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of .
3For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
4But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.
5For each man will bear his own burden.
6But let him who is taught in share all good things with him who teaches.
7Don’t be . God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap .
9Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
10So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the .
11See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
12As many as to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised, just so they may not be persecuted for of .
13For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
14But far be it from me to boast except in of our Lord Jesus , through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15For in Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a .
16As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.
17From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.
18The of our Lord Jesus be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
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Who is the Holy Spirit?
Scripture speaks of the Holy Spirit as a person rather than a force. Jesus calls him another Counselor whom the Father sends, and says he teaches, reminds, guides, convicts and speaks. Peter calls lying to the Holy Spirit lying to God. He is the one who gives new birth, dwells in believers, produces Christlike character, and always points to Christ rather than to himself.
How do I resist temptation?
Scripture says God always provides a way of escape, that temptation begins with desire inside us rather than with God, and that the ordinary means of resisting are watching, praying, walking by the Spirit, hiding God's word in the heart, and fleeing rather than negotiating. It does not promise that temptation stops, and it sends the tempted person to a High Priest who was tempted himself and can be approached for help.
How do I stop committing the same sin over and over?
Scripture answers a repeated sin by changing what the believer reckons to be true, then by naming the ordinary means: consider yourself dead to sin, stop presenting your body to it, bring it out of secrecy by confession, walk by the Spirit, and remove what feeds the desire. It does not promise a single moment that ends the struggle, and it does not treat repeated falling as proof that grace has run out.
Why do Christians still struggle with sin?
Because salvation changes a person's standing with God immediately but their character gradually, and the New Testament is honest that the old nature keeps fighting the new one until glory. Paul, writing as a mature apostle, describes the very struggle in Romans 7. The presence of a fight is not proof that grace has failed. It is often proof that it has begun.