Walking by the Spirit: Maturity and Restoration

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The spiritual people are the people who have matured they're not infants anymore they have matured so that they're not driven by jealousy they're not driven by strife and that's precisely the kind of people you need here so that they are mature and stable and above what we saw back here provoking and conceited and envying. [00:07:39]

They have grown Beyond those things and they are spiritual they're not sucked in to the old ways of vain glory and provocation and envy they are the ones who have the capacity to do this restoring what does that mean restore the word is not just put them back in Fellowship but repair. [00:08:08]

It's the same word you'd use if your nets were torn and the fishmen need to repair their Nets this is repair as well as restore so it would be um two things it would be change they must experience the changes in their attitudes and behavior they're sinning it's not just that they' come into conflict with the community. [00:08:35]

They're doing things to damage themselves and other and those need to be changed they need to be repaired their souls their minds need to be repaired and then Fellowship needs to be offered and restored so two things implied in restore not just put back into fellowship and you do it in gentleness. [00:08:59]

Which is a fruit of the Holy Spirit which is what you would expect since the people performing this are called spiritual that is they are being they are the objects of the fruit of the spirit and one of those is gentleness and isn't it isn't it likely that if we approach Sinners with the fruit of the spirit. [00:09:16]

The spirit himself is more likely to engage them in the kind of change they need than if we were to approach them not with the fruit of the spirit I see that confirmed in second Timothy 2 the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone there's a fruit of the Holy Spirit. [00:09:43]

Able to teach patient there's another fruit of the Holy Spirit patiently enduring evil correcting his opponents with gentleness there's another fruit of the holy spirit so you're correcting opponents in this case back in chapter six of Galatians it's correcting sinners in the community correcting with gentleness. [00:10:08]

And now look look look at the effect of this fruit spiritual fruit Laden approach God May perhaps grant them repentance that's the key if if God doesn't Grant this person repentance all of our efforts at restoration and gentleness are going to be in vain God May grant them repentance. [00:10:31]

Leading to a knowledge of the truth that they may come to their sense say Escape From The Snare of the devil after being captured by him to do his will those are the the the hard realities of Life sin is powerful Satan is real minds are held in bondage we long for them to be set free. [00:10:55]

And restored and he says kindness and patience and gentleness as we do our correcting work are what will make it more likely that God May perhaps grant them repentance so I'm simply pointing out that Paul is saying spiritual people who bear the fruit of gentleness are more likely to have success here. [00:11:20]

In restoring this transgressor than those who with hamfisted harshness go about their work and the last thing would be take heed to yourself lest you be tempted and is that not simply or maybe the word isn't simply but is that not gloriously an application of Jesus words. [00:11:44]

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye this is finding a person taken in a transgression why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye and do not notice the log that is in your own eye now he doesn't stop there and say so there's no restoration there's no uh criticism there's no rebuking. [00:12:09]

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