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• Galatians is a book about experiencing victory in Christ.
• Big Idea: Along with the freedom that we have been given in Christ comes a responsibility.

• Galatians 6:1
• Our first responsibility to others is a responsibility of restoration.
-You’ve got to take care of yourself first, and get
your own spiritual household in order before you start
trying to fix other people.
-If you don’t know how to be gentle and humble, you’re
not qualified to correct others.
-It is not enough to tell someone what they’re doing
wrong; you need to be willing to do whatever it takes
to help them make things right.
Another responsibility we have toward others is the responsibility of support.
-Galatians 6:2-3
We have a responsibility of doing good.
-Galatians 6:10
-Illustration: May illustrates the opportunity
to do good by telling a story of someone who
anonymously paid his restaurant bill.

• Our first responsibility to avoid comparisons.
-Galatians 6:4
-God doesn’t compare you to other Christians, so don’t
compare yourself.
Our second responsibility is the responsibility of good behavior.
-Galatians 6:5
-Galatians 6:8
-We have two good motives for being the very best that
we can be: it pleases God, and it gives us life.
-Galatians 6:7
Another responsibility we have to ourselves in the responsibility of perseverance.
-Galatians 6:9
-Keep doing the right thing, and eventually it will pay
off.
-Illustration: May tells a story from Napolean
Hill about a miner who quit too soon, watching the man
he sold his mine to reap the rewards.

• We are responsible to live according to this principle. we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obedience to the law.
-Galatians 6:14
-Romans 3:21-22
-Our responsibility to God, then, is to come to him on
his terms, not our own.
-And this is his promise: if we will come to him in
faith, he will give us life beyond our greatest dreams.

• The Christian life is a life of freedom, it’s a life of victory, and it’s a life of responsibility.