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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

Finding Foxhole Brothers

Confronting Sin Without Fear

Prayer And Practical Help

The Law Of Christ And The Cross

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All right, day four. We've made it to chapter six. Galatians six, one, Paul says, Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch over yourself lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor, for each will have to bear his own load. All right. I know that I have put this on repeat, but this is so important. Kyle and I talk about this all the time. Do you have a brand of brothers that will help you bear your burden? Do you have a set of mat carriers, people that can pick you up when you find yourself on the mat and carry you to Jesus? Do you have a group of foxhole brothers, not 6 p.m. friends, but 3 a.m. friends? Well, if not, then you need to go and do that right now. But if you do, let me ask you this question. Do you know anyone that needs to be restored? Do you know anybody that is out of step with the gospel of Jesus Christ in the way that they're living their life? It could be in their attitude, it could be in their actions, it could be in their thought life, it could be in their prayer life, it could be in something that you have seen. Do you have some people in your life that you know are out of step that they're walking not in a spirit of gentleness as they follow Jesus, but they have been duped by the enemy? And let me ask you, what are you gonna do about it? And if you don't do something about it, who is? You see, the reality is, as brothers in Christ, you have to love your brother more than you love what they think about you in this moment. And so I dare you, do not succumb to the enemy's temptation of fear to be like, well, who am I to go and talk to this brother? I'll tell you who you are. You are that person's brother, and if you don't do it, who will? But when you do it, because some of you just got extra excited right there. And so if you just got extra excited and you thought, finally, I got permission to go tell everybody how they're screwing their life up, let me give you a word too. This must be done with a spirit of gentleness. That you are not supposed to beat him up because of his sin, but we are to bear one another's burden. Well, what does it mean to bear one another's burden? It means to pray for one another. Like, are you, how much time this week have you spent praying for your brothers? Not praying about them. Praying about them is like God get them, God make them do different, but praying for them. A part of what it means to bear one another's burden is to help with action. Not to just have thoughts, but actually do something about it. Like, one of the things that I would highly encourage you, if you've got a brother that is walking through a tough time, quit waiting to be asked to get involved, but just volunteer to bear one another's burdens. Um, my friend David Pollock taught me this. He said, quit saying to people when they are in a time of need. His wife went through a serious, serious, serious medical problem. And he had some brothers around him that didn't simply say, if you need something, let me know. They just did something. They just brought food, they brought gift cards, they cleaned his car, they cut his graph, they just did the thing. Just do what you know needs to be done. This is a part of what it means to bear one another's burdens. And Paul says, if you do this, we will fulfill the law of Christ. Well, what does that mean? Well, when Jesus was with his disciples, he says, All right, boys, write this down. I give to you a new commandment, a new commandment I bring unto you. And then this was his commandment. He says, the new commandment is this, that you would love one another as I have loved you. This is what it means to bear one another's burdens. Well, how did Christ love us? Well, Christ did not wait to be asked before he acted, but Christ went first because he is preeminent. So that means the way we are to bear one another's burdens is you don't wait until you're asked that you take action. That Jesus loved us at great expense to his self, that he didn't just love us and bear our burdens when it was convenient for him, but he went all the way to the cross. That he loved us enough not to overlook an offense. You see, it is not loving if you have a brother, especially a brother in arms, that is out of step with the good news of the gospel and you just overlook it and call it grace. That is not love at all. That is abdication of your responsibility. And Jesus did this all the way to the point of going to the cross, and we are supposed to bear one another's burdens, that we are supposed to love one another in the same way that Christ has loved us. So, brothers, you cannot do this if you don't have mat carriers, if you don't have foxhole brothers, if you don't have a king's table, if you don't have a band of brothers around you. So may you go find that and may you bear one another's burden simply because Christ bore our burden at the cross.

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