SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Galatians 6.In verse 1 Paul called brethren of the church as Spiritual. GOD Father, His Son Jesus Christ, teach Spirituality from the very beginning which means to be Spiritually wise, Spiritually intelligent, Spiritually prudent. These Spiritual qualities are not the same as ordinary earthly qualities of this world, because they are of completely different standards, principals, ideals, and values.
A Spiritual person completely different from the rest of humanity and judges everything according to Spiritual wisdom, standards, principals, ideals, and values. For a Spiritual people no written Law is needed, because they act and live according to the Holy Spirit Who lives and dwells in them and Who guides their spirit.
Of course, far not all in the church are Spiritual people, and for this reason the Spiritual people shall control, watch over, judge, and protect the church from anything what can defile the assembly.
For this is no need to appoint or select anyone for such mission, because a Spiritual person do it by guidance of the Spirit who lives in him or her. For this reason, Paul issued this statement to restore those who went from the path of GOD with Spiritual gentleness using Spiritual knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence, in order to restore those who fall from the Lord's flock and bring them back if possible.
And of course, even a Spiritual person should always examine himself/herself constantly, in order not to fall into any temptations that may defile his/her Spirituality, because even Spiritual person is still human and vulnerable to outside influences. In other words, a Spiritual person shall practice self-discipline and self-control, and self-judgment in order to stay Spiritual in GOD.
GOOD DEEDS
Verses 7-8 outlines the universal rule of GOD to all living beings: "whatever a man sows this he will reap." In other places of the Bible this statement recorder also as: "according to their deeds," and in some other forms, types, and fashions. But in the context of this paragraph it means that Spiritual person will reap his/her Spiritual deeds, and fleshly (earthly) person will reap his/her fleshly (earthly) material deeds and deeds of their conscience. This is certainly will be two different judgments rewards that both types of people will reap from their life on Earth.In verses 9-10 Paul finally specified the precise meaning of his statement in verse 7, declaring not to lose heart in doing good. "Not lose heart" means that when we do good not to be disappointed, let down, or frustrated for lock of reward or appreciation from other side, because "in due time we shall reap," we shall reap true and real reward from the Lord, according to a statement in verse 7, if only "we do not grow weary," means get tired and stop doing good. And of course, then a Christian start doing good, he or she should start from his own household of Faith (church and family) in order to show his/her true intentions as a real Spiritual person who do good deeds from the heart in the name of the Lord.
According to my personal experience I seen many "Christians" who do not want to listen about good deeds and always saying universal for them excuse that by good deeds no one can be saved but on by Faith in GOD. They justify themselves by twisting and altering the meaning of good deeds in Christ and use only verses in their defense there is Faith portrait as a way for salvation, ignoring many other statements in which revealed that Faith without good works is Dead.
Such people are true hypocrites, they afraid of good works, because they are not Spiritual and do not have Holy Spirit in them. They judging everything from the material earthly (fleshly) point of view, and because of it incapable for good deeds in Christ. But worst of all, they are teaching others to avoid good deeds in Christ and rely exclusively and only on Faith for salvation. By this false teaching they turned their brother and sisters to the same hypocrites as they are.
"Do not be deceived, GOD is not mocked." (7). The mockery of GOD revealed itself then people separate for themselves from the Bible the statements that they accept and the statements that they do not accept for themselves, truly deceiving themselves. But the whole answer and the whole truth lies in the second part of verse 7, "Whatever a man sows this he will reap." These words clearly indicate that reward of Eternal Life also heavily depends and on the good deeds in the name of Christ, and without them entrance to the Heavenly Kingdom of GOD will be close for many.
Good deeds is also the Spiritual matter, because it derives from the heart, from the spirit of a person, and if a person does not have good deeds but "Faith" alone, what kind reward he or she expected to receive?
There is Faith in GOD if you have no good deeds to show to GOD? If GOD never conducted good deeds for humankind but demanded only Faith, then GOD Himself and all others including Paul would not wrote these statements concerning good deeds and would not do any of the good deeds.
For this reason Paul wrote verse 8, saying that fleshly (earthly - material things) reap corruption, hypocrisy, greed, and the rest of the evil of this world.
"But the one who sows to the Spirit," means sows into Spiritual things that comes from the heart, from the spirit of a person, revealed themselves in Physical actions, in good deeds of the spirit in the name of Christ, and will reap Eternal Life.
PAUL'S AILMENT
Verse 11 returns us back to the issue of Paul's heath.11. See, with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
2Corinthians 12.7-9
~ THORN IN THE FLESH. Paul's description of a physical ailment that afflicted him and from which he prayed to be relieved (2Corinthians 12.7). Some hold that there are hints that it was an inflammation of the eyes. Paul generally dictated his letters, but signed them with his own hand (1Corinthians 16.21; 2Thessalonians 3.17).
He wrote the end of Galatians with his own hand, but apologized for the large handwriting ("what large letters," Galatians 6.11). His affliction was apparently not only painful but disfiguring. The Galatians did not despise him for it and would have plucked out their own eyes and given them to the Apostle, were it possible (Galatians 4.13-15).
He says he was unable to recognize the high priest (Acts 23.5). Ramsay thought it was some form of recurring malarial fever.
The New International Dictionary of the Bible. J. D. Douglas, Merrill C. Tenney.
MARKS OF JESUS CHRIST.
MARKS OF JESUS CHRIST.
Verse 17 perhaps relates more to the suffering and persecution of Paul than to anything else if comparing him to Christ. On the other hand, Paul was inflicted by blindness from Christ. Taking to account assumption that Paul had problem with his eyes as suggested above in comments on 2Corinthians 12.7-9, this may show in Paul as "the brand-marks of Jesus," but of course it is not certain or a fact.
