Restoring Broken Bones

7 June 2019

Deuteronomy 30:1–6, Matthew 18:15–20, Galatians 6:1–10

In his commentary on this section of Galatians, Earle Wilson wrote, “The church is a , not a civic or social club. As a family we are knit supernaturally by the Holy in common fellowship of . It is in this context that admonished us to carry one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

At Generations Church, we talk a lot about —friends who are like family. The question then becomes, is that who we are? Is this how we are really identified? Is this how we live out the to be framily? How do we as individuals and collectively truly begin to internalize and live it out fully?

is an essential piece of as framily. However, for something to be restored, something has to be broken and acknowledged as broken. We are all broken in some way. We can be too confident in our learning, too confident in our family, too confident in our state, too confident in our country, and definite too confident in ourselves.

Are we still keeping up appearances? Are we still putting on our “church” face? Are we working so hard that we are blind to where the Holy Spirit is actually working?

We are each too scared at times to be truly transparent and vulnerable. Oversharing can be chaotic and emotionally draining, so we cannot take it too far. However, sometimes a broken bone needs to be re-broken so that it heals correctly. Are there bones in our framily that need this?