Galatians 6:1 Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted.
When fellow believers fall into sin, our goal in addressing this must be restoration, not punishment, and this needs to be done with great care. It also needs to be done in humbleness. God's grace covers our sin, just as it covers theirs.
We should not be arrogant that we have not fallen in the same way. Everyone has different weaknesses. We would do well not to look down our nose at something who struggles with something that we do not find difficult. We have our weaknesses too.
We need to be on guard that we are not overtaken by sin. We can never become complacent, and must always be on guard spiritually.
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Good points. We, as humans, are very similar but have different strengths and weaknesses. God has created us this way so that we can build each other up. What an awesome Creator!
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