There are those that are weak because they're new in the faith and don't understand their freedoms.

There are those who are weak because they just don't seem to be able to get the victory over temptation.

What do we do with those people?

It simply says in verse 14, help them.

Put your arms around them and hold them up.

They're too weak.

You need to embrace them and they need your strength.

Thank you. Grace them, and they need your strength. Welcome to Grace to you, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

We all have those people in our lives who are, well, difficult.

Maybe a coworker who makes the office an unpleasant environment, or a friend who betrays your trust, or family members who mock you for your faith in Christ. You may even know some difficult people in your own church. You know, all of those people, really everyone in our lives needs our compassion. And today on Grace to You, John MacArthur is going to help you cultivate genuine

biblical compassion, continuing his study called The Pillars of Christian Character.

Here's John with the lesson. There are internal systems in the church.

They are made up of spiritual attitudes that flow and carry the life of the church.

And we've been talking about those various attitudes.

And there are many of them in the scriptures, and we're kind of taking them one at a time.

Spiritual attitudes like faith, which of course is a starting point, obedience, things

like humility and love and unity and forgiveness, two very important spiritual attitudes,

joy and thankfulness, very, very essential in the life of a church that its people be filled

with joy and gratitude.

I want to talk about another absolutely essential component that has to be a part of the

church to make its life flow and to make it what God wants it to be, and that's the spiritual

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