“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” (Galatians 6:1)
The only people who never make mistakes or commit errors or faults are found in the cemeteries. The rest of us have plenty of faults.
At times people are led astray and are overtaken in a fault as our text says. It was not planned. It just caught up with them. So, when we see someone in such a case we are not to gossip and spread the bad news about them. We are to “restore” that person. The word “restore,” means, “set the break.” It is like setting a broken bone in someone’s arm or leg and restoring that limb to usefulness. As sad as it is to say, often instead of setting the broken bone, folks gather around and “break some more bones,” permanently disabling the person who has the fault.
Setting a broken bone can be painful to the injured person and requires skill, meekness, patience, energy and time on the part of the one restoring the break. He must ask himself, “How would I want to be treated if I were the one with the fault?”
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