Title Jim (2008.9.7)
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Date: September 7, 2008
Word: Galatians 6:2-5
Title: Jim
Contents :
Life could be described as a “burden” in different words.
will love each other
Humans, regardless of race, are descendants of Adam, created by God, and created in the image of God. The Lord also taught, “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
Love is a command Jesus gave us. Whether we like it or not, we must obey and love. “By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us, and we ought also to lay down our lives for our brethren.”
Love is the fulfillment of the law. “Love never fails, but prophecy will pass away, tongues will cease, knowledge will pass away.
Believers in the Lord must love one another. “Love brothers and sisters to be kind to one another, to respect one another first, and to love one another passionately from the heart. Above all, love one another earnestly, because love covers a multitude of sins.”
pray to each other
Jesus gave us an example of prayer. “Jesus prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.”
Prayer should always be offered with thanksgiving and faith.
We must become saints who pray for each other in times of joy or in difficult times.
burden each other
In the Triune God, God the Father is not only glorified, but God is working together.
Saints should always help the weak. “We who are strong ought to bear the weakness of the weak, and not to please ourselves; let each of us please our neighbor, but for the good and for the edification.”
We must become saints who share difficulties and joys with each other. “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep, be of the same mind, do not set your heart on high, but rather be lowly, and do not be wise in yourselves.”
Saints must share the burdens of others. “Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ”
It goes without saying that we bear our own burdens, but Christians must bear the burdens of others. The true meaning of fellowship is 'beside' or 'bear with each other'.
We, who have become saints in the Lord, love each other, pray, share burdens, and love our neighbors as ourselves in order to fulfill the Lord's pleasure and will.