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The previous scripture we studied, ‘if you love your neighbor as you love yourself, states you are fulfilling God’s law’ (Galatians 5:14). It is further exemplified in Galatians 6:2, which states we are to bear one another’s burdens. Burdens are sins, challenges, and temptations. Bearing on another’s burdens does not mean that we much carry their burdens.

This scripture means that, as Christians, we should have sympathy for one another and support one another when they fall. This does not mean we should suffer for their trespasses. It is our duty to pray for their redemption in kindness and Godly love. Our support begins through prayer and then in other ways, if appropriate.

The previous scripture we studied, ‘if you love your neighbor as you love yourself, states you are fulfilling God’s law’ (Galatians 5:14). It is further exemplified in Galatians 6:2, which states we are to bear one another’s burdens. Burdens are sins, challenges, and temptations. Bearing on another’s burdens does not mean that we much carry their burdens.

This scripture means that, as Christians, we should have sympathy for one another and support one another when they fall. This does not mean we should suffer for their trespasses. It is our duty to pray for their redemption in kindness and Godly love. Our support begins through prayer and then in other ways, if appropriate.

Praying for those who are willfully harming others is not an easy task, nor is it easy to forgive those who have personally injured you in any way. It is not our nature to carry their burdens. Paul shares that, as Christians, we must support one another through prayer and not fall prey to Satan’s wiles through actions such as speaking and purposely condemning them, hating them, hoping the worst for them, and in any way attempting to tear them down through these means. We are to be sensitive to their plights, stand in love, and pray for their redemption and healing.

None of us is above sinning. All of us fall short of the glory of God. We are warned that we should not rejoice in others fall. Christ does not rejoice in our failings, and we should not enjoy another’s faults. In bearing another’s burdens, we are acknowledging that we to have burdens to bare and want Christ to carry ours as well as our neighbors.

Resources – Galatians 6:2, Studylight.org, Biblestudytools.com,enduringword.com
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