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September 27, 2009 - "Carrying Burden's Plus"

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Carrying Burden’s Plus
Galatians 6: 1- 10 (p. 826)

Personal Responsibility

• Doing good to others (v.10)

• A new attitude
• Legalistic barrier
• The outward appearance was more important than the heart
• The power of freedom
• Freedom empowers us to help others

Carrying Burdens

• Finding compassion
• Being religious does not automatically mean that we are compassionate
• Christ brings love and compassion to life

• The balance between personal righteousness and compassion
• Self-righteousness
• A form of protection against sin
• Anything goes
• Ignoring sin

• In Christ
• We are given his righteousness
• We see the ugliness and destruction that sin brings

• The Law of Christ
• The love of Christ makes us sensitive to the burdens of others
• Compassion can not be taught it has to be caught

Burdens

• Burden of being overwhelmed by sin (v.1)
• “Caught by sin”
• Christ wants to restore us
• A privilege to be a part of the restoration
• Those led by the Spirit

• Heavy Burdens (v.2)
• In general it could be any troubles or problems
• In this context it is likely spiritual matters

Our Response

• Be as concerned for others

• Carry burdens by…
• Praying
• Sharing truth
• Asking tough questions
• Sharing hope
• Sharing encouragement
• Realizing our own vulnerability (v.3)

Burden of Our Own Responsibility (v.5)

• The light burden (Matthew 11: 28 – 30)

• Faithfulness and obedience is always our personal responsibility
• Evaluate our faithfulness to Christ by obedience to His expectations

• When we ignore these responsibilities we find the burden too big

    Keep our eyes on Christ and we will find that carrying our burdens and helping others carry their heavy burdens is not only doable but it fulfills the “Law of Christ”

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