For each one should carry his own load.For each man will bear his own burden.For every man shall bear his own burden.For each man shall bear his own burden.
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… without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Come back to Matthew chapter 18, and here's the picture. What you've got is Jesus spelling out a process. New Testament church practicing that, 1 Corinthians 5, and then Galatians chapter 6, a direct command. If a brother is caught in sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. The New Testament tells us this is a matter of obedience. Church discipline is a matter of obedience. We will obey, here's the key, with the love of Christ. And the whole context here, Galatians 6, 1 Corinthians 5, Matthew chapter 18, is love. It is, Jonathan Edwards talked about gospel discipline. And that's the picture. In church discipline, we see a picture of the gospel. We see a picture of God who does not let his people continue in sin, who enables them to turn from sin and pursues them out of love and mercy and grace for redemption. If you've looked at the top of the notes the last three weeks, You've noticed the title of this whole picture has not been Church Discipline 101. …
… Then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Now that's not a contradiction in terms. On the one hand, the Bible says bear one another's burdens. And then the Bible says every man shall bear his own burden. Is that contradictory? No, it's complementary. Now, the key to this is two different words that are used for burden. The first time the word for burden here means a heavy load, something onerous, something that weights you down, something like being out of fellowship with God. It's a heavy, heavy burden. It is a crushing load. When somebody has a load like that, we're to come and bear that burden and lift that burden from him. That's a burden we willingly take up when we bear one another's burdens. But the word for burden here, portion, is a different word altogether. It has the idea of a soldier's weaponry, or a backpack, or a knapsack, strapped to your back, something that is necessary, something that is not burdensome, but something that is useful, something that will make you useful, and something that may even save your life. …
… But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Now there are three kinds of burdens I want to talk to you about today. There are burdens that we willingly take up. There are burdens that we faithfully endure. And then there are burdens that we wisely lay down. First of all, there are certain burdens that you're not to try to escape. As a matter of fact, there are burdens that you are to take up. And what are those burdens? Those are the burdens of another brother, another sister. When somebody is hurting. Now what Paul is writing about here is primarily the burden of the backslidden person. The man who has gotten away from God. Look if you will in verse 1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault. Now the word here is to a Christian. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault. …