Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Every student of Jesus feels certain responsibilities to every other student.
This is the law of Christ - the way of love.
It is Jesus’ law because it is how he lived His life. With a sense of responsibility for everyone else!
That’s how He lived from day-to-day! Reaching out to the poor, healing the sick, comforting the broken-hearted, freeing those ensnared by sin and bringing God’s message to everyone He met.
That’s also how He died! His death wasn’t the result of any wrongs He committed. Jesus died for the sins of everyone else!
Like Jesus, His students share each others burdens.
Yet Paul also says here:
Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load.
Are these two statements contradictory: Carry each other’s burdens. Each one carries his own load?
Apparently there are some burdens we can share and some we cannot. For each person must ultimately take responsibility for their own actions.
This is what Jesus did. While He helped others and died for others, He took full responsibility for His own relationship with the Father.
Likewise, students of Jesus can encourage one another and help one another, but one student of Jesus cannot be a good student for anyone else. Every student is individually responsible to become more like the Teacher.
Being a good student of Jesus is about YOU and ME!
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