Comfort of the Scriptures
Lord’s Day, December 14,2014
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ”
(Gal. 6:2).
In the
family of God, there are always those who are undergoing sorrow or pressure and
who need help and encouragement. If we would “fulfill the law of Christ,” we are
to “bear ... one another’s burdens,” “for even
Christ pleased not Himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that
reproached Thee fell on Me,” and when He was here on earth, “Himself
took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses,” voluntarily making the
troubles of others His very own. “By sorrow of the heart the
spirit is broken,” and “heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word
maketh it glad.” Let us look for opportunities to “bear ... one another’s
burdens,” the opportunity to speak that word or perform that act of
kindness that will help our brother in his time of need. “We then
that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves,” to be “distributing to the necessity of saints; given to
hospitality. ... Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them
that weep.” “Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them
which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”
Let me help my brother, dear Lord,
As Thou in grace hast helped me;
Let me bear his sorrows with him,
So that lighter his load may be.
As Thou in grace hast helped me;
Let me bear his sorrows with him,
So that lighter his load may be.
References: Rom. 15:3; Matt. 8:17;
Prov. 15:13; 12:25; Rom. 15:1; 12:13,15; Heb. 13:3.
From the daily devotional "Comfort Of The Scriptures" by John B. Marchbanks. http://bibletruthpublishers.com/daily-meditation/c818
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