This Month in Faith Is Action

TIME TO BEAR WITH PRAYER
“Bear you one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ…. For every man shall bear his own burden” (Galatians 6:2, 5).

 

Does this sound like a contradiction? Paul tells us that we should fulfill the law of Christ by bearing one another’s burdens, and then he tells us that we each must bear his own burden. We can clear up the supposed contradiction by looking at the original Greek words for burden in each verse. 

 

In verse 2, the Greek word for burdens is BAROS and means heaviness, weight, and even trouble. It refers to a heavy weight that is beyond what one can bear alone.

 

In verse 5, the Greek word is PHORTION and refers to New Testament obligations which Jesus put on His followers, which were in contrast to the heavy precepts and observances that the Pharisees demanded.

 

Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30: "Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." In verse 28, the Greek word for heavy laden is translated burdened in some translations. That's because the Greek word is from PHORTION, and we saw that it means a burden that is not too heavy for a person to carry with Jesus. Continue to read this month's message in it's entirety.

Sharon's Blog

What’s A Mother’s Greatest Joy?

 

When John, known as the Apostle of love, penned his letter to an unnamed, but esteemed lady in the Body of Christ, he paid her one of the highest compliments a mother can receive:

 

“I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth…” (2 John 4). To have an elder statesman, and the last survivor of the 12 disciples of Jesus, take note of the way a mother raised her children in the truth, and the godly example she provided, is truly a commendation to be coveted by all Christian mothers.

 

In his third letter, written to Gaius, a beloved friend in Christ, John said that he “rejoiced greatly” in a personal way as his father in the Lord, because he had received testimony from other brethren that Gaius was walking in the truth. John said, and I wholeheartedly concur:

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth” (3 John 4).

This echoes Proverbs 23:24-25: “The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he that begets a wise child shall have joy of him. You father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bare you shall rejoice.”

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