Burden Bearers
March 19, 2023
Key Scriptures
Key Points
- As part of the Body of Christ, we are obligated to bear the trespasses of others.
- Burden bearers gently help other believers get back on the track of becoming like Christ.
- Bearing the sinful loads of others is part of building each other up.
- Burden bearers are led by the Spirit.
- Burden bearers are conscious of their own propensity to sin.
- Burden bearers are eager to fulfill the law.
- Burden bearers bear up the loads for others as Jesus bore ours.
- Burden bearers do not gossip.
Discussion Questions
- Have you ever had another believer help to bear your load of sin?
- Can you explain a time that you gently guided someone else back on track?
- In what ways have you not always practiced restoring others in the right way? Ignoring, gossiping, condemning, etc.?
- Was the instruction from Sunday’s message challenging? Why?
- Can you think of a person who needs you to be a burden bearer?