Sermon Tone Analysis

BEARING BURDENS

Using some notes from Steven Shepherd (Sermon Central)

GIVEN SURREY - FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Do we as followers of Christ have any responsibility to helping others in their struggles, in bearing their burdens?

* Do we need to take time out of schedules, or make time to help others in their time of need?

* What does the phrase mean to bear one another's burdens?

After all don't we have enough burdens of out own and you are telling me we need to carry the burdens of others?

Let's read what Paul tells us in the book of Galatians

GAL 6:1-5 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently.

But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.

4 Each one should test their own actions.

Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,

5 for each one should carry their own load.

(NIV)

* Life is full of problems and they do come up

ILLUSTRATION: An airline company was disturbed over a high percentage of accidents so they decided to eliminate human errors by building a completely computerized plane.

"Ladies and gentlemen," came a voice over the PA during the initial flight, "It may interest you to know that you are traveling in the world's first completely automated and computerized plane.

Now just back and relax because nothing can go wrong....go wrong....go wrong....go wrong....."

ONE THING IS CERTAIN IN LIFE - THINGS DO GO WRONG AND WILL GO WRONG.

* We don't have to live very long in this world to discover that.

* And for some people, things seem to go wrong most of the time.

FOR SOME WE HAVE HEARD THE EXPRESSION LIFE SUCKS.

* There view is whatever can go wrong - WILL GO WRONG

* BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE!

* Bad things happen to Christian people.

* Paul writes in

ROM 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

* Paul talked about the sufferings of this present time, they are part of life.

* Many times we have to suffer in this life, health, loss of loved ones, loss of job, financial crisis,

* We may have to suffer physically, emotionally or mentally, or financially

ILLUSTRATION: A college boy said to his mother one day, "I decided that I want to be a political science major and that I want to clean up the mess in the world."

"That's very nice," said his mother, "YOU CAN GO UPSTAIRS AND START WITH YOUR ROOM."

* For some people, a part of their suffering deals with their children.

* It may be children who have walked away from their faith

* It may be children who don't care about their parents.

* It may be children that have gotten into the wrong peer group and gotten involved with drugs, alcohol, or crime.

ILLUSTRATION: A schoolteacher sent this note home to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home."

* Sometimes young people catch it both at home and at school.

* Kids are people too!

* THEY GET BURDENED TOO!

AND ISN'T THAT TRUE FOR MOST OF US?

Our suffering often comes because we make bad choices in life.

ILLUSTRATION: For example, a friend of mine who I knew growing up.

One evening he was at the bar with his friend.

Another man at the bar who was drunk starting pick on his friend who was a little fellow.

He told the drunk man to stop picking on his friend and the drunk man then started picking on my friend.

My friend punched the man in order to get him to stop.

The man fell back on the flood hit his head and died.

Suddenly he was guilty of man slaughter.

Just as a result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

What a mess.

ILLUSTRATION: REMEMBER THE STORY OF JOB? Satan appeared before God and asked God if he could put Job to the test and God allowed him that to happen.

And God allows Satan to put sometimes put us to the test also!

Satan likes to cause us trouble in life just because of who we are!

Because we are Christians!

He likes to try and trip us up anyway he can.

* We also sometimes suffer in life because of others.

* We've all heard stories about those stories about some drunk driving down the street and hits some person and kills them.

* Marriage crumble from being married to an alcoholic spouse.

* THAT'S SUFFERING BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S SIN!

* What does it mean to carry burdens - or to suffer under the load of a burden.

Brethren, everybody suffers in some form or another in this life or for some reason or another!

* Life is rough!

* We may experience rotten or broken marriages,

* problem or prodigal children,

* painful and abusive parents,

* bad working conditions,

* financial hardships,

* poor or failing health,

* boredom,

* depression,

* loneliness,

* loss of loved ones...... and the list goes on and on.

The point is:

* What can do about our suffering?

or

* How can we endure our suffering?

Or

* WE NEED HELP!

Where can we get it?

TODAY I WANT TO SHARE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF HELP WHEN LIFE THROWS BURDENS AT US!

1- HELP FROM WITHIN

2- HELP FROM WITHOUT

3- HELP FROM ABOVE

POINT 1: HELP FROM WITHIN

GAL 6:5 "For each one should carry his own load."

* KJV "For every man shall bear his own burden."

* The idea of Gal.

6:1-5 is that of bearing one another's burdens, but Paul is also saying there are some burdens that we have to bear ourselves.

ILLUSTRATION: A man in a supermarket was pushing a shopping cart which contained, besides groceries, a screaming baby boy.

As the man proceeded down the aisles, he kept saying, "Keep calm, George.

Don't get excited, George.

Don't yell, George."

A lady watched with great admiration and finally spoke up and said, "You are certainly to be commended for your patience in trying to quiet little George."

"Lady," he said, "I'M GEORGE!"

Raising kids can be a real burden at times and IT IS A BURDEN THAT BASICALLY WE HAVE TO BEAR BY OURSELVES.

* Our parents can't do it for us.

* They may give us adivce, they may babysit occasionally, but overall, raising our children is a burden that we have to bear ourselves!