THE TRINITY OF HUMAN BURDENS

PS. 55:22; GAL. 6:2; GAL. 6:5

A. "CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD"; "BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS"; "FOR EVERY MAN SHALL BEAR HIS OWN BURDEN"
  1. These three verses have one thing in common; they all deal with burden- bearing:
    1. One type of burdens we must cast upon the Lord - I Pet. 5:8
    2. The other burden we are to share with our fellowmen - Gal. 5:13
    3. And finally there is a burden which we must bear ourselves - Jer. 32:19
  2. Thus we have the trinity of human burdens:
    1. One we are hidden to cast upon the Lord
    2. The other we are to share with our fellowmen
    3. And the third, we cannot shift either upon the Lord or share with men B. LET US TAKE A CLOSER AND MORE PRAYERFUL LOOK AT THE TRINITY OF HUMAN BURDENS
  3. Meaning of a burden:
    1. A human condition that weighs heavily upon a person
    2. An in-escapable responsibility which is a part of life
    3. Difficulties, problems and perplexities that are common to all men
  4. There is the burden of sin:
    1. Which weighs heavily upon the sinner - Examples: David testifies, "When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long" - Ps. 32:3-4; Paul, when speaking of his life in sin cried, "O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" - Rom. 7:24
    2. God has made provisions to relieve us of this burden - by laying it upon the Lamb of God - I Pet. 2:24; Matt. 11:28-30
    3. "Casting all your cares upon him; for He careth for you" - I Pet. 5:7
  5. There is another type of burden which we are to share with each other:
    1. "Bear ye one another's burden, and so fulfill the law of Christ" - Gal. 6:2
    2. "We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves" - Rom. 15:1
    3. This is the law of the brotherhood of men - I Pet. 2:17; Zech. 11:14
    4. The basis of the law of the brotherhood of men is the second great commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self" - Matt. 22:39
  6. And finally, there is a burden that is a part of our life and we must bear that burden alone:
    1. Life brings to us a personal responsibility which may at times become very burdensome, but which is and remains ours for keeps - Examples: Adam and Eve had personal responsibilities to God which they could not shift upon anyone else Gen. 2:16-17; 3:7-22; Ananias and his wife, Saphira had their individual moral responsibilities and they had to answer for them - Acts 5:1-10
    2. When death comes to us it becomes the final burden which we must bear for ourselves; we must go it alone C. THE TRINITY OF BURDENS - WHAT A SUBJECT FOR PRAYERFUL CONTEMPLATION
  7. This present life is interwoven with burdens of all types:
    1. It may be the burden of bodily defects
    2. It may be a lingering sickness
    3. It may be material misfortunes
  8. It is comforting that our God knows and understands them all:
    1. He became the world burden bearer in the person of His dear Son - Is. 53:1- 12
    2. Said He, "In all their affliction He was afflicted" - Is. 63:9; Zech. 2:8
  9. When the love and compassion of God possess us:
    1. We will take the same attitude toward our brother
    2. We will share with him his joys and his sorrows
  10. But our personal responsibilities to God and men remain our burden - Gal. 6:5; Rom. 14:12


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