LOVING PEOPLE WITHOUT CARRYING THEIR BURDENS

THIS IS THE LIFE PODCAST · Sep 23, 2026 · 7m · transcript

YOU CAN LOVE PEOPLE WITHOUT CARRYING THEM

Galatians 6:2-5

2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (Weight - load)

3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

5 For every man shall bear his own burden. (Task - Service)

At first, these verses may appear to contradict each other. One tells us to bear one another’s burdens, while the other says every person must bear their own burden. But together, they reveal an…