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As Far As I Am Concerned: Bear Other’s Burdens
Galatians 6:1-4 reads, “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own…
Individual Responsibility and Galatians 6:4-5
Galatians 6:4-5 reads, “But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.” An individual saint with family responsibilities was expected to bear the burdens and care associated with that relationship. Paul warned about those who…
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Individual Responsibility of First-Century Shepherds: Ephesians 4:11
These men, like the rest that are mentioned in Ephesians 4:11-ff were appointed by God to be teachers. They were no more a less a part of the church organizations than apostles, prophets, and evangelists. Because they had a household with children who were subject to them, they were living in a city that knew…
Individual Responsibility and Matthew 18:15-17
This same principle in Galatians 6 is taught in Matthew 18:15-17. It reads, “Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or…
Individual Accountability: Refusing to Allow Lords Over our Faith
God’s people (the ekklesia) are a body of individual saints whose personal work and labor of love confirm their identity as disciples of Christ. It is not determined by which church they are members of, or where they went to school. If today’s so-called saints are identified by their membership instead of their personal life,…
Individual Responsibility and Evangelists/Preachers #2
Today, we have preachers filling the pulpit of local churches for hire. It is their profession. The alternative to this arrangement is the on-going studies of saints from house to house. I suppose no harm would be done if someone wanted to prepare a presentation, but it is altogether unnecessary. Even if living in the…