Bible Questions Answered:
“Bible error, Ok how about Galatians
6:2, and 5, both cannot be true!...”
Kelly/ Pomona, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Galatians 6:2 KJV
Bear ye one another's burdens, and
so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
NLT
Share each other’s burdens, and in
this way obey the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:5 KJV
For every man shall bear his own
burden.
Galatians 6:5 NLT
For we are each responsible for our
own conduct.
The
Biblical Text:
Galatians 6:1-5 KJV
1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in
a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of
meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and
so fulfill the law of Christ.
John 13:34 KJV
A new commandment I
give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I
have loved you, that ye
also love one another.
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.
Galatians 6:1-5 NLT
1 Dear brothers and sisters, if
another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are Godly should
gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be
careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
2 Share each other’s burdens, and
in this way obey the law of Christ.
John 13:34 KJV
A new commandment I
give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I
have loved you, that ye
also love one another.
3 If you think you are too important
to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that
important.
4 Pay careful attention to your own
work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and
you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.
5 For we are each responsible for
our own conduct.
Could the dear Apostle, have
contradicted himself within one chapter, of a letter to the
Galatians?
No!
A cursory view of
these two texts (Galatians 6:2,5 KJV) would certainly seem that they
are diametrically opposed, but a proper exegetical review, show us
that they are both independent truths of each other.
This sixth
chapter to the Galatians is the concern of spiritual restoration,
restoring back slidden Christian people, to repentance, and service
to their Lord, and Savior.
Galatians 6:2
KJV
Bear ye one
another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
The Apostle Paul
also wrote in another place ….
Romans 12:15 KJV
Rejoice with them that do rejoice,
and weep with them that weep.
If the church of
The Lord Jesus Christ should be noted for anything, certainly it must
be for it's compassion: As Christian people, we are to bear, our
brothers and sisters burdens.
COMPASSION:
Psalm 78:37,38
KJV
37 For their
heart was not right with Him, neither were they steadfast in His
covenant.
38 But He,
being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them
not: yea, many a time turned He His anger away, and did not stir up
all His wrath.
Psalm 86:15 KJV
But thou, O
Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and
plenteous in mercy and Truth.
Lamentations
3:21-23 KJV
21 This I
recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of The
Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail
not.
23 They are new
every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Micah 7:19 KJV
He will turn
again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the
sea.
Matthew 9:36 KJV
But when He saw
the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they
fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 14:14
KJV
And Jesus went
forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion
toward them, and He healed their sick.
Matthew 15:32
KJV
Then Jesus
called His disciples unto Him, and said, I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with Me now three days, and have
nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they
faint in the way.
Matthew 20:34
KJV
So Jesus had
compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their
eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
Mark 1:41 KJV
And Jesus,
moved with compassion, put forth His hand, and touched him, and saith
unto him, I will; be thou clean.
Luke 7:13-15 KJV
13 And when The
Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14 And He came
and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And He
said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that
was dead sat up, and began to speak. And He delivered him to his
mother.
And now concerning Paul's words in verse 5...
Galatians 6:5 KJV (Apostle
Paul)
For every
man shall bear his own burden.
Is
this an error, seeing how the Apostle has already instructed us to
“Galatians 6:2 KJV Bear ye one another's burdens,
and so fulfill the law of Christ”?
No! In the first place (Galatians 6:2 KJV) the beloved Apostle was
talking about the “fallen.”
Galatians 6:2
KJV
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
In the second case (Galatians 6:5 KJV) the Apostle was talking to
Christian Helpers, Christian Restorers. According to the Apostle
Paul, both groups have burdens.
Galatians 6:5 KJV
For every
man shall bear his own burden.
It is so easy to think ourselves “holier than thou,” over
the life of a fallen Christian.
Matthew 7:1-5
KJV
1 Judge not,
that ye be not judged.
2 For with what
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt
thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then
shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Luke 18:9-14 KJV
9 And He spake
this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others:
10 Two men went
up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican.
11 The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
publican.
12 I fast twice
in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the
publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes
unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me
a sinner.
14 I tell you,
this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for
every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
The simple truth, the Apostle says is that not only does the fallen
have a burden, the burden of sin, but every and any, Christian
helper, has a burden of besetting sins (Hebrews 12:1)
as well!
“What, pastor
I don't have any burden, what are you talking about?”
That is exactly what the Apostle was talking about, Christian people
who do not recognize, that they in their Christian walk, “have
not,” yet reached spiritual perfection!!
Oh, there are many today, walking about thinking to themselves that
they have spiritually arrived, but they are deceiving only
themselves!
Hear John well...
I John 3:2 KJV
Beloved, now
are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for
we shall see Him as He is.
Question: According to John, are there any totally sanctified
Christians in today's world?
Answer: No.
We will only ever reach that day of perfection, when we have seen,
and been in the presence of
The Lord.
So what is the picture Paul is trying to give us here?
Imperfect Christians through meekness and lowliness of mind and
heart, trying to lift a fallen brother, to restoration and faithful
service.
That is what the sixth chapter of Galatians is all about.
In that restoration process, Christians must not....
Galatians 6:3
KJV
“...think
himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
"There but for the grace of God go I"
John Bradford (1510–1555) was an English Reformer, and
martyr.
Revelation 3:17 KJV (Christs' Message to the Church in
Laodicea)
You say, ‘I
am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you
don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and
blind and naked.
Psalm 55:22 KJV
(Christian People)
Cast thy
burden upon The Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never
suffer (permit) the
righteous to be moved.
Imperfect Christians (with their own burden, of besetting sins), must
minister through the
“Fruits of God's Spirit.”
Jude 1:22,23 KJV
22 And you must show mercy to those whose faith is
wavering.
23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment.
Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution,
hating the sins that contaminate their lives.
Galatians
5:22,23 KJV
22 But the
fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law.
Ephesians 5:9
KJV
(For the fruit of The Spirit is in all
goodness and righteousness and Truth;)
These fruits “must,” be found in the heart and life of the
restorer!
Paul speaks again...and leaves us an example for all Christian
people, everywhere.
II Corinthians
1:12 NLT
We can say with
confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given
holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s
grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted
ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
