Carry One Another’s Burdens

Sermon Outline:  Sunday, August 9th, 2026 - 8am
Speaker: Jarrod Ackles

Alternate Title

When Strength Carries

I.  Real strength sacrifices to beat with other’s weaknesses (Romans 15:1)

     A.  As followers of Jesus, we are called to bear with all kinds of weaknesses

     B.  Everyone has different weaknesses/struggles

     C.  How do two opposite groups fellowship?

II.  No believer is built for isolation (Galatians 6:1)

     A.  The world’s instinct is to expose failure. The gospel’s instinct is to restore the fallen

     B.  The bible consistently contradicts the world’s view that you are sufficient on your     

           own

     C.  God designed Christian life for mutual care, spiritual accountability, and restoration       

           through community.

III.  Different needs demand different kinds of love (1 Thessalonians 5:14)

     A.  Some need encouragement, some need support, some simply need patience.

     B.  The idle need a wake-up call, the discouraged need a word of hope, the weak

           need a hand to hold.

     C.  The question isn’t just “Can I help?”, it’s “What kind of help does this person

           actually need?”

     D.  Patience is the poster that holds it all together.

IV.  Call to Action

     A.  Don’t just see people – carry people.

     B.  Who in your life needs a prayer, some encouragement, or simply a loving hand to

          hold?

 

Key Verses: Romans 15: 1; Galatians 6: 1; 1 Thessalonians 5: 14; 2 Corinthians 12: 9; Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10; John 15:5; 2 Corinthians 1: 3-4; Acts 20: 35; Ephesians 4: 2; Mark 8:22

Carry One Another’s Burdens

Sermon Outline:  Sunday, August 9th, 2026 — 0930am & 1100am
Speaker: Tony Russell

Burdens are used as part of God’s plan.

Three truths of God’s use of burdens in our lives:

1.    Burdens are real and sin is the reason suffering is in our lives. (Genesis 2:17, 3:16-17, 4:7)

 

2.    You are not meant to bear burdens alone. (Galatians 6:3)

 

3.    We are called to share the burdens of others. (Galatians 6:1, Romans 15:1)

 

The Bible’s theology of suffering is intended as a promise of real hope through gospel redemption.

1.    Right after God allowed our sin burden as punishment for the fall, He gave us hope through Christ. (Genesis 3:15)

 

2.    God redeemed Ruth as a foretelling of the Christ to come.

 

3.    Jesus was sent to bear our burdens. (Matthew 11:28)

 

  • “Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby, fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2)

  • “For the whole law if fulfilled in one statement: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself””. (Galatians 5:13-14)

  •  If you can faithfully answer Paul’s call to action in Gal 6, then you represent the Word to the World, and show just how perfect and powerful Christ’s love is.