Lesson 37: Burdens are Lifted at Calvary, Jesus is Very Near
Question 1
Marco Polo of Mike’s teaching: Monday 20th September 2021
“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:1-2 NIV
“but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.””
John 8:1-11
“What needs to happen if we see others believing lies and living in sin. Verse 1 says: “you who live by the Spirit [as opposed to those who live by the flesh] should restore that person gently [and humbly, implying with much love].” Watching out that we do not start believing the lies we hear from them because then we will be trapped and overtaken by sin. How do we restore them? Verse 2 says: “Carry each other’s burdens,” and so one who is in bondage to sin is burdened down by the strength of temptation and by the weakness of their own flesh and they need someone to come along and to lift some of that load off of them and help them carry it. But how do they do that? Verse 2 tells us: “and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” It is reminding us of what Jesus did when this world was overtaken by sin, when this world was believing lies and languishing in sin. What happened? Jesus came and took that load right off of us. He was made to be sin for us. He was condemned in our place, nailed our sins to the cross and buried our guilt in the grave. So how do we carry each other’s burdens when we are overtaken by a sin? Someone comes to us and points our eyes to Calvary encouraging us to look at Jesus who removed our burdens and set us free. Someone needs to come along and say...:
Cast your care on Jesus today,
Leave your worry and fear;
Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near.
...One example to think about - the woman caught in adultery and she was burdened down by sin and guilt and under condemnation and awaiting execution. And Jesus came to her and stood between her and those who would throw rocks at her and condemn her and stone her, rescuing her from sure death, removing her condemnation and then telling her: “Go and sin no more”. That is how we help others who are overtaken by sin.”
Question1: How is this method, the Calvary method, different from the world’s method?
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