“Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2
We need each other. There are time in all our lives that we stumble. When it is good to have a brother or sister in Christ to help us through the trouble. To hold us up in prayer and to if necessary council us in love.
Jesus in John 13:34,35 pointed his disciples to the most important factor in being Christian when he said,
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
If we esteem one another in love there can be no rivalry.
Love does not envy.
Within the Christian life there is no room for envy. All are equal.
A true Christian isn’t looking to be better than his brother and sister in the Lord. Conversely a brother or sister in Christ should not look at other Christians and say my work for the Lord is not important therefore I don’t want to be a part of things.
The apostle Paul put’s it this way,
“ Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.”
1 Corinthians 12:14-20
We are one body, and are there to help each other. Paul writing to the Ephesians makes this clear when he states,
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit-- just as you were called to one hope when you were called-- one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians4:2-6
A true believer attempts as far as possible as far as it depends on him to live in harmony and peace with fellow believers and the world around them.
Do you?
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