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I. EVERY MAN HAS A BURDEN OF HIS OWN.

1. All are burdened.

2. But all are not burdened alike.

3. Our estimate of human burdens is often false,

(1)  because some are burdens which do not appear to be;

(2)  because burdens are borne differently by different individuals.

4. Every man has a burden distinctly his own.

5. His burden is not necessarily a calamity.

II. EACH IS TO BEAR THE OTHER'S BURDEN.

1. This presumes that he is able to do so. Our individual burdens are not so heavy but we have some strength left to give away.

2. The requirement fits in to the general constitution of things, which is based on giving and receiving.

3. It has its reason and authority in our mental constitution, which is formed to pity.

4. Pity to others is kindness to ourselves.

III. TO BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS IS TO FULFIL THE LAW OF CHRIST.

1. The law of love.

(1)  Not a mere passionate excitement or fluctuating sentiment,

(2)  but a living principle and persistent habit divinely begotten and sustained.

2. This law is emphatically the law of Christ — "as I have loved you."

(1)  Love of the brotherhood,

(2)  neighbours,

(3)  enemies.

(W. Stacey, D. D.)

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KJV: Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

WEB: Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.