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how organized we are if nobody gets cured. If we're going to bear one another's burdens, there's got to be a real dedication to fellowship.2. A new definition of membership in the body.We are members of the Body of Christ. (Romans 12:45 and 1 Corinthians 12) \are members of one another.\like mountain climbers.In 1953, you might remember the name Sir Edmund Hillary. He led the first team to go all the way to the zenith of Mount Everest. He had a guide with him, a Sherpa guide, whose name was Penzick Norgay. It's a good thing Norgay was with Sir Edmund Hillary because as they began their descent, Edmund Hillary's foot slipped and he so lost his balance that he fell completely, but Norgay had taken his pick and jammed it into the ice and because of the rope holding them together was able to keep hold of him until he was able to make his way over and grab hold of the mountain again. Otherwise, he would have fallen over a thousand feet. When they got down to the bottom, everybody was ready to make Penzick Norgay a hero, and he responded to the press, \to help each other. That's just who we are.\He didn't want praise for that which was natural. He didn't want a claim for that which was expected. Our nature as a body demands that we be committed to mutual help.The questions are. 1.Who is your line tied to? You can't all be tied to every member; that's just not possible, but your line had better be tied to some Christian brother or sister. 2.Who is going to hold you up when you slip and who will help bear your burdens?Whybear the burden?The answer is simple. It's right there in Galatians 6:2, %u201cbecause it fulfills the law of Christ.%u201d\, what is the law of Christ?\Jesus gave that law when said to his apostles before a hostile group \you, love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another.\Now when Jesus gave that command, it really was a bit of a paradox to his listeners because he wasn't giving a new command to love one another. Leviticus 19:18 commands, \another.\another as I have loved you.\Did he bear our burdens? He surely did. He bore every burden that we have, and every burden that we will have on that cross on a hill called, \newness of life now, and an eternal life in a perfect place called \the ultimate model of what it means to bear one another's burdens%u2014that's the new command. Do it as long as it takes, as deep as it takes, as much as it takes. Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. AmazingGrace #1313, Steve Flatt, May 25, 1997