2. Blessings & Responsibilities
Blessings: Support from brethren
Strong support the weak (Rom. 15:1)
Spiritual to help those overcome in trespass (Gal. 6:1)
Bear one another's burdens (Gal. 6:2)
Responsibilities: To grow
Each is to bear his own load (Gal. 6:4-5)
Held accountable for our own actions (Rom. 14:12)
Individual responsibility to pick ourselves up (Heb. 12:12-13)

3. “Are You in Constant Demand of Attention?”
(Gal. 6:1-5; Rom. 14:12)

4. Requiring Attention
Vs.

5. Requiring Attention
Vs.

6. Requiring Attention
Vs.

7. Requiring Attention Babes in Christ
1 Thess. 2:7-12; 1 Pet. 2:2
Christians who attend & work only when constantly prodded
1Cor. 3:1-4; 2 Cor. 12:20-21; Cf. Phil. 1:3-11

8. Requiring Attention Where it can be of benefit:
Time, energy, resources provided to the newborn Christian; as well as the ones in distress (1Thess. 1:7; 5:14)
Where it can cause hindrance:
When it impedes the growth of the church, holding back the efforts of workers -- more serious needs go unmet (Rom. 15:20; 2Cor. 2:12-13)

9. Overcome a Constant Demand for Attention
Through individual growth
Heb. 5:12-14
Through individual strength
Phil. 4:11-13; 2 Cor. 1:3-6

10. Purpose of this Lesson
Has not been to discourage "attending to others" when it is rightly needed (Gal. 6:2; Rom. 15:1)
Has been to challenge you in thinking about your service to Christ (Gal. 6:4-5)
When a burden becomes unbearable: that is when we need "attention, help, resources of time & energy" from our brethren.
But when failure to bear our own load requires "A Constant Demand for Attention" from others, that is when we hinder the cause of Christ!

11. ~ He who is slothful in his work
Proverbs 18:9
~ He who is slothful in his work
Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.
(NKJV)

12. Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
(NKJV)

13. “Are You in Constant Demand of Attention?”
(Gal. 6:1-5; Rom. 14:12)