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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: Christ.
The Law of Christ is the Law of love. Christ gave us no other law than this
law of mutual love: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another." To love means to bear another's burdens. Christians must have
strong shoulders to bear the burdens of their fellow Christians. Faithful
pastors recognize many errors and offenses in the church, which they oversee.
In civil affairs an official has to overlook much if he is fit to rule. If we
can overlook our own shortcomings and wrong-doings, we ought to overlook the
shortcomings of others in accordance with the words, "Bear ye one another's
burdens."
Those who fail to do so expose their lack of understanding of the law of
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