Himself Bare Our Infirmities (Exhortation)

In this heartfelt exhortation from 2001, Brother Harry Tennant reflects on the compassion of Jesus, who not only healed the sick and comforted the broken but also entered fully into the burdens of human weakness. Drawing on the healing of the leper and the centurion’s servant, he shows how every act of Jesus was more than a miracle—it was the closing of the gap between sinful humanity and a holy God. The phrase “himself bare our infirmities” is revealed not as a ritual theory, but as a living reality: Jesus felt the weight of our frailty, carried it in his own body, and triumphed without sin. Brother Tennant exhorts us to follow this example by bearing one another’s burdens, becoming “net repairers” in our families and ecclesias, mending what is broken through compassion, meekness, and forgiveness. This message points us to the atoning work of Jesus, reminding us that his victory was not just in dying, but in living a life of perfect love and service, reaching out to restore others to God.

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