Take Christ’s Yoke Which IS Easy And Light…

Alistair Begg Explains The Easy And Light Yoke Of Christ in Todays’s Text In 11: 28 & 30:
“JESUS USES THIS ILLUSTRATION TO OFFER THOSE WHO MIGHT FOLLOW HIM THE CHANCE TO FIND UNPARALLELED FREEDOM UNDER HIS YOKE, WITH HIS INVITATION TO TAKE HIS ‘EASY’ AND ‘LIGHT’ YOKE, JESUS DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF FROM MERE RELIGION, WITH ITS HEAVY BURDEN OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE PHARISEES OF JESUS’ TIME WERE COMSUMED WITH DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT – NOT ONLY SEEKING TO ABIDE BY GOD’S LAW BUT ADDING A GREAT NUMBER OF THEIR OWN RULES AS WELL. SUCH MAN-MADE OBLIGATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS CREATE CRUSHING BURDENS.”
“BUT JESUS’ YOKE IS DIFFERENT. TO BE UNDER THE YOKE – THE AUTHORITY – OF JESUS IS NOT A BURDEN.; IT IS A DELIGHT. THERE IS FREEDOM FOUND IN CHRIST – NOT A FREEDOM TO DO WHAT WE WANT BUT A FREEDOM TO DO WHAT WE OUGHT. SINCE BY NATURE WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE OUGHT, WE ARE YOKED TO OUR DESIRES. THAT PATH PROMISES MUCH BUT DELIVERS LITTLE, WE NEED SOMEBODY – JESUS TO SET US FREE FROM OUR BONDAGE TO SIN SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S WILL, TO BECOME THE PEOPLE WE WERE DESIGNED TO BE. SO IT IS THAT CHRIST’S COMMANDS ARE THE ‘PERFECT LAW GIVES FREEDOM’ …THAT THOSE THOSE WHO OBEY THEM “‘WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT

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