Matthew 11:29-30 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. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
We have been free from yokes and burdens. Haven't we?
Are we not to rest and abstain from work seven days a week now?
We must read the verses carefully and not add or tweak what God has said.
The teachings of Jesus is a yoke and a burden but they are easy and light.
Now carry this over to the forth commandment. The teachings of Jesus did not do away with the seventh day Sabbath nor did they change it to another day. The teachings of Jesus makes the Sabbath easy and light to honor not legalistic and ritualistic, which is where the hard yoke and heavy burden is.
Luke 13:14-17 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.” The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
The heavy burden and hard yoke of Sabbath keeping is found in the legalism and ritualism. Jesus removed all that and made the Sabbath easy and light. Make Sabbath fellowship enjoyable. Now go and treat the Sabbath as a holy day unto the LORD.
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he told them, “Go, eat rich foods, drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who cannot provide for themselves. Today is a holy day for the Lord. Don’t be sad because the joy you have in the Lord is your strength.”
We have been free from yokes and burdens. Haven't we?
Are we not to rest and abstain from work seven days a week now?
We must read the verses carefully and not add or tweak what God has said.
The teachings of Jesus is a yoke and a burden but they are easy and light.
Now carry this over to the forth commandment. The teachings of Jesus did not do away with the seventh day Sabbath nor did they change it to another day. The teachings of Jesus makes the Sabbath easy and light to honor not legalistic and ritualistic, which is where the hard yoke and heavy burden is.
Luke 13:14-17 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.” The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
The heavy burden and hard yoke of Sabbath keeping is found in the legalism and ritualism. Jesus removed all that and made the Sabbath easy and light. Make Sabbath fellowship enjoyable. Now go and treat the Sabbath as a holy day unto the LORD.
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he told them, “Go, eat rich foods, drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who cannot provide for themselves. Today is a holy day for the Lord. Don’t be sad because the joy you have in the Lord is your strength.”
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