Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. I. THAT CHRIST HAS HIS YOKE, HIS DISCIPLINE, AND THAT WE ARE NEVER TO FORGET THAT IT IS SO SUBSTANTIALLY AND REALLY. These are, in the first place, conditions of discipleship. 1. One condition is the entire submission of the judgment of the disciples to the Great Teacher. 2. If any man will be My disciple, so says our Lord, let him deny himself. 3. Taking up the cross.But the discipline of Christ has its restraints as well as its conditions. 1. Christ lays restraint upon our society. 2. Upon the affections and tempers of the soul. 3. Upon the words. 4. Upon the whole conduct.Then there is service, too, in the discipline of Jesus Christ. 1. Service of devotion. 2. Charity and zeal. II. THAT HIS YOKE IS EASY AND THAT EVEN HIS BURDEN IS LIGHT. Rest can be found in no other way of life. Easy(1) Because the discipline of Christ is confined to the truth and reality of things; (2) Because it brings with it a sense of the approbation of the great God Himself; (3) Because it is part of the religion of Jesus Christ to plant in the soul principles corresponding with everything which God requires of us, it is a regenerating system; (4)Because it is a discipline which has always a respect to the heavenly state, and whilst it is the only road to heaven, it is the infallible preparation for it. (R. Watson.) Parallel Verses KJV: For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. |
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