Sunday, May 07, 2006
THE REMEDY
Vv 29-30 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. 30. "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
The remedy for being weary and heavy-laden is found in submission to Jesus’ lordship as explained in His words, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from Me.” A line is drawn; either submit to the religious system laid out by the rabbis, scribes, and Pharisees or Me. Either way one chooses his yoke. Here is a strict dichotomy; follow the religious rules that made life unbearable, or follow the One who commanded authority over nature.
The yoke that Jesus offered guaranteed an education: and you will learn from me, this education didn’t riddle one down with a bunch of legalistic regulation. In submission to Jesus one found an experiential education that He was gentle and humble in heart as opposed to the proud religious. In this submission to Christ’s lordship one finds the greatest peace; you shall find rest for your souls.
It is interesting that Jesus would draw upon this passage in Jeremiah because this is an exact replica of what Judaism portrayed in Jeremiah’s past, Jesus’ present, and today’s Jewish nation as their future. The whole passage reads: Jer. 6:16 Thus says the Lord: "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, `We will not walk in it.'
At some point the decision is made, just as death is imminent. One either believes and then worships or one rejects and says with the Jews, “We will not walk in it.” The rational mind will say that the Bible is the absolute truth of God, or the mind will justify the manufacture of one’s own morphing truth. Anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear will readily agree with the absolute truth of scripture that Jesus speaks even today:
V30. "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Therein awaits the rest for the weary and heavy-laden soul. Believe it; or not?
The remedy for being weary and heavy-laden is found in submission to Jesus’ lordship as explained in His words, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from Me.” A line is drawn; either submit to the religious system laid out by the rabbis, scribes, and Pharisees or Me. Either way one chooses his yoke. Here is a strict dichotomy; follow the religious rules that made life unbearable, or follow the One who commanded authority over nature.
The yoke that Jesus offered guaranteed an education: and you will learn from me, this education didn’t riddle one down with a bunch of legalistic regulation. In submission to Jesus one found an experiential education that He was gentle and humble in heart as opposed to the proud religious. In this submission to Christ’s lordship one finds the greatest peace; you shall find rest for your souls.
It is interesting that Jesus would draw upon this passage in Jeremiah because this is an exact replica of what Judaism portrayed in Jeremiah’s past, Jesus’ present, and today’s Jewish nation as their future. The whole passage reads: Jer. 6:16 Thus says the Lord: "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, `We will not walk in it.'
At some point the decision is made, just as death is imminent. One either believes and then worships or one rejects and says with the Jews, “We will not walk in it.” The rational mind will say that the Bible is the absolute truth of God, or the mind will justify the manufacture of one’s own morphing truth. Anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear will readily agree with the absolute truth of scripture that Jesus speaks even today:
V30. "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."
Therein awaits the rest for the weary and heavy-laden soul. Believe it; or not?
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