Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. SOME OF THE PARTICULARS IN WHICH CHRIST IS REPUTED TO IMPOSE A HEAVY YOKE AND BURDEN. I know of no obligation chat rests upon me as a Christian which does not equally rest upon me as a man. 1. The burden of duty. Purity, justice, love, industry, are enjoined upon me as a man. This burden Christ makes light and easy. (1) By giving us clear knowledge of the right in His plain precepts. (2) By the irresistible motives to duty which He supplies in the love of the Father. 2. The yoke of penitence, the burden of self-reproach. This burden we bring with us into the school of Christ; nor can we get rid of it by remaining from Christ. It has rested far more heavily under Pagan than Christian auspices. But through Christ penitence is the way to peace. Its tears are the dew-drops of the soul's resurrection morning. Forgiveness is its counterpart. 3. The burden of selfdenial. This not merely a Christian duty, but a universal necessity. Through Christ it is made such as we can carry with joy and gratitude. 4. The unavoidable burden of earthly suffering least of all to be ascribed to Christ. (A. P. Peabody, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. |
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