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For that is a spiritual approach by which any man approaches God; and therefore it follows, Take my yoke upon you." [3] Rabanus Maurus: " The yoke of Christ is Christ’s Gospel, which joins and yokes together Jews and Gentiles in the unity of the faith. This we are commanded to take upon us, that is, to have in honour; lest perchance setting ...
The yoke here is given in opposition to the yoke of sin and the Mosaic law, under which they had previous been groaning. The law of the Gospel is called a yoke, according to John McEvilly, because like every other law, "it binds us to certain duties, and forbids us to transgress certain limits". In the same way it is called a "burden" because ...
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. It also relates to the Gospel of Matthew at 6:26 :
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." The Good News: ...
This song is that cry saying, 'God, Father, hold onto me, don't let me lose my way.'" [2] They said the song was inspired by Matthew 11:29-30, which says, "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."
“My body and my heart fail, but God is my heart’s rock and my share forever.” The Good News : Remind yourself that you are never a failure. You can always pick yourself back up and move forward.
In the background Joseph is working on making a yoke.The yoke refers both to the coming of the Lord according to Isaiah ("For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian"), as well as the words of Jesus according to Matthew the Apostle ("Come to me, all you ...
And again, It would he better for him who is unwilling to give up all, when persecution or necessity demand it and will not submit to the loss of possessions, family, and even life itself for the gospel's sake, not to take My yoke upon him, rather than having begun to lead a Christian life, to fall away and apostatise from the faith. For such a ...