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Taking Burdens

Matthew 11:25-30

Pastor Bob Hiller
7/3/2011

Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

1. Living in this fallen creation means ____________ (or ____________) with various ____________.

2. Jesus does not __________ for us to take care of our own burdens, but calls us to __________ them to Him.

3. To learn from Jesus is to learn that He is ____________ and ____________.

Scripture Readings
Zechariah 9:9-12
Romans 7:14-25a
Matthew 11:25-30

Take It With You!

Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the message to help us as we contemplate and discuss and wrestle with what we are hearing.

The way to find rest is to trade the heavy burden of sin and failure for Jesus own "yoke" (11:29-30). At first glance, it hardly seems like an offer of rest to take a yoke upon oneself. As Jesus continues to speak, however, he reveals that the essence of taking his yoke upon oneself consists in learning what he is like. For this "yoke" is nothing other than to become a disciple of Jesus, as his own words declare: "learn from me." The noun "disciple" and the verb "learn" share a common root and a common meaning: to be Jesus' disciple is to learn from him. But learn what?... In order to take the yoke of Jesus and find rest from one's burdens, what one needs to learn is what Jesus is like: "learn from me that I am gentle and humble in heart." In learning that Jesus gently receives and forgives all who come to him in need, disciples find rest for their lives. All who come to his unparalleled authority and power with only their need in their hands find a Savior. He saves, indeed, because of his own humility of heart that leads him to the cross and the empty tomb for all (cf. 1:21). Paradoxically, then, taking on the yoke of Jesus lightens the burdens of life and eternity; because of who Jesus is, the burden of discipleship becomes light indeed.

-Jeffery A. Gibbs, Concordia Commentary Series: Matthew 11:2-20:34

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