Key verse: “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:30.
1) The Yoke of our Messiah is easy and His burden is truly light. We should note that any burden from the Lord is never heavy as there is no sin within it.
2) The Yoke of the Lord is also easy to bear because it is given in love.
3) It is also light and easy because it is borne with the help of the Holy Spirit.
4) His Word is Truth because He is the Truth and so His yoke becomes lighter the longer we wear it.
5) His yoke and burden are light because Heaven and endless happiness is reserved for us. In Him we live and move and have our being.
1) We are to endure hardness as a Soldier in Service – 2 Timothy 2:3.
2) We are also to endure affliction as a Servant as we Witness – 2 Timothy 4:5.
3) We also endure loss in our Confession of Messiah – Hebrews 10:32.
4) We are to endure trials in the Day of Testing – James 1:12.
5) We are to endure grief in the Path of Obedience – 1 Peter 2:19.
1) We are to be strong in the Faith of His promises – Romans 4:20-25.
2) We are to be strong in the Light of the Spirit – Ephesians 3:16.
3) We are to be strong in the Lord and His Power – Ephesians 6:10.
4) We are to be strong in the Grace that is in Christ – 2 Timothy 2:1.
5) We are to be strong in and through the Word Abiding in us – 1 John 2:14.
1) From the Companionship of the Ungodly – 2 Corinthians 6:17.
2) From the Works of Darkness – Ephesians 5:11.
3) From the Appearance of Evil – 1 Thessalonians 5:22.
4) From the Lusts of the Flesh – 2 Timothy 2:22.
5) From the Lusts of the World – Titus 2:12.