Imagine a child walking down the road pulling a wagon behind him, slowly collecting rocks. Bit by bit he collects more and more, and the wagon gets heavier and heavier to pull. He might have started out with one or two rocks, but eventually he gets to a point where it is completely full. He tries to pull it farther down the road but it is just too heavy to go any farther. Without help, there is no way that the young man could haul them home. So then the child goes back home and asks his dad for help. His dad then comes with a pickup truck and takes those rocks and puts them into the back of the truck bed, and the son jumps into the passenger seat. The dad just took all of that burden and made it easier for his son.
That is what Jesus did for us. Instead of having to struggle under the Law, the pages and pages of them that we would have to do, Jesus comes and takes it all away. Just like the young child, we cannot get to Heaven on our own through the Law. We need help, and it is found in Jesus.
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.” Matthew 11:28-30
In life, there is always a hard way to do things, and an easy way. Someone can dig a basement with shove and take a couple weeks, or they can hire a backhoe and be done in a couple hours. You can cut down a tree with an axe, or you can use a chainsaw.
When Jesus died, He took away the entire Judaic Law, and made it easier for us. No longer is it a sin to eat pork, or do we have to observe certain days of the month. Instead, what does He tell us to do?
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40
Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself. That’s not so hard is it?
No one could keep the Law, so Jesus came to the earth and did it for us. He took that burden away and made it easier. That is what the Jews need to realize. They cannot keep the law perfectly. They need to let Jesus make it easy for them.
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 