Sermons

Biblical Yokes

Marc Nuessen, January 25, 2015
Part of the General Topics series.

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Matt 11:28-30 Christ yoke calls to us to release us from our labor

Gen 27:40 Esau is foretold to rebel from the yoke of Jacob
1 Kin 12:4 The people request a lighter yoke from Solomon’s son
1 Kin 12:10-14 Jeroboam instead makes the yoke even heavier on them
1 Sam 8:11-18 Samuel warned Israel that a king would do this too them

1 Cor 3:1-3 Even though we have the Spirit in us, we are still carnal
Rom 7:14-25 Sin dwells within us causing our flesh to push against the Spirit
Lam 1:14 God puts a yoke of transgressions on us so that we come to Him
Deut 28:47-48 God will put a yoke on us for not serving Him with gladness and joy
Lev 26:13 God can break our yokes of bondage

2 Cor 6:14 Unequally yoked to unbelievers puts a greater burden on us
1 Cor 7:12-13 Wife/Husbands can be married to unbelievers if they are equally yoked
1 Tim 4:1-5 Forbidding to marry can be hypocritical and a doctrine of demons
1 Cor 10:27 We aren’t forbidden from working with unbelievers
John 17:14-15 Christ prays that we aren’t removed from the world but kept from evil

Lam 3:27 It is good for us to take on the yoke of Christ as a young person
Matt 11:28-30 Christ yoke calls to us to release us from our labor
2 Cor 13:5 We are to test ourselves in the yoke of Christ

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