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The One and Only Christian Burden

“Come unto me all ye that labor 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

“LEARN OF ME” is to seek him first, is to gather around only him.

“LEARN OF JESUS CHRIST” this is our only burden and it is wonderfully light and easy. This is the key to living the Christian life.

We cannot find real rest if we fail to ‘learn of Christ’.

Someone who puts burdens and demands or rules on themselves and on others and calls that Christianity or Christian ministry has not yet “learned of Christ”. This mindset is a mixture of humanism, human strength or greatness, with serving Christ.

Do not listen to them!

And do not do this to others, especially your children.

The only Christian burden or duty is to learn of Jesus Christ, in other words ‘seek him first then all things will be added to you.’ Matt 6:33

 

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The Stone that is Filling the Whole Earth

I found an amazing gem while reading the book of Daniel to my kids the other night.  I hadn’t seen this before.

In the past year as I read the Old Testament I have learned to look for Jesus Christ and I am finding him everywhere. The centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ is the key needed to interpret and understand the Old Testament. Jesus himself taught us this concept.

Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He (the resurrected Jesus) explained to them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

A little back ground info, the king Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon had just had a confusing and troubling dream, so being the murderous dictator he was, he demanded an interpretation from the soothsayers, or Chaldeans or sorcerers of his country or else they would all be killed. Of which Daniel was one in exile from Judah. So Daniel prayed and God told him the kings dream and its interpretation.

The interpretation was that God had used this dream to show Nebuchadnezzar the future as it regards the kingdoms of the earth. The statue in the dream represented the current and coming kingdoms of the earth.

But then there was this rock cut out without hands which crushed all the other kingdoms and then became a great mountain which filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:34-35 “You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet and iron and clay crushed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed  all the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”

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The Lord Jesus Christ is that rock which comes from God and crushes all the kingdoms of the earth and fills the whole earth. This was a messianic prophecy, the first of many in Daniels experiences and writings. God chose this king to reveal what he was doing in the earth.

So if you are in turmoil about what might befall this nation during this election season and the prospects of new leadership, be encouraged because, even if we find ourselves being crushed and ground to powder as a nation its ok, it is to give place for the kingdom of Jesus Christ which is continuously and increasingly filling the whole earth.

Now that is something we can all agree on and get behind.

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Joshua 1:8 in the light of Jesus Christ

During the time of Moses and Joshua in the Old Testament the Book of the Law was the only connection the Hebrews had to God.  They didn’t know him outside what was revealed to them in the law written by Moses. 

But we have Jesus now and He has fulfilled many things.  One of the things that he is described as is ‘the Word of God’, the law and ordinances are fulfilled in him. He personally has replaced the book of the law in the lives of people.

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

1 John 1:1 What was from the beginning what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of life 2 and the life was manifested and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the father and was manifested to us.

Revelation 19:13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

Jesus Christ also told the Pharisees that Moses and the law and the prophets “were about me”.  Jesus Christ is the book of the law, now it is him that we are to seek daily, we our told now to fix our eyes on him (Heb 12:1), not the old letter but on him, for in him is transformation, in him is the fullness of all things.

Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith…

And he replaces the law, the law is fulfilled in him therefore it is theologically acceptable and even appropriate to replace references in scripture to ‘the book of the Law’ and the Word with ‘Jesus Christ’ himself.

One such passage that I have always liked is Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Now see how this passage reads if we replace the book of the law with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Joshua 1:8 (in fullness) The Lord Jesus Christ shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on Him day and night, that He may live his life through you. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid nor be dismayed, for the Lord Jesus Christ is with you wherever you go.”

Jesus Christ shall not depart from our mouths.

Meditate on the Lord Jesus Christ day and night, not just bible verses anymore, which educate the mind but personally the Lord Jesus Christ.

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