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[4019.16 --> 4020.44] created, again,
[4020.44 --> 4021.58] in Christ Jesus.
[4021.58 --> 4022.98] Everything is in His hands.
[4023.54 --> 4024.10] To do what?
[4024.84 --> 4026.42] To do good works.
[4026.54 --> 4027.58] It is not by works
[4027.58 --> 4028.12] you are saved.
[4028.38 --> 4029.16] You are saved
[4029.16 --> 4030.06] so that
[4030.06 --> 4031.12] you can do
[4031.12 --> 4031.94] the good works
[4031.94 --> 4033.28] that God has prepared
[4033.28 --> 4034.12] in advance
[4034.12 --> 4035.12] for us to do.
[4035.80 --> 4037.50] Everything is in His hands.
[4038.32 --> 4039.20] And as we
[4039.20 --> 4040.32] are invited
[4040.32 --> 4041.42] to be His disciples,
[4041.64 --> 4042.60] we are now equipped
[4042.60 --> 4043.50] by the Holy Spirit
[4043.50 --> 4044.88] to do the good works
[4044.88 --> 4045.66] that He has prepared
[4045.66 --> 4046.20] in advance
[4046.20 --> 4047.26] for us to do.
[4047.26 --> 4050.14] That now enlightens us
[4050.14 --> 4051.70] for this last question.
[4052.12 --> 4053.24] How exactly
[4053.24 --> 4054.90] is Jesus' yoke
[4054.90 --> 4056.04] easy and His burden
[4056.04 --> 4056.44] light?
[4056.80 --> 4058.26] It doesn't feel
[4058.26 --> 4059.24] that way all the time.
[4060.08 --> 4060.84] To be disciples
[4060.84 --> 4061.36] of Jesus
[4061.36 --> 4062.96] actually put us
[4062.96 --> 4063.92] in the face of
[4063.92 --> 4065.84] a lot of spiritual
[4065.84 --> 4066.32] battles,
[4066.60 --> 4067.58] even persecution,
[4068.22 --> 4069.84] all across the globe.
[4070.32 --> 4071.34] So how is this
[4071.34 --> 4072.02] good news?
[4072.36 --> 4073.76] How is Jesus'
[4073.76 --> 4074.96] yoke easy
[4074.96 --> 4076.06] for us?
[4076.06 --> 4076.74] How?
[4079.38 --> 4080.48] From the good news,
[4080.56 --> 4081.22] from God's word,
[4081.30 --> 4081.92] I suggest
[4081.92 --> 4083.56] the answer is
[4083.56 --> 4084.56] is that
[4084.56 --> 4085.42] we take on
[4085.42 --> 4086.54] Jesus' yoke.
[4086.64 --> 4087.52] That's the key.
[4088.22 --> 4089.24] We take on
[4089.24 --> 4090.46] the yoke of Christ.
[4090.58 --> 4091.38] That's the invitation.
[4092.20 --> 4092.70] And notice,
[4092.86 --> 4094.18] it's not to take on
[4094.18 --> 4095.14] our own yoke
[4095.14 --> 4096.46] that is now strengthened
[4096.46 --> 4097.30] and made better
[4097.30 --> 4097.84] or something.
[4098.36 --> 4099.16] Jesus does not
[4099.16 --> 4099.98] invite us to say,
[4100.08 --> 4100.26] alright,
[4100.50 --> 4101.78] put on your yokes again.
[4102.04 --> 4102.76] I'm just going to
[4102.76 --> 4103.70] strengthen that yoke
[4103.70 --> 4104.68] and make it easier
[4104.68 --> 4105.12] or lighter,
[4105.12 --> 4106.40] but it's your yoke.
[4106.54 --> 4107.34] Put on that yoke
[4107.34 --> 4108.12] and then continue
[4108.12 --> 4108.78] on the work.
[4109.30 --> 4109.56] No.
[4109.88 --> 4110.56] The invitation
[4110.56 --> 4111.60] that Jesus extends
[4111.60 --> 4112.18] to us
[4112.18 --> 4113.10] and to the people
[4113.10 --> 4113.88] listening here,
[4113.94 --> 4114.40] he says,
[4114.68 --> 4116.58] take on my yoke
[4116.58 --> 4117.72] for it is easy
[4117.72 --> 4118.52] and my burden
[4118.52 --> 4119.04] is light.
[4119.90 --> 4121.00] I am the way,
[4121.08 --> 4121.44] the truth,
[4121.50 --> 4121.98] and the life.
[4122.36 --> 4123.28] I am the way
[4123.28 --> 4124.78] to real flourishing,
[4125.20 --> 4126.16] real blessing,
[4126.58 --> 4128.50] and real rest.
[4128.50 --> 4134.44] this is why
[4134.44 --> 4135.56] Jesus uses
[4135.56 --> 4137.10] a work tool
[4137.10 --> 4138.72] for this image.
[4139.16 --> 4140.34] Not a chair,
[4140.62 --> 4141.30] not a bed,
[4141.42 --> 4142.90] not a nice lawn chair