Obligation (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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In Matthew 11, Jesus offers rest to those who come to Him. Then He immediately says, “Take my yoke upon you.” Doesn’t a yoke imply work, not rest? Find out how this yoke is the means to true freedom. Listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. In Matthew Chapter 11, Jesus offers rest to all who come to him. |
| 0:31.7 | Then he immediately says, take my yoke upon you. |
| 0:35.4 | And that sounds like a contradiction. |
| 0:37.3 | Rest and a yoke. Doesn't a yoke imply you. And that sounds like a contradiction. Rest and a yoke? |
| 0:39.1 | Doesn't a yoke imply grueling work |
| 0:41.4 | and not rest? |
| 0:43.3 | Well, today on Truth for Life, |
| 0:44.7 | Alistairbegg breaks down this verse for us |
| 0:46.9 | and explains how this particular yoke |
| 0:49.5 | is the means to true freedom. |
| 0:58.1 | Okay. is the means to true freedom. Matthew chapter 11 and verse 28, |
| 1:01.1 | come to me, says Jesus, |
| 1:03.1 | all who labor and are heavy laden, |
| 1:05.8 | and I will give you rest, |
| 1:08.0 | take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, |
| 1:15.4 | and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Amen. |
| 1:35.1 | In his reflections on the book of Psalms, C.S. Lewis makes this observation. Christians live increasingly on a spiritual island. New and rival ways of life surrounded in all directions, and their tides come further up the beach |
| 1:49.0 | every time. Some give morality a new meaning, which we cannot accept. Some deny the possibility of morality. |
| 2:03.2 | Now, it is within that context that we come to the Bible always. |
| 2:07.5 | If you are someone believing in Jesus, you realize that your mind is now being trained |
| 2:12.6 | according to the truth of the Bible. |
| 2:15.2 | You discover that things that you have come to hold dear |
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