As soon as a man is born of God, he begins to take the yoke of Jesus upon himself. He used to yoke with the bondage of sin, but now by the grace of God he has been set free from the yoke of slavery to sin. We all used to walk according to the standard way of living in the world. It says, "If you educated yourself well and earned enough money, you would fulfill your life." Work hard and earn money and then you can enjoy your life in full. That's what we used to believe and pursue.
But contrary to the sayings of the world, we weren't satisfied nor fulfilled but depressed and bored with things of the world. No matter how hard we try to be satisfied or fulfilled, nothing avails at all. Temporarily, yes. To some degree, yes. However, it fails unavoidably at not even close to the goal. Why so? It's because there is serious defect in humanity. The alien power of evil invaded humans and found his home within. So, no effort avails but in subjection to this monstrous and vicious power of evil within our hearts. By natural birth, all humans are doomed to be subjected to this alien evil.
That's why Jesus Christ has come to set us free from this alien power of evil by means of His death. This is the good news to all peoples on earth. Jesus commands the people on the earth to come to Him and take His yoke upon us and learn from Him. What is the reason? Because He is gentle and lowly in heart, and we will find rest for our souls and because His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Now in Jesus Christ, we do not have to submit to that devilish power any longer, though we still could. That monstrous power is no more in effect to those who are born of God because we're yoked with Christ Jesus. We submit to Him, listen to Him, breathe with Him, take every steps with Him, and find rest in Him.
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