For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
When all around is discouraging, cities in ruin, most men careless of their own happiness, Christ looks upward and gives thanks: though Israel be not gathered, yet shall He be glorious. His thanksgiving for the remnant of babes who receive the gospel is the sovereign cordial that silences drooping souls and defeats the melancholy of grief and fear.
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Commenting on Matthew 11:25-30
Verse 30. My yoke is easy, etc. That is, the services that I shall require are easily rendered. They are not burdensome, like all other systems of religion. So the Christian always finds them. In coming to him, there is a peace which passeth all understanding; in believing in him, joy; in following him through evil and good report, a comfort which the world giveth...
OUTBURST OF FEELING SUGGESTED TO THE MIND OF JESUS BY THE RESULT OF HIS LABORS IN GALILEE. (Mat 11:20-30) Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
Commenting on Matthew 11:20-30