Sunday Service June 7, 2026 From Burden to Rest Matthew 11:25-30

Instead, God says there is now no condemnation. God says there's full and complete forgiveness, perfect righteousness for those who are simply in Christ by faith. You can't earn it. There's nothing that a child of God can do or cannot do to make his heavenly father love him or her more or less. Let me say that again. There is nothing that a child of God can do or not do that will make his heavenly father love him or her more or less. [00:58:57] (47 seconds)  #NoCondemnation

Do you know why in this verse when it says, my yoke is easy and my burden is light? It's not because the yoke of of Jesus, that that bar, that wooden bar is made out of Styrofoam or carbon fiber and it's so light. The reason why it is so light is because Jesus is carrying and pulling all the weight. are simply to abide in him, remain in his word, remain in his love. [01:07:46] (34 seconds)  #YokedToJesus

The gospel is you don't have to do that. Why? Jesus paid it all. We don't have to pay for our sins. Our debt is paid, and the victory is won. We're sang that song this past month. Our debt is paid. The victory won. His perfect obedience, his sinless death means that we can just simply put our faith and our trust and our hope in Jesus to receive complete forgiveness of our sins. No more shame. No more guilt. [01:04:55] (32 seconds)  #PaidInFull

You can rebel against God and be alienated from him either by breaking his rules or by trying to keep them all diligently. Romans three twenty, it says, by works of the law, no human being will be justified in the sight. Since through the law comes knowledge of sin. So you see the religious man who relies on tradition, relies on good works to please the father is just as far from God as the atheist. [00:52:06] (34 seconds)  #NoJustificationByLaw

That to grow as a Christian means to be more and more independent. To to be a mature Christian, we find ourselves believing, so I have to believe. Oh, that means I I have do things on my own because that's what true Christian independence looks like. That's what maturity looks like. That's what sanctification looks like. And Jesus says, no. The one who matures and becomes more like Christ is the one who relies more on Christ. Is the one who not becomes more independent of God, but the one who becomes more dependent on God. [01:03:58] (33 seconds)  #DependentOnChrist

I I think there I mean, you could there there could be some application to that, but what Jesus is really saying here, is speaking about those who are spiritually burdened because they have they have been putting on their shoulders what God had never placed. God never said, be a good Christian and I'll accept you. Serve more, give more, and I'll approve of you. Don't sin. Just stop sinning, and I'll love you more. [00:58:25] (32 seconds)  #BurdenOfPerformance

The good news is that when we submit to Jesus, he gives all that he has to us. He gives us full pardon of sins, and he also gives us the ability to obey God. First John five three reminds us that this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. Are we to keep his commandments? But his commandments are not burdensome. Praise God. That in Christ, if you are in Christ, if you are yoked in Christ, you are free from self effort now. [01:08:21] (41 seconds)  #GraceEnablesObedience

Think about this. If you did nothing, you offered God nothing for him to freely and graciously adopt you into his family through the precious blood of Christ, And there's nothing that you can do as a Christian for the rest of your life that will ever change his mind. If God says in Romans five eight that while you were still a sinner, a rebellious sinner, while you were still living like the younger son, prodigal lavish living, apart from me, disobeying my commandments, and also while you were still a sinner like the older brother relying on your own works, your own self effort to attain self righteousness, both are sin. [00:59:44] (49 seconds)  #AdoptedByGrace