In careful reading of the scripture, there is never a suggestion that we are yoked WITH Christ. It only says that it is His yoke. It makes much more sense to read this as it is written. That we are to put upon us His yoke and let him be our teacher.
Putting on the His yoke suggest that we submit to do His work. He is the farmer. the Master. The caretaker of the work. We yoke ourselves with other saints who have also agreed to take upon ourselves the yoke of Christ. We are yoked with our spouse, with our children, with those that we serve with. Yoked with those that we are making an effort to become one with so that we can be the people God and His saints. The body of Christ.
This makes Jesus Christ the master who drives the ox. Sets the work and the pace. giving us work we can handle. Not giving us labor that is pointless and useless. pushing us to grow. and making the work easy and light because he knows how to properly yokes his oxen together which includes yoking animals of equal strength and stature and teaching us how to pull together.
He wants us to learn how to become a good ox because symbolically that is what He is. In the Hebrew alphabet the first letter represents God and is a pictograph of an ox. taking upon ourselves the yoke of Christ means that we covenant to do His will. to obey Him and do His work. In return he teaches us to be a good ox. or in other words, teaches us to become more like God.
I know this is an old article and I have heard plenty of conference talks that references being yoked with Christ as if we are in the same yoke as him, but the reality is that oxen are never unequally yoked because it makes pulling the weight nearly impossible.
There seems to be plenty of insight in the way the analogy is actually written without stretching it into something else.
I really hope this just prompts people to look at the analogy a little closer.
TimothyAugust 21, 2013
Sharing a yoke with Christ is easy. The hard part is figuring out how to be tame enough for someone to place the yoke upon my shoulders in the first place.
Once again, Christ's grace is sufficient to bring Peace to my heart to the point where the yoke can be placed upon my shoulders.
Nathan August 14, 2013
Thanks again, Brother Barkdull. Yet another article answering my prayers.Just like consistent scripture study, the revelation comes in the timing of what we are going through
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DougJuly 16, 2024
In careful reading of the scripture, there is never a suggestion that we are yoked WITH Christ. It only says that it is His yoke. It makes much more sense to read this as it is written. That we are to put upon us His yoke and let him be our teacher. Putting on the His yoke suggest that we submit to do His work. He is the farmer. the Master. The caretaker of the work. We yoke ourselves with other saints who have also agreed to take upon ourselves the yoke of Christ. We are yoked with our spouse, with our children, with those that we serve with. Yoked with those that we are making an effort to become one with so that we can be the people God and His saints. The body of Christ. This makes Jesus Christ the master who drives the ox. Sets the work and the pace. giving us work we can handle. Not giving us labor that is pointless and useless. pushing us to grow. and making the work easy and light because he knows how to properly yokes his oxen together which includes yoking animals of equal strength and stature and teaching us how to pull together. He wants us to learn how to become a good ox because symbolically that is what He is. In the Hebrew alphabet the first letter represents God and is a pictograph of an ox. taking upon ourselves the yoke of Christ means that we covenant to do His will. to obey Him and do His work. In return he teaches us to be a good ox. or in other words, teaches us to become more like God. I know this is an old article and I have heard plenty of conference talks that references being yoked with Christ as if we are in the same yoke as him, but the reality is that oxen are never unequally yoked because it makes pulling the weight nearly impossible. There seems to be plenty of insight in the way the analogy is actually written without stretching it into something else. I really hope this just prompts people to look at the analogy a little closer.
TimothyAugust 21, 2013
Sharing a yoke with Christ is easy. The hard part is figuring out how to be tame enough for someone to place the yoke upon my shoulders in the first place. Once again, Christ's grace is sufficient to bring Peace to my heart to the point where the yoke can be placed upon my shoulders.
Nathan August 14, 2013
Thanks again, Brother Barkdull. Yet another article answering my prayers.Just like consistent scripture study, the revelation comes in the timing of what we are going through
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