Scripture: Mt 11:28-30

Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. --- Mt 11:28-30

Thrust: Only when we accept Jesus' invitation of having a binding relationship with Him can we learn to find true rest for our souls.

For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. --- Mt 23:4

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I. An Invitation to Rest Our Souls

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils of the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --- Gen 2:7

1. We Can Lose Our Soul

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?--- Mt 16:26

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.--- Mt 10:28

2. Fragility of the Soul

Why my soul are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? --- Ps 42:11

Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb, for now I would have been lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; then I would have been at rest. --- Job 3:11-13

3. Dehumanization of the Soul

Losing the very consciousness and awareness of himself; becomes something else beside his original creation - the image of God.

4. Our Souls Do Not Belong To Us

Behold all souls are mine ... --- Eze 18:4

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II. The Solution For True Rest

1. We Need To Be Yoked With Christ

Take My yoke upon you ... For My yoke is easy and my burden is light. --- Mt 11:29-3

Greek word for easy is chrestos meaning "well-fitting"

2. We Need to Learn From the Burden Bearer

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Challenge

You belong to God and are precious to Him.

We need to choose to be yoked to God and to learn from Him.