netchaplain
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No two oxen are alike concerning their manner of work, for each varies in physic and movement, and thus labor in different strengths. The strongest leads in the majority of the labor and upon tiring, the other will take the lead until it tires, and so the work is alternately transferring between the two, with the tired ox doing the least.
Unlike the above yoke, the yoke of Christ (Mat 11:28-30) operates consistently under a single power (Holy Spirit—Zec 4:6), thus the life of Christ becomes our life (Gal 2:20; Col 3:4), and the works deriving from the imputed holiness and righteousness of Christ—through the Spirit using our new nature—glorifies the Father (Mat 5:16).
My conception here is similar to a child standing onto one's feet and holding the hands, which will cause the child to do whatever the carrier chooses, with the exception of the child occasionally operating on its own and eventually returning to the control of the carrier.
To me this is analogous to the believer being in the Father’s control for the majority of the time (Phl 2:13), but due to the old nature, the believer is allowed to continue to realize the decadence of the sin nature in continued contrast with the height of God’s divine nature (Rom 7:25).
This is not to consider the believer as sinful, but rather through this process, godly. For though the sin nature remains in us (Rom 7:17, 20; 1 John 1:8), we are not in it (Rom 8:9), and our lives will not eventuate under the control of sin (Rom 6: 12, 14).
It has been said that the lost need saved and the saved needs delivered, thus we can be free of sin’s guilt while still burdened with sin’s oppression. In the yoke of Christ our way is “easy” and “light,” even in the “hardness” (2 Tim 2:3), and therefore, His desires become joyous, and “not grievous” (1 John 5:3).
Please enjoy this: http://www.staged.com/video?v=NtK
Unlike the above yoke, the yoke of Christ (Mat 11:28-30) operates consistently under a single power (Holy Spirit—Zec 4:6), thus the life of Christ becomes our life (Gal 2:20; Col 3:4), and the works deriving from the imputed holiness and righteousness of Christ—through the Spirit using our new nature—glorifies the Father (Mat 5:16).
My conception here is similar to a child standing onto one's feet and holding the hands, which will cause the child to do whatever the carrier chooses, with the exception of the child occasionally operating on its own and eventually returning to the control of the carrier.
To me this is analogous to the believer being in the Father’s control for the majority of the time (Phl 2:13), but due to the old nature, the believer is allowed to continue to realize the decadence of the sin nature in continued contrast with the height of God’s divine nature (Rom 7:25).
This is not to consider the believer as sinful, but rather through this process, godly. For though the sin nature remains in us (Rom 7:17, 20; 1 John 1:8), we are not in it (Rom 8:9), and our lives will not eventuate under the control of sin (Rom 6: 12, 14).
It has been said that the lost need saved and the saved needs delivered, thus we can be free of sin’s guilt while still burdened with sin’s oppression. In the yoke of Christ our way is “easy” and “light,” even in the “hardness” (2 Tim 2:3), and therefore, His desires become joyous, and “not grievous” (1 John 5:3).
Please enjoy this: http://www.staged.com/video?v=NtK
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