1. Changing Yokes
Matthew 11:28-30

2. What’s a yoke?

3. Abraham Changed (Gen. 12)
 He left everything he knew to move
to a foreign land
 He Changed because
He trusted in God
He believed that the change would
bring something better
He believed obedience would take
him there

4. The Israelites Changed (Ex. 6)
 They transformed from a large group
of slaves into a nation
 They Changed because
 God empowered their transformation
 The Lord would bring them “out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians” v7
 Matt. 19:26 - “With men this is
impossible, but with God all things are
possible.”

5. Manasseh Changed (2 Chr. 33)
 Changed from Evil to Good
 He Changed because
 God brought him back to Jerusalem
 He had a drive to cast out all the idols in
the House of the Lord
 Cast out the Old Yoke
 2 Cor. 5:17 – “If anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation; old things have passed
away; behold, all things have become
new.”

6. Christ’s Yoke brings Rest
 28 Come to Me, all you who labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. 29 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. 30 For My yoke is easy and My
burden is light.” Matt. 11
 Hebrews 4:9-11