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  GOD'S COMMANDS ARE NOT A BURDEN
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: God's commandments are not a burden to follow because love
makes them light and Christ gives strength to bear them.

Topics: "Gods Commandments", "Christian Liberty"
Scripture References: Matthew 11:30, Romans 8:37, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13, 1 John 5:3

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Mary Wilder Tileston, echoing the sentiments of Francis Quarles and
Edward B. Pusey, emphasizes that the love of God enables believers to
keep His commandments without finding them burdensome. Through Christ's
strength, believers can navigate through life's challenges with ease,
akin to a bird effortlessly soaring in the sky. The power of God's grace
within us empowers us to rise above hindrances, overcome temptations,
and align our wills with God's, making His commandments a joy rather
than a burden.

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For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His
commandments are not grievous.

1 JOHN 5:3

His commandments grievous are not,

Longer than men think them so;

Though He send me forth, I care not,

Whilst He gives me strength to go.

FRANCIS QUARLES

FOR nothing is grievous or burdensome to him who loves. They are not
grievous, because love makes them light; they are not grievous, because
Christ gives strength to bear them. Wings are no weight to the bird,
which they lift up in the air until it is lost in the sky above us, and
we see it no more, and hear only its note of thanks. God's commands are
no weight to the soul which, through His Spirit, He upbears to himself;
nay, rather, the soul, through them, the more soars aloft and loses
itself in the love of God. "The commandments of God are not grievous,"
because we have a power implanted in us mightier than all which would
dispute the sway of God's commandments and God's love, a power which
would lift us above all hindrances, carry us over all temptations, impel
our listlessness, sweep with it whatever opposes it, sweep with it even
the dulness or sluggishness of our own wills,--the almighty power of the
grace of God.

EDWARD B. PUSEY

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