Benefits Without Burdens 

Benefits Without Burdens 
Pastor Blake Hanson 4.12.23 

Matthew 11:30 (NLT)

30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” 

God gives us without ! 

Acts 15:1–5 (NLT)

1 While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers: “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 

2 Paul and Barnabas disagreed with them, arguing vehemently. Finally, the church decided to send Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and elders about this question. 

3 The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them—much to everyone’s joy—that the Gentiles, too, were being converted. 

4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, Barnabas and Paul were welcomed by the whole church, including the apostles and elders. They reported everything God had done through them. 

5 But then some of the believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and insisted, “The Gentile converts must be circumcised and required to follow the law of Moses.”

God brings benefits without burdens – brings benefits with burdens! 

Romans 3:28 (ESV)

28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

God brings benefits without burdens – 

The greatest benefit, . 

: act of kindness freely given by God (JESUS)

Acts 15:7 (NLT)

7 At the meeting, after a long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: “Brothers, you all know that God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Good News and believe.

Acts 15:8–9 (NLT)

8 God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. 

9 He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith.

God brings benefits without burdens –

 Gives advice 

Acts 15:19–21 (NLT)

19 “And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 

20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood. 

21 For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.”

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