Be Free

A yoke is an instrument of bondage; it bounds an entity either for good or for bad. Spiritual yoke is either with God or with the devil, and it will invoke either blessings or curses over the life of the individual(s) who is yoked. Until a yoke is broken, the yoked are usually in servitude and made to do what the entity they are yoked to want them to do. Believers are supposed to be permanently yoked and in servitude to the Lord but set free from ungodly yoke and bondage. The two animals "beast of burden" work much more effectively than one could because they are able to pool their strength and pull in the same direction. They can work together to pull loads that one animal could not handle alone. Animals yoked together cannot stray far from each other because the yoke restricts where they can travel. The culture of the Israelite illustrates this better. They lived as shepherds and when an ox is being freshly used for irrigation and agricultural purposes, it is always yoked together with another ox skilled and experienced in agricultural works having been used for a while. This is necessary so that through it the apprentice ox learns several agricultural principles like tilling, bearing burdens and works of irrigation they are used for. Demonically yokes are used often used figuratively in the Scriptures to suggest severe bondage, afflictions, and subjection [Leviticus 26:13]. They generally constitute all that the devil does with and in the lives of those under his captivity. In the New Testament the word "yoke" is also used to denote servitude [Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:30; Acts 15:10; Galatians 5:1]. When the devil put on a man, the instrument of yoke, the individual involved is harassed, repressed, depressed or even oppressed inflicting harm until freedom or liberty is attained by the Spirit and the word of God. In the scripture above, God said Esau could not be free until he makes a conscious effort to stand against the yoke and break its dominion, power and authority over his life. Contrary to the above, the yoke of Christ is what separates real disciples from mere believers or admirers of Jesus Christ. After God gets the new Christian yoked up, the yoked fellow begins to render good service with the blessing of God upon him. In addition, God begins to deal with him on other lines than merely serving Him especially carrying his cross daily and following Christ. The issue of denying self and dying to the works of the flesh is vitally important to those who will be free from the bondage of Satan. [Phil. 1:29]. "And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck" Genesis 27:40 This text envisions the main thrust of this book. It speaks of three major seasons in the life of a man. The first is the time that he is under the shackles and bondage of another, secondly is the time he fights to lift this yoke of his own neck and lastly time when he is free from the yokes of bondage. We seek to show that we all go through the first stage but not all of us eventually move to the next or the last stage. We also seek to show how as mortals we can move to this very important last stage (especially for all those who are presently under the yoke of darkness) as well as how to stay perpetually free from the encroachment of demons. Several teaching and deliverance methods are being proclaimed today within the church, but most of these teachings do not have any basis in the scriptures, they often times slant towards the cultic. Apart from this, they only offer temporary solution and in return bring the so-called delivered souls under a more burdensome yoke. Jesus has shown us the true and sure means to getting free from all satanic oppression. We intend to reflect on this promised freedom without turning to the left or right. Jesus is the only way to our freedom from all satanic yokes [Matt. 11:28-30].