FRIDAY - 10TH APRIL, 2026
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
THOSE WHO BIND HEAVY BURDENS ON YOU
Acts 15:10, KJV
"Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"
May you not find yourself in this category - where you're the one binding heavy burdens on people when you should be advocating for their liberty. Unfortunately that is bound to happen when you refuse to operate under grace but under the law. When you have refused to be set at total liberty indeed, you might want other people to be as you are in the flesh before it can be said that their salvation is guaranteed.
Peter questions that mindset here even as some Jews, especially those of the Pharisees' sect are saying that the non-Jewish believers (Gentiles) must be circumcised before they could be saved or counted as part of Christ's body.
In replying, Peter says, "Why do you tempt God?" That means why are they opposing God. Before this time in Acts 10, the Gentiles had gotten born again through the gospel of Peter in Cornelius' house. God didn't discriminate against them. He poured the Holy Spirit on them like He poured on the Jews. They were born again like the Jews. God for once didn't require that they become Jews in the flesh first of all by been circumcised before they'll be born again or receive the Holy Ghost. So, in essence Peter was saying, "Why are you testing and opposing God's decision?" That's the meaning of that expression of Peter. He said that because he saw what God had already settled and set in motion as per the salvation of the Gentiles without asking for "prerequisites" are being fundamentally criticized and made nothing of. In essence, those fighting Jews would have the Gentiles get circumcised in the flesh as did Abraham and his downlines.
But Peter is saying, "That's over with" because God Himself is done with it. If He wanted it, He would have asked for it from the Gentiles before pouring the Holy Ghost on them.
Then Peter says, "...to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear."
Did you see that? By insisting that the Gentiles be circumcised , those born again Jews are actually putting a yoke on the Gentiles. A yoke is a burden or a weight. It can slow down and press on the bearer. That's the kind of suffering they are submitting them to. The yoke is the heavy burdens of Jewish law (rules, rituals, ceremonies). So, in essence, Peter was saying, "Why are you placing heavy religious burdens on these new believers?"
Unfortunately, their fathers and they stumbled under it. Even they, they could not perfectly keep the law. How many times have we made what grace did for us a matter of rites, rituals, ceremonies and legalistic acts that must be observed?
Salvation doesn't hinge on circumcision or rites that any man chooses to perform to God. He can do nothing to gain God's favour if he refuses to accept what God has done. It rather centers on accepting the finished works of Christ. The Gentiles believed and they were saved. If you too are, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9, KJV
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
This is all you have to do and believe in and you shall be saved. You don't need to make payment anywhere. You don't need to sleep with anyone or be anybody's slave before you can be saved. Do you believe in Jesus' death and resurrection? If you do, confess Him as Lord with that firm belief in your heart and you'll immediately be His.
PRAYER: Lord, may I not be the stumbling block on someone's path to salvation. Help me rather to take people and teach them the right way correctly.
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