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The mission of this website is to encourage the disciples of Jesus Christ in lives of submissive service as symbolized by His Yoke.

A yoke may seem mundane and irrelevant to our modern experience, but Jesus used it to teach essential truth about discipleship. Jesus gave very specific invitations to Peter, James, John and the rest of the twelve to “Follow Me", but in Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus gives His broadest invitation to discipleship.

	Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV
	^28“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

The term, disciple, was used in Jesus' day to refer to those who were committed to learning and adhering to the teachings of a rabbi or master teacher. So when Jesus said “Come to Me ... and learn from Me”, it was unquestionably a call to discipleship.

Rabbis were much more than teachers of religion. They taught their disciples how to live as God expected them to live. A true disciple not only learned the teachings of his master teacher, but also accepted his teachings as the will of God for his life.

Jesus is not calling us to be disciples. He is calling us to become His diciples. “Take My yoke upon you” because “I am gentle and lowly in heart”. His motives make Him the only master who can be trusted. Only in His yoke can we be sure that our life's effort will not be wasted.

The essential truth about discipleship remains the same 2000 years later. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the only master we can trust. Under any other master we “labor and are heavy laden.” It may take many years of struggle and rebellion, but it is not until we take His yoke that we find rest in our inner most being, rest for our souls.

Bible Dictionary: Disciple

The word, disciple, is found in the Bible only in the Gospels and Acts. It always means the pupil of someone, in contrast to the master or teacher. In all cases it implies that the person not only accepts the views of the teacher, but that he is also in practice an adherent.

In the widest sense disciple refers to those who accept the teachings of anyone, not only in belief but in life. But its most common use is to designate the adherents of Jesus.

It is the only name for Christ’s followers in the Gospels. But especially the Twelve Apostles, even when they are called simply the disciples. In the Acts, after the death and ascension of Jesus, disciples are those who confess Him as the Messiah, Christians.

—adapted from Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels