Intro to Matthew 11:25-30

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/18/2021 9:15 AM

 

My Worship Time                                                                    Focus:  Intro to Matthew 11:25-30

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                              Reference:  Matthew 11:25-30

 

            Message of the verses:  “25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. 26 “Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. 27 "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.’”

 

            The following quotation from MacArthur’s introduction to these verses speaks of the salvation message which is the theme of all Scripture:  “The heart of the gospel is that ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ (1 Tim. 1:15).  Jesus said that He came ‘to seek and to save that which was lost’ (Luke 19:10).  He tells men that because He is the Bread of Life, those who come to Him will never hunger and those who believe in Him will never thirst (John 6:35; cf. 7:37).  Because He is the Light of the World, those who follow Him will ‘not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life’ (8:12).  Because He is ‘the resurrection and the life,’ those who believe in Him will live even if they die (11:25).”

 

            Way back in the book of Genesis chapter three and verse fifteen we see the very first promise of a coming Savior as God told Adam and Eve that one day their descendant would bruise the serpent’s head, which is a picture of Christ’s conquest of Satan.  Let us look at a number of verses from the prophet Isaiah as we close this part of our introduction to these verses.  “"Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other’” (Isa. 45:22).  “1 "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. 2  "Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance. 3  "Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David” (Isa. 55:1-3; focus on 1 and 3).  One more verse from Revelation:  “17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost” (Rev. 22:17).

 

            We close as the hymn writer F. W. Faber reminds us,

 

“There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

Like the wideness of the sea.

There’s a kindness in His Justice

That is more than liberty.

For the love of God is broader

Than the measure of man’s mind;

And the heart of the Eternal

Is most wonderfully kind.

 

12/18/2021 9:36 AM