Finding Rest: Jesus' Invitation to the Weary

"Jesus had growing opposition here in the this place in Matthew's Gospel, for instance in Matthew 10 he had warned the disciples I am sending you forth as what sheep into the midst of what wolves you will be delivered over to the Romans you will be flogged dragged before rulers and you will face persecution in Chapter 11 earlier he says the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence no matter how truth comes jesus said people will not like it." [00:03:35]

"Jesus prays with Thanksgiving implying joy and confidence a positive heart a positive attitude he prays a prayer of thanksgiving but he doesn't just pray he prays affirming something that really comforts him notice in verse 27 I'm sorry 25 father I thank you lord of heaven and earth that's a unique phrase because Jesus never praised that in any other the recorded Gospels he caused the Father Lord of Heaven and Earth it's a unique thing it's a picture of all authority throughout the whole universe the father you are in all authority over everything and I thank you." [00:05:34]

"Jesus had no problem with God doing that but people often do and then in verse 27 he affirms to his hearers his identity more notice this all things are delivered unto me by or from my father his identity declaring an exclusive relationship here everything has been delivered from the father who's the Lord of Heaven and Earth he has delivered all things to me and then he says this amazing deep statement that sounds like John's Gospel no one knows the father no one knows the son except the father and no one knows the Father except the Son and whoever the son chooses to reveal the father." [00:07:11]

"Jesus affirms three big truths here first of all his Christ delegated full authority over everything that's where he starts out all things are delivered unto me by or of from my father and remember he starts out praying father Lord of Heaven and Earth that's authority and that has been given to the son full authority delegated those of you who work for others have been under Authority at different levels you know what delegated authority is." [00:21:07]

"Jesus is exclusively the mediator the Revelator and the one who opens the truth to anyone now the more difficult Jesus ministry became the more solid would he affirm the truths about himself after his prayer thanks for the father concealing and revealing he affirms these amazing truths in verse 27 and after all that all that is vertical he's to the father he's affirming to the father the relationship he declares then this this vertical truth no one knows God except me and he knows me perfectly and no one knows me and I'm the only one who can make him known to anybody." [00:28:35]

"Come to me all who are weary and burdened just come just come you don't have to understand the secret realities of the inner workings of the Trinity how the father only knows the son how the Sun only knows the father you not to figure all that out don't let this the issue of God concealing true stumble you just get to me just come on it's an invitation and there's four verbs here Jesus uses that are warm and genuine and inviting and welcoming what are they for verbs they're all one syllable come take learn find." [00:29:30]

"Jesus summarizes what a Christian is and what the Christian life is if you had just that and you unpack it all your life from the time you come to Jesus Christ all your life is a life of coming to him learning of him taking his yoke on you learning of him and finding rest and satisfaction in him that's the Christian life it is the God man sin Ernest it is Christ's in earnest it's everything the brief words of Jesus here it's a comprehensive statement about all of life for anyone anywhere who will hear him and take him seriously." [00:30:30]

"Jesus is making both a generic call to all all who hear these words all who have a Bible all who are been ever exposed to the gospel in any way all who's been had God's truth affect them the call of God goes out through creation and through the Bible and the research anyone who has a Bible available to them they're accountable for it because they know in their conscience it's a divine book that's a generic call but it's also person to person come to me if you are burdened down and weary and needs to be very clear who's extending this invitation this is God himself this is the son of God." [00:35:55]

"Jesus is offering to the weary and the burdened a new good yoke that fits that doesn't hurt it actually feels comfortable because he is in it with you you're yoked and joined to him and that's a nice yoke it fits well it doesn't hurt he doesn't he doesn't damage you it's exactly right it's custom-made free unless the weary burden because were yoked to him and he bears the burden wait take my yoke upon you meaning yield to my loving and faithful authority is Jesus Christ the person of Jesus Christ your yoke mate personally is he your Lord and Master." [00:43:25]

"Learning about him learning from him he is your rabbi he's your teacher he's your mentor he's your Lord his words are authoritative all other words except scripture are not authoritative they're not binding scripture alone is authoritative binding words on us we learn of him through Scripture we learn from him we learn about him mastering the four Gospels this ought to be someone's goal to be so intimate with Matthew Mark Luke and John that you're intimately just clear on the teaching and the life and the person of the Lord Jesus Christ where it's a part of you learning of Christ." [00:45:06]

"Jesus says you come to me you take my yoke on you and you learn of me and you will find rest now and for eternity some of you don't know him and you don't have rest and you know you don't have a rest and I'm talking to you right now because you know you don't have rest and you never will have rest until you stop wearing your own yoke and break it and throw it away and let your heart come to Jesus Christ and take his yoke upon you and start learning you're gonna find rest immediately he says learn to me we learned all about him his ways as will his kingdom is truth and we find rest." [00:47:05]

"Come to me it or is open access is free you don't have to change anything you know what to be anything different you don't to clean yourself up come just as you are come immediately come fully to me die to your pride humble yourself and come to me submit to my control which is easy and it's not burdensome it's joyful learn of me it doesn't matter when you do it just do it you could start when you're 70 you could start when you're when you're 7 better late than never come take his yoke learn of him you found rest anyone hearing cross invitation in refusing it's blatant willful blindness and condemnation because hearing they refuse and hearing they will not and his words will judge them on the final day." [00:51:30]