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[2646.42 --> 2646.86] Wow. |
[2647.46 --> 2647.90] Wow. |
[2648.48 --> 2648.92] Beautiful. |
[2658.92 --> 2667.66] Passage we're reading this morning is Matthew 11, verses 25 to 30. |
[2669.88 --> 2673.84] I'd like to read it, give it a little introduction, and then get into the message. |
[2673.84 --> 2679.50] Matthew 11. |
[2680.50 --> 2684.46] At that time, at that time, Jesus said, |
[2685.04 --> 2688.62] I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, |
[2689.32 --> 2693.36] because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned |
[2693.36 --> 2696.78] and revealed them to little children. |
[2696.78 --> 2703.86] Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. |
[2705.18 --> 2707.90] And since Jesus was there praying, |
[2709.52 --> 2714.76] all things have been committed to me by my Father. |
[2714.76 --> 2719.44] No one knows the Son except the Father, |
[2719.84 --> 2723.92] and no one knows the Father except the Son, |
[2724.58 --> 2728.94] and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. |
[2731.54 --> 2732.94] Come to me, |
[2733.64 --> 2737.42] all you who are weary and burdened, |
[2737.42 --> 2741.24] and I will give you rest. |
[2742.24 --> 2745.24] Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, |
[2745.34 --> 2748.60] for I am gentle and humble in heart, |
[2749.04 --> 2753.16] and you will find rest for your souls. |
[2754.26 --> 2755.90] For my yoke is easy, |
[2756.58 --> 2758.66] and my burden is light. |
[2758.66 --> 2760.82] The word of the Lord. |
[2761.48 --> 2762.78] Thanks be to God. |
[2764.88 --> 2766.38] Well, brothers and sisters, |
[2766.72 --> 2768.48] you're probably aware of that, |
[2768.56 --> 2772.46] that we're in that tradition called Protestants. |
[2773.48 --> 2776.58] Now, that really means you're protest people. |
[2776.80 --> 2778.60] We are protest ants. |
[2780.50 --> 2781.34] The Catholics, |
[2781.98 --> 2784.44] I don't know how we actually got the name, |
[2784.44 --> 2789.46] but this is October 30, |
[2790.14 --> 2792.24] and October 31st, |
[2792.24 --> 2794.50] I don't know if we celebrate all that much anymore, |
[2794.64 --> 2796.08] is really Reformation Day, |
[2796.82 --> 2798.66] because that's the day |
[2798.66 --> 2803.06] that the Protestant movement started. |
[2804.18 --> 2805.88] You know, they didn't know quite how to mark it, |
[2805.88 --> 2808.88] because a movement doesn't just start in an afternoon, |
[2809.12 --> 2810.92] but they mark it by the time |
[2810.92 --> 2812.36] when Martin Luther went |
[2812.36 --> 2815.14] and he posted his 95 statements |
[2815.14 --> 2817.20] on the door of the church in Wittenberg, |
[2817.50 --> 2819.86] because he was taking exception |
[2819.86 --> 2822.74] to some of the things that were going on |
[2822.74 --> 2826.36] in the Roman Catholic or the Catholic church. |
[2828.60 --> 2829.24] Particularly, |
[2829.74 --> 2831.20] that's the one that shines out, |
[2832.16 --> 2834.24] this matter of indulgences. |
[2835.76 --> 2836.78] Now, think about that. |
[2838.16 --> 2840.00] If this church was saying, |
[2840.00 --> 2841.72] if you pay money, |
[2842.72 --> 2844.90] your sins will be forgiven. |
[2846.16 --> 2846.88] We'd say, |
[2846.96 --> 2850.34] now that's pretty false teaching. |
[2850.90 --> 2852.04] That's what they were doing. |
[2853.60 --> 2854.66] Not only false, |
[2855.00 --> 2856.66] it is physically, |
[2857.20 --> 2858.46] you might say economically, |
[2858.76 --> 2860.64] and spiritually abusive. |
[2861.52 --> 2862.62] And even the Catholics |
[2862.62 --> 2864.40] have come to see the need |
[2864.40 --> 2867.36] of some reform within themselves. |
[2867.36 --> 2871.38] As, connecting to our passage, |
[2871.54 --> 2873.36] did the religious establishment |
[2873.36 --> 2875.08] in Jesus' day |
[2875.08 --> 2877.78] need serious reform? |
[2879.46 --> 2881.50] Those who were in charge of the temple |
[2881.50 --> 2882.26] and of worship |
[2882.26 --> 2884.74] needed correction, |
[2885.00 --> 2885.82] to put it lightly. |
[2886.98 --> 2889.16] And our passage begins with the words, |
[2889.60 --> 2890.88] at that time, |
[2891.40 --> 2893.44] what was happening? |
[2893.44 --> 2893.80] Well, |
[2895.08 --> 2897.42] what was happening at that time |
[2897.42 --> 2898.90] in the first century |
[2898.90 --> 2900.88] is in many ways |
[2900.88 --> 2902.26] similar to what was going on |
[2902.26 --> 2903.80] in the 16th century. |
[2904.36 --> 2906.18] We continually need |
[2906.18 --> 2907.50] reformation |
[2907.50 --> 2908.86] in our churches. |
[2909.30 --> 2910.64] We never should become |
[2910.64 --> 2911.66] smug, |
[2912.44 --> 2912.72] lest |
[2912.72 --> 2915.32] the force of religion |
[2915.32 --> 2916.98] takes over |
[2916.98 --> 2918.24] the power |
[2918.24 --> 2919.58] of the gospel. |
[2919.58 --> 2922.34] So what was happening |
[2922.34 --> 2923.30] in the first century? |
[2926.38 --> 2926.86] Well, |
[2927.04 --> 2929.36] the beginning of chapter 11, |
[2929.54 --> 2930.46] we discover, |
[2930.80 --> 2931.82] if we just get a little bit |
[2931.82 --> 2932.82] of context here, |
[2932.98 --> 2933.18] that |
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