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[3109.12 --> 3110.66] especially, I suggest, |
[3110.72 --> 3111.60] in our workplaces. |
[3112.22 --> 3114.42] But this hard work is made easy |
[3114.42 --> 3117.70] because it is the Lord of creation |
[3117.70 --> 3119.16] who comforts, |
[3119.52 --> 3120.42] and more importantly, |
[3120.70 --> 3123.84] who equips us for this right way of living. |
[3124.82 --> 3126.48] And so if you have your Bibles with you, |
[3126.90 --> 3129.46] or if you can take a look on the screen, |
[3129.86 --> 3131.10] we read from God's Word |
[3131.10 --> 3132.56] from the Gospel of Matthew. |
[3133.54 --> 3136.00] In chapter 11, we read from verse 25. |
[3136.00 --> 3139.64] At that time, Jesus said, |
[3139.64 --> 3141.06] I praise you, Father, |
[3141.18 --> 3142.80] Lord of heaven and earth, |
[3142.92 --> 3145.04] because you have hidden these things |
[3145.04 --> 3146.16] from the wise and learned |
[3146.16 --> 3148.28] and revealed them to little children. |
[3149.08 --> 3149.70] Yes, Father, |
[3149.84 --> 3151.96] for this is what you were pleased to do. |
[3152.48 --> 3154.80] All things have been committed to me |
[3154.80 --> 3155.94] by my Father. |
[3156.32 --> 3158.68] No one knows the Son except the Father, |
[3158.76 --> 3161.30] and no one knows the Father except the Son, |
[3161.38 --> 3164.28] and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. |
[3164.84 --> 3166.18] So come to me, |
[3166.36 --> 3168.54] all you who are weary and burdened, |
[3168.54 --> 3170.24] and I will give you rest. |
[3171.20 --> 3173.96] Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, |
[3174.06 --> 3176.68] for I am gentle and humble in heart, |
[3176.80 --> 3179.50] and you will find rest for your souls. |
[3180.40 --> 3181.32] For my yoke, |
[3181.92 --> 3184.94] my yoke is easy and my burden is light. |
[3185.48 --> 3186.80] This is the Word of the Lord. |
[3188.84 --> 3191.12] And so upon my reading and reflecting, |
[3191.92 --> 3193.44] I thought of four questions |
[3193.44 --> 3194.94] that helped me think a little deeper |
[3194.94 --> 3196.26] about the passage |
[3196.26 --> 3198.04] and about Jesus' tough teaching here. |
[3198.54 --> 3199.68] So these four questions |
[3199.68 --> 3201.18] will be up on the screen for you. |
[3201.42 --> 3202.00] First of all, |
[3202.34 --> 3203.96] who is Jesus talking about |
[3203.96 --> 3205.74] when He says the wise and learned? |
[3205.86 --> 3206.22] He says, |
[3206.60 --> 3208.42] you have kept these things |
[3208.42 --> 3209.84] from the wise and learned. |
[3210.52 --> 3211.14] Wise and learned, |
[3211.22 --> 3211.70] who are they? |
[3212.12 --> 3212.44] Second, |
[3212.68 --> 3213.98] who are the little children then? |
[3214.20 --> 3214.68] He says, |
[3215.00 --> 3216.32] the Father kept these things |
[3216.32 --> 3217.62] from the wise and learned, |
[3217.70 --> 3219.76] but revealed them to little children. |
[3220.10 --> 3221.46] So who are the little children? |
[3221.98 --> 3222.30] Third, |
[3222.30 --> 3224.06] who is Jesus claiming to be |
[3224.06 --> 3224.84] in this passage? |
[3225.34 --> 3226.44] Because I suggest |
[3226.44 --> 3228.50] it was a very scandalous message, |
[3228.90 --> 3230.64] especially to those Jews, |
[3230.94 --> 3231.80] first century Jews, |
[3231.92 --> 3233.48] receiving this message from Him. |
[3234.26 --> 3235.02] And then lastly, |
[3235.62 --> 3237.06] why or how |
[3237.06 --> 3238.86] is wearing Jesus' yoke |
[3238.86 --> 3240.24] easy for our lives? |
[3240.36 --> 3240.70] Again, |
[3240.98 --> 3241.74] what I suggested, |
[3241.86 --> 3242.78] this is good news. |
[3243.10 --> 3245.00] This is good news for us. |
[3245.68 --> 3246.66] And so these questions |
[3246.66 --> 3248.00] sort of outline our whole passage. |
[3248.00 --> 3249.04] So let's tackle |
[3249.04 --> 3250.04] the first two questions. |
[3250.62 --> 3251.00] For that, |
[3251.12 --> 3251.76] we need to look at |
[3251.76 --> 3252.84] the actual context. |
[3253.34 --> 3255.54] Because in the immediate context |
[3255.54 --> 3257.66] of Jesus speaking these words, |
[3258.28 --> 3259.64] the verses right before it, |
[3260.12 --> 3261.54] Jesus is speaking judgment |
[3261.54 --> 3263.78] against the unrepentant cities |
[3263.78 --> 3265.28] and towns that He ministered in. |
[3265.70 --> 3266.98] So He goes and shares |
[3266.98 --> 3268.04] the good news of the kingdom, |
[3268.20 --> 3269.40] but these cities and towns |
[3269.40 --> 3270.32] do not receive them. |
[3271.16 --> 3272.46] And then from that, |
[3272.60 --> 3273.98] after calling judgment |
[3273.98 --> 3275.12] and woes on those |
[3275.12 --> 3276.00] unrepentant cities, |
[3276.68 --> 3277.94] Jesus right away |
[3277.94 --> 3279.60] turns and then praises |
[3279.60 --> 3280.28] the Father. |
[3281.22 --> 3282.38] It's a bit of a weird image |
[3282.38 --> 3283.34] if you think about it. |
[3284.28 --> 3285.22] Because right after, |
[3286.16 --> 3287.38] again, like I said, |
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