Come to Me…

There are many instances where the church loses sense of her ethos and follows after the vanities of a sinful and fallen world. Even the very sacred message of salvation is not immune to corruption of self-righteousness. Some get caught up into the game of “we” vs. “they” or the “in” vs. the “out” group. They imagine a list of “dos” and “don’ts,” and they keep to that imaginary list. Like “don’t smoke,” “don’t chew,” and “do go with girls that do.” They even convince themselves that is what the “Christian” life is all about. Yet, God has something else in mind.

Many in first century Israel yearned for God to send a Messiah who would lead them into an end time battle that would destroy all their enemies, namely the Romans, and establish the eschatological kingdom they envisaged. God had something better in mind, and the everlasting kingdom that He intended would begin with His Son upon the cross.

The eternal life Jesus Christ offered would be on nobody else’s terms save God’s alone. Christ prayed, praising the Father in heaven, who “hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants” (Matt. 11:25). In other words, the truth about the Divine Messiah is not for the wise and intelligent but for the infants. It was not for those of great significance, but for the least, lost, and lowly. It pleased the Heavenly Father to humble the mighty and exalt the humble (Matt. 11:26).

Jesus goes on to pray, “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 (Matt. 11:27). It is this unique relationship between God the Father and God the Son, which allows people to enter into a relationship with the Father through the Son. However, all this would be based upon no other terms except the Son’s, for He is the one who reveals to people the Father. The kingdom of heaven would be made up of those who entered into a relationship with the Father through the Son by the power of the Spirit.

Who is revealed the Father? Jesus says, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 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. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matt. 11:28-30)

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