By nature, women and men act self-reliant, typically burdened by the futility of attempting to make sense of their existence or making an attempt to please God by way of self-effort. Jesus invitations all sinners to come back and discover relaxation in Him. Whereas His name is common, it’s additionally very private. Those that settle for His invitation are anticipated to study from Him.
Persevering with his miniseries on Matthew 11:28–30 and inspiring us to grow to be Christ’s pupils, Alistair Begg considers who Jesus is, what He does for believers, and what He’s like as a instructor.
Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I offers you relaxation. Take my yoke upon you, and study from me, for I’m light and lowly in coronary heart, and you will see that relaxation in your souls. For my yoke is straightforward, and my burden is gentle.”
So we come now for the third time to what’s referred to—this little passage—as “snug phrases” within the prayer e book. That is, after all, acquainted territory. It’s as well-known as many a passage within the Bible. It’s clear, it’s unmistakable, it’s common in its attraction, and it’s clearly private in its utility.
It may be learn, as I learn it, in a matter of seconds. It’s an invite that stands alone and by itself. And what we’ve chosen to do by taking concentrate on these particular person verbs has damaged it up in a means that I hope won’t trigger us to overlook the bigger level that’s being made. We started by trying on the simple invitation, “Come to me,” simple, easy, clear; after which “Take my yoke upon you,” from invitation to obligation; and now, this morning, to “study from me,” which, in the event you like, we will say is schooling; after which, all being properly, God prepared, subsequent Sunday, “discover relaxation in your souls”—in the event you like, the last word transformation.
Now, I need to be sure that people who haven’t been with us don’t really feel left behind. And there’s a sense wherein all of those verbs, after all, fold into this one nice invitation. It’s vital, I believe, to at the very least make this level: that the taking and the educational and, finally, the discovering, this stuff are literally completely different from the approaching. It’s not that the duty and the educational, the discipleship, are stipulations for coming. Slightly, having come to Jesus, having acknowledged the very simple invitation that has been given, then proof of the truth that we have now responded to the invitation shall be seen not least of all in our obeying His Phrase and in studying of Him.
