An Invitation to Fulfillment, Matt 11:25-30

Matthew 11:25 NIV

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

Matthew 11:26 NIV

Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

Matthew 11:27 NIV

“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

(Context statements)

5 Key Elements to Jesus’ Claim (v. 25-27)

1. God conceals and reveals according to His will.

We are to approach God with a sense of childlike wonder.

2. Jesus represents the Father fully.

John 1:18 NIV

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

3. Only God fully understands Jesus

Romans 11:33 NIV

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable his judgments,

and his paths beyond tracing out!

It takes God to know God.

4. Only Jesus fully understands God

Jesus knows God absolutely.

5. Jesus alone can reveal the Father

The only way to know the Father is through Jesus

John 14:6 NIV

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:9 (NIV)

...Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.

Matthew 11:28 NIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:29 NIV

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.

Matthew 11:30 NIV

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

1 Samuel 17:38–40 (NIV)

Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.

“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.

Jesus is saying that His yoke is fitted perfectly for you.

Jesus is inviting us to take his yoke and put it on.

It’s an invitation to fulfillment