Bondage Breaker

25 At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. 26 Yes, Father, it please you to do it this way!

27”My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

28 Then Jesus said, “ Come to me, all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Drug story and the judgment of my family

I like this type of sermon,

Very applicational,

Very humbling

Very encouraging

Its where the rubber meets the road

It is so contrary to how we live that its stifling

upside down kingdom

Everything Jesus did was opposite

Yet it’s how it was always meant to be

Hesed

Can you say - Hesed -

Hesed is a Hebrew word

Michael Card Author of Inexpressible states:

Character of God:

Loyalty,

mercy,

loving kindness,

meekness

humility,

enduring,

extravagant.

Some see it as the key to understanding God’s own heart. but is gods heart understandable

Jesus is hesed

Many of us use Jesus like a condiment

He flavors our lives

He adds taste

But He’s not a necessity

When we use Jesus

Things are opposite

We lose purpose

We lose the meaning to life

We lose the one relationship we need

We fall away

We feel unworthy

How many of us have ever felt unworthy?

How many times have we all felt like the outcast?

Like you’ll never measure up?

The nerd in school

The one kid thats bullied all the time

Yet like I said we are in an upside down kingdom

Everyone is equal in the eyes of God

everyone is welcome in the kingdom of god

Lets look at Verse 25

New Living Translation Chapter 11

O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.

Context is critical

If you came to the last Bible study

Jews are persecuted beyond belief

Antiochus Epiphanes IV 167BC

Considered a forerunner to the Antichrist

Sabbath laws went crazy

Then the Romans; absolutely brutal

Caiaphas house there was even a torture chamber

it was chaotic in those days

Picture yourself as Jewish commoner

They had no shot

No hope

No chance at redemption

No escape

You were basically born to suffer or work

Then comes Jesus

speaking out against the system

He was the rebel of His time

He was the champion of the poor

he was the priest for many****

Luke 11:46

New Living Translation Chapter 11

what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden.

New Living Translation Chapter 1

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise

and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.

Look at

Matthew 5:3–10 NKJV

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

for there it shall stay

Look how jesus entered the world

shepherds were the first to witness Him

Samaritan woman the first to hear the Gospel

Jesus was everything that we are not

But I ask you how often are we put in this trap

How many times do we put other down

How often do we look at people as less valuable

How often do we place burdens on others

Ask yourself are you the person jesus is describing?

Many of us have not made perfect choices

Many of us don’t live spotless lives

Many of us have suffered a great deal

Many of us feel like we are the jewish Commoner

Gossip in the church

Sinners convicting sinners

judging everywhere

But Jesus and Hesed

Look at this passage...

Who does Jesus favor

The proud or the poor

The intelligent or the humble

The selfish or the giving

Those that hate or those that love

Jesus makes his point

27 “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

Learn from Jesus

My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

Doesn’t matter how special you think you are

God will is not controlled by man

The whole concept of a holy man just doesn’t exist.

But then it switches

Learn from Jesus

Lets read

28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Weary and carry heavy burdens

Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013), .Learn from Jesus

The Greek word for weary in verse 28

referring to mental exhaustion

heavy burdens

feeling unworthy

God doesn’t love me

People hate me

and yet God says otherwise

Learn from Me

This is critical because Jesus commanding us Learn from him.

Dr. Larry Crab

Learn from him

I will never be happy if I am concerned with becoming happy, my overriding goal must be in every circumstance to respond biblically to put the Lord first to seek to behave as he would want me to.

Thats the BONDAGE BREAKER

Self promotion vs self denial

Sacrifice vs selfish ness

Servant leadership vs your own desires

concern for the poor

Desire to spread the Gospel

To share the love of God to the world!

Rest for your soul

How many of us could use some rest?

Ask yourself why are you so desperate to seek the approval of others

Some of us in this room don’t

praise God

Others, you crave it

Yet it seems all of us suffer from this in one way or another

Dr. Larry Crab

So much of our Christian activity is motivated by a personal desire to win someone’s approval and hence become acceptable. All the pain and problems that result from that sort of motivation are unnecessary because of the doctrine of justification by faith I am already except a bowl. I don’t need anyone’s approval. God has declared me to be OK.

So much of our Christian activity is motivated by a personal desire to win someone’s approval and hence become acceptable. All the pain and problems that result from that sort of motivation are unnecessary because of the doctrine of justification by faith I am already accepted in Christ. I don’t need anyone’s approval. God has declared me to be OK.

What I find fascinating about this passage

the word for soul

Bible teaches we are body, soul, spirit

Thats interesting

How many of us thought soul and spirit are same?

In fact they are not

The Greek word here for Spirit is Pnuema

The greek word here for soul is Psyche

29 “Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Earning love vs accepting love

Earning acceptance vs accepting accceptance

Its an upside down kingdom

This is a BONDAGE BREAKER

Jesus is saying in these five simple verses

My wisdom and my righteousness is not given to the boastful and the proud

I came to serve those that will humble themselves and follow me

In fact no one on either side can know who I am unless I show them

It doesn’t matter what you do, you will never equal my greatness

I have come to save you and all I ask is that you believe in me.

I don’t require another program

I don’t require more guilt

I don’t require more shame

All I ask is that you believe in what I did for you on the cross

Accept me by faith and know that I love you

I am easy to follow and I bring joy

I promise I won’t weigh you down

You may suffer along the way but it will be out of love not fear

your mind will be at ease and you will be at peace

I will give you rest

Stop seeking the approval of others and know you are already loved by the only one that truly matters.

John 5:24 NKJV

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

You are already saved,

You don’t need to do anything special

Just bask in his love

share it with the world

Lets pray!

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