Exogetical Essay On Matthew 11:25-30 :: essays research papers

Exogetical Essay on Matthew 1125-30     This release opens up with the phrase, "I praise you, Father, Lord ofheaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned,and revealed them to undersized children. This speaks of two kinds of people in hisprayer the "wise" - arrogant in their own knowledge - and the "littlechildren" - humbly open to receive the truth of theologys Word. Are we wise in ourown eyes, or do we desire the truth in childlike faith, realizing that only Godhold every(prenominal) the answers? God wants us to be open at all times. When we fail too"informed" and "wise" we can sometimes become to reliable of our own knowledge, andpossibly miss what God is really telling us.     The near passage says, "All things have been committed to me by myFather. No unity knows the tidings except the Father, and no one knows the Fatherexcept the Son and those to whom t he Son chooses to reveal him." According tomy Life Application Study Guide, in the Old Testament, "know" means more thanknowledge. It implies an intimate relationship. The communion between God theFather and God the Son is the core of their relationship. For anyone else toknow God, God must reveal himself to that person, by the Sons choice. Howfortunate we argon that saviour has distinctly revealed to us God, his truth, and howwe can know him.     The last major section of this passage reads, "Come to me, all you whoare weary and shooted, and I will turn oer you rest. Take my yoke upon you andlearn from me, for I am gentle and diminished in heart, and you will find rest foryour souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." A yoke is a heavywooden harness that fits over the shoulders of an ox or oxen. It is attached toa piece of equipment the oxen are to pull. A person may be carrying heavyburdens of (1) sin, (2) excessive demands of ghostlike leaders, (3) oppressionand persecution, (4) weariness in the search for God, or any soma of otherproblems we may face day to day. The beautiful thing is that Jesus frees people