A. Jesus and John the Baptist.
1. (Matthew 11:1-3) John the Baptist’s disciples ask a question on behalf of John to Jesus: are You really the Messiah (the Coming One)?
[Matthew 11:3 ESV] and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”
2. (Matthew 11:4-6) Jesus’ answer to John the Baptist’s disciples: tell John that prophecy regarding the Messiah is being fulfilled.
[Matthew 11:5 ESV] the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
[Isaiah 29:18-19 ESV] In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
3. (Matthew 11:7-15) Jesus speaks about John.
[Matthew 11:9 ESV] What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
[Matthew 11:10 ESV] This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
[Matthew 11:14 ESV] and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
4. (Matthew 11:16-19) Jesus rebukes those who refuse to be pleased by either John the Baptist’s or Jesus’ ministry.
B. The condemned and the accepted.
1. (Matthew 11:20-24) Jesus rebukes the cities that did not repent in light of both John the Baptist’s ministry and Jesus’ own ministry.
2. (Matthew 11:25-27) Jesus praises those who do receive His message.
[Matthew 11:27 ESV] All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
[Matthew 28:18 ESV] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
[John 17:2 ESV] since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
[John 5:22 ESV] For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
[John 1:18 ESV] No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
[Proverbs 8:30 ESV] then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
[2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV] For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
[John 14:6 ESV] Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- There are no secrets between the Father and the Son.
- There is no one who knows the Son as well as the Father does.
- There is no one who knows the Father as well as the Son does.
- The Son chooses to reveal the Father to some.
3. (Matthew 11:28-30) Jesus’ invitation.
[Matthew 11:28-30 ESV] Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
[Isaiah 50:4 ESV] The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
[Luke 15:17 ESV] “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
[Luke 18:13 ESV] But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
[Acts 2:37 ESV] Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
[Acts 16:29-30 ESV] And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
[John 16:8 ESV] And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
[Genesis 49:15 ESV] He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor.
[Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV] Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
[Hebrews 4:9 ESV] So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
“‘Come’; he drives none away; he calls them to himself. His favorite word is ‘Come.’ Not, go to Moses — ‘Come unto me.’ To Jesus himself we must come, by a personal trust. Not to doctrine, ordinance, nor ministry are we to come first; but to the personal Saviour.” (Spurgeon)
- The yoke of Jesus is easy and light as compared with the yoke of others.
- The yoke of Jesus is easy and light as long as we do not rebel against it.
- The yoke of Jesus has nothing to do with worries that are forbidden to us.
- The yoke of Jesus does not include the burdens we choose to.
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