Jesus taught us that God hides the Gospel from the "wise and prudent," and reveals it unto babes, because He wants to, and it pleases Him!
This gives great comfort to all believers in times of trouble, because our God takes pleasure in saving us, and He will not fail at doing so, as would we if it were up to our initiative, wisdom, and prudence!
Jesus then promised rest from our heavy labor when we come unto Him. He takes away the burdens of sin and trouble from His people who trust in Him, and bears them Himself in His Own body on the cross.
There is comfort in Christ's salvation and in submitting ourselves to His protection and rule.
As Jesus prepared to go to the cross and die, and then ascend into Heaven, His disciples were troubled and sad.
So He told us not to be troubled of heart, because we ought to trust Him as God. This is difficult for us, since we tend to look upon Christ and see Him as a man (which He is), and therefore dismiss Him as not full of power as God (which He also is).
But in reality, Jesus made the whole universe. He is the image of the Godhead. He is "God with us." He is the Word made flesh Who dwelt among us.
We must shed our carnal thinking about Jesus, and realize that such a meek and lowly man is nevertheless God of very God.
Jesus taught that there are "many mansions" in His Father's house in glory, places of heavenly abode for His people.
Jesus confirms this truth: if it were not so, He would have told us!
Jesus begins to prepare His disciples to understand, that the kingdom glories would not be manifest physically in their lives, but rather later in glory at His return.
Jesus is preparing a place for us!
SERMON ACTIVITY
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John Pittman Hey was born in 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi, to Godly parents who from the beginning raised him in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. With child-like faith he came to Christ on his fourth birthday at his mother's knee. He received his education at church...
