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Matthew 11:27&28
"27 All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.
28 Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Yesterday we started with Jesus's TRUTH  BOMB; are you wise and prudent? Then you cannot understand the Holy Bible! Do you approach the Scriptures like a baby? Do you come to the sermon or the Bible study to learn? Are you open to the teaching of our Lord and Savior? Or, do you have it all figured out??? Have you heard it all before?? 

In today's verses, ALL THINGS were given to Jesus. Not Satan and not anyone else... "All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him." We can't really understand Jesus or God the Father. We are blessed with Holy Scriptures that describes a lot about GOD and the Holy Trinity but they are transcendent from our experience and knowledge. We can't really know them. Yet, Jesus is standing right there with His Disciples revealing Himself and the Father to them!

"Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Some of the most beautiful words in all the Holy Bible. Come to Jesus, He will let you rest. All of you that are sorrowful and burdened more than you can handle. At the moment these words were first spoken it had to do with the yoke of traditions and ordinances which the Pharisees and scribes had imposed on people. We don't have "Pharisees" today imposing on us. We do have people making laws and rules we have to follow. And we ourselves are driven and motivated to do something. We might be ambitious, addicted, workaholic, or some other way of making your own mini- empire. We YOKE ourselves to the things of this world. 

Jesus offers TRUE rest. 

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