Category: Matthew 11
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My Yoke is Easy and My Burden is Light
(Matthew 11:28-30) This is a beautiful piece of scripture for in it we see the Lord reveal the essence of walking with him under the New Covenant. Being a Christian and walking with the Lord is not a hard thing to do. Sure there may be hard times that need to be faced and issues…
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The Revelation to the Babes in Christ
(Matthew 11:25-27) When the Lord came to open up the word of the New Covenant, he intended for the message to be accessible and available to all mankind. The revelation of his word was such that any person would be able to understand it if they came to him seeking to understand. Paul wrote in…
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Miracles don’t Change the Heart of Non-Believers
(Matthew 11:20-24) You would think that if miracles were performed in front of the eyes of people they would change. If you saw something totally amazing that could only have been done by the power of God, that you would listen to the one doing those things. Well man just doesn’t seem to be like…
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Damned if you Do and Damned if you Don’t
(Matthew 11:16-19) In this section Jesus showed that as a Christian sometimes you would never be able to please people. He had just been speaking about John the Baptist, commenting that among those born of women there was no one greater then John. Now John was a rough and rustic sort of an individual. He…
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Who was John the Baptist?
(Matthew 11:7-15) Jesus described John the Baptist saying, “…among those born of women there has risen no-one greater than John the Baptist.” (Vs. 11) This is high praise indeed coming from the Son of God, especially when we consider what John must have appeared like to the common man. John the Baptist lived in the…
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John the Baptist Seeks Proof that Jesus is the Christ
(Matthew 11:1-6) By this time John the Baptist had been imprisoned by Herod and was at the point of being executed. However, even John needed to know whether or not Jesus was the saviour to come. It is clear that Jesus had become well known for the many mighty works that he had done, and…
