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 Well, good morning. If we haven't gotten a chance to meet yet, my name is Daniel, and I've

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! had the special privilege of coming here with my family for the past nine years or so, since 2016.

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 And most recently, I've been at Cedarville University, getting my MDiv there. I'm kind of in my fourth

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 year of the MDiv out of a five-year program. And this summer, I've also been able to work here as

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 the intern, and I'm going to be been able to work alongside the pastors, which has just been really

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 cool just to see God's faithfulness in their lives and just the way that they love the church and have

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 been serving them. And just learning from and growing from their example has been just a blessing

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 to me. And even just being able to preach this morning is also just an encouragement.

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 So, if you have a copy of God's Word, would you just please turn with me to Matthew 11, 25 through 30?

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 You can also find this in your pew Bibles in front of you on page 816. But before we begin,

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 let's go ahead and just open with another word of prayer.

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 God, we come to you as little children who need help. We recognize that you are a great God

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 who is Lord of heaven and earth, and we can depend on you, as we just sang.

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 And so, God, I just ask that you would help us to come and understand. Open our eyes that we may

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 behold wondrous things from your law. Please help turn our eyes away from looking at worthless things

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 and give us life in your Word. Help us to come to you and to enjoy you, to be satisfied in you,

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 and to seek to glorify you in all that we do. May we worship you together as I preach the Word,

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 and may we be an encouragement to one another as we are gathered together. In your name I pray. Amen.

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 So, I titled this message this morning, Rest for Your Souls, because as we read through this passage,

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 it mentions rest two times. And I believe that rest is the culmination of this passage. And it's also

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 seen in the rest of Scripture, this call to rest. In the beginning of the Bible, we see that God rested

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 from his work on the seventh day, and that he even called his people to rest on the Sabbath and to keep

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 it holy. And even at the very end of the Bible, in Revelation, we see the promise for eternal rest,

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 a rest in God's presence. And I know normally when I think about the idea of rest, it's easy to

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 associate it with just sleeping in or taking a nap, watching my favorite show or movie, or just doing

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 the things that I enjoy, or hanging out with my friends. But when we think about what the Bible calls

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 rest, sure, it involves being able to rest physically, but it goes deeper than that. And it points out

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 that true rest, a rest for your souls, is resting in and coming in the presence of God. And so, not only do

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 we, to those who believe in God, have a hope in a future rest, eternal rest with God, but there's also

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 a call to have a present rest. A rest in the presence of our God, our Savior, Jesus Christ, and his

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 spirit that he gives to all who come. So again, we're going to be reading from Matthew 11, 25 through 30,

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 which says,

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 So today I just want to hone in on and focus on the call to come and

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 take, and how coming to Jesus and taking his yoke and learning from him leads to true rest for your

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 souls. If you have a bulletin or are taking notes, I'm just going to be walking through these five

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 points. Come to the king. Come as children. Come with your burdens. Come and take. And finally,

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 we'll end with take and rest. So again, my first point is, come to the king. This passage opens in

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 verse 25 with Jesus praying,

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 I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and

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 understanding, but have revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for such is your gracious will.

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 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father,

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 and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom he chooses to reveal him.

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 So I want to point out to begin with that Jesus claims to be equal with the Father. We see this in a

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 couple ways. One, both the Father and the Son are active in revealing. We see the Father in verse 25

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 active in revealing the teachings of the kingdom to little children. And then in verse 27, the Son is

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 active in revealing the Father to those whom he chooses to reveal. Then you also see that the Father

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 is Lord of heaven and earth, and the Son has been given all things from his Father.

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 And so you may wonder, okay, so why is it important that the Son claims to be equal with the Father?

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 Why is that significant? Because it is from this equal authority with the Father that Jesus says,

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 come to me. It's astonishing that the Son who is equal with the Lord of heaven and earth would take an

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 interest in us and call us to come. Isaiah 40 kind of paints a picture of who we are as people.

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 He says that in earlier in the passage that all flesh is like grass and they'll fade away like the flower,

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 but God's word remains forever. But then it says later how we must behold our God and our creator.

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 And even in verse 25 and 26, it says,

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 To whom then will you compare me? That I should be like him, says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and see

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 who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them by name, by the greatness of his

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 might. And because he is strong in power, not one is missing. Our God is a glorious creator.

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 He is the Lord of heaven and earth. All that we can see in creation is his. The mountains, the oceans,

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 the sunrise and sunsets are all due to God's creation and his power as Lord. But then he also,

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 with his power and authority, handed over all things to his son. And as Paul writes in Philippians 2,

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 it says that,

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 Therefore, God highly exalted him, Jesus, and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

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 so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Jesus rightly claims

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 to be equal with the Father because all things have been handed over to him.

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 It is to his name that every knee should bow and every tongue confess.

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 Just thinking about who he is as king should be enough reason for us to come to him.

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 But not only is he king, he actually calls us. It's shocking that the one with authority over all

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 things, instead of commanding us to come, he actually willingly and openly invites us.

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 He pleads with us. He pleads with us. He's equal with the Father, and yet he invites and pleads with us to come to him.

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 Throughout Matthew's gospel, he'll actually argue that Jesus is king. And so at the very end of his gospel,

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 he ends with the great commission, which begins by saying,

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 He has all authority, but he is also gentle and lowly of heart.

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 Again, the invitation is open to all. Not as just one of the ways that we can find rest,

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 but Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

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 He will say,

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 Come to me and find rest. Take my yoke and find rest for your souls.

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 If you are looking for rest, if you are seeking to be satisfied, look to Jesus.

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 What does it mean to come to Jesus?

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 Well, the times that I recognize that I'm in need and that I have nothing are the times that I go to places for help.

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 So when I'm hungry, I'll go to places that have food.

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 When I'm thirsty, I'll go to places that have water.

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 Or if I'm tired, I'll go to my bed to sleep.

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 If I need to get a lot done, I'll go to a quiet place to work productively.

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 But God, the Lord of heaven and earth, has the authority and power to meet every need.

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 There is no need that we have that he cannot meet.

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 And I've heard it said that we aren't to give God just part of our lives.

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 Instead, we're supposed to give him all of our lives, which I think is true.

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 But I think it can also be hard to understand, okay, what does it mean to give God all of my life?

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 What does it mean to come to him with all of my life?

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 But when I understand that I have a need,

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 and I need to go somewhere to meet that need,

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 and God is able to meet every need,

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 I think it helps us understand, okay, then I can come to him with my whole life,

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 because my whole life is in need of him.

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 And so when I wake up in the morning,

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 my first thought and prayer should be,

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 God, I need you today.

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 Help me as I face various temptations and doubts and worries today.

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 Help me complete the tasks that I have on my list,

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 or talk with my coworkers and give grace

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 to be patient with my kids,

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 or to enjoy your presence.

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 God, help me.

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 And then we go to his word,

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 recognizing that he is able to satisfy us,

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 that we can enjoy it.

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 And when we get to the end of our days,

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 we can also, before going to bed,

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 thank him for his presence and his help and his comfort,

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 that he's come alongside of us,

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 and he's given us what we needed to sustain us

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 and to give us faith each day.

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 As I've been studying this passage,

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 I realize that I have nothing.

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 I am desperately in need,

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 and I am extremely weak on my own.

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 And so when I come,

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 I come to him with my whole life,

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 because my whole life is in need of him.

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 There's not a single part of me

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 that I do not need God and his sustaining help.

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 So have you come to a point of recognizing

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 you are completely in need of God?

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 You must submit yourself daily to your King Jesus.

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 Coming to Jesus as our King

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 and submitting to the Father is necessary

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 if we want to find true rest for our souls.

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 And if you turn back in your Bibles,

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 one page or so,

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 to Matthew 9, 11 through 13,

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 it says,

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 we come to him with our righteousness,

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 seeking to impress him.

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 We come with our burdens,

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 seeking his help.

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 We come with our sin,

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 our fears,

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 our pain,

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 and our need.

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 And he is able to meet those needs.

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 I come to Jesus because I am sick

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 and in need of healing.

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 I am blind and I need sight.

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 I am lame and I need to walk.

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 I am unclean,

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 but Jesus can make me clean.

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 I am a sinner,

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 but he can give me

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 and offer me forgiveness.

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 No one else can meet these needs.

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 No one else can give us rest.

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 So come to the King.

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 Second,

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 we are to come as children.

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 Now,

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 when I think of times

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 when my authorities have called me to come,

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 my first thought is normally,

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 okay,

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 what did I do wrong?

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 But I think our image of authority

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 has been tainted by culture

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 and it kind of has negative connotations.

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 We see authorities sometimes

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 as distant or insensitive or selfish,

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 but our God is none of these.

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 So instead,

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 we are also to come as children.

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 There's a difference between the way

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 I come to a boss

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 and the way that I come to a father

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 or someone that I know genuinely loves me.

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 The father has hidden these things

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 from the wise and understanding,

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 but has revealed them to little children.

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 I don't remember this being true

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 about myself per se,

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 but I can think of a moment

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 where I saw a little child

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 go to the top of this playground.

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 You know,

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 they made the treacherous trek

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 up the playground

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 to the highest slide,

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 but when they got there,

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 they were paralyzed by fear.

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 And when they looked down,

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 they were unable to go down.

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 So their father

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 patiently came to the bottom of their slide,

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 looked up to their kid,

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 and said,

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 come on,

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 you can do it.

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 In that moment,

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 the child is freed from their fear.

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 It may still take a couple moments

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 of contemplation,

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 but they're finally able

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 to go to their father.

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 They weren't afraid

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 of their father's call,

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 but they are empowered by it.

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 As a child,

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 it was the authority of my dad

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 that brought comfort and peace.

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 I knew that when I came to my dad,

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 I knew everything would be okay.

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 I could come to him with my burdens,

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 my questions,

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 my doubts,

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 and it didn't matter what it was.

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 It didn't matter the fears I faced.

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 I knew that my dad

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 was willing to help me

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 because of his love for me.

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 I knew that he cared for my good

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 and that he could do something

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 about my problems.

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 What did I do

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 to deserve his love for me?

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 Nothing.

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 As a child,

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 I never did anything

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 that could earn my dad's love.

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 As a child,

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 I had nothing to lose

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 but everything to gain

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 when I came to

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 and listened to my father.

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 Our heavenly father

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 is Lord of heaven and earth

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 and he has chosen

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 to graciously reveal himself

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 to little children.

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 He reveals himself

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 to those who have

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 nothing to lose,

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 but everything

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 to gain.

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 The son will show

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 us the glory

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 of God

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 if we come to the cross

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 as needy children.

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 What a privilege

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 it is to know

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 the father

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 and the son.

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 I get to participate

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 in knowing God.

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 Not because I'm

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 a great person,

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 not because of my wisdom,

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 but because

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 I am a child

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 to whom God

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 has graciously

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 revealed himself to.

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 I am nothing,

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 but God

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 is my everything.

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 The invitation

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 to be called

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 children of God

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 is open to all.

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 Paul even writes

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 in Romans 8,

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 14 through 16,

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 it says,

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 for all who are led

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 by the spirit

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.759
 of God

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.460
 are sons of God.

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 For you did not

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 receive the spirit

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.679
 of slavery

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:12.200
 to fall back

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.679
 into fear,

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.399
 but you received

00:19:13.399 --> 00:19:13.980
 the spirit

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.679
 of adoption

00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.779
 as sons

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 by whom we cry,

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 Abba,

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 Father.

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 The spirit himself

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:20.839
 bears witness

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.500
 with our spirit

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.240
 that we are children

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 of God.

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 And third,

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 we're going to

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 talk about

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 coming with

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.759
 your burdens.

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 come with

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 your burdens.

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 Are you burdened

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:35.019
 by the weight

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:36.140
 of your sin?

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.279
 Are you

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.799
 constantly

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.519
 controlled

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.400
 by anxiety?

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:42.140
 Are you

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.660
 relentlessly

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.759
 ruled by fear?

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.960
 Have you

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.839
 surrendered yourself

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.500
 to sorrow?

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.319
 Are you

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:50.680
 burdened

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.319
 by thoughts

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.059
 that you are

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.960
 worthless

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.079
 or without value?

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 Are you

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 struggling

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.359
 with thoughts

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.779
 about how

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.059
 you're going

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.539
 to make it?

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.240
 Maybe it's

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.740
 financial

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.599
 stresses

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.639
 or things

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:03.159
 at work,

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.859
 frustrations

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.579
 with family

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:06.179
 or friends

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:07.199
 or medical

00:20:07.199 --> 00:20:07.799
 issues.

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.299
 Are you

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.679
 exhausted

00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:10.119
 by your

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.539
 pursuit

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:10.939
 of just

00:20:10.939 --> 00:20:11.199
 doing

00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:11.619
 the right

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 things?

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 Well,

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.059
 Jesus says

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.559
 to you,

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 come to

00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:18.439
 me.

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 Come to

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 me,

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:21.740
 all who

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.079
 labor

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.099
 and are

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 heavy laden

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:25.059
 and I,

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.639
 I will

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 give you

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.460
 rest.

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 Take my

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.720
 yoke upon

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 you and

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 learn from

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 me for

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 I am

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 gentle and

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 lowly of

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 heart and

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 you will

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.819
 find rest

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.259
 for your

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 souls.

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 Repent,

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 turn away

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.439
 from your

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:40.879
 sins,

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.460
 confess

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 them and

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.419
 come to

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 Christ.

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.399
 If you are

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 burdened by

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.859
 fear and

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.279
 sorrow,

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.799
 bring them

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.559
 honestly to

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:50.419
 Jesus because

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.740
 he will

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.339
 listen and

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 he cares.

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.579
 he offers

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.939
 peace and

00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:57.960
 hope and

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.339
 rest.

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 The

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.500
 father doesn't

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 reveal them to

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.720
 little children

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:03.000
 expecting us to

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.699
 bring anything to

00:21:03.699 --> 00:21:04.099
 the table.

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:07.539
 Jesus calls us

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.099
 to come with

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.819
 our burdens.

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.859
 He doesn't

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.279
 call people

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.679
 have everything

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.359
 figured out.

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.319
 Jesus calls

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.759
 the weary

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.699
 and burdened

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:17.519
 and he calls

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.139
 us to come

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.599
 and find

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:19.139
 rest.

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:20.699
 Throughout

00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.000
 Jesus'

00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:22.019
 earthly ministry,

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.980
 people came

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.159
 to him

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:23.559
 with many

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.960
 burdens.

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 If you

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 even look

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.099
 at chapter

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.419
 11,

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.139
 verse 2,

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.740
 it says,

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 Now when

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.200
 John heard

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.680
 in prison

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.200
 about the

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.660
 deeds of

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.039
 Christ,

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:33.920
 he sent

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.380
 word by

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.559
 his

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:34.940
 disciples

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:36.000
 and said

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 to them,

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 Are you

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.819
 the one

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.099
 who is

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.500
 to come

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.259
 or shall

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.559
 we look

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.019
 for another?

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.140
 And Jesus

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.700
 answered them,

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.620
 Go and

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.240
 tell John

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:45.620
 what you

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:45.980
 hear and

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.200
 see.

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.980
 The blind

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.839
 receive their

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.240
 sight,

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.299
 the lame

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.660
 walk,

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.400
 lepers

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.019
 are cleansed,

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.440
 the deaf

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.759
 hear,

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.160
 the dead

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.620
 are raised

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:52.900
 up,

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.460
 and the

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.039
 poor have

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.680
 good news

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.099
 preached to

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.279
 them.

00:21:55.279 --> 00:22:00.200
 Jesus'

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.059
 ministry was

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.680
 defined by

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.240
 compassion.

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.579
 He showed

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.240
 compassion to

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.559
 the tax

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:04.940
 collectors,

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.139
 compassion to

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.519
 the sinners.

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.619
 He demonstrated

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.379
 compassion to

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.399
 the outcasts,

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.319
 to the sick,

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.920
 to the deaf,

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.759
 to the lame,

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.700
 and he will

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.700
 show compassion

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.700
 to you too.

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.039
 This compassion

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.720
 is founded in

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:19.960
 Jesus'

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.680
 character.

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:20.779
 Father,

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:23.240
 he is gentle

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.340
 and lowly

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.840
 of heart.

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.980
 He is a

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.160
 merciful and

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.620
 sympathetic

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.460
 high priest

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:31.019
 who intercedes

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.539
 for us with

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.980
 the Father,

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:35.560
 and he

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.180
 offers us

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.720
 rest for

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.259
 our souls.

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.900
 He says

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.860
 that my

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.220
 yoke is

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.759
 easy and

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.279
 my burden

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.940
 is light.

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.720
 Soon after

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.320
 Jesus rose

00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:45.720
 from the

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.180
 grave,

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.279
 false teachers

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.860
 came into

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.320
 the church

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.279
 and preached

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.819
 that faith

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.639
 alone was

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.200
 not enough

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.180
 and that

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.039
 they had to

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.660
 add works

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.079
 and good

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.539
 deeds in

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.079
 order to

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.879
 earn God's

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.160
 favor,

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.200
 in order to

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.740
 free themselves

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.200
 from these

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.720
 burdens that

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.099
 they bore.

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.319
 But this is

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.660
 not the

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.019
 gospel.

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.879
 Paul writes

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.440
 in Galatians

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.960
 3.10,

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.319
 he says,

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.299
 for all who

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.960
 rely on

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.420
 works of

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.779
 the law

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:11.279
 are under

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.019
 a curse.

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.839
 And then

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.519
 again in

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.599
 5.1,

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.839
 he explains

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.759
 the purpose

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.839
 of why

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.940
 we are

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.339
 saved.

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.839
 He says

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.980
 that Christ

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.539
 has freed

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.879
 us.

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.940
 For freedom

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.379
 Christ has

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.660
 set us

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:26.900
 free.

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.680
 Stand

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:27.980
 firm

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.299
 therefore

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.640
 and do

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.079
 not submit

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.519
 again to

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.879
 a yoke

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.640
 of slavery.

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.980
 Christ has

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.359
 called us

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.640
 to lay

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.779
 down our

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.160
 burdens

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.299
 and legalism.

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:36.779
 Laying

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:38.299
 down our

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.039
 good works,

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.559
 trying to

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.079
 earn God's

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.379
 favor,

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:42.940
 and actually

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.660
 just trusting

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.299
 in God

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.619
 who can

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.279
 provide for

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.759
 us in our

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:46.980
 need.

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.859
 Where do

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.140
 you find

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.700
 yourself going

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.019
 with your

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.319
 burdens?

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.339
 Do you

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.859
 just find

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.539
 yourself trying

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.140
 to escape?

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.059
 Do you

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.720
 find yourself

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.299
 trying to

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.720
 keep yourself

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.079
 busy?

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.759
 Or do you

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.019
 go to

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.259
 Jesus?

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.240
 Do you

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.500
 come to

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.039
 his word

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.980
 and prayer?

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.599
 Do you

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:04.779
 seek

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.339
 encouragement

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.019
 and counsel

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.920
 from the

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.259
 church

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.960
 and from

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.079
 your

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.359
 leaders?

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.680
 God

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.119
 offers

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.539
 forgiveness

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.000
 for your

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.299
 sins.

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.579
 He offers

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.680
 hope amidst

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.279
 your trials.

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.720
 He offers

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.400
 peace

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.660
 through his

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.420
 word and

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.759
 through his

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.140
 spirit.

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.200
 Which doesn't

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.019
 necessarily mean

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.400
 that everything

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.740
 is going to

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.440
 become easier.

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.380
 He may not

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.860
 change your

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.560
 circumstances,

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:32.400
 but he

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.640
 does offer

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.820
 hope.

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.920
 He's offered

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.380
 his word.

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.240
 He's offered

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.900
 a relationship

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.620
 with him.

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:44.419
 So we

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:44.819
 must not

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.459
 turn to

00:24:45.459 --> 00:24:46.239
 just

00:24:46.239 --> 00:24:48.199
 busyness

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:49.159
 or

00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:50.359
 escape

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.219
 as a

00:24:51.219 --> 00:24:51.679
 means for

00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.059
 rest.

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.559
 We must

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.579
 come to

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.099
 Jesus.

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.239
 John

00:24:58.239 --> 00:24:58.759
 describes in

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.179
 his gospel

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.639
 that many

00:24:59.639 --> 00:24:59.899
 of his

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.299
 disciples

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.019
 turned back

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.639
 and no

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:01.919
 longer

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.199
 walked

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:02.539
 with him.

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.699
 And so

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:03.959
 Jesus

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.519
 asked the

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.959
 twelve,

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.359
 do you

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.659
 want to

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.039
 go away

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.500
 as well?

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.199
 And Peter

00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:09.899
 answered him,

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:11.860
 Lord, to

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.240
 whom shall

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.640
 we go?

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 You have

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.300
 the words

00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:16.000
 of eternal

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.000
 life.

00:25:18.280 --> 00:25:18.900
 And we

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.420
 have believed

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.259
 and we

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.540
 have come

00:25:20.540 --> 00:25:21.000
 to know

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.880
 that you

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.620
 are the

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.180
 Holy One

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.600
 of God.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.180
 We must

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.660
 not turn to

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.259
 anyone or

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.920
 anything else.

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.680
 It is only

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.360
 in Jesus

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.400
 that we

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.780
 can find

00:25:30.780 --> 00:25:31.600
 rest from

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.259
 our burdens.

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.840
 Come as

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 you are.

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.720
 Charles

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.080
 Spurgeon

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.540
 says,

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.400
 without

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.920
 money,

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.720
 come.

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.880
 without

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.360
 merit,

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.319
 come.

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.259
 Without

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.880
 preparation,

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.720
 come.

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.440
 It is

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.940
 just.

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.740
 Come.

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.819
 Come now.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.579
 Come as

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:47.940
 you are.

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.759
 Come with

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.319
 your burdens.

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.539
 Come with

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.940
 your yoke.

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.400
 Though the

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.819
 yoke be

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.160
 the yoke

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.420
 of the

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.039
 devil and

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.440
 the burden

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.860
 be the

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.100
 burden

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.579
 of sin,

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.500
 yet come

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.940
 as you

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.600
 are and

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.120
 the promise

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.819
 shall be

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.380
 fulfilled

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.079
 to you.

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.140
 I will

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.640
 give

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:03.120
 you rest.

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.360
 The rest

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.700
 is not

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.039
 earned.

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.720
 It is

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.180
 a gift

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.980
 freely

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.420
 given

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:11.559
 to those

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.839
 who

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.220
 come.

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.319
 If we

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.559
 had to

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:14.899
 come on

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.339
 our own,

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.960
 we would

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.460
 stand in

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.019
 fearful

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.740
 judgment.

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.899
 But we

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.299
 come with

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.659
 the hope

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:22.000
 of the

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.440
 cross

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.960
 and the

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.399
 kingdom of

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:24.700
 Christ

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.220
 in view.

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.079
 We

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.500
 come

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.379
 because

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.839
 Christ

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.720
 called.

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.099
 Fourth,

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.539
 we are to

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.079
 come and

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.359
 take.

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:35.039
 again,

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.219
 let me

00:26:35.219 --> 00:26:35.740
 read verses

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.579
 28-30

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.899
 again.

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.559
 Come to

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.699
 me,

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:38.979
 all who

00:26:38.979 --> 00:26:40.099
 labor and

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.399
 are heavy

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.719
 laden,

00:26:41.219 --> 00:26:41.819
 and I

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.139
 will give

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.639
 you rest.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.519
 Take

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.119
 my yoke

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.740
 upon you

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.219
 and learn

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.759
 from me,

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.699
 for I

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.199
 am gentle

00:26:47.199 --> 00:26:47.839
 and lowly

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.319
 of heart,

00:26:48.479 --> 00:26:49.079
 and you

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.599
 will find

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.779
 rest for

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 your souls.

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.319
 For my

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.659
 yoke is

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.299
 easy and

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.759
 my burden

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.319
 is light.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.479
 First,

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.899
 Jesus calls

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.159
 us to

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.359
 come.

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.799
 But what

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.079
 are we to

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.359
 do when

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.740
 we come?

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.099
 We are to

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.879
 take his

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.339
 yoke and

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.859
 learn from

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.099
 him.

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.759
 For those

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.139
 of you who

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.619
 don't know,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.480
 a yoke is

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.679
 a tool used

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.159
 in farming

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:11.199
 to sync

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.799
 up two

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.179
 animals,

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.359
 whether donkeys

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.079
 or oxen

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.699
 or horses,

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.659
 to plow a

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.179
 field or

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.099
 even to

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.019
 move a

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.279
 wagon.

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.019
 And

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.919
 there is

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.539
 actually a

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.439
 law written

00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:24.899
 in Deuteronomy

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:26.119
 20-10

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.779
 that says

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.899
 that an

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:29.199
 oxen and

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:29.720
 a donkey

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.740
 should not

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.199
 be yoked

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:31.559
 together.

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.500
 Well,

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.099
 this law

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.480
 was put

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.059
 in place

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.599
 as practical

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.019
 wisdom

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.240
 because

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.720
 you don't

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:38.980
 want to

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.559
 have just

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.259
 one animal

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.220
 who's pulling

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.720
 the whole

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.059
 load,

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.539
 whereas the

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.940
 other one

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.220
 is not

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.599
 able to

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.079
 keep up.

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.299
 You know,

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.539
 we can

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.899
 kind of see

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.179
 this in

00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:46.559
 three-legged

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.919
 races.

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.039
 You don't

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.299
 want to

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.819
 pair two

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.539
 people who

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.960
 are like

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.299
 one person

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.000
 being significantly

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.919
 stronger and

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.579
 taller and

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.179
 faster than

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.599
 the other,

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.599
 because if

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.039
 you do,

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.039
 it's going to

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.619
 actually slow

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.059
 them down

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.500
 and hinder

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.920
 them from

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.379
 being able

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.859
 to run,

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.420
 because they'll

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.240
 be slowed

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.839
 down by the

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.579
 shorter and

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.859
 slower and

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.859
 weaker person,

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.519
 and they'll be

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.139
 pulling along

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.559
 their partner

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.200
 the whole way.

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.319
 And so,

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.700
 similarly,

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.740
 when you're

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.299
 in yoking

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.759
 up an oxen,

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.399
 you want to

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:14.700
 have him

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.980
 yoked to

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.639
 another oxen

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.039
 so they can

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.359
 work together

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:19.299
 and plow

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.539
 together so

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.960
 that one is

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.319
 not more

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.960
 exhausted than

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.379
 the other.

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:24.920
 I bring

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.340
 this up

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.540
 because when

00:28:26.540 --> 00:28:26.820
 I think

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.260
 about the

00:28:27.260 --> 00:28:27.760
 call to

00:28:27.760 --> 00:28:29.500
 take the

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.860
 yoke of

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.200
 Jesus,

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.340
 it's shocking

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:34.860
 that our

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:36.320
 God would

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.940
 ask us

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.400
 and call

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:39.400
 us to

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.960
 take his

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.280
 yoke,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.200
 to share

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.560
 a yoke

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:45.040
 with Jesus.

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.460
 It's

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.000
 shocking that

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.620
 the creator

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.380
 would yoke

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.040
 himself to

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.760
 his creature.

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.340
 It doesn't

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.779
 even make

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.159
 sense.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.059
 So when we

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.639
 come with

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.179
 our burdens,

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.599
 we come

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.500
 with our

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.959
 trials,

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.439
 we come

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.619
 with the

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:01.980
 things that

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.399
 are weighing

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.000
 us down,

00:29:03.959 --> 00:29:04.259
 and we

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.819
 recognize we

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.159
 have nothing

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.559
 to offer

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:05.879
 him,

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:08.439
 and we

00:29:08.439 --> 00:29:08.859
 take his

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.159
 yoke,

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.539
 it's actually

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.179
 a promise

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.779
 because he'll

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.459
 pull us

00:29:13.459 --> 00:29:13.899
 along.

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.459
 We'll be

00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:16.679
 the smaller

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.259
 and shorter

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.759
 and weaker

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.199
 person in

00:29:18.199 --> 00:29:18.619
 that three-legged

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:18.980
 race.

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.720
 He's just

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:19.939
 going to

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.319
 carry us

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.679
 along the

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.079
 whole way.

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:24.299
 He has

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.819
 also given

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.240
 us his

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.639
 spirit so

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:26.819
 that we

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.259
 may walk

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.879
 according to

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.299
 his ways

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.720
 as well

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.579
 in his

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.839
 word.

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.199
 All the

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.599
 burdens that

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.039
 I have

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.519
 are his,

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.720
 and all

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.139
 that he

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:36.799
 has is

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.159
 mine.

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.519
 He has

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.059
 unveiled our

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.480
 hearts so

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.919
 we may

00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.379
 behold his

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.939
 glory,

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.399
 being

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.179
 transformed in

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.519
 the same

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.059
 image as

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.000
 him,

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.779
 and so

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:51.279
 that we

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.559
 may be

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.079
 transformed

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:56.200
 into the

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.660
 next degree

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.180
 of glory

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.619
 to another

00:29:57.619 --> 00:30:00.519
 through the

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.980
 Lord who

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.299
 is the

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.559
 spirit.

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.539
 We are

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.039
 to look

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.539
 to the

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.920
 life of

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.640
 Christ and

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.339
 imitate him.

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.599
 We are

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.160
 not alone

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.420
 in our

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.859
 pursuit of

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.220
 imitating

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.619
 him as

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.839
 well.

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.319
 He has

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.759
 given us

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.220
 again his

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.299
 spirit so

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.000
 that he

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.619
 may empower

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.259
 us to do

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.680
 this work.

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.940
 So this

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.240
 is different

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.880
 than legalism

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.420
 because it's

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.200
 not based

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.460
 on our

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.240
 own merit

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.580
 or our

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.060
 own ability.

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.240
 It's actually

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.740
 God himself

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.380
 who empowers

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.740
 us.

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.019
 God himself

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.580
 who draws

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.799
 us and

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.500
 guides us

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.180
 and gives

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.640
 us life

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.560
 and gives

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.019
 us rest.

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.940
 So finally,

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.039
 we are to

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.340
 take and

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.680
 rest.

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.660
 Again, I

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.100
 titled this

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.420
 message,

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.880
 Rest for

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.420
 Your Souls,

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:40.500
 because as

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.720
 I've been

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.160
 studying through

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.660
 this passage,

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.340
 I saw that

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:44.080
 rest is the

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.860
 culmination

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:46.240
 of this

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.059
 whole passage.

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.079
 We cannot

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.979
 find rest

00:30:49.979 --> 00:30:51.259
 unless we

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.619
 come to

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.000
 our king.

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:53.859
 We cannot

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.579
 find rest

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.059
 unless we

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.379
 come as

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.740
 children.

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.639
 We cannot

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.359
 find rest

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.839
 if we don't

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.299
 come with

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.740
 our burdens.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.279
 We cannot

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.199
 find rest

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.839
 if we do

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.339
 not take

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.479
 his yoke

00:31:06.479 --> 00:31:07.179
 and learn

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.619
 from him.

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:09.339
 True rest

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.279
 for your

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.679
 souls

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:12.659
 is resting

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.059
 in the

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.459
 presence

00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:14.179
 of God.

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:18.839
 The idea

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.219
 of rest

00:31:19.219 --> 00:31:19.619
 is not

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.859
 just

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.339
 equivalent

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.419
 again to

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.479
 getting a

00:31:22.479 --> 00:31:22.719
 little bit

00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:23.059
 of extra

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.519
 sleep,

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.799
 taking a

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.259
 break from

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.659
 work,

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.439
 being able

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:29.240
 to watch

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.639
 your favorite

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.439
 TV show,

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.059
 watch a

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.379
 movie.

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.279
 True rest

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.740
 is coming

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.399
 to God,

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.759
 enjoying

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.299
 his presence,

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:39.059
 inviting him

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.059
 in to all

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.319
 of your

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.679
 life,

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.500
 seeking his

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.440
 help in

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.799
 your need.

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.339
 True rest

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.799
 is rest

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.180
 for your

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.440
 soul.

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.200
 It is a

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.619
 peace that

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.140
 surpasses

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.440
 all

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.099
 understanding,

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.539
 the freedom

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.119
 that we have

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.720
 from sin

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.420
 and death.

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.559
 It is the

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.019
 hope that we

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.980
 have that

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.559
 God is with

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.960
 us and that

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.359
 he will never

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.039
 leave us

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.859
 nor forsake

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.220
 us.

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.119
 It is the

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.640
 assurance that

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:04.859
 we have

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.380
 nothing to

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.680
 fear.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.440
 We have

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.799
 nothing to

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.140
 lose but

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.940
 everything to

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.259
 gain.

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:11.180
 Jesus says,

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:24.619
 Christ is

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.220
 true rest

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.859
 because he

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.500
 is true

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.160
 joy,

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.480
 true

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.140
 assurance,

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.220
 true

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.799
 fulfillment.

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.339
 There is

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.759
 no shame

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.000
 when we

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.319
 come to

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.559
 him,

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.059
 no guilt

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:37.339
 because Jesus

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.940
 has taken

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.359
 that upon

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.920
 himself on

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.600
 the cross.

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:41.500
 When we

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.860
 encounter

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.259
 various

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.640
 troubles,

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:45.120
 we can

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.600
 come to

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.100
 Jesus and

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.500
 take his

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.740
 yoke,

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.539
 subjecting

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.200
 ourselves to

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.500
 him.

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.380
 This is a

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.700
 joyous

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:53.279
 thing because

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.980
 our God

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.180
 has graciously

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.980
 invited us to

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.420
 take his

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.680
 yoke,

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.300
 to pull us

00:32:59.300 --> 00:32:59.680
 along,

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.660
 to help us

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:00.920
 on our

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.220
 journey,

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:03.640
 and through

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.300
 faith may we

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.860
 endure.

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.460
 My

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.980
 circumstances

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.440
 again may

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.000
 not change.

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.360
 My

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.840
 feelings may

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.140
 not go

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.440
 away.

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.140
 The

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.539
 thoughts I'm

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.980
 wrestling with

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.860
 may continue

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.400
 to play

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.840
 over and

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.420
 over again,

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:19.060
 but I

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.940
 have an

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.420
 enduring and

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.940
 lasting

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.740
 trust,

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.620
 something that

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:24.920
 will never

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.480
 change,

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.500
 and I

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.820
 will never

00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.300
 fade.

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:33.100
 But rest

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.519
 for my

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.200
 soul is

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.640
 found in

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.140
 the promise

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.480
 of the

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.840
 gospel.

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.879
 that is

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.139
 the

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.599
 enduring

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:37.859
 and

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.240
 lasting

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.419
 and

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:38.839
 eternal

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.939
 message.

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.720
 Again,

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.679
 we may

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.359
 be burdened

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.959
 by many

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.259
 different

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.599
 things.

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.299
 It may

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.740
 be personal

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.319
 sin,

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.679
 feelings of

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.259
 hopelessness

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.879
 and worthlessness,

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.579
 or worry

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.259
 or stress,

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.259
 medical issues,

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.379
 frustrations with

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.959
 family and

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.359
 friends,

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.759
 financial

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.439
 struggles,

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.220
 doubt.

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.279
 doubt.

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.759
 But when we

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.180
 look at what

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.620
 Christ did on

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.059
 the cross,

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.480
 we can have

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.860
 assurance.

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.799
 We can rest

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.380
 assured knowing

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.539
 the length and

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.260
 depth of his

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.639
 love.

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.679
 The fact that

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.519
 the son was

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.059
 willing to go

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.639
 to such far

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.860
 lengths in

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.740
 order to save

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:18.039
 us and offer

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.980
 forgiveness to

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.380
 us.

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.059
 The yoke was

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.619
 made possible

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.019
 through the

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.460
 cross and

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.980
 resurrection.

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.159
 What is

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.760
 keeping us

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.639
 from coming to

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.760
 him with our

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.099
 burdens?

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.239
 Are we

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.019
 satisfied with

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.539
 our temporary

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.659
 and hollow

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.299
 solutions?

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:34.099
 Just putting

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.940
 off the

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.420
 things that

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.460
 are burdening

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.739
 us?

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.619
 Or are we

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.380
 actually seeking

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.420
 to find a

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.759
 solution?

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.179
 Because Christ

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:42.319
 can meet our

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:42.599
 needs.

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.619
 He is the

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.920
 solution to

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.440
 all of our

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.699
 needs.

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:48.019
 God can

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.519
 provide for

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:48.839
 you if you

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.219
 turn to

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.940
 him and

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.360
 come to

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.659
 him.

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.699
 And that

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.159
 is when we

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.659
 find a

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.440
 lasting rest.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.480
 Paul even

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.079
 admits in

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.779
 2 Corinthians

00:34:58.779 --> 00:35:00.519
 over and

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.960
 over again.

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.279
 He has

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:01.779
 faced many

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.539
 persecutions

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:04.099
 and he

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.360
 gets to

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.719
 this point

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.139
 of saying

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:07.219
 that while

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.599
 we're on

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.139
 this earth

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.340
 in the

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.739
 bodies that

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.099
 we have

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.460
 right now

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.099
 we groan.

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.039
 But even

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.420
 though we

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.420
 groan we

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.779
 are looking

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.179
 forward to

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.559
 the day

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.199
 when there

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.819
 would be

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.159
 no more

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.639
 tears

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.719
 and no

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.299
 more pain

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:20.860
 and that

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.119
 we'll be

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.619
 with God

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:23.059
 and see

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.779
 him as

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.279
 he is.

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.880
 are you

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.300
 willing to

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.540
 surrender

00:35:28.540 --> 00:35:28.780
 your

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 circumstances

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.320
 to the

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.540
 Savior

00:35:30.540 --> 00:35:31.380
 and

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.620
 commit

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:31.800
 your

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.100
 burdens

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 to

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.540
 him?

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.360
 Bring

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.500
 your

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.820
 burdens

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.460
 and bear

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.900
 his yoke

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.380
 for he

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.040
 is gentle

00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:38.740
 and lowly

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.620
 of heart.

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 You will

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.640
 find rest

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.060
 for your

00:35:42.060 --> 00:35:42.360
 souls.

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.019
 Thank you

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.580
 all for

00:35:45.580 --> 00:35:45.860
 coming.

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.440
 It's been a

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.980
 pleasure of

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.440
 being able to

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.940
 preach God's

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.360
 word and

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.960
 just even

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.320
 seeing all

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.700
 the faces

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.140
 who are here

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.560
 this morning.

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.440
 So again

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.799
 thanks for

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.099
 coming.

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.000
 Let me

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.219
 go ahead

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.420
 and just

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.739
 close this

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:54.940
 in a

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.219
 word of

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.440
 prayer.

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.500
 God

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.920
 thank you

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.500
 so much

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.619
 for this

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.019
 promise

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.360
 that you

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.719
 have given.

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.299
 You will

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.860
 provide us

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.320
 rest.

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.539
 Thank you

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.960
 for your

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.400
 son who

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:07.079
 came to

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.699
 live as

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.119
 a human

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.739
 to suffer

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.980
 to be

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.759
 mocked

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.559
 and persecuted

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.519
 and ultimately

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.019
 to die on

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.500
 the cross.

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.400
 Thank you

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.840
 for his

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.519
 example of

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.920
 humility

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.619
 to us

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.820
 and that

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.519
 he is

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.659
 our

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.059
 God

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.480
 and our

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.840
 Savior.

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:21.799
 And that

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:21.980
 you have

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.299
 bestowed

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.579
 on him

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.840
 the name

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.059
 that is

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.239
 above

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.559
 every

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:23.820
 other

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.179
 name.

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.000
 It's

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.179
 that the

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.460
 name of

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.880
 Jesus

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:27.019
 every knee

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.420
 should bow

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.759
 in heaven

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.059
 and on

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.360
 earth

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.719
 and under

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.219
 the earth

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.920
 and every

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.199
 tongue

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.940
 confess that

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.679
 Jesus Christ

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.219
 is Lord

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.019
 and the glory

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.360
 of God

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.779
 the Father.

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.019
 May we live

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.820
 in light of

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.460
 these truths

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.199
 this week.

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.299
 Help us to

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.840
 come to you

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.599
 with the

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.139
 various things

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.679
 we encounter

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.199
 this week

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:43.119
 and just

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.619
 give us a

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.980
 heart

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.980
 of humility

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.719
 to come

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.440
 before you

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.500
 and to

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.940
 seek your

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.019
 help in

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.420
 our time

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.880
 of need.

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.000
 In your

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.259
 name I

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.480
 pray.

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.139
 Amen.

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.239
 Amen.

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.279
 Amen.

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