Matthew 11:25-30

 ²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. ²⁶ Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. ²⁷ All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. ²⁸ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ 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. ³⁰ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Commentary

Vs. 25-26 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. ²⁶ Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 

The mysteries of God in Christ, indeed the salvation of God through Christ does not belong to the “wise and prudent”, but rather to mere babes who in childlike faith seeing their own need for the Lord Jesus Christ repent and believe in Him. For it is of God the Father to reveal His truths to those who are mere babes in the worlds eyes, just as He sees fit (John 12:37-40; Rom. 9:18; 11:7-8 etc.). Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ is not at all set back by mankind’s pride and unbelief, instead He thanks God the Father who knowing the hearts everyone hides the deep things that Christ declares from the “wise” and prudent”, and instead reveals them to babes, to everyone who like a nursing child is not only dependent upon God, but also looks to God for all that we need to know and understand about Him.

Vs.27 “All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.” 

All things have now been delivered by God the Father into Christ the Son’s hand. There is then nothing that has been, or now is, or will be, that will not be judged by Him, but also ruled by Him, because God the Father created all things through Him and for Him (Col.1:16-17). That no one knows the Son except the Father is that no one knows the Son in their most Perfect Divine relationship as the Father does, just as no one knows the Father just as the Son knows Him again in their most Perfect and Divine relationship where nothing is not known about each other. Now since all things have been delivered into the Son’s s hand only those whom the Son wills to reveal the Father too can know the Father. For as no one can come to the Father except through the Son, no one can know the Father apart from the Son (John 14:6-7).

Vs. 28-30 ²⁸ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ 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. ³⁰ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

The Lord Jesus Christ now invites all who labor and are heavy laden to come to Him and have rest. For the Lord Jesus Christ does not heap up useless and meaningless religious ordinances on His disciples, nor does He instill guilt and shame keeping people in state of confusion, anger, and despair, instead by His sacrificial death on the cross for all our sins He takes our burdens away. Freeing us from not only religious servitude, but also and more importantly from sin and guilt's servitude. Simply stated the Lord Jesus Christ is not like any other “religious” leader, for He is the Son of God who brings not only remission of all our sins and everlasting life the moment we repent and believe in Him, receiving Him for ourselves, but by His Holy Spirit rebirth and regeneration of our Persons He transforms us within, making us new creations in Christ, giving us new desires and new dreams, with new visions and new goals, but that’s getting ahead of where it all starts, for it all starts with by first coming to Him in discipleship as He says and to us all: “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 the Lord Jesus Christ’s Person, indeed His very Nature in our Redemption is that of being gentle and lowly, as the Scripture says of Him: “A bruised reed He will not break, a smoking flax He will not quench…” ^{Isaiah 42:3} because as the Scripture also foretold it would Jesus Christ who would suffer and die for all our sins on the Cross so that through Him we could be healed from and forgiven all of our sins and transgressions and have God's everlasting peace restored to us (see Isaiah 53:5). Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ invites us all to take His yoke upon us, and learn from Him, (that is learn about His Person in His Gospel and from His Word) and not from men. For Jesus is gentle and lowly in heart, and when anyone comes to know Him they will find rest for their souls. Therefore, receive the Lord Jesus Christ into your hearts and lives (Rev. 3:20) and learn from Him, following Him in discipleship, for He is gentle and lowly and you will find rest for your souls!

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The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.