This morning's message will be
brought out of Matthew chapter 11, starting with verse 27. The title of the message is Coming
to Christ. Now, verse 27 is a very important
verse. Our Lord says, All things are
delivered unto me of my father. Now, we know that as God, he
has all things, all things belong to him. But as a mediator, all
things were given to him by the father and then he says and no
man knoweth the son but the father and neither knows any man the
father save the son and he to whomsoever the son will reveal
him so what he's saying here is that as the mediator of the
new covenant as the only mediator between god and men all things
have been put into his hands and sinners are directed to go
to him everything that has to do with salvation is put into
the hands of Jesus Christ in fact everything that exists and
the purpose for everything and the end of everything is put
into the hands of Jesus Christ now he says all power is given
to me there is nothing and no one not under the power of Jesus
Christ it is written in John 17 he says all power over all
flesh is given to me And the reason being is that he may give
eternal life to as many as the Father gave to him. That's what
he says. Now, without having all power, it would be impossible
for Jesus Christ to save his people from the power of sin.
Sin is too powerful for us. It's a nature. It's who we are.
Without all power, it would be impossible for Jesus Christ to
save his people from the power of sin, the power of Satan, and
the power of self. He must have all power in order
to execute salvation, in order to save us from sin. He has all
power over all governments. The Lord Jesus Christ is King
of kings and Lord of lords. It is written in Matthew 16,
18. The Lord said to Peter, after
he asked Peter who he was, and Peter said, thou art a Christ,
son of the living God. And the Lord says this, he said,
and I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this
rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it. The gates of hell shall not keep
the gospel out. There is no country, no nation,
that is able to keep the gospel out if it's God's will and purpose
to send the gospel to that people. It's not possible for it to keep
it out. The scripture says in Isaiah 9-6 that the government
shall be upon his shoulders. That is the government of all
things, the government of the universe, the government of his
people, the government of the human race. It is all in the
power and under the authority of Jesus Christ. And we know
He has all power over providence. Every day has its order from
Jesus Christ. Things do not just happen. They
are happening according to His purpose and will. And He commands. He commands every day. Everything that happens throughout
every day, the Lord commands it. It's under His authority.
And then Christ has all authority to save. He's the Messiah. He's
the one appointed of God to save. There is no other way of God.
There is no other way of knowing God. Listen to what he says here
in his verse 27. And no man knows the Son, but
the Father. He knows the Son. Neither knows
any man the Father, except the Son. He knows the Father. And
he, that is the man, the woman, to whomsoever the Son will reveal
Him. The authority to save and to
reveal the Father is in the hands of Jesus Christ. All revelation
is delivered to the Lord Jesus Christ. He is a wise mediator. He knows both persons. He knows
the Father and He knows the person whom He's saving. No man knows,
listen, no man knows who the father is except the son and
he to whomsoever the son will reveal him. Salvation comes by
revelation. It is written in the scriptures,
who by searching can find out God? No one. Without the Lord
revealing himself, God is spirit. God is immeasurable. God is above,
we are below. God is unsearchable. Therefore
Christ must reveal him to us if we are to know him. Paul wrote
in Romans 11, 33, Oh, the death of the riches, both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God, how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways
past finding out. If they are past finding out,
then the only way I can know anything of God and the way of
God is for him to reveal it to me. Apart from Jesus Christ,
God cannot be known. It's impossible to know God apart
from knowing Jesus Christ. If you want to know God, you
have to know Christ. If you want to study theology,
study Jesus Christ. He is the living God. If you
want to see the glory of God, look into the face of Jesus Christ.
God's glory is only seen in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ.
That's what he tells us in the book of Corinthians. Now this
being so, then we must go to Christ for all we need. In knowledge,
we go to Him. In understanding, we go to Him.
All that a sinner needs to stand before God accepted is in Jesus
Christ. In Him, we are complete. That's
what Paul said in Colossians. In Him, you are complete. You
know, back in the day when Joseph was in Egypt, And Pharaoh put
Joseph over everything in Egypt at that time. And if anybody
wanted anything, Pharaoh would say, go to Joseph. Now, where
to find rest? Where can we find rest, soul
rest? Our Lord said, come to me, all
you that labor and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. seeing
that all things are delivered into his hands all things in
salvation are delivered into his hands if you and i would
find rest we must come to christ we find real rest in person not
in religion religion without christ's bondage there there's
no rest there soul rest is what christ is talking about to have
a quiet conscience to have guilt put away. As one psychiatrist
said, if he could come up with a formula to put away guilt,
he could empty his practice. But we come to Christ's rest,
to stop working my way into God's favor. One time that young man
asked the Lord, he said, what must I do to inherit eternal
life? And the Lord quoted some commandments to him, he said,
all these have I kept from my youth up. Well, if that's so,
then why are you asking? I'll tell you why he's asking.
He knows in his heart, in his conscience, he knows there's
something missing. And that something missing is not a something, it's
a person, it's Jesus Christ. This rest that our Lord is speaking
of is only found in him, and it's his to give. He has the
authority to give it. Now, this coming to Christ is
not a physical move. It is spiritual. It's not walking
down the front of a church to an altar. It's not repeating
a prayer. It is believing with the heart.
It is looking to Christ in faith. Now, to whom is the Lord speaking? He's speaking to a particular
people. He says here, all you who are laboring and heavy laden,
if you are not laboring and heavy laden under the burden and guilt
of sin. He's not talking to you. He's
talking to those whose hearts are heavy with a burden over
their sin and their wretchedness before God. Those who are concerned
with this, how can God be a just God and save me? Now, to you,
he says, come and I'll give you rest. Are you interested in getting
rid of your sins? Come to Christ. He promises rest
to all those who come to him. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ.
He's the high priest of God. Brethren, don't listen to a friend.
Don't go to a priest in a box. Go to the priest who sits upon
the throne, who has the authority to put away your sins. To all
who believe, whatever you're laboring with, come to Christ
and he'll give you rest. You know, we come to Christ.
This matter of coming to Christ, it's not something a person does
or a sinner does one time. It's something we do every day.
Every day, every day we wake up, we come to Christ. The believer
comes to Christ often and always. Now here's the promise. I will
give you rest. Rest is to give. Christ can be
taken at his word. All the promises of God in Jesus
Christ are yes and amen. No one else can give you this
rest. No one can give you soul rest. No one can absolve you
from your sins. But Jesus Christ, he is the only
one who can put them away. He's the only one who can actually
make your sins before God not even exist anymore. And he says,
now, if you're interested in that, come to me. and he gives
us something to do. He says, take my yoke upon you
and learn of me. Rest comes from knowing Christ,
and Christ is only known through his word. We cannot know Jesus
Christ apart from his word. The written word and the living
word cannot be separated. We cannot separate them, they
are one. And the more we learn of the Lord Jesus Christ, the
more we find rest in him. Now we have the character of
the mediator, the one who says, come to me. He says, I am meek
and lowly in heart. Christ is very approachable.
One of the charges that the Pharisees gave concerning Christ, they
said, this man receives sinners and eats with them. That's because
he came to save sinners. The Lord Jesus Christ came into
this world to save, not to try and save, not to offer salvation. Salvation is not an offer. It's
a gift of God. This man receives sinners and
eats with them. If you're a sinner, if you're
a bona fide sinner, as Paul said, oh wretched man that I am, come
to him, believe on him, look to him. And here's what you'll
find when you come to him. Rest for your souls. Does anyone,
anyone need soul rest? The Lord Jesus Christ says, come
to me. I'll give you rest. I'll give
you the rest that no man can give you, that no amount of working
can give you. I'll give you rest. Christ, listen,
Jesus Christ is the rest of the believer. He says, I'll give
you rest. And when that happens, the sinner
realizes that Christ himself is the rest. He is my rest. I rest in his person. I rest
in his work. I rest in his blood. I completely
rest in him. Now, Christ is an easy lesson. He said, my yoke is easy and
my burden is light. Can there be a better study than
Jesus Christ? Absolutely not. Religion by itself
is not easy, and it is not a life. It is bondage. It is a burden. But all the Savior centers is
that it's easy to serve. I'll tell you why. Because it's
easy to serve someone that loves you and someone you love. That makes service easy. Now
listen, in closing, All things, our Lord says, have been delivered
to me of my father. He has the right to give rest. He has the right to forgive sins. He's been given that authority.
As a man, he's been given that authority. As God, he has that
authority. All revelation is given to Jesus
Christ. If you want to know God, come
to Christ. soul rest is his to give and he can put away your
sins and he promises soul rest to those who come to him for
it my friend listen if you have any interest in your soul if
you have any burden about your sins and standing before god
there is forgiveness there is cleansing in the blood of the
lamb and he says come to me Alright, so next time I pray that the
Lord Jesus Christ will bless you.