Some Interesting Questions

Q: What does the Bible say about Jesus being the Christ?

The Bible affirms that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, as prophesied in the Scriptures and fulfilled in His life and ministry. The Scriptures consistently testify that Jesus is the promised Messiah, the Redeemer of humanity. In Matthew 11, John the Baptist sends his disciples to ask Jesus if He is the one to come, indicating that there were expectations surrounding the identity of the Messiah. Jesus responds by highlighting His miraculous works that align with the prophecies, demonstrating that He fulfills the role of the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament (Isaiah 61:1-2). The entirety of Scripture points to Christ, from the prophecies of the Old Testament to the accounts of the New Testament, declaring that Jesus of Nazareth is indeed the Christ who has come to redeem His people.

Q: How do we know Jesus is the Redeemer?

We know Jesus is the Redeemer through the fulfilled prophecies, His miraculous works, and the witness of Scripture. The belief that Jesus is the Redeemer stems from multiple witnesses found in the Bible. As noted in John 5, Jesus cites His own works as evidence—healing the sick, raising the dead, and preaching the good news to the poor. These acts confirm His identity as the one sent by the Father. Moreover, the testimonies of John the Baptist, as well as the voices of the Old Testament prophets, collectively underscore Jesus' role as the Redeemer. From Genesis to Revelation, the Scriptures reveal God’s redemptive plan through Christ, affirming that He is the only mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5).

Q: Why is the concept of faith important for Christians?

Faith is fundamental for Christians because it is the means by which we receive God's grace and salvation. Faith is a cornerstone of the Christian faith, serving as the channel through which God's grace is received. Ephesians 2:8-9 clearly states, 'For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.' This highlights that salvation is not based on our works but is a divine gift granted through our faith in Jesus Christ. Additionally, faith leads to a transformed life, empowering believers to walk in obedience and grow in the knowledge of Christ. It is this faith that justifies us before God, enabling us to stand secure in the assurance of salvation and eternal life (Romans 5:1).

Q: What does it mean to come to Jesus for rest?

Coming to Jesus for rest means finding spiritual peace and salvation in Him, who bears our burdens. In Matthew 11:28, Jesus invites all who are weary and burdened to come to Him for rest. This rest is not merely a physical or emotional respite; it represents a profound spiritual peace that comes from a relationship with Christ. By taking His yoke upon ourselves, we align our lives with His teachings and way of life, discovering that His guidance offers a light burden compared to our own struggles. Jesus's invitation encompasses the totality of our needs, assuring us that through Him, we can find comfort, hope, and eternal security. As we learn from Him, we become transformed, experiencing true rest for our souls.

some interesting questions. Let's
begin at Matthew 11, verse 1. It came to pass when Jesus had
made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and
to preach in their cities. Now John When John had heard
in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples.
Now John was in prison, John the Baptist, the forerunner of
Christ, was in prison. Herod had put him in prison because
John insisted that it wasn't right, it wasn't lawful for Herod
to take his brother's wife and marry her. So they had John put
in prison. And John the Baptist, while he
was there in prison, word came to him concerning the works and
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. So John sent two of his disciples
to Christ with this question, verse 3. Here's the first interesting
question. They said unto him, Art thou
he that should come? Are you the Christ? Are you the Messiah? Are you
the Redeemer? Or do we look for another? Now
John sent two disciples. The Scripture is very strong
on this particular point. Let every word be established
by the mouth of two or three witnesses. Do not listen to any
one man or anything he feels or experiences or thinks or even
teaches. Let it be established by the
mouth of two or three witnesses." So John, when he sent to Christ
with this question, with this inquiry, he said, two men, two
men. Now you can think of a lot of
fellows that have come along with a revelation. They said,
God told me this. If God told you anything, he'll
tell somebody else. He won't tell you. Two or three
witnesses. Christ even said that. Our Lord
said, If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. I'll show you that in a few moments.
But this question, Art thou he that should come? Are you the
promised woman seed? Are you Abraham's seed? Are you Abraham's lamb? Are you
the Passover lamb? Are you that prophet like Moses?
Are you the Christ? Are you the Redeemer, the Messiah?
Now, my friends, John couldn't be ignorant of this. I don't
believe John was asking this question for himself at all.
And I'll show you why. There are three reasons why I
do not believe John is asking this question for himself. Turn
to Luke chapter 1. Now hold Matthew 11, don't leave
there, but turn to Luke 1. Let me show you something here.
The testimony of his mother, Elizabeth. You know, John was
supernaturally conceived when his mother and father were elderly,
and Elizabeth was her name. Hers was a miraculous conception
and a miraculous birth. John the Baptist was filled with
the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb. And it says here in Luke
1, verse 39, And Mary arose in those days, she found out she
was with child by the Holy Spirit, and she went into the hill country
with haste into the city of Judah, and entered into the house of
Zacharias, that was John the Baptist's father, and saluted
Elizabeth, John the Baptist's mother. And it came to pass that
when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe, John the Baptist,
leaped in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Ghost, and she spake out with a loud voice and said, Blessed
art thou among women. Notice she didn't say above women,
she said among women, talking to Mary. Blessed is the fruit
of thy womb. Not blessed is your womb, but
the fruit of your womb. Blessed is Christ, the Messiah. And whence is this, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me?" Elizabeth knows who's
in Mary's womb. She calls him her Lord. For lo,
as soon as thy voice, as the voice of thy salutation sounded
in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. John the Baptist
knew who Christ is. He wasn't asking this question
for himself. Let me show you something else. Turn, if you
will, to Luke, John chapter 1. And listen to this, in John 1,
32. And this is John's own testimony, long before he was put in prison,
in John chapter 1, verse 32. And John bear record, John the
Baptist, John 1, 32. And John bear record saying,
I saw. the Spirit descending from heaven
like a dove, and it abode upon Him, Jesus of Nazareth. And I
knew Him not, but He that sent me, Almighty God, to baptize
with water, the same said to me, God said to me, upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, the same
is He that baptized it with the Holy Ghost, He's the Messiah.
And I saw in bare record, this is the Son of God. Mike, he wasn't
in doubt about this. He knew who Christ is. And I'll
tell you another, go back to Matthew 11, another reason that
he had no doubt about who Christ is, the Father said, At the baptism
of Christ, when John the Baptist baptized the Lord Jesus, the
Father said, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Why is John sending these two
men to Christ? To ask this question. I believe
he is doing it for their sake. These men were his disciples.
They were following him. They were listening to him preach.
And He wanted them to know. He wanted them to be persuaded.
He wanted them to see and to hear what He had seen and heard.
He wanted them to go to Christ and get directly from Him the
fact that He's the Messiah. And so He sent them. He sent
them. And that's the reason that we
preach to you, that I preach to you as I do. Beyond a doubt,
I know that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. I know this. But for
your sake, I try to make these things clean. I want you to know
that, that He's the Messiah. He's the Christ. Look at verse
4 and 5. So Jesus answered and said unto
them, You go and show John again those things which you do see
in him. You be a witness. I tell you,
the most difficult thing in the world, position for a man to
be in, is to believe something because somebody else believes
it. Or how I love my children and how
I love you and your children. But we must not, we must not
take our theology and our faith and the things we believe second
hand. I don't mind wearing second hand
clothes. second-hand shoes, but I don't want a second-hand faith.
I want you. And this is John. This is why
he sent these men. You go to him. And you find out
who he is. And then you come back and tell
me. And our Lord told him, you go show John what, now you go
show John what you've seen. And how I delight when someone
here comes up with a Bible and says, have you seen this picture?
Have you seen this? I want to show you what God showed
me. I want to show you what God revealed to me. Preach to me
a little bit. That's what the Lord told these
men. You go show John verse 4 what you've seen and heard. The blind
receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel
preached to them, and blessed is he who shall not be offended
in me. Let me show you something. Turn
to John 5. There are so many evidences that
Jesus is the Christ, but he himself gives us several over here in
John 5. Turn over there. John chapter
5, and I quoted this a moment ago, John 5, verse 31. Our Lord
said, if I bear witness of myself, and that's all the witness I
have, My witness is not true. There's another that bears witness
of me, and I know that the witness which he witnesses is true."
Now, here's number one. He said, you sent to John. He
bears witness of the truth. John was the last of the Old
Testament prophets. And John and all the prophets
back through the Old Testament give witness to Christ. To him
give all the prophets witness. You go back to Daniel. Jeremiah,
Isaiah, David, Moses, Abraham, all of the prophets, and their
message is Jesus Christ. That's right, that's their message.
He's their message. So he's saying the prophets give witness But
verse 34, but I receive not testimony from man. I don't need man to
testify who I am. These things I say that you might
be saved. John was a burning and a shining
light, and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than
that of John. Here's another witness. For the works which
the Father hath given me to finish, the same work I do. And my friends,
that's not only giving sight to the blind physically, causing
the dead to live physically and the lame to walk physically,
but the work the Father gave him to do was to redeem the lost
spiritually and make the spiritually blind to see and dead to live
and lame to walk. And that's the work he did in
his obedience and in his death. The work the Father gave me to
do, I have done. The miracle of redemption. Father, I finished the work you
gave me to do. And he said, those works bear
witness of me. Alright, read on. Verse 37, And
the Father himself which hath sent me, he bore witness of me. Now, you've never heard his voice
nor seen his shape, but others have. I have. John did. Other disciples did. Peter, James,
and John did on the Mount of Transfiguration. This is my Son
in whom I am well pleased. Verse 38, But you have not his
word abiding in you, for whom he hath sent him you believe
not. Now, here's the fourth witness. Search the Scriptures. You do
search the Scriptures. For in them you think you have
eternal life. They search the scriptures not
to find Christ. They search the scriptures to
find a reason of acceptance by God in themselves. But they are
they, and they are they which testify of me. What's he saying
here? They are they which the scriptures
testify of me. I have spent 42 years reading
this book. And I'm not the only one bearing
witness to that. I have a witness sitting down
here and a witness beside her and other witnesses over here
that I'm a preacher who studies. I study. And I have witnesses
also in that room there, those books that have been written.
page after page after page on this book right here, Old Testament,
New Testament. I've studied the Word. Well,
let me give you a personal witness and testimony. This Word testifies
of Jesus Christ. This is not a book of poetry,
though the poetry is beautiful. This is not just a love story,
though the love is great and wonderful. This is not a book
of history. It doesn't have to agree with
science. This is the book of God. This
is the book of redemption. This is the book of a person.
It's Christ. From Genesis 1 all the way to
Revelation 22, it tells of Christ Jesus. It's about Him. The Old
Testament all the way through from Genesis to Malachi says
someone's coming. That's what this Old Testament
is about. It's not just about the life of David. It's how David
figures in the life of Christ. This is not a book about Ruth.
It's about the house and lineage of Ruth through which Christ
came. This is not a book about Moses.
It tells about Moses, but how did Moses figure in the Redeemer? He's a type of Christ. Abraham. This book is about Christ. And
you go to that rock over there, it's Christ. That rock is Christ.
That Passover lamb is Christ. The brazen serpent lifted up
is Christ. The ark is Christ Jesus. It's a picture of Him. It's a pattern of His. The tabernacle. This is a, the tabernacle is
a, the whole Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,
the whole five books almost are about that, about Israel in the
wilderness and the tabernacle and the tabernacle worship. Well
that tabernacle out there in the wilderness, that building
that God commanded Moses to build and God gave down to the very
wires and dimensions and the veils, even to the figures that
were sewn into the veils and the colors, is Christ. The whole thing, the high priest,
the priest's uniform, the saying of the different animals, the
blood shedding, the incense, the candles, the table of showbread,
this is all. Picture, I am the bread of life,
Christ said. That incense is his prayers,
that I'm the mercy seeker. This whole book is about Christ.
Someone said one time, if you take an old Bible that you don't
mind marring, well, you just bore a hole, take an awl and
bore a hole all the way through it. And then put a red thread
through that Bible, tied on this end, tied on that side, a red
thread. Then everywhere you open it, you'll have that red thread
from there to there. Everywhere you open. And that's
to tell you, on that page, you look for Christ and His redemptive
work and His precious blood. The Scriptures testify of me,
Christ said. And John said, are you the one
Are thou he that should come? Are you? He is. The Old Testament says someone's
coming. And Matthew, Mark, Luke and John says, He has come. He's come. Jesus Christ has come. He is the Messiah. He says, I
am He. Is there a Messiah? This whole
book says there is. Well, who is it? has to be Jesus
of Nazareth. And then the epistles, what do
they talk about over here? The book's closed. And when God
closed the book of Revelation, He said, now don't add anything
to it. You know what He said? He said, don't add anything to
this book. If you do, I'll add to you the
plagues that are written in this book. Don't you take anything
away from this book. If you do, I'll take your name
out of the book of life. It's closed. Well, what do these
final epistles teach? They teach that someone is coming
again. That he's coming. He said to
his disciples, I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go
and prepare a place, I'll come again and receive you unto myself. When he ascended, he rose from
the grave and stood there on the mountain. And ascended, they
stood there and gazed toward heaven. And the angels, two men
in white apparel, appeared to them and said, Why are you men
standing gazing into heaven? He told you to be witnesses.
Now you go be witnesses. Preach this gospel. For this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so
come in like manner as you see him go. Now go tell the world
that. Is He the Christ? That's what
I'm telling you. But you've got to see it yourself. You've got to hear it like these
men. That's the reason Bobby called them over and said, y'all
go see Him. And you ask Him, are you He that
should come? All right, here's another question,
verse 7. So they departed, and Jesus began
to say to the multitude concerning John, what went ye out into the
wilderness to see? What did you go to see? It's
interesting he asked them that three times. Verse 7, he asked
them, he said, what did you go out to see? Verse 8, what went
ye out to see? Verse 9, what went ye out to
see? You people, he's talking to the people who have heard
John. And he says, when John was out
there in the wilderness preaching, preparing you the way of the
Lord, and you went out to hear him, what did you go to see? Why did you go out there? What
did you expect when you went out there? You went to hear God's servant.
Now, what did you expect to hear? You went to hear God's preacher.
What did you expect to see? That's a good question. You come
here this morning. What did you expect? What did
you come to hear? What did you come to see? And
then he puts some questions to them. Listen. Verse 7, And as
they departed, Jesus turned to the multitude and said, What
did you go out in the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the
wind? What is a reed? It's a hollow, weak plant that
grows by the creeks and rivers. It's a reed. It's very weak. And when the wind blows this
way, it bends that way. When the wind blows this way,
it bends that way. When the wind blows this way, it bends that
way. Now, he says, is that what you expected to say? When you
went out to hear God's sermon, did you expect him to be a man
that when the wealthy people put pressure on him, he'd go
that way? When the denominational leaders put pressure on him,
he'd go that way? When someone else put pressure
on him, he'd go that way? When he felt like he may meet
some opposition, he'd just lean this way? Is that what? Oh, that's
not God's picture. A weak, spineless person that
caters and conforms. He said in verse 8, now what
went you out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? A fellow living luxuriously? Cares for his own self and luxury
and ease Climbing up the social ladder, or the political ladder,
or the religious ladder? Is that what you went out to
see? Well, he said, you find those fellas in king's houses,
politicians, yes men, apple polishers. They want to climb the next room,
you know. What did you go out to see, verse
9? A prophet? A self-appointed prophet? One of these fellas that He called
himself into the ministry. Is that who you went out to see?
A professional preacher? He's got all the right credentials?
The approval of the powers that be? Oh, he said, I say unto you,
he's more than just a preacher. He's more than just a preacher.
Verse 10, and then he describes his servant. He said, this is
he of whom it's written. No man takes this honor upon
himself. Aaron the priest did not take
this honor upon himself. God called him. Even the Lord
Jesus Christ took not the honor of the Messiahship upon himself.
God appointed him. And even so, Paul the apostle
said, God put me in the ministry. Would you go out to see? This
is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger. He's my messenger. He's not the
servant of the church. He's my servant. He's my messenger. What is a messenger? A messenger,
if I appoint someone to be a messenger, I'm going to send Gary here a
message, and I appoint Mike as my messenger. Mike's my messenger. He's going to Gary for me. What
are you going to tell him? You're going to tell him what
I tell you to tell him, aren't you? And that's what my messenger does.
He delivers my message. He's more devoted with my message. He's taken up with my message.
That's the reason Paul said, I'm determined to know nothing
among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. He's my messenger. And I send Him, and this is the
Father speaking, before your face, before Christ, that He
may prepare the way for you. That's what a preacher is. He's
God's messenger. to prepare the way of Christ,
to preach Christ. Now let me tell you something, and he'll prepare that way without
compromise. He'll tell what he heard. Paul
said to the Ephesians, to the elders of the Ephesians, he said,
I've kept back nothing profitable unto you. I've not shunned or
declared unto you all the counsel of God. A true messenger of Christ,
listen, is only a preacher of the gospel. That's all he is. And if he tries to be anything
else, if he tries to be a politician,
if he tries to be a promoter, if he tries to be an educator,
if he tries to be a social reformer, if he tries to be a businessman,
I don't care what he tries to do, If he's a true messenger
and called of God as Christ's messenger to preach Christ and
His message, if he tries to be anything else or do anything
else, he's an embarrassment to himself and to everybody else.
He can't do it. That's right. Is that not right?
He's my messenger. And the messenger's question
is never, how much can I compromise for the sake of peace? The question
always on the heart of God's messenger is, oh, for the power
to reveal all that Christ is and all that Christ does. Well,
I've got to hurry. Let me move on. Verse 11, Verily
I say unto you, among them that are born of women, there is not
risen a greater than John the Baptist. Now, to keep us from
worshiping preachers, and to exalting preachers above that
which is right, catering, and so forth. Notwithstanding, Christ
said, he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than
he. That's right. Now that's a mystery. That's a paradox. But about everything spiritual
is a paradox. To be exalted, you have to be
abased. To be clothed, you have to be naked. To live, you have
to die. To be rich, you have to become
poor. It's all a paradox. And yet, our Lord said, this
man John, my messenger, there's not a man ever lived greater
than he. But take the smallest, least person in the kingdom of
God, and he's greater than John. See, it does away with your reward
system and your special recognition and acclaim. We are what we are
by the grace of God. If God wanted to raise up another
John, he could, and he would. But if he did, he'd still be
the least in the kingdom of God. So, and for the days of John
the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffered violence,
and the violence, take it by force, it's gotten by people
who are serious. The kingdom of heaven, listen
to me, it's not an afterthought, not a hobby, it's not something
that a fellow plays with. The kingdom of heaven suffers
violence, and the violent take it by force. That means this,
people go after it. They seek it. They will not be
denied. Jacob said, I will not let you
go except you bless me. It's not going to, the kingdom
of God is not something a person gets and he doesn't know it and
loses it and doesn't miss it. It's priority, A1 priority with
that individual. For all the prophets and the
law prophesied unto John, and if you receive it, this is Elias,
which was to come." Somebody said Elijah, Malachi said Elijah
would come before the Messiah. He did. It was John the Baptist.
All right, let me show you one other thing and I'll quit. One
other question. Verse 15, He that hath ears to
hear, let him hear. Do you have ears to hear? We're
talking about spiritual ears. Well, hear. Now listen to this.
Here's another question. But when to shall I liken this
generation? He's talking about the people
right there in front of him, right there before him. God has
sent them John the Baptist. God has sent them the Son of
God. Sent the same ones to us. We have the same scripture. When
to shall I liken this generation? What are they like? Well, I'll
tell you what they're like. They're like children sitting
in a market, calling unto their fellows, and saying, we've piped
unto you, but you've not danced. We've played merry music, happy
music, but you don't dance, you just sit there. And we've mourned
unto you, we've played funeral dirges, but you haven't lamented.
We've played sad songs, you haven't cried. What's that talking about? They don't move. They're stubborn. They're set. They're unbelievers.
They're satisfied with nobody's ministry. They find fault with
everybody. They're lying to themselves.
That's what he's saying. That generation that he's talking
to there, he says, look at verse 18, John came neither eating
nor drinking. And you say, he has the devil.
John came mourning with a note of judgment and sadness. His
life was simple. His life was separated. His doctrine was repentance and
contrition. His demands were strict. He lived on locusts and wild
honey. He preached out in the wilderness, and they said, he's
got a devil. Well, then Jesus of Nazareth came, verse 19, He
came eating and drinking. He came attending their weddings
and social functions and walking with them on the streets and
in the homes. And you say, behold, He's a goodness
man. John came with the sad songs
of condemnation, conviction, repentance. I said, we don't like that. The
Lord Jesus came with the good news, the gospel. We don't like
that. We don't like that. But I'll tell
you, the problem is not with the messenger, it's with the
message. That's the trouble. The problem's not outwardly,
it's inwardly. The problem's not with the person
bringing the message, the problem's with the gospel. repentance and faith in here.
Does a man preach justification by faith alone? He's antinomian.
Does he preach holiness and commitment? He's too strict and narrow. Does
he condemn our indifference? He's too demanding. Does he sympathize
with our failures? He's too easy on sinners. Is
he cheerful? Too much levity. Is he serious? Too gloomy. Does he eat and drink
and socialize? He's too worldly. Does he stay
home and study? He's too puritanical. What are we going to do? Well,
he gives us one statement. Listen. But wisdom is justified
of our children. What's that mean, preacher? True
wisdom is vindicated by those who are children of wisdom. A
man of wisdom recognizes wisdom, a man of true wisdom. The wise
man hears the word of God as the word of God. And whatever vessel comes bearing
that good news, or those glad tidings, that vessel does not
stand in his way of receiving that word. I may not like the
teacher, but that's not important. It's the lesson I need to learn. Do you understand that? That's what it means. Wisdom
is justified over children. In other words, a person who
is wise, who has the right heart and the right understanding will
receive the Word and rejoice in it. I read a story back years
ago. This is a good story. It's a
true story. I love true stories. Absolute
truth. I read this in a newspaper. Back in the 20s, I believe it
was the 30s. Now I didn't read it then. That's
when the paper was dated. That's the date on the paper.
But anyway, it was a story about a man in Mississippi whose name
was Rupert Lewis. Rupert Lewis drove a truck. And
Rupert Lewis was driving between Vicksburg, Mississippi and another
town and he had to cross Pearl River. I've crossed there many
a time. And back then the bridges and the roads were not what they
are now. And Rupert Lewis was out driving his truck one night
and it was raining. Oh, it was raining. You can't believe the rain. Just
pouring rain, the wind was blowing, the rain was coming down, his
windshield wipers weren't doing too good a job, and he was driving
his truck down the highway, and he was coming to the bridge across
Pearl River. When he got there, there wasn't
any bridge there. The river had swollen, floods
had come and washed the bridge out, and he went right down the
hill into the river. And he got out. Somehow he escaped.
By God's grace, he got out of that truck, soaking wet, climbed
across the bank, dirty, half awake. You can imagine what he
looked like. Just got out of the river, just
got out of the flood. Rainy, cold, dark night, and
first thing in his mind, I've got to stop these other cars.
I've got to get out here on the highway. So Rupert Lewis went
out on the highway, and he saw car lights, and he stood out
in the in the middle of the road there and waved his hand. Well,
the person coming saw this awful looking person, muddy, dirty,
hair all wet your way, wet. I ain't going to pick him up.
And he went around him into the river. Before, this is a true
story, before he finally got someone to stop, someone to stop,
ten cars had gone into that river. Two trucks had gone into that
river and 16 people were dead. And he did all he could do to
stop them. And that's what our Lord said about this generation.
He said, I'm going to like them too. I've come to you. John came to you. You didn't
like him. The Son of Man came. You didn't
like him. I send this preacher, that preacher.
We go around him. Rupert Lewis said some people
tried to run him over. Some of them actually wouldn't
even swerve. They came straight at him. He had to dive out of
the way to get out of their way. They were going to do him bodily
harm. And all he's trying to do is stop them. Well, verse 20, as a result of
that, he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty
works were done. He said, I'm telling you, warn
to you Chorazin, warn to you Bethsaida, if the mighty works
which are done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago. And I say it would be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And
you Capernaum, you've been exalted into heaven, you've been, you're
going to be brought down to hell. You've heard the message, I've
sent you messengers, I've sent you my word, I've sent you the
gospel. If the mighty works had been
done in Sodom, which are done in you, it would
have remained to this day. So here's the tragedy. It's going
to be more tolerable in the land of Sodom in the judgment than
for you. Well, I've got to read this next
verse. At that time, Jesus answered
and said, he lifted his eyes to heaven. He said, Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, I thank you. You've hid these things
from the wise and the prudent, and you've revealed them to babes.
For even so, Father, it seemed good in thy sight. All things
are delivered unto me of my Father." Christ will get the victory. Heaven will be populated. Our
Lord will have a people. The universe is going to echo
with songs of his praise. He'll be victorious. whether
I'm there or not, he'll be victorious. So he closes with this, But come
unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I'll give
you rest. Why will you die? Why will you perish? No reason
to, except your unwillingness to come. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me. I'm meek and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest unto your soul. My yoke's easy. My burden
is light. Now I ask you as I close, agree with it or not, but isn't
that what that says? That's what it says. That's the
message.

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