Exogetical Essay on Matthew 11:25-30
This passage opens up with the phrase, "I praise you, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned,
and revealed them to little children. This speaks of two kinds of people in his
prayer: the "wise" - arrogant in their own knowledge - and the "little
children" - humbly open to receive the truth of God's Word. Are we wise in our
own eyes, or do we seek the truth in childlike faith, realizing that only God
hold all the answers? God wants us to be open at all times. When we become too
"informed" and "wise" we can sometimes become to sure of our own knowledge, and
possibly miss what God is really telling us.
The next passage says, "All things have been committed to me by my
Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father
except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." According to
my Life Application Study Guide, in the Old Testament, "know"......
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