Who will come and learn of Me?
Matthew 11:28-30 “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
Jesus taught the multitudes which came to hear Him.
Matthew 5:1-2 “And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain: and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him:
And He opened HIs mouth, and taught them, saying,” Often their ears were “heavy” or full of their own interpretation and desires, to really understand what He was saying to them. What of us? Are we understanding His Word to us? Are we still children in understanding?
Sometimes the problem is just that we have not grown-up in grace, enough.
Isaiah 28:9-10 “Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:”
(If the Lord says something once, we should incline our ear and hear. But when He repeats something, then we should attentively listen for our instruction and growth.)
This is a wonderful promise….for God Himself, through Christ Jesus, promises to teach us.
And God Himself, through the Holy Spirit, promises to make us understand!
And how does the Lord teach us? Through His precepts….which are the doctrinal instruction of His Word.
It is true, we will never know the Great I AM, the Lord Jesus Christ as a God of Promise in our Christian life, until we come to Him through His precepts.
Jesus promises rest to our souls….but it is to those who will…”come” to Him, “take His yoke upon” us, and “learn” of Him.
Paul wrote of “the unity of the faith”….unto the “perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” for the church (Eph. 4:13)….
….by:
Ephesians 4:14-15 “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive:
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”
Children cannot see beyond “now”. They need the “milk” of the Word….but when they receive it, they are to grow-up to be enabled by grace to have the “meat” of the Word. (Heb. 5:12-14)
Paul goes on to say that we are not to walk as others…”in the vanity of the mind, having the understanding darkened” (Eph. 4:17-18)….
Ephesians 4:20-21 “But ye have not so learned Christ:
If so be that ye have heard Him, and have been taught by HIm, as the truth is in Jesus:”
We are to learn of Christ….His Word, His attitude, His peace, His love to the saints.
This is to have “precept upon precept….precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.”
For though we sometimes grow in spurts….often it is a silent growth from fear to courage, from not knowing to understanding, from worry to peace in Jesus, from looking to the world to believing in faith.
What growth that is!
We are to be “rooted and grounded in love”, “strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man” (Eph. 3:16-17)….and grow up from there.
Reverence to God, Love to Christ, and Honor for the Holy Spirit will lead us to “come, and put our shoulders to His Yoke”, and our hearts and minds will be opened to Him to “learn of Him”.
If we would know HIm aright….Whom to know aright is to have Eternal Life, we must first know Him as the God of Precept.
For He shall save His people from their sins. Not with them. But from them.
Through His Word, the Lord gives fruit to those who will get honest and “keep” the Word that He gives:
Luke 8:15 “But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”
By the Holy Spirit in our spirits, we are to acquire the faculty of honesty with God….and He will enlighten His Word for us….and we will have “fruit” unto God.
(It is only the honest heart…that is “good” before God.)
Ephesians 5:8-10 “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.”
Paul wrote, years into his ministry:
Philippians 4:11 “…for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
Contentment is a great help in our walk from here to heaven. Things are often not as we thought, or even believed. But Christ is at the helm of my ship…..the wind of the Holy Spirit will blow us where He will….and this is God’s world, and ocean I am sailing on. He is in charge of all things……I will to believe and not be troubled.
Paul said he had learned contentment. Are we letting Jesus teach us contentment?
Philippians 4:12-13 “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Everything which came to Paul, he took to Christ. He “came, took up His yoke, and learned” what Christ wanted to teach him, there……and Paul had great rest in Christ.
Will we learn of Christ…and get that contentment and rest He has for us…here, in these circumstances?
Let us not wait for a better time….but take the opportunity Christ has for us now.
Christ is Faithful and True, He is the Amen….He will indeed teach and instruct by His Word, if we will get honest and learn of Him.
Preaching, Teaching, and Notes 