Grace & Truth: God Reigns Above All!
Pastor Steve Poole
TEXT - Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV) - “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
GRACE - Jesus offers rest to all who come to Him.
TRUTH - Jesus was unapologetically offensive.
“And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” ~ Matt. 11:6
TRUTH - Jesus is offensive because He doesn’t meet our expectations.
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” ~ Matthew 11:18-19 ESV
Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? ~ Acts 15:10 NIV
The HEAVY yoke of Jesus? Matthew 5:17, 21-22, 27-29, 43-44
GRACE - In Jesus, we find rest from sin and shame.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ~ Ephesians 2:4-7 ESV
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:56-57 ESV
NEXT STEPS
1. Come to Jesus for salvation through faith.
2. Come to Jesus and let Him help carry your burdens.
3. Do less this week and rest more.
4. Continue reading the gospels with us this week and ask God to show you where you have false expectations of Jesus.
