How Do You Spell "Relief?"
Google Images Ahhhhh, what blessed relief! “ 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 ” (Matthew 11:28-30). We love to lean on these verses when we need a break. But did you notice the context? Did you take a peek at the cross references given for these verses? What we have here is a call to repentance. Just before Jesus said these words he warned the people of the towns where He had done the majority of his miracles (11:20) that, because they hadn’t repented as a result of being the beneficiaries of those miracles, they were in danger of judgment (11:21-24). The point of the miracles was not just to be helpful but to call people back into relationship with their God. The “blessed relief” of verses 28-30 is the relief that comes from being forgiven. One of the cross references to Matthew 11...