Carmelo Caparros
Oct 30, 2022
INTRODUCTION
In last Sunday’s sermon I concluded that: If you want to know the way that leads to God and His salvation, you have to put yourself in a POSTURE of HUMILITY. Such a posture will lead us to God’s rest which can never be achieved by any human means and searching.
In the story of Rasselas written long ago by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Rasselas was a prince of Abyssinia (former name for Ethiopia) who lived in a beautiful valley called Happiness. Even though the valley was beautiful and conditions favorable for those who longed for happiness, the prince became RESTLESS, and longed to go abroad in search of
something different.
In spite of remonstrances by his friends Rasselas took his sister and set out in search of happiness which would fully satisfy his mind. Through many lands he wandered, visiting many cities everywhere inquiring for the happy people, but everywhere meeting the same spirit of restlessness and discontent. REST is never found in any PLACE, but only in the PERSON of Jesus Christ and this is the major emphasis of our sermon today.
BODY SERMON
TEXT: Matthew 11: 25 – 30
The sermon flows in 3 RELATED PARTS:
I. The Revelation to the Humble – vv. 25 – 26
1. God’s Judgment – v. 25
2. God’s Pleasure – v. 26
We stopped at this point and we will continue on the 2nd and 3rd point:
II. The Revelation by Divine Choice – v. 27
1. Jesus’ Authority and Knowledge of the Father given to the Humble
III.The Revelation by Faith – vv. 28 – 30
1. The Burden by the Pharisees – v. 28
2. The Rest through faith in Jesus – vv. 29 – 30
CONCLUSION
If you are somebody who is looking for REST in your life, know that you can search in every nook or cranny, but you will never find it. You will only find it in the LIBERATING PERSON and SACRIFICE of Jesus Christ.