Exogetical Essay On Matthew 11:25-30

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" means more than

knowledge.  It implies an intimate relationship.  The communion between God the

Father and God the Son is the core of their relationship.  For anyone else to

know God, God must reveal himself to that person, by the Son's choice.  How

fortunate 
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