Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 3:…
Our Father, we thank You for this word. It is a mysterious word. Its truths are deep and wide. We need the help of Your Spirit to understand it and to embrace it. So we ask, O Lord, that You would open our eyes; teach us the truth of Your word. What we can understand, help us to understand. What we cannot, help us to humbly receive because it is from Your lips, trusting that You will show us one day. In the mean time, may our hope be built upon the word, and may You draw sinners to Yourself by Your word through the work of Christ. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. This week we turn to this final section of Matthew chapter 11, and we find in these words one of the clearest expressions of God's sovereignty and man's responsibility, side by…