JESUS IS SOVEREIGN…Bill Thoughts For Today…

Understanding important truths from the Bible….

Matthew 11:25-27

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. 

²⁶ Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. 

²⁷ All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

The failure of the unenlightened person to know God is throughout the Scripture.  Any knowledge of God is an act of grace toward the otherwise ignorant and unconcerned person.

Christ in this prayer in VS 25, by a striking statement, introduces a great truth about knowing God.  God not only must reveal Himself but He by intention “hides things” from all those except the ones to whom He reveals the necessary truths, “babes”.

What is included is strange unless God’s absolute sovereignty in salvation is accepted.  Jesus praises the Father, Lord of heaven and earth for His activity in hiding and revealing.

This activity is by Jesus given a single cause, “VS 26”.  This explanation, “well pleasing,” is without a single exception used to designate God’s absolute uncaused will, cf Ephesians 1:5.

Let our attention proceed to VS 27, where there are two matters of concern for this study. 

1.  “All things…”.  This is the same truth that is found in Matthew 28:18.     This is nothing less than Jesus’ sovereignty over all things in heaven and earth which is found in many statements such as Col. 2:9-11.
2. The will of the Son is absolute in the knowledge of God.  VS 27D and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him..

This is the intent of John 1:4-5, 9 with 1:18.  As surely as Jesus is holy, impeccably sinless, as surely as He is to have the preeminence in all things, He is sovereign.  The angel who came to Mary bore this message to her, and it is here for all to know who this lowly child truly is, Luke 1:30-33 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. ³¹ And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; ³³ and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”

Please read Luke 1:46-55.  This deserves the careful consideration of all who read it.