matthew-11:28-29

Treasure (2344)(thesauros from títhemi = put, set) refers to the place where goods and precious things are stored for safekeeping (Think about the glorious Gospel you possess!) and thus a repository (place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored), a treasure chest, a storehouse, a... Read More

Uncontentious (269) (amachos from a = without + mache = battle) according to Vine originally meant "invincible" (incapable of being conquered, overcome or subdued) but then came to mean a "non fighter", one who is reluctant to fight and who is not always looking for a fight (especially of a verbal n... Read More

"Woe unto you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be?" – Jeremiah 13:27 Without dwelling on Jerusalem and her apostasy, which this verse specially brings before us, we pass at once to the application of the words to man in general. I. MAN'S UNCLEANNESS. The uncleanness here ... Read More

"Where also our Lord was crucified."—Revelation 11:8. "The cross of Christ!"—1 Corinthians 1:17. "The preaching of the cross."—1 Corinthians 1:18. "Where also our Lord was crucified." The first of these passages strikingly identifies the Master and the servants—our Lord and His witnesses. They were ... Read More

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."—Matthew 11:28. The Speaker here is the Son of God. It is not man speaking to man and sympathizing with man, but it is God himself coming up to us and uttering his divine compassion. He sees our case. He knows exactly w... Read More

"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls."—Matthew 11:29. The previous verse contains the Lord's promise of rest; free, large, immediate, universal. The present verse is added to shew the way in which He carries out that promis... Read More

"Blessed are the meek — for they shall inherit the earth." Matthew 5:5 Meekness is not a popular quality. The world calls it a cowardly spirit — which leads a man . . . to remain quiet under insult, to endure a wrong without resentment, to be treated unkindly — and then to give kindness in return. M... Read More

CHOICE EXCERPTS A living, loving, personal Savior We are in the habit of saying that Christ saved us by dying for us on the Cross. In an important sense this is true. We never could have been saved, if He had not died for us. But we are actually saved by our relationship to a living, loving, persona... Read More

We may safely let our life write its own record "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward!" Matthew 10:42 We need not trouble ourselves to keep diaries of our good deeds and sacrifi... Read More

In Green Pastures by J. R. Miller, 1890 "Handfuls of Grass for the Lord's Hungry Sheep" Daily readings for every day in the year "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters." Psalm 23:1-2 CHOICE EXCERPTS To be a Christian... Read More