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Matthew 11:1–30 Come to me and I Will Give You Rest

[Study Aired May 26, 2025]

Today’s study is about John the Baptist’s confusion as to who Jesus was and Jesus’ testimony about him. The Lord also shows us the apathy of every generation in terms of receiving the message of Christ and the judgment which will come to three unrepentant cities that He cited. Finally, we see the Lord making an appeal to us to take up His yoke, which is light, if we are to live a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 

Messengers from John the Baptist

Mat 11:1  And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 
Mat 11:2  Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 
Mat 11:3  And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 

As we are aware, we are Jesus here on earth, and therefore the Lord departing from there to teach and to preach in the cities implies we, His elect, are going forth to teach and to preach. 

Act 9:3  And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 
Act 9:4  And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 

As indicated in previous studies, cities represent churches. However, the Lord has warned us to go and preach to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Therefore, Jesus departing to teach and to preach in their cities signify we, His elect, expounding on the word of the Lord to our brothers and sisters in Christ or the church of the New Jerusalem.

Mat 10:5  These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

John sending his two disciples to Jesus to inquire whether Jesus was the one to come or that he should expect another person is to let us know that from creation until the coming of John the Baptist, who represents the end of the dispensation of the law of Moses, none was enlightened or given to understand the truth of His words or the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven. This is what is said about all the prophets and messengers sent by the Lord in the Old Testament up till John the Baptist:

1Pe 1:10  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 
1Pe 1:11  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 
1Pe 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

Mat 11:4  Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 
Mat 11:5  The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 

The witness to the reality of Jesus coming with the spirit of His mouth and His brightness into our lives is that we are able to discern spiritually what the Lord is telling us in His words. In other words, we were blind, but now the Lord has opened our eyes to see or understand the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven. 

Mat 13:10  And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 
Mat 13:11  He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 
Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.  

A lame person is one who is not able to walk properly, that is, limping. Spiritually, a lame person signifies one whose walk with the Lord is influenced by the flesh and therefore cannot live a life worthy of the Lord. This was our state in time past, but through the grace of the Lord, our walk is now pleasing to the Lord. This means that the Lord has indeed come to us with the spirit of His mouth and His brightness. 

Leprosy is a disease of the flesh. Spiritually, we know from the word of the Lord that the disease of the flesh is that it does not submit to God. Therefore, a leper represents someone who is dominated by the flesh, such that he or she cannot please God. In other words, those with leprosy are spiritually dead. A leper being cleansed implies the destruction of the flesh in our lives through the Lord’s judgment. 

Rom 8:6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 
Rom 8:7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 
Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

The deaf hearing symbolizes the fact that we are able to discern the voice of the shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we follow.

Joh 10:27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 

The dead raised means that we are alive in Christ and are no longer spiritually alienated from Christ. In the Bible, “the poor” or the “poor in spirit” refers to those who recognize their complete dependence on God, acknowledging their spiritual bankruptcy and seeking His mercy and grace, rather than relying on self-righteousness or material possessions. It is those who are seeking for the Lord’s grace and mercy who are recipients of the kingdom in heaven which is now manifested within the Lord’s elect. We, His elect, are the poor mentioned in verse 5 to whom the gospel is preached.

Mat 5:3  Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.   

Mat 11:6  And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 

The word “offend” in Greek carries the idea of blaming or being unhappy with. This suggests that verse 6 can be rephrased as follows: “Blessed is he, whosoever shall not blame me or be unhappy with me.” The “and” at the beginning of this verse connects it with the previous statements and therefore alludes to John being unhappy with the Lord, perhaps about his incarceration, that is, the difficult challenges that he was going through in prison. We have all been in this situation before where we tend to blame the Lord for our woes, not having in focus that the judgment of the Lord in our lives is the mark of being His beloved children. We are indeed blessed to be chastened in this life.

Heb 12:5  And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6  For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 
Heb 12:7  If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 
Heb 12:8  But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 
Heb 12:9  Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.  

Mat 11:7  And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 
Mat 11:8  But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
Mat 11:9  But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 
Mat 11:10  For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

In verse 7, the Lord posed a rhetorical question about what the multitude consider of John. A rhetorical question is a statement phrased in the form of a question, but it is not intended to be answered.  As we have shown in previous studies, the multitude symbolizes our brothers and sisters in Babylon, of which we were part at a certain stage of our walk with Christ. In these verses, John the Baptist signifies the Lord’s elect as he was a messenger whom the Lord sent to prepare the way for the Lord’s people (verse 10). One of the characteristics of Babylon is its wilderness status, which is a place of lack of water or the truth of the word of the Lord. The people who went out to see John in the wilderness represent our brothers and sisters in Babylon. In the lenses of our brothers and sisters in Babylon, therefore, the elect is like a reed shaken with the wind. 

1Ki 14:15  For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.    

It is instructive to note that a reed shaken by the wind is the same as a reed shaken by water, since both wind and water are symbols of the word of the Lord. From 1 Kings 14:15 above, John the Baptist, or the elect being described as a reed shaken by the wind, therefore means that our brothers and sisters in Babylon regard us as serving another Jesus. 

In verse 8, the Lord was actually hinting of the lifestyle of those false prophets who parade in the corridors of the churches of this world who wear soft clothing, which signifies their luxurious lifestyle resembling those princes who live in royal palaces. 

Luk 7:25  But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

In verses 9 and 10, the Lord is showing us that the role of His elect is more than that of a prophet. This is because, we, His elect, are carrying on the work of the Lord Jesus. We are actually His messengers who are preparing the way of the Lord for those called and chosen in this age. In an age to come, the Lord’s elect shall also prepare the way of the Lord for all humanity. 

Mat 11:11  Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 

What it means for the Lord Jesus to describe John as being greater than all those born of women is simply the fact that John’s work was preparing the way for the coming of Christ. In other words, his work was related to Christ. On the other hand, those of us who have been cleansed by the blood of Christ and filling up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in our flesh and are recipients of the kingdom of heaven are greater than John the Baptist.

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: 

Mat 11:12  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 
Mat 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 

The literal translation of the Greek of “the kingdom suffereth violence” in this verse 12 should read: “the kingdom is forcibly treated.” In other words, the kingdom of heaven must be treated violently. We know from the word of the Lord that our salvation is wholly dependent on Christ and that we bring nothing on the table – it is all the work of Christ in our lives from the beginning to the end. 

However, when the Lord says that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and that the violent take it by force, He is referring to the fact that it is those who do violence to their self-life that are recipients of the kingdom. Our self-life is our life in the flesh, and it is in those who agree with the Lord that the flesh must die and accept the Lord’s destruction of our old man or flesh through His judgment who are violent and are recipients of the kingdom of heaven. In other words, it is those who arm themselves with the same mind of Christ that we must suffer just like Christ did, who are recipients of the kingdom. 

1Pe 4:1  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 
1Pe 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:   

Heb 11:33  Who (the elect) through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 
Heb 11:34  Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 

In verse 13, the Lord is showing us that the coming of John the Baptist is the end of the dispensation of the law of Moses. This implies that the kingdom of heaven started with the coming of Jesus. All those men of God that the Lord used before John, with John included, who demonstrated the life of faith are therefore not recipients of the kingdom of heaven until we, His elect, have been made perfect. It is through our perfection that the whole of the human race shall be perfected.

Heb 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 
Heb 11:2 For by it the elders (those in the old dispensation of the law) obtained a good report.
Heb 11:33  Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 
Heb 11:34  Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 

Heb 11:39  And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Mat 11:14  And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 
Mat 11:15  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

The verses prior to verse 14 are talking about John the Baptist. However, in verse 14, the Lord is telling His hearers that John the Baptist is actually Elijah, who was to come. Jesus was referring to Malachi 4:5-6 about the coming of Elijah as follows: 

Mal 4:5  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 
Mal 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. 

The fact that the coming of Elijah will result in the turning of the hearts of the fathers to the children and vice versa makes John the Baptist, Elijah, since his mission was just like Elijah, as prophesied to his father Zacharias.   

Luk 1:15  For he (John the Baptist) shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. 
Luk 1:16  And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 
Luk 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 

Here the Lord is showing us how to compare scriptural truth of the word with scripture, a principle highlighted by Paul as follows:

1Co 2:13  Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 

In verse 15, the Lord is telling us that it is only those who have ears who can understand this principle of comparing spiritual truth with another. We, His elect, are those whom the Lord has opened their eyes to see and ears to hear as He has given us the keys of the kingdom to understand this principle.

Mat 16:19  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  

Mat 11:16  But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 
Mat 11:17  And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 
Mat 11:18  For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 
Mat 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. 

This generation in verse 16 refers to every generation after Christ. The verses show us how every generation of the church system of this world reacts to the message of the Lord. John the Baptist came to declare that God judges sinners. This is the message that we, His elect, are carrying. That is, the wrath of God is being revealed against our ungodliness and unrighteousness. However, our message does not bring any response of mourning or being sorrowful for sins from our brothers and sisters in Babylon. Remember that we were like them during our stay in the churches of this world.  

Rom 1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 

Mat 3:7  But when he (John the Baptist) saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 
Mat 3:8  Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 
Mat 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 

On the other hand, Jesus came proclaiming that God loves sinners as we saw Him interacting with sinners. We are also proclaiming the same message of Jesus that men must reconcile with God, but again, there is no reaction of joy (signified by dancing) for this good news.   

2Co 5:20  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 
2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 

This apathy exhibited by every generation of the church system of this world confirms what the Lord has told us about the fact that it is only those who are called and chosen who will receive our message. This implies that our brothers and sisters in Babylon are therefore being kept in darkness for an appointed time.   

Mat 13:13  Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:14  And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 
Mat 13:15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.  

In verse 19, the Lord is saying that wisdom is justified by her children. In Proverbs 8:12, wisdom is Christ. Thus, the Lord saying that wisdom is justified by her children is to let us know that the Lord’s children (His elect) do the things He commands. 

Pro 8:12  “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. 

Pro 8:14  I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength. 
Pro 8:15  By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; 

Our obedience to the Lord is therefore in contrast with our brothers and sisters in Babylon of every generation who are unresponsive to His or our message. This is to show us that the mercy we have received is at the expense of our brothers and sisters in Babylon.

Rom 11:30  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 
Rom 11:31  Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

Mat 11:20  Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 
Mat 11:21  Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Mat 11:22  But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 
Mat 11:23  And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 
Mat 11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 

In the Bible, cities represent churches as shown in the following verses:

Heb 12:22  But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect

Rev 17:18  And the woman (the harlot) which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.  

These unrepentant cities therefore represent the physical churches of this world or Babylon where the Lord’s mighty works are being done. The three cities mentioned by the Lord were Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum. The names of these cities reveal to us the nature of their problem. 

Chorazin means furnace of smoke. If we can remember, in Revelation 9, we are shown a smoke of a great furnace, when the bottomless pit was opened.

Rev 9:1  And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 
Rev 9:2  And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 

The smoke represents the false doctrines which prevent us from seeing the truth of the words of Christ. In Revelation 9:2, we can see that the great furnace is the bottomless pit which is our heart and mind. It is from within us that we speak perverse things or false doctrines. This implies that the reason our message is not received by the churches of this world is because of the false doctrines in their heavens or hearts and minds.

Act 20:30  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.  

Bethsaida means house of fish. Here the Lord is saying that this house of fish stinks because there is no water, and therefore they die of thirst. In other words, because there is no truth of the word in the churches of this world, the people become spiritually dead of thirst.  

Isa 50:2  Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Capernaum means village of comfort. As Jesus said earlier, those who live in comfort are in royal palaces. The false doctrines that are spewed in the churches of this world causes us to want to live as princes and not as soldiers trained to embrace hardships. As a result, those in the churches of this world cannot take up their cross to follow the Lord.

Mat 11:8  Really, what did you go to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Those who wear fine clothes are in royal palaces. 

2Ti 2:3  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 
2Ti 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 

As we know, the number three means the process of spiritual maturity through judgment. The fact that the Lord cited three cities is therefore to show us that our brothers and sisters in the churches of Babylon shall surely become spiritually mature through the Lord’s judgment in the fullness of time. In verse 24, the Lord said that it will be more tolerable to Sodom than to these cities who rejected the Lord in spite of His mighty works. This is alluding to the fact that the churches of Babylon shall be the last on the line to be saved through judgment.

Eze 16:55  When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

Mat 11:25  At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 
Mat 11:26  Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Mat 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 

The wise and the prudent refer to us at a stage in our lives when we thought that our worship of the Lord is through the strength of our hands. It was when the Lord came to us with the spirit of His mouth and His brightness that we came to see how wrong we were in thinking we can save ourselves by our own deeds.

Isa 5:21  Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Isa 10:13  For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Isa 29:14  Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

One key characteristics of babes is their total dependence on their mother. We have to humble ourselves and depend wholly on the Lord in order to receive the promise. As stated in verse 25, it is those who depend wholly on the Lord to whom the Lord reveals Himself.

The father, through the son Jesus, is working all things according to the counsel of His own will, and as we get to know Christ, we are also getting to know the Father.

Eph 1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 
Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 

Mat 11:28  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
Mat 11:29  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. 
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

In verse 30, we see that a yoke is the same as a burden. A witness to this is as follows:

Isa 9:4  For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. 

In verse 28, the Lord is admonishing us to take refuge in Him so that we can live a quiet and peaceable life which is rest. This is because a life without Christ in this world is like a heavy burden laid on our shoulders. The cares of this world when we are walking according to the flesh can be overwhelming, and it is only in Him that our burdens or yoke are lightened as we come to rest in Him.  

Joh 16:33  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 

In verse 29, the Lord is not telling us that when we come to serve Him, there is no yoke. Those who serve the Lord have a yoke or a burden, but in this case, the yoke is of the Lord and therefore easy to bear compared with the yoke of this world. As shown in verse 29, taking the Lord’s yoke means learning of the Lord through His words. As we are aware, His words are like fire which burns the chaff in our lives. In other words, learning of Him means going through His judgment which is the yoke we must bear. It is through His words or what every joint supplies that we find rest in Him. Finding rest means ceasing from our own works or struggles but depending on the Lord for everything.

Heb 4:9  There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 
Heb 4:10  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 

May the Lord grant us rest from our own works in Jesus name. Amen!!