We are depositing 5
nuggets of gold that we unearthed from the third trailhead of Isaiah 42:3.
Golden Nuggets 1 - 3
Jesus was meek and
gentle in that He came to serve and not to be served as recorded in Mathew 20:28. The beloved Son of God came in the flesh as
Jesus of Nazareth to serve the demands of justice by offering Himself to be
punished. He did not come to demand
payment from sinners. Jesus Himself repeated this in John 3:17 and John 12:49.
Golden Nugget 4
In Matthew 11:29, Jesus Himself cried
out to all who were weary and heavily burdened to come to Him because He is
gentle and humble in heart.
Golden Nugget 5
We have just seen from
Matthew 12:23 that Jesus
healed the withered hand of a man and as a result, the people of Israel began
to wonder in amazement if Jesus of Nazareth could be the Messiah. A withered hand is a picture of a battered
reed and a smoldering wick. It speaks
of the helplessness of sinners who are imprisoned and controlled by sin. It
also shows the sinfulness of sin; how sin adversely affects the life of a
sinner. Sinners cannot help themselves
to get out of that prison of sin and its effects. Only Jesus the Christ can lead sinners to
victory. Although the religious leaders
of His day rejected Him as the Promised Messiah, He was faithful and obedient
unto death on the Cross to fulfill His mission.
Therefore, Matthew 12:7-21 which is set in the
context of the spiritual leaders of Israel rejecting Jesus of Nazareth as the
Promised Messiah was a demonstration of the faithfulness of Jesus to His Messianic
purpose.
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