{"id":183,"date":"2011-07-08T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T14:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:22:03","slug":"the-greatest-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isa. 55:1-3, Matt.11:28-30, Rev. 22:17<\/strong><\/p>\n

I: What Was Your Greatest Invention?<\/strong>
\n1. Was it to some great banquet?
\n2. A wedding invitation.
\n3. An invitation to travel.<\/p>\n

II: To Whom (Personal and General).<\/strong>
\n1. “Ho every one.” Isa. 55:1 “Whosoever will.” Rev. 22:7
\n2. The thirsty and hungry. Everyone that thirtieth.
\n3. “All ye that labor and are heavy laden.”
\n4. To the poor that have no money. “Without money.”<\/p>\n

III: For What?<\/strong>
\n1. “Eat ye that which is good.”
\n2. “Let your soul delight itself in fatness.”
\n3. “Your soul shall live.”
\n4. “Ye shall find rest unto your soul.”
\n5. “Take my yoke upon you.” Service of love.<\/p>\n

IV: With Whom?<\/strong>
\n1. Jesus Christ, God’s son. Abraham, Isiah.
\n2. He is meek and lowly in heart.
\n3. The Holy Spirit extends the invitation.
\n4. He is able to supply all that he has promised.<\/p>\n

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The Greatest Invitation<\/strong>
\nMatthew 11:28-30<\/strong><\/p>\n

I: “Come.” From whom:<\/strong>
\n1. God’s son.
\n2. Future King and Lord of all.
\n3. Ruler of the Universe.
\n4. Man’s Creator.
\n5. One who loved us enough to die for us.<\/p>\n

II: “All.” To whom:<\/strong>
\n1. Not a selected few.
\n2. Red, yellow, black, and white.
\n3. Wise and unwise, rich and poor.
\n4. “Those weary to the point of exhaustion.”
\n5. Those loaded with burdens, bending beneath their weight.<\/p>\n

III: “I alone.” None other can do this.<\/strong>
\n1. He alone can lift our burden, (a burden of sin, grief, and sickness).
\n2. The World can’t lift these burdens from our shoulders.
\n3. “Refresh you with rest.”<\/p>\n

IV: “Take my Yoke.” (The Roman yoke).<\/strong>
\n1. Wear no longer the hoke of the world.
\n2. No yoke, no crown; no yoke, no peace.
\n3. Yoke: “Learn of me.” meekness, lowly heart.
\n4. “My yoke is mild and pleasant,” (Compare with those that wear Satans yoke).\\
\n5. “My load is light in weight.”
\n6. “Find cessation from labor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isa. 55:1-3, Matt.11:28-30, Rev. 22:17 I: What Was Your Greatest Invention? 1. Was it to some great banquet? 2. A wedding invitation. 3. An invitation to travel. II: To Whom (Personal and General). 1. “Ho every one.” Isa. 55:1 “Whosoever will.” Rev. 22:7 2. The thirsty and hungry. Everyone that thirtieth. 3. “All ye that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}