{"id":929,"date":"2011-11-26T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:21:10","slug":"the-greatest-invitation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matthew 11:28-30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I: &#8220;Come.&#8221; From whom:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. God&#8217;s son.<br \/>\n2. Future King and Lord of all.<br \/>\n3. Ruler of the Universe.<br \/>\n4. Man&#8217;s Creator.<!--more--><br \/>\n5. One who loved us enough to die for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II: &#8220;All.&#8221; To whom:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Not a selected few.<br \/>\n2. Red, yellow, black, and white.<br \/>\n3. Wise and unwise, rich and poor.<br \/>\n4. &#8220;Those weary to the point of exhaustion.&#8221;<br \/>\n5. Those loaded with burdens, bending beneath their weight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III: &#8220;I alone.&#8221; None other can do this.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. He alone can lift our burden, (a burden of sin, grief, and sickness).<br \/>\n2. The World can&#8217;t lift these burdens from our shoulders.<br \/>\n3. &#8220;Refresh you with rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV: &#8220;Take my Yoke.&#8221; (The Roman yoke).<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Wear no longer the hoke of the world.<br \/>\n2. No yoke, no crown; no yoke, no peace.<br \/>\n3. Yoke: &#8220;Learn of me.&#8221; meekness, lowly heart.<br \/>\n4. &#8220;My yoke is mild and pleasant,&#8221; (Compare with those that wear Satans yoke).\\<br \/>\n5. &#8220;My load is light in weight.&#8221;<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Find cessation from labor.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 11:28-30 I: &#8220;Come.&#8221; From whom: 1. God&#8217;s son. 2. Future King and Lord of all. 3. Ruler of the Universe. 4. Man&#8217;s Creator.<\/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-929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929"}],"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=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}