Christ Officially Delegated

worlddic.com, Bishop Newton.

Matthew 11:27

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son…

In times of distress, every man is at liberty to do his best for the public welfare; but the officer commissioned by his sovereign is armed with a supreme right to give counsel or to exercise command. Away there in Bengal, if there are any dying of famine, and I have rice, I may distribute it of my own will at my own charge. But the commissioner of the district has a special warranty which I do not possess; he has a function to discharge; it is his business, his vocation; he is authorized by the government, and responsible to the government to do it. So the Lord Jesus Christ has not only a deep compassion of heart for the necessities of men, but he has God's authority to support Him. The Father delivered all things into His hands, and appointed Him to be a Saviour.

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I. The inconceivable dignity of His PERSON — "NO man knoweth the Son but the Father."

1. Nor the wisest man in a state of nature.

2. Neither do His own people know Him in the sense of the text. How little is plain because their love is so faint.

3. The glorified saints and holy angels, who behold as much of His glory as creature can bear, do not know Him as He is. A vessel east into the sea can but receive according to its capacity.

4. This proves His Divinity.

II. His authority.

III. His OFFICE — "The Son will reveal Him."

(Bishop Newton.)