The Freewill Invitation system is a False Gospel
We have Looked at the popular phrase of the antichrist followers
Matt 11:28 and have found thus far to the honest reader that Jesus here is not inviting all without exception, but is actually issuing out an imperative, a command ! Next, Jesus command is not to all without exception here, but to a definite group of people with specific characteristics notice
Matt 11:28
28Come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
You see that ? Jesus specifically is speaking to those that are labouring and are heavy laden ! The word labour here in the greek is in the present tense, they were actually in a continual state of labouring , the labouring of the guilt of experimental sinfulness in their minds, and Jesus says that they are heavy laden, sin is a burden to them. It is a matter of concern of concern or care for them
Ps 55:22
22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
1 Pet 5:7
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
This should let us know that these in
Matt 11:28 Jesus was speaking directly to are God's Spiritually born people convinced of their sinfulness and hopelessness. Folks for a man or a woman to come to that realization is a gift of God. It is a burden or Gift that God gives all His people to prepare them for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In fact the word burden in
Ps 55:22 is the hebrew word yĕhab and means:
burden, lot (that which is given)
This burden is given by lot to all whom Christ died for their sins ! Its called a gift . Its a great blessing from God when sin is our burden ! Thats why Jesus says
Matt 5:3-4
3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Thats why it is false teaching when false teachers say that God offers one salvation as a gift, but people refuse it because they did not want it. All that is foolish talk, all for whom Salvation is intended for, God makes them quite sensible of their need for it, and they desire it !
God through Christ will sustain His sin burden people all the days of their life. In
Matt 11:28 the word heavy laden is in the perfect tense ! God;s People while on this Earth will always have sin as a burden, its been given, it aids God's people in keeping their eye on Christ's Imputed Righteousness, and dependent of God's Mercy and Grace. Have you notice that the epistles always begin or end with the writer wishing his readers Mercy and Grace ? Notice:
1 Tim 1:2
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Tim 1:2
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Why did Paul wish Mercy from God to Timothy a Child of Faith ?
Titus 1:4
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Heb 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Were not these believers the writer was writing to ? Why would they have a need for mercy ?
2 Jn 1:3
Grace be with you,
mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
I made this point because, many are deceived into thinking that a believer does not sin after conversion. Folks
Matt 11:28 contradicts that delusion, for the burden of sin in a True believer will remain with them all their days of this pilgrimage, while in the flesh !
Finally, the call in
Matt 11:28 is directed to a specific character of people, it is Authoritative in that it also enables, to bring about the intended results, Rest !
If any teach otherwise, that it is a call to all without exception, they are liars !