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Matthew 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Matthew 11:16 “But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children
sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,
Matthew 11:17 and saying: “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
We mourned to you, and you did not lament.’
Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has
a demon.’
Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look,
a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is
justified by her children.”
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
Matthew 11:16 “But to what shall I liken this generation?
I. CHRISTIANS CAN’T LIVE TO PLEASE OTHERS.
Matthew 11:16 “But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children
sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,
Matthew 11:16 (NLT) It is like children playing a game in the public square.
They complain to their friends,
Skip a rope, skip a rope
Oh, listen to the children while they play
Now ain’t it kinda funny what the children say
Daddy hates mommy, mommy hates dad
Last night you shoulda heard the fight they had
Gave little sister another bad dream
She woke us all up with a terrible scream
Matthew 11:16 “… children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,
Matthew 11:17 and saying: “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
We mourned to you, and you did not lament.’
Here come the sticks and stones aimed at John.
Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has
a demon.’
The critics say John has a demon.
While Jesus says he’s the greatest man who’s ever lived.
Matthew 11:19 “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, …”
Matthew 9:14 Then John’s disciples approached him with the question, “Why is
it that we and the Pharisees observe the fasts, but your disciples do nothing of
the kind?”
Matthew 9:15 “Can you expect wedding-guests to mourn while they have the
bridegroom with them?” replied Jesus. “The day will come when the bridegroom
will be taken away from them—they will certainly fast then!”
Here come the sticks and stones aimed at Jesus
Matthew 11:19 “… and they say, “Look a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of
tax collectors and sinners!’
Jesus knows gluttons, and Jesus knows drunkards, but Jesus has come as
their savior, and not as their enabler.
A critic is someone who defines themselves by who or what they are against.
If Jesus could not make people happy then who could?
Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men?
For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
II. CHRISTIANS CAN’T LIVE TO PLEASE OURSELVES.
2 Corinthians 5:15 And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer
for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
Romans 14:9 “… whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
The hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord” includes the line:
Mold me and make me after Thy will.
III. CHRISTIANS MUST LIVE TO PLEASE OUR LORD.
Matthew 11:19 ” … But wisdom is justified by her children.”
Matthew 11:19 (NLT) … But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.
God’s wisdom is justified in changed lives.
Galatians 1:10 (NLT) “…If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s
servant.
Vance Havner said, “If I please Him, it matters not who I displease.
But, if I don’t please Him, it matters not who I please!”
John 8:29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone,
for I always do those things that please Him.”
