11:27Matthew 11:27

All things in heaven and earth have been placed by the Father into the hands of the Son, who holds the salvation of the lost world with all divine power, wisdom and grace to give to needy human beings.9T 265.1–4+4 Only the Father fully knows the Son, and only the Son fully knows the Father, in a complete and unique mutual knowledge that no finite human wisdom can reach on its own.9T 265.1–4+4 No person can know the Father except as the Son chooses to reveal Him, for Christ came from heaven as one with the Father to make God known and to correct the false picture of Him.SC 11.1+3 Because sin separated man from God, Christ veiled the dazzling splendor of His divinity in human nature and lived among men to reveal all of God that sinful beings could bear without being destroyed.MH 419.1–2+2 With heart of love open to all, rich and poor, high and low, learned and unlearned, He invites all who labor and are heavy laden to come to Him, take His yoke and learn of Him, for in Him is rest, converting power, and the gift of eternal life.9T 265.1–4+4

The saying belongs to the rebuke of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum for not repenting after mighty works were done among them, with the warning that judgment will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon and for Sodom.9T 265.1–4 It follows thanksgiving to the Father as Lord of heaven and earth for hiding these things from the wise and prudent and revealing them to babes, according to good pleasure.9T 265.1–4 It leads directly into the call to all who labor and are heavy laden to come for rest, to take His yoke and learn of Him because He is meek and lowly in heart, for His yoke is easy and His burden light.9T 265.1–4

It was spoken at the time of rejection, when He came to His own amid abounding sin in Israel and His own received Him not.Lt 9, 1900, par. 9–10 Even then it expresses recognition of the grace of God and unbroken confidence in the Father despite human rejection.Lt 9, 1900, par. 9–10 It gives thanks for the security of the covenant of redemption, since all things have been delivered by the Father.Ms 106, 1902, par. 34 With open heart of love it looks beyond priests and Pharisees to offer salvation to all children of men, rich and poor, high and low, learned and unlearned.Ms 106, 1902, par. 34 That offer presents the inestimable gift of eternal life and invites all to unite with God in the covenant of grace as a balm for all sorrow of sin and all disquietude of thought.Ms 106, 1902, par. 34

The saying also shows that the Father reveals secret purposes to the Son, while Satan is not given that knowledge.SG3 37.3 The whole family of heaven, Satan included, is required to obey, so Satan's refusal to submit to the Son's authority is rebellion against God's order.SG3 37.3

The Father has delivered all things to the Son, placing everything into His hands.9T 265.1–4+4 The lost world's salvation is held in His hands, entrusted to Him to carry and to complete.19MR 374.2–3+2 With that entrustment He holds the riches of divine power and wisdom and grace to give to people.9T 265.1–4+4

All in heaven and earth is at His service under this gift from the Father.Lt 174, 1902, par. 25–28+1 The gift of the Father's love is given to Christ to be shared with needy human beings, so He has a claim on everyone and all praise and glory belong to Him.Lt 174, 1902, par. 25–28 He disposes every heavenly gift to carry out His Father's will.Lt 174, 1902, par. 25–28+1

This transfer was made so that He could be the world's Redeemer and incarnate Saviour.15MR 260.4–261.1 His authority and work reveal God's character through healing and forgiveness.15MR 260.4–261.1+1 That same authority underlies His readiness to give power to those who join Him in self-denying, self-sacrificing missionary work, and He uses all His power to make God's wondrous love known to humanity.15MR 260.4–261.1+2

By taking human nature and living a life of purity and trust and submission, He made God's character comprehensible and showed that humanity can be united with divinity.Ms 44, 1895, par. 3–4 His work of revealing God was bound up with His holding the world's salvation in His hands.Ms 44, 1895, par. 3–4

No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, in a full and complete mutual knowledge that belongs to them alone.9T 265.1–4+4 The Father and Son alone know one another fully, uniquely, and this knowing extends to others only as the Son chooses to make the Father known.9T 265.1–4+4

God is infinite, and no finite human can fully know or explain Him.Ms 128, 1897, par. 12–14 The Father and the Son cannot be known by unaided human wisdom, and the world's failure to know God shows the need for divine revelation.Ms 128, 1897, par. 12–14+2 Christ's human nature made His divine character difficult for people to discern, so their minds had to be directed to His divine identity, for finite human understanding could not uncover it on its own.Ms 128, 1897, par. 12–14+2

Christ has been with the Father from the beginning and is one with the Father, possessing all the attributes of the Godhead.Ms 51, 1890, par. 10–13 He is distinct in person and personality yet one with the Deity, one with the Deity yet distinct from the Father, honored in position with God.Ms 51, 1890, par. 10–13+3 This knowledge and authority belong to Him while He stands as the Son of man, so His authority and words are His own and also the Father's, and in speaking God's law He speaks with the Father's authority and reflects the Father's glory.Ms 51, 1890, par. 10–13+3

No one can know God the Father except as Jesus Christ reveals Him, and the Father is known only when the Son chooses to reveal Him.SC 11.1+4 The Son alone fully knows the Father, and God makes Himself known to sinful humanity through Jesus, who is one with the Father and came in human nature to reveal Him.SC 11.1+4 This knowledge comes through Christ to His disciples, for heavenly things are made known to them through Him.Lt 58, 1906, par. 16–20+4

Jesus came from heaven, having been with the Father from the beginning, to make the Father known and to give the world a true picture of God.SC 11.1+4 Knowledge of God had become indistinct because Satan hid his own character and attributed it to God, and Christ's mission is to represent God's character truly and correct that false picture spread by Satan.SC 11.1+1 In doing so He reveals God's infinite love and paternal character of infinite love.Ms 51, 1890, par. 3–9+3

Sin separated man from his Maker, so God cannot be seen directly without consuming sinful humanity.MH 419.1–2+1 Christ, the light of the world, the outshining of the Father's glory and express image of His person, veiled the dazzling splendor of His divinity and was found in fashion as a man to live among men as a personal Saviour.MH 419.1–2+1 He thus revealed all of God that sinful beings could bear without being destroyed, as far as could be endured by human sight, so that people might become acquainted with their Creator without being consumed.MH 419.1–2+1

God is a personal being who has revealed Himself in His Son, and a clearer revelation than nature was needed to portray His personality and character.ST May 19, 1909+1 Created things in heaven, earth, and sea testify of power, wisdom, and love, but the personality of God cannot be learned from nature as it is revealed in Christ the divine Teacher and Enlightener.ST May 19, 1909+1 Christ came as a human being in a way people could endure to reveal, as the divine Teacher, the nature and attributes of the invisible God.ST May 19, 1909+1

Christ alone could represent God, and His unity with the Father makes Him the personal revelation of God.9MR 122.2–4+2 By taking human nature and living a life of purity, trust, and submission, He made God's character comprehensible to people and showed that humanity can be united with divinity.Ms 51, 1890, par. 10–13+1 He came in humanity as God's visible teacher, revealing Jehovah's perfection and paternal character in a way no angel or human description could.Ms 51, 1890, par. 10–13+1

Beholding Jesus reveals the Father's character as full of grace and truth.Lt 23, 1890, par. 32–35+1 In Christ, God is represented as Lord of heaven and earth and also as a tender, loving, merciful, and compassionate Father.Lt 23, 1890, par. 32–35+1 His character includes justice and truth as well as mercy, lovingkindness, and deep and broad benevolence toward humanity, and Christ uses all His power to make God's wondrous love known.Lt 23, 1890, par. 32–35+1

The Father is revealed not through confessionals or priests or popes but only through Christ the Saviour, and no priest, religionist, or human teacher can fully comprehend, describe, or reveal the Father in Christ's place.Ms 128, 1897, par. 12–14+1 Christ represented the Father to the world, and He represents before God the chosen ones in whom He has restored the moral image of God as His heritage.Ms 128, 1897, par. 12–14+1 Men have only one Advocate and Intercessor who is able to pardon transgression, giving cause for gratitude for love without measure that can only be pointed to at Calvary in the infinite sacrifice of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, which finite minds cannot comprehend or measure, for God is infinite and no finite human can fully know or explain Him.Ms 128, 1897, par. 12–14+1

Christ is therefore the greatest and wisest Teacher, and following His counsel joins people to Him.Ms 141, 1903, par. 21–24+1 His Word is made plain so that ordinary people can read and understand it, with no human status or learning making anyone greater than He is.Ms 141, 1903, par. 21–24+1 His teaching leads them to learn from His meekness and humility.Ms 141, 1903, par. 21–24+1

This knowledge is hidden from the self-assured, wise, prudent, and learned while revealed to babes and the humble.Lt 58, 1906, par. 16–20+2 Understanding Scripture depends on being taught by God in humility and obedience and willingness to hear and follow, not on learning or high position alone, while self-reliance on creeds and theories hinders understanding.Lt 58, 1906, par. 16–20+2 Knowing the Father depends on the Son's revelation, which God gives even to the humble rather than only to the wise and learned.Lt 58, 1906, par. 16–20+2

This does not shut anyone out from care and love, for no one is excluded from receiving knowledge of heavenly things.DA 328.1–2+1 He invites all who labor and are burdened to come to Him.DA 328.1–2+1

This revealed knowledge gives a glimpse of the spotless purity of God's character and the glory of His power, and shows how pure people must be before they can see His face.Lt 99, 1901, par. 11–13 It humbles self to nothingness, brings contrition to the cross of Calvary, and leads to renouncing all self-trust, self-confidence, and boasting and to accepting Christ as wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.Lt 99, 1901, par. 11–13 Without this correct knowledge of God and eternal realities, faith, wisdom, and righteousness are only sounding brass and tinkling cymbal, for eternal life is knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ whom He sent.Lt 99, 1901, par. 11–13

Having ascended on high, Christ intercedes in the heavenly courts where One like unto the Son of Man ministers before the throne of God on behalf of humanity.ST May 19, 1909 He came to teach human beings what God desires them to know.ST May 19, 1909

The entrusting of all things to the Son and His sole power to reveal the Father belongs together with the gracious invitation to listen to Christ and receive His converting power.19MR 374.2–3+1 It is truth aimed at those who need reconversion and are following a course under intriguing, satanic influence.Lt 410, 1907, par. 17–21 Those who cling to hereditary and cultivated tendencies must have the converting power of God and must be converted daily before they can be a blessing to others.19MR 374.2–3+1 They must fall upon the Rock and be broken, or they will have continual warfare with self.19MR 374.2–3+1

The lesson applies to those who have been given great light, precious opportunities, wonderful privileges, blessings, and knowledge.Lt 32, 1891, par. 6+1 Its searching force is felt when spiritual growth and advancement have not matched the light and knowledge God has given.Lt 32, 1891, par. 6+1 It carries a pointed, heart-piercing application that convicts of wrong positions and resistance.14MR 67.2–68.1 That conviction breaks the hearer and leads to straightforward confession and reconciliation with those who have been wronged.14MR 67.2–68.1

With heart of love open, the offer looks beyond rejection and is presented to all the children of men, rich and poor, high and low, learned and unlearned.Ms 106, 1902, par. 34+1 All are invited to unite with God in the covenant of grace and to receive the inestimable gift of eternal life.Ms 106, 1902, par. 34 This revealing work through the Son to His disciples does not shut anyone out from care and love.ST May 13, 1908 It is a balm for all sorrow of sin and all disquietude of thought, extended in the call for all who labor and are burdened to come.Ms 106, 1902, par. 34+1