Come to Me — Grace Comes Before Discipleship Matthew 11:25–30 Immediately after rebuking Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum for refusing to repent, Jesus turns to His Father in praise. “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children.” The rejection of Jesus did not mean that God’s saving purpose had failed. Even in the midst of unbelief, Jesus addresses God as the Father and Lord of heaven and earth . We See Because God Reveals When Jesus says that these things were hidden from the wise and understanding and revealed to little children, He is not condemning learning or careful thinking. The problem is not knowledge itself but confidence in our own wisdom. The “little children” are not accepted because ignorance is a virtue. Rather, they picture those who receive what they cannot produce for themselves. The truth of God’s kingdom is not something we conquer by intellectual ability. God m...