Matthew 11:4-6 - Good new is proclaimed to the poor

11:4,5

Jesus does not give John’s disciples a simple yes-no answer. In fact, Jesus only rarely give yes-no answers. Instead He told them to report back to John what they heard and saw. Secularists often describe faith as believing something when there is no evidence, or despite the evidence. That is not a definition that the Bible recognises. God is always supplying evidence! So Jesus tells them to report what He is preaching and what He is doing. And in relation to the doing, the blind receive sight, the lame can walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Jesus is doing all that Isaiah said the Lord’s Servant would do.

11:6

There is both a warning and an encouragement in this verse. Following Jesus will bring challenges, sometimes it will go against our natural mind, our flesh. In those times we must choose Jesus, we must choose to believe in Him. If we do that then we will be blessed, it is worth going against our flesh.