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Pastor Scott L. Harris
Grace Bible Church, NY
January 25, 2015
Jesus' Offer of Rest
Matthew 11:25-30
In John Bunyan's classic analogy of the Christian life, Pilgrim's Progress, the story begins with the character Pilgrim having a large and heavy burden upon his back. It weighs him down and makes everything that he does difficult. The first part of the story centers around Pilgrim's efforts to find a way to get rid of the burden. It is not until Pilgrim comes to Jesus that he is freed. The rest of the story describes Pilgrim's progress in the Christian life after he is freed his burden.
The analogy of a heavy burden on your back is a good description of what life is like apart from Jesus Christ. Even for the Christian, it can feel like the weight of the world is upon your shoulders when you are not walking with the Lord as you should or are striving to do things in your own power.
This morning we are going to be looking at Matthew 11:25-30 and Jesus' offer of rest to those who are burdened and heavy-laden. This is one of those sections of Scripture that is loved by all because of the obvious love of the Savior demonstrated by His offer. This is certainly one of those passages in which gracious words fall from Jesus' lips. But before we can understand the offer of rest, we must understand the setting of the offer.
The Setting of the Offer
Look at the beginning of verse 25, "At that time Jesus answered and said . . . " Some have tried to gain the time setting by looking at Luke 10:21-23 where Jesus prays almost the same thing. However, the two events are not the same. Let us be sure and understand that Jesus certainly would have taught and done some of the same things more than once. The similarity of the two passages is only that Jesus prayed the same thing on both occasions. Luke 10 is not the parallel passage.
This passage begins in Matthew 11:20, but he only gives the general time setting and not a specific one. The general setting is that Jesus has been ministering in the region of Galilee (11:1). John the Baptist was in prison and was beginning to have some doubts. He sent two of his disciples to Jesus, and the Lord gave John confirmation that his original message was correct. Jesus is indeed the Expected One, (11:2-6) for He was fulfilling the prophecies concerning the Messiah including healing the sick and the lame, giving sight to the blind and raising the dead. (See: Dealing with Doubt) After John's disciples left, Jesus gave a wonderful tribute to John saying that no human before John had been greater (11:7-15). (See: Marks of Greatness) Jesus then turned His attention to the critics of John and Himself in Matthew 11:16-19. (See: Reproaching Those Who Reject)
The critics were saying that John was demonized because of his austere manner of living while at the same time they were accusing Jesus of being a glutton and drunkard because He ate and drank what everyone else did. So John was too ascetic for them and Jesus was not ascetic enough. They also castigated Jesus for being a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners because they did not believe a man who was truly holy would have such associations. They were blind to the fact that their prideful self-righteousness was a greater stench in the nostrils of God than the sinfulness of the publicans and harlots.
Jesus said that they were childish like the kids in the market place who would not play the game the other children were playing even when they switched games. Nothing would satisfy them. These critics claimed to be the ones with wisdom, but wisdom is verified by its works, and their works proved them to be foolish.
Starting in Matthew 11:20, Jesus began a very strong reproach against the cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum because of their apathetic response to all that Jesus had done in those cities. Most of Jesus' miracles had been done in those cities, yet they did not repent. Jesus' words are stern and forceful. They would be judged harshly because they had rejected the great amount of grace that had been extended to them.
Jesus' denunciation of His vocal critics and those that ignored Him is the setting, but He now changes to the opposite tone in presenting a wonderful and gracious offer. The offer begins with a prayer in Matthew 11:25-27 in which we find the prerequisites to receiving Jesus' offer. Then in verses 28-30, Jesus describes the nature of the offer and its reward. Please follow along in Matthew 11:25-30.
At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from the wise and intelligent and didst reveal them to babes. Yes, Father, for thus it was well-pleasing in Thy sight. All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son will to reveal Him. Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light."
The Prerequisites to the Offer – Humility. Matthew 11: 25-26
Jesus begins His prayer, "I praise You, Father." This opening statement teaches us two things. First, praise is a fitting beginning to prayer. Second, Jesus is the son of God.
The tendency for most people when they pray is to jump right into petitions. People usually start or very quickly move into asking God for what they want and often forget to praise God. The reality is that praise is the proper beginning of prayer for, as Jesus points out in the next phrase, God is "Lord of heaven and earth." God is the creator and master and so is worthy of our praise. God is not a cosmic vending machine whose purpose is to satisfy man's desires. Too often people go to God as if He exists for their purposes when the reality is that God created man for His purposes.
The particular word translated here as praise, ejxomologe;w / exomoloe , gives emphasis to the importance of praise as part of prayer. This is not one of the more common words for praise, but is the one used in the Septuagint in the Psalms of Thanksgiving and praise and so reflects them. It is a compound word that has a basic meaning of "to agree with" or "to say the same thing" and came to be used to express praise to God for what He has done. In this passage we get the sense of Jesus' praise of the Father rising out of His agreement and unanimity to what the Father has done. The same thing becomes increasingly true in your own life as you become more like Christ because you have a greater understanding and agreement with what God has done and is doing.
Second, notice that Jesus does not begin with the phrase, "Our Father," as He did when teaching His disciples a model of prayer in Matthew 6. Neither does Jesus refer to God as Father in the universal sense as the Creator since He addresses that in the second phrase of the prayer, "Lord of heaven and earth." When Jesus prays to God the Father, as He does here, Jesus simply addresses God as "Father." (See: Matthew 11:25,26; Luke 10:21; 22:42; 23:34, 46; John 11:41; 12:27, 28; 17:1, 5, 11, 21, 24, 25). Jesus uses the phrase, "My Father" twice (Matthew 26:39,42) and Abba! Father! once (Mark 14:36) in speaking directly to God the Father. Jesus speaks to God the Father directly addressing Him simply as Father because of His unique relationship with Him that signifies His own deity. Jesus calls God "Father" because Jesus is the Son of God. The Jews of the time certainly understood what Jesus meant by this for Jesus' enemies sought to stone Him for blasphemy for addressing God that way in John 10.
Jesus is the Messiah, God in human flesh, so it is no wonder that we find God the Son giving praise from a basis of unanimity to God the Father. The specific thing which was well pleasing in the eyes of the Father (vs 26) and the Son was that "Thou didst hide these things from the wise and intelligent and didst reveal them to babes."
What was hidden from some and revealed to others? All that Jesus had been proclaiming and teaching to this point in His ministry. That includes the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus presented His kingdom program and the characteristics of true righteousness necessary to be part of it. Those such as the Scribes and Pharisees who only have the righteousness of an outward conformity to the demands of a religious system will not enter God's kingdom.
That brings up the first prerequisite of receiving Jesus' offer of rest. The offer may be universal, but only the humble of heart will hear and understand the offer being made.
We may wonder why Jesus is glad that the things of the kingdom were hidden from the wise and the intelligent. Some would even claim it would not be fair to do this reasoning that the kingdom would then only be for simpletons and the stupid. While there are plenty of intellectuals that claim that Christians lack intelligence to believe what we do, is having a low IQ a requirement for salvation? Of course not, a fact demonstrated by the very high IQ of many Christians and their accomplishments in every field of science, art, business and government.
The terms wise and intelligent are used here in the same way that Paul uses them in 1 Corinthians 1:18-29, 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside." 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, 29 so that no man may boast before God.
Jesus is using the terms wise and intelligent to refer to those who think they can do it their own way and so do not need a savior. They think they figure it all out on their own and provide for themselves. It is a reference to the foolish pride of mankind which schemes, plots and develops his own religion or philosophy so that he does not have to trust in God and His mercy and grace alone, but can somehow by his own effort achieve his own ends by his own means and methods. This was exactly what the religious leaders of Jesus' time had done. They modified the Mosaic Law to the point that they actually thought they were keeping it and therefore were pleasing God to the point that He would have to let them be part of His kingdom. They ignored the warning of the prophets that even their righteous deeds were as filthy rags before the Holy God who created them (Isaiah 64:6).
That pride is still very much present today. It is found in all the false religions and philosophies which includes Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, paganism, secular humanism and all the rest. It is found in the many cults which claims some sort of tie to Christianity because they speak about Jesus and use New Testament terminology such as mercy, grace, faith, hope, salvation, etc., yet they often have different meanings for those words including having a different Jesus, and/or they achieve salvation by their own efforts. Even Christian denominations that at one time held to the truth have lost their way in the same manner as the Jewish leaders of old. They replace the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ alone with salvation in some system of works. The Roman Catholic church added doctrine through the ages that switched salvation through Christ to salvation through the church, from trust in Jesus to trust in Mary, from redemption from sin by God's grace and mercy alone to redemption received by doing the meritorious works of the Sacraments.
Those within reformation heritages may not be any better because so many of them have traded the truth for their own liturgies and pet doctrines. My own heritage traces back to the beginning of the separatists in England and America and I grew up in Baptist churches, but I can't begin to tell you how many Baptists I have run into over the years that have traded the gospel of salvation by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone for a works based system. Their testimonies reveal that they have turned making a decision, or raising their hand at an evangelistic meeting, or walking an aisle at an altar call, or praying a prayer, or getting baptized into sacraments that save them. By their own words they claim salvation based on what they have done instead of what Jesus Christ has done for them.
God has always resisted the proud while giving grace to the humble (Ps. 138:6; Isa. 2:11,12; Mt 23:12; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5). Jesus' reference here is to those who are proud because they think themselves to be wise and intelligent and so refuse to come to God on God's terms. God will resist such people and bring them down. At the same time, the humble, who are referred to in this text as "babes," will be given grace and understanding of what the Father has revealed through Jesus' preaching and teaching. This is well pleasing in the sight of God the Father.
The Prerequisites to the Offer – Revelation. Matthew 11:27
The second prerequisite to Jesus' offer of rest is revelation. Verse 27 states, "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." This verse reveals the unique relationship between God the Father and Jesus, God the Son, as well as states the necessity of Jesus' work in a person's life in order to be saved. It should remove all pride from anyone seeking God.
Romans 1:18-22 and many other passages make it clear that God has revealed Himself to all mankind enough through creation itself so that all are accountable to Him and without excuse. In addition, Jesus' teachings were declared openly then and are freely available to all now in the Bible. The problem is not that the revelation of God is hidden, for it is hidden out in the open where anyone can examine it. In addition, Hebrews 11:6 among other passages declares that God will reward those that will believe and diligently seek after Him. The problem is that man's pride blinds him to seeing what is in front of him, or as Paul states it in Romans 1:22, "Professing to be wise, they became fools." Man will not seek God on his own (Romans 3:11).
Who is it that Jesus chooses to reveal the truth? He said in verse 25 that it was to babes – those who are humble. We saw this same truth in the Beatitudes. Entrance into the kingdom of heaven is given to those who are poor in spirit. Those who know they have nothing to give and nothing to offer God come to Him begging for mercy. God not only grants them mercy, but He also satisfies their hunger and thirst for righteousness. Jesus is more than willing to reveal the Father to those who humbly come seeking Him, but the truth will remain hidden from those who are proud.
The Nature of the Offer – a Call. Matthew 11:28
Those who are humble will respond to Jesus' offer. The nature of His offer is found in verse 28, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Jesus' offer is a call to all who are weary and heavy-laden to come to Him. Such a call involves a change in direction, and hence a change in life. In a word, it involves repentance.
John Bunyan illustrated this well in Pilgrim's Progress. Pilgrim is walking the trail with this a huge pack on his back. He is weary and heavy-laden. Suddenly he hears a voice telling him to come over here if he wants to be released from the burden he is carrying. In order for Pilgrim to respond to the call, he must hear and heed the call. If Pilgrim had been proud to the point he was preoccupied with his own plans to get rid of his burden, he would not have even paid attention to the call. If he heard the call, but remained proud convinced that his own plans were better, he would continue on his journey according to his own wisdom with the burden still firmly attached to his back. He had to be humble to hear and heed the call. He had to recognize that he needed help to get the burden off his back for only then would he step off his current path and walk in a new direction according to the directions given to him by the call.
The first thing we see about the nature of the offer of rest that Jesus is making is that it is a call. The offer will not do you any good unless you heed the call. If you want rest from your burden, then you must be humble to respond to the call being given.
What is this heavy-burden that makes man so weary? It is man's efforts to deal with his sin problem by his own means and methods. Sin is a heavy burden to begin with which is only compounded when man tries to take care of that sin himself. He is completely incapable of dealing with it on his own and can only make the problem worse. That is one of the reasons I find modern psychology to be so harmful. Man cannot "cure" himself of anything. The most he can do is trade one sinful attitude and practice for another deemed more acceptable to the individual or society, or drugs can be used to control emotions or behavior to within acceptable parameters. The sin may not present itself as obnoxiously as before, but it is still present, so there has been no cure. The drugs can mask the problem so that you can function, but the problem is still there and may be getting worse. It is like giving Tylenol to a cancer patient. The pain is relieved, so you feel better, but the cancer keeps growing. You must deal with the cancer.
A "cure" of sin is only accomplished when the person in both action and attitude does what God desires of him. The efforts of the Jewish religious leaders of the time only made the burden of sin heavier. Jesus described this specifically in such language in Matthew 23:4 saying of scribes and the Pharisees, "And they tie up heavy loads, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger." Peter describes this as well in Acts 15:10 when rebuking those who wanted Christians to follow Jewish religious rituals saying, ". . . why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?"
The same continues to be true today in all the religious systems that seek to gain access to God and freedom from sin in some manner other than coming to Christ and seeking the rest that only He can give. When a person hears and heeds the offer and comes to Christ, then rest is given for the bondage of sin is broken. A cure is given and a person can begin to live in a manner that is pleasing unto God. Access to God which was never available before regardless of how many acts of righteousness or penance a person did is now freely available through Jesus Christ. Christians are given rest for their souls and so are no longer weary and heavy-laden. Jesus exchanges the yoke of man made religion for the truth of His mercy and grace.
The Nature of the Offer – a Yoke. Matthew 11:29-30
The second aspect of the nature of Jesus' offer of rest is that there is a new yoke. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden in light." Now some might say, "Wait a minute! Isn't that just trading one burden for another? I thought you said Jesus was offering rest?" He is, but there is a yoke.
So what is a yoke? A yoke was a device that was placed upon an animal so that it could pull more comfortably and effectively. It was made out of wood and carved to fit the individual animal. That would provide part of the comfort. Since the yoke would also distribute the weight more evenly, it would also make it both easier and more comfortable to pull.
The term yoke was often used as a metaphor for submission. In particular it was used of students who attached themselves to a teacher to learn from him. For example, the ancient Jewish advice to students was, "Put your neck under the yoke and let your soul receive instruction." The yoke in this passage symbolizes obedience to Jesus which includes learning His ways and following them. That is emphasized in the phrase following Jesus' call to take his yoke – "and learn from Me." To take on the yoke of Jesus is to become His disciple, and in following Jesus you will find a release from the heavy burden of sin that makes you weary and find rest in following His plan for your life.
The Offer's Reward – Rest for Your Souls. Matthew 11:29-30
The reward of taking Jesus' offer is a change of masters, a change of life, and rest for your souls according to verses 29 & 30. Jesus is no taskmaster. He is gentle and humble in heart. His yoke is easy meaning it is suitable and pleasant, or stated from the negative, it is not difficult to bear. His yoke does not afflict. The load of following Jesus' commands in comparison to following the schemes of man or even your own way is light. A better fitting yoke and a lighter burden would be a wonderful reward all by itself, but Jesus also gives us rest for our souls.
There are several aspects of that rest. First, there is the sense in which there is a cessation of action, motion, labor, or exertion. All efforts at earning your own salvation cease. That impossible burden is removed, so you can be at rest.
Second, rest involves freedom from that which makes one weary or disturbs. Spiritually, Jesus gives those that come to Him freedom from the cares and distress that would rob them of peace and joy. This rest includes the peace that passes all understanding that comes from being able to bring every thing to Jesus in prayer (Philippians 4:6-7) and cast all of your cares upon Him (1 Peter 5:5). You can leave all your cares in His hands for He cares for you.
Third, rest is something that is fixed and settled. To rest in Jesus includes the wonderful assurance that your eternal destiny is secure in Him. Your soul is no longer bothered by the uncertainties brought up by the philosophies of man or the ideas expressed in the various false religions and cults. You have the confident assurance that Jesus keeps all His promises including being with Him throughout eternity, and with that, there no longer has to be fear even of our great enemy, death. What comfort for the soul!
Fourth, rest also speaks of being confident and trustful. Jesus gives us God's rest that not only assures us of eternity with Him, but also that "he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6). Jesus' yoke gives your life meaning in both the present and for eternity. The quest of the soul for meaning and purpose is given rest.
And finally, rest describes being able to "lean, repose, or depend upon." The rest that Jesus gives includes being made a fellow heir with Him and a child of God. Our heavenly Father will certainly supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). He will take care of us.
If you are here this morning and have not yet entered into the rest that Jesus offers, then be assured, the offer is being made to you now. The prerequisites are that you be humble and that He has revealed Himself to you. You will need to be humble enough to realize that you are a sinner in desperate need of the Savior. You need Jesus to release you from the burdens of guilt, shame, confusion and fear that you are carrying – all those things that are part of life without Jesus Christ. The revelation has been made to you this morning through God's very Word, the Scriptures. If you understand what I have been talking about this morning, then Jesus has revealed Himself to you.
But now there is a decision that you must make. Jesus is calling to you – "Come to Me." Will you go? It will require you to stop traveling on your current path and step out in a different direction. You will have turn your eyes away from the sinful enticements of this world and look to Him and step toward Him. The first step is confessing your sins to Him and asking for His forgiveness based on His death on your behalf on the cross of Calvary, and then asking Him to lead and guide you through life. He will do it. That is His promise. Every other step is simply walking in obedience to His commands for He is the master. Will you exchange your exhausting yoke and burden of doing things your own way or according to some religious system for the yoke of learning of Him and doing things His way? His yoke is easy, His burden is light. It enables you to fulfill the purpose for which God created you. The reward is His rest. Jesus is calling, will you heed His call and come?
For those of you have already placed yourself under Jesus' yoke, continue to yield yourself to it so that you may continue in His rest. Even a well fitted yoke will cause chaffing to those who struggle against it thinking their way is better than God's way. Give the Lord praise and thanksgiving for it and tell others about it and how they can also enter into Jesus' rest.
Sermon Notes: Jesus' Offer of Rest
>Matthew 11:25-30
The _____________of a heavy burden on your back is a good description of weight of sin in a person's life
The Setting of the Offer – Matthew 11; Luke 7
Jesus had been ministering in the region of Galilee and _________had been put in prison (Matthew 11:2-6)
Jesus commended ____________as the greatest of men up to that time (Matthew 11:7-15)
Jesus rebuked the critics of John and Himself as being _____________(Matthew 11:16-19)
Jesus reproached the cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum for their __________(Matthew 11:20-24)
Jesus changes His focus to presenting a wonderful and gracious ___________- Matthew 11:25-30
The Prerequisites to the Offer – Humility. Matthew 11: 25-26
Jesus starts with a prayer that begins with __________of His Father
People usually focus prayer on petitioning God for their requests, but __________is the proper way to start
Jesus' prayer reflects the ____________of Thanksgiving and Praise
Jesus simply addresses God as __________when He prays because that is His unique relationship with Him
Jesus is the _________, God the Son in human flesh so He praises God from a basis of unanimity with Him
Jesus preached and taught publically, but only the __________of heart would hear and understand His offer
The terms wise and intelligent are used here in the same way that Paul uses them in 1 Corinthians ________
The _________think themselves to be wise and intelligent, but in the end they prove to be fools
____________is at the heart of all false religions, cults and legalism
No __________(work of righteousness) whether Catholic, Protestant or Evangelical can bring you salvation
Salvation is by God's ____________alone through faith alone in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone
God resists the proud (the self proclaimed "wise" and "intelligent," but gives ______to the humble – "babes"
The Prerequisites to the Offer – Revelation. Matthew 11:27
Creation, Jesus' public ministry and availability of the Bible show God "hid" His revelation in the ________
Man's pride ____________him seeing or seeking God – Romans 1:22; 3:11
Jesus reveals the truth to "babes" – the _________who come "poor in spirit" to enter the kingdom – Matt. 5:3
The Nature of the Offer – a Call. Matthew 11:28
Jesus' offer is to all who are weary and heavy-laden to come to Him – but that requires _____________
If you want rest from your burden of sin, you must be ____________to respond to Jesus' call
Man cannot "____________" himself from anything sinful – he can only trade sins and try to numb its pain
Sin is cured only when there is ___________________and the person walks with God
Sin and self-righteousness are heavy ____________- Matthew 23:4; Acts 15:10
Only by coming to Jesus Christ is the bondage to sin ___________so that there can be rest for the soul
The Nature of the Offer – a Yoke. Matthew 11:29-30
A yoke is a device that was placed upon an animal so that it can ________more comfortably and effectively
A yoke is used metaphorically for _________________
The Offer's Reward – Rest for Your Souls. Matthew 11:29-30
_____is gentle & humble of heart, not a taskmaster. His yoke is easy – suitable, pleasant, not difficult to bear
1) Rest: Cessation of action, motion, labor, or exertion. All efforts at ___________your own salvation cease
2) Rest: Freedom from that which makes one weary or disturbs. Philippians 4:6-7; ________________
3) Rest: That which is fixed & settled. Jesus keeps all His _______________
4) Rest: The state of being confident and trustful. Jesus will ____________His work in you – Philippians 1:6
5) Rest: To lean, repose, or depend upon. Jesus makes you a fellow heir, a child of God, a _______of heaven
Jesus' offer is still open to those who are ______________and will go to Him
Will you exchange your exhausting yoke for His easy yoke of learning and ______________ Him?
Believers: Don't struggle against Jesus' yoke – give Him ___________for it and tell others its benefits
Parents, you are responsible to apply God's Word to your children's lives. Here is some help. Young Children – draw a picture about something you hear during the sermon. Explain your picture(s) to your parents at lunch. Older Children – Do one or more of the following: 1) Write down all the verses mentioned in the sermon and look them up later. 2) Count how many times the word "offer" is mentioned. Talk with your parents about the meaning of Jesus offer of rest and how you can accept His offer.
Questions to consider in discussing the sermon with others. If you have read John Bunyan's book, Pilgrim's Progress," what it the point of the story? Why is a heavy burden carried on the back a good analogy for sin in a person's life? What had Jesus been doing just before He makes His offer of rest in Matthew 11:25-30? Whom has He commended? Whom has He rebuked and why? Why does Jesus start His prayer with praise? What is your normal habit in prayer? How does Jesus' example affect you? Why does Jesus address God simply as "Father." What does this indicate about the identity and nature of Jesus? Who is Jesus referring to by the terms "wise and intelligent" in this passage. Explain. Can only those who are simpletons and stupid – a low IQ – eligible for salvation? Explain. Why is Jesus glad that revelation is only given to "babes" and not the "wise and intelligent"? Who are the "babes"? How do false religions and cults block the revelation of God? How does legalism block the gospel? What is the danger of approaching decisions, altar calls, praying or baptism as sacramental in nature. What do you think of the statement: Salvation is by God's grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone ? Why is humility a requirement to receive Jesus' revelation? Jesus' offer begins with a call – what is required to heed that call? Can man "cure" himself of his sin problem? Explain. What is the cure for sin? What is a yoke? What is the metaphorical meaning of yoke as used by Jesus in this passage? What is the importance of Jesus saying that He is "gentle and humble" in relation to this yoke? How is that yoke "easy" and His load "light"? How can Jesus' offer bring rest for your soul according to each of the following definitions of rest: 1) Cessation of action, motion, labor, or exertion. 2) Freedom from that which makes one weary or disturbs. 3) Something that is fixed and settled. 4) Speaks of being confident and trustful. 5) Able to "lean, repose, or depend upon." Have you entered Jesus' rest? If not, what is blocking you from doing so? If so, how are you praising God for it and sharing that news with others.
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The debate about Scotland's future
The referendum on Scotland's independence will be held on 18 September 2014. This is a vitally important referendum. It will shape the lives of Prospect members – not just those living and working in Scotland but in the rest of the UK, because the UK's own constitutional future will be influenced by the outcome of this question.
Prospect has a neutral stance on how members should vote in the referendum. Most importantly, we will be there for members, however Scotland decides, to represent, influence and negotiate on their behalf.
We believe members should have access to as much information as possible about the issues in the referendum that affect them as workers so that, when they vote, they can take account of these aspects, too.
We have set up a Scotland Committee whose role is to fill these aims and so these pages aim, firstly, to present the Committee and its work to Prospect members; and, secondly, to point them in the way of key documents as the debate on the referendum develops. We have also set up a forum where members can debate these issues among themselves.
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Prospect National Conference 2014 – Scottish Referendum debate from Prospect Union on Vimeo.
At our national conference in Glasgow on 20 May we hosted a special discussion about the Scottish referendum, with speakers representing both sides of the debate: Nicola Sturgeon speaking on behalf of the SNP and Anas Sarwar for the Scottish Labour party. Some of our delegates posted their comments about the discussion to our conference blog - see below.
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But you have several options when it comes to picking exactly master degree to earn. You can get a Master of Public Administration, Master of Arts, or Master of Science in a variety of areas of criminal justice.
Think a career in criminology is for you?
There are a great many criminal justice courses you'll have to take before earning your degree. This is true for whether you're obtaining a campus degree or an online criminal justice degree. Some classes are general requirements that everyone must take, like:
Other classes will be suited specifically to your chosen field.
For instance, future lawyers, police officers, and correctional officers all need to participate in courses designed for the direction of their particular career paths.
Criminal justice is the study of criminal behaviors and the measures society takes to keep the community safe. Those who want a career in the field must be prepared to do some work.
The first thing you need to do is go back to school and earn your degree in criminal justice.
You can do this cheaply and easily by attending a web-based college or university. While campus programs are fantastic experiences, the most cost effective route is earning an online criminal justice degree.
As a criminal justice major, you'll have to rely on your perseverance, time management skills, and desire to succeed to get you through the courses and programs. But once you have that education in your back pocket, your future in the world of Law and Order will by wide open.
Some people want to get started on their careers as soon as possible. But because most organizations require at least some college education, a degree is still necessary to begin with.
Fortunately, by getting a criminal justice associate degree online, it won't take too long to get the ball rolling.
If you decide later on that you want your career to grow by furthering your education, you can always work towards a bachelor, master, or doctorate degree. But an associate degree will certainly get your foot through the door.
Because criminal justice is such a popular field of study in today's world of post-secondary education, most schools offer degrees in criminology.
Whether you want to attend a campus-based school or a web-based one, you are sure to come across an institute that offers what you need.
If you decide to go the Internet route, here's a lineup of the top five schools that offer online criminal justice degrees:
Think a career in criminology is for you?
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy offers programs for both corrections officers and law enforcement officers.
The two main training courses offered are:
Graduates from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy are among the most well-trained, well-educated enforcers in the country.
Whether you're studying to become a police officer, judicial officer, dispatch operator, or officer of animal services, getting your training at Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy is a sure-fire bet for future success.
The CCJA is located in the Roanoke Valley, near the city of Salem, Virginia. This is an institution that puts equal emphasis on intellectual and physical coursework, making sure you are ready both in body and mind to accomplish your duties to the absolute best of your abilities.
John Jay is located in New York City--the 'center of the universe.'
Unlike other criminal justice academies in the country, this is an actual liberal arts collegethat offers educational programs leading to a bachelor or master degree in criminology.
Immerse yourself in the study of your future career path at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and you'll find that you've already come halfway down the road to success.
If you want to become an elite member of the criminal justice system, think about earning a doctorate degree in the field. This requires more schoolwork, of course, but the rewards are boundless.
With a PhD in criminal justice, you'll find yourself equipped to handle any high profile job you want to take. But you can also go a different route with a doctorate--you can teach the future generations of crime fighters. With a PhD you can work as a professor at the university level and leave your highly educated mark on the law enforcers of tomorrow.
If you want to become a lawyer, district attorney, detective, warden, or Homeland Security administrator, you're going to need to get your master degree in criminal justice.
A master degree will help you achieve those high-paying, high-responsibility jobs in the areas of administration, management, and supervision. Criminology employees with a master's are those who take charge, create change, and design the face of the future.
The SCCJA is the only institute of its kind in the whole of the state--and it's the only one that's needed. By training with this academy you will be exposed to all of the basic programs offered by the majority of similar institutions in the country, but you will also have the opportunity to train in advanced programs.
The school itself is governed by highly responsible, reputable, and accountable figureheads. Every penny that gets spent from the school's budget is available for investigation by any member of the public.
The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute is an organization that both trains the region's law enforcement officers and implements programs within the area that are designed to make the community safer.
Some of the many programs offered by the ICJI include: Office on Violence Against Women, Indiana Meth Watch, and Juvenile Services.
There are criminal justice scholarships available to just about everyone. No matter what your nationality, age, religion, or organizational affiliation may be, you can be sure that there's an award out there waiting for you to collect.
Sometimes scholarships are given by private companies. For these, you'll want to scour the Internet's many websites devoted to financial aid.
Other times, the school itself will offer monetary awards for their students' exceptional potential. These should be listed on your school's web page. If not, be sure to talk to a counselor or advisor about the possibility of getting some scholarship help.
Whether you plan to earn an online criminal justice degree or get your education through a traditional campus setting, with just a little investigation you should be able to find scholarships to help you meet your education goals. And since you want a career in criminology, investigating is a skill you should already enjoy!
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We received word from our old Hungarian friend Tamas Miklos, CTO of Lavalys, that there is a new edition of Everest system overview, a benchmark and monitoring utility. Version 4.50 hits several major milestones for this compact application.
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Annual Assembly of the Medicus Mundi International Network
Geneva, 25 May 2012. As usually, the Annual Assembly of the Medicus Mundi International Network took place in the week of the World Health Assembly. We met at the Ecumenical Institute Château de Bossey outside Geneva.
The Assembly agenda included the annual report and accounts of MMI, the admission of HealthNet TPO, The Netherlands, as a new Network member, and the election of a new Board member, Fabian R. Schumacher. Congratulations! A dinner on Thursday evening, 24 May, and meetings of the MMI working groups on research and human resources as well as a Board meeting were the main side events to the Assembly.
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Oh hey again. In this section you'll find plenty of tips on shooting outdoors and I'll be covering all of the different lighting scenarios that I use. I like to keep things simple on set and simple when I explain it so it should be pretty easy to follow along. Scroll on, friends!
Since I typically shoot backlit, it means that my backgrounds are pretty bright since I expose to make sure that my subject's skin (which is in shadow) is what has the correct exposure. It's actually pretty rare that I have a background darker than my subject unless I'm shooting inside. even though I don't seek out this type of light often, I love the look of it and wanted to make sure I included it in here so you have another trick in your bag! I call the type of light that I'm about to describe "Cave Light" because that visual is the best thing I've thought of to illustrate the point. Imagine that you place your subject right at the edge of a cave facing out of it. The light from the outside world is illuminating them while the light behind them is dark shadow. This tends to give the opposite look that back lighting can have. Back lighting will often give you a brighter background than subject while Cave Light will give you a bright subject with a darker background. That different in exposure helps your subject pop out of the background with a clean front light. Easy!
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This frame of Sneha was shot in the modern day version of a cave, a garage. With indirect front light on her and the dark depth of the garage behind her, she pops out of the background and your eye goes right to her!
You know that whole thing about killer light being important? It goes for backgrounds too. Great light on your subject can be ruined by terrible light behind it. It took me a while to remember this one. I would see my images in post and slap myself in the brain every time I saw a potentially rad image ruined by terrible background light. It's something that always seemed to slip my mind while I was on set but once I began to focus on it more, I saw my keeper rate going up fast. Since I tend to shoot in soft light or back light, what always tended to ruin it for me was harsh light on the landscape behind the subject. It was this gorgeous luminous soft light enveloping my couple or model, and then this bright, patchy, overwhelming light with the power of a million suns in the background. Don't forget the rest of the frame when you shoot, it's all important!
Welcome to earth, folks. That place where the sun sometimes burns down to the earth so hard that we can't even step outside without sunglasses. Let's be honest here, sure it's a great light source and it keeps us warm but that sucker is powerful. That can mean awful and wonderful things for us as photographers (I'm sure you've all experienced the whole spectrum from love to hate for it). Luckily there is a way to cut down it's power a bit when we need to. The reason the sun has less power later in the day is because it has more air to cut through before it hits you. More air with dust, and water particles in it that diffuse it a bit. If you need it softened even more, why not look for some more diffusion to help you out? It might be easier than you think. Putting the sun behind tree branches is a ridiculously easy way to bring it down a notch while still keeping that gorgeous warm haze that it gives off.
One of the most common questions I'm asked when I'm speaking is "What if we have to shoot portraits at noon?" I get it. The sun at noon is disgusting. At certain times of the day I feel like the sun is putting in an effort to help me out and collaborate with me to create something awesome. At noon, I feel like it's thinking "Ben sucks and I hate him. Deal with this, idiot." Typically this question comes from wedding photographers since they aren't really the ones who are in charge of the schedule. My first response to this is always something along the lines of, "offer to help with the schedule." Our clients hire us because they trust that we will do what we need to to make sure that we leave them with the best images we can. I always offer to help my clients with the wedding schedule so we are making sure that we have killer light when we need it. 90% of the time, they are gracious and accepting of my input and 10% of the time they aren't able to move the schedule around for my sake. That's a huge amount of averted issues with light. It's better for both of you and doesn't take much effort on your part!
Of course, sometimes it's just not possible for them to move around the schedule and you're stuck shooting portraits at noon when the light is burning down with the power of hell-fire. I know, it's rough. If this happens, you have two options. One is to slightly back light your subject. Since you probably don't live on the equator, the sun will always be to one side of the sky or the other so you can always put it slightly behind your subject. This option is always my last resort when I have to shoot midday. My go-to is option number two, finding the shade. Trees, awnings, etc. Anywhere you can find a bit of shade can save you from the heat and the blazing light. Shoot your best and then try to steal them away for another 15 minutes at sunset as well!
When shooting in hard light, shadows are your frenemies. Sometimes, they add something freaking gorgeous to the frame, sometimes they make someones face look like a Picasso. Hard light can cast weird shadows across someone's face/body if they aren't positioned just right and/or if you aren't doing anything to brighten up the shadows.
The easiest trick do balance that out is to shoot somewhere that has a naturally reflective surface (sand, snow, light rocks, etc.). The image below was shot on white sand dunes (which were pretty much a huge reflector) which means the hard light became a lot less hard (that's what she said). If you don't have those kinds of environments to shoot in, this is where a reflector can come into play. I pretty much never use one ( I don't even own one) but they can be handy if you're into this type of light.
This next bit is actually a little section of a Before / After blog post I wrote about editing for hard light (linked below) that I wanted to include because it's pretty important information to understand when shooting in hard light!
Let's start with what we should always focus on first, the light. The type of light you work with is one of the most influential factors on your editing. Editing for hard light and soft light is a completely different ball game. My typical images have soft light on both the subjects and the backgrounds. That's very important to my style since my tends to have a softer (although still contrasty) feel. In the image to the right, I wanted to keep that softness in my subject while playing with harder light in the background. My setup was simple. The sun was coming through a small circular diffuser on her right (your left) which shaded the top half of her body. Other than that, I let the hard light takeover.
Exposing shots like this is the same as I'd expose anything else. I underexpose the brightest thing I want to keep detail in. Did you follow that? In this shot, I wanted to keep detail in the sky and the skin (I wanted to keep some blue sky) and since the sky was brighter, I underexposed that. That left the skin much darker, but that's okay because we can bring that up in post without losing details. On the other hand, if I exposed for the skin, I would have kept details there but would have blown out the sky. When shooting digital, if you blow something out, it's gone forever. It's always best to err on the side of underexposure (unless you're shooting film).
Tones! Woohoo! If you've shot in both, you may have already realized that one of the biggest differences in soft/hard light is saturation. If you look at a blade of grass in the shade, you'll see a soft, peaceful green. Move it into the sun and it turns into a freaking neon blaze of green hell fire. Sun = Saturation. It's just simple math.
Why does this matter? If I want to keep my images in hard and soft light consistent with each other, I have to understand how to manipulate that saturation. This is where the glorious HSL tool comes into play. If you don't know where that is, it's the super confusing looking patchwork of sliders under the Tone Curve in Lightroom. This panel allows you to manipulate three things about each specific color: the hue, saturation, and luminance. For example, I could change the blues in the image (make them a different color, add/kill saturation, or change the brightness of them) without affecting any other color in the frame. Pretty dang handy... (Read the rest of this article about editing for hard light here)
Shooting in overcast and foggy conditions can be a huge relief at times but it also ends up being a bit trickier because it can be harder to figure out which light is good and which is bad until you bring the shoot in to edit. For the way I shoot, it's important to either be shooting fully front lit or fully backlit in conditions like this to keep the skin tones even and clean. With overcast light, if you have shadows on the skin they can tend to look murky. Since the difference between front light, side light, and back light is so subtle in light like this, an easy trick is to hold your hand out in front of you and squint at it until it turns into a blurred blob. From there, just spin around and you'll be able to see how the light falls on it a bit easier. Also, you won't look like a fool at all when you do that (probably not true).
Intrigue. That's what this little tip is all about. Sometimes the best way to draw someone into a frame is to keep most of the frame a mystery. Use light to reveal only tiny sections of a larger whole. Find spots that combine light/shade (awnings, trees, buildings, or anything else that casts a shadow) and use that to create an image that only shows what you want to show!
No, not the movies. If you love them, nothing personal. I just can't seem to say that word anymore without the thought of fan girls attached to it. Instead, I'm talking about the kind of twilight that I fan girl over. Those 15 (or 30) minutes of light that lasts after the sun drops below the horizon. If you're lucky enough to live somewhere with mountains, that twilight time can last WAY longer since the mountains bring the horizon up a bit higher and the soft light lasts longer before the sun is finally gone. I shoot back light for the majority of a shoot until the twilight comes out to play. Once the sun drops out of site, I typically switch over to front light to take advantage of that gorgeous, soft, flattering light.
Just like overcast days, twilight is a perfect time to have your subject looking to the sky for the gorgeous, soft light. When you do, keep in mind that it's still important to know which direction the light is coming from so you don't end up with light going up into their face instead of falling on it from the top. When in doubt, point their legs away from the sunset!
Yep, you read that right. It's not the most common thing but I've shot with just moonlight so I wanted to at least include it in here so you know it's an option. It takes a bit more planning (you need to catch a full moon, on a cloudless night, in a location that's pretty reflective (lots of light sand, rocks, etc). Just like twilight, since the moon is a more diffused light (it's literally a giant reflector), I shoot it front light to get that luminous look.
I know that shooting outdoors when you have no control over what the sun is doing can be intimidating but the trick is to know what to do with whatever it throws your way. In this section we covered just about every situation it can give you so hopefully you'll be a bit more confident in it now!


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NYFW Fall 2009 Round Up #2./
There is so much still going on at the tents in New York City. I am so excited to be on my way.
I will be heading to a special event with Badgley Mischka on Thursday night, and I must say that I cannot wait. Watching their Fall/Winter showing has me even more excited. There is something to be said for elegance.
Check out some of my beauty blogging friends and their on the scene coverage.
Felicia for All About the Pretty goes backstage with ADAM, and has a fabulous video interview.
Michelle from All Lacquered Up shares the goings on backstage at the Barbie show.
Amber from Beauty Blogging Junkie has been all over the place. Check out her backstage coverage of Miss Sixty, Tuleh, Thuy, Carlos Miele, Herve Leger plus more over at Beauty Blogging Junkie.
Daneen from Spoiled Pretty has even more backstage goodness from backstage at Barbie.
Lianne from The Makeup Girl has the details from the Vena Cava presentation and from backstage at Miss Sixty too.
Jamie from The Beauty of Life has her runway review of Reem Acra.
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Well we have had a week to forget. Seven days of rain and wind along with an ugly bar crossing kept all blue water fisho's land based. So, our outside report apart from one brave pro fisherman getting Bonito is a non-event.
Last week we had an ABT Bream Costa sunglasses sponsored event (which we are proud stockiest of) held on our river. About 35 boats competed to get their 5 best Bream in the live tank. They fished 2 days from the Kempsey Bridge to the mouth of the Macleay river in very difficult conditions with Grant Manusu taking the $2800.00 1st place prize with a total weight of 3.53 kg for his five Bream. Good Flathead were reported through the week with some big Lizards coming out of Back Creek and our river system in various locations. Jewfish made a welcome return with a number caught off the Break wall at night. All the rain we have had is starting to color the river up so from now the mighty Macleay should be producing some nice fish.
A couple of Beach fisho's on Smoky Beach got lucky with some nice Jewfish in the gutters down towards Hat Head mid-week. Conditions were not great towards the Lighthouse but Bream and Whiting were in numbers. In the big seas the rock hoppers thought best to stay home to fish another day.
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The stock market doesn't like change. I can sympathize, as I don't really like change either.
Stocks are currently going through a transition from historically low interest rates to higher rates, because of the prospect of less Federal Reserve interference. Consequently, the stock market is shifting from buoyancy caused in part by attractive yield comparisons with government bonds to a period in which investors will have to rely on prospective growth.
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As you know, there is a lot on the net. Every week, I'll bring you a round up of the interesting things I have come across on this insane, invaluable web.
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world."
— Fred Rogers
- Coke does great marketing… and asks you to see the world a little differently?
- Even Gizmodo gets hacked every now and then. Reminder to back up your data! This is what happened when one of their former employees found everything he owned had been hacked: iPhone, iPad, Mac…
- It frightens me sometimes how much we depend on media conglomerates for our knowledge of the world. This article on Foreign Policy caught my eye, claiming the two big arab news stations, Al Jazeera and Al Arabia's bias towards the Syrian rebels was damaging their credibility. Now I am not inclined to believe it completely as FP seems to be a more conservative leaning institution with perhaps, something to gain from discrediting alternative views. It does raise the age old question though, of who do you trust with news…and how, in situations like Syria, do you make sure your information is accurate and correct when journalists aren't able to access all the information on the ground? Do the usual journo rules apply?
- I found this really interesting and perhaps it has a lesson for us all: the power of negative thinking.
Or take affirmations, those cheery slogans intended to lift the user's mood by repeating them: "I am a lovable person!" "My life is filled with joy!" Psychologists at the University of Waterloo concluded that such statements make people with low self-esteem feel worse — not least because telling yourself you're lovable is liable to provoke the grouchy internal counterargument that, really, you're not.
- Why are we talking about Leisel Jones's weight? Goodness, I definitely agree.
The woman has won eight Olympic medals. Eight. She's a champion of epic proportions and has just qualified for her fourth Games. And yet everyone is sitting around saying she doesn't 'look' like a champion swimmer? Surely the point should be that she swims like a champion swimmer.
"The Chinese team came to the Olympics like a professional gambler arriving for a casual weekend of mah-jong, then trying to go home with everyone's money."
Four years after China whipped itself into a lather to host the most boffo Olympics imaginable, China seems, these days, a bit startled to discover that anyone is bothering to try hosting the Games again. Even so, the opening ceremony won its share of Chinese fans who, unsurprisingly, watched the affair with one eye on themselves.
- Long read: Living with Voices…an intriguing read that reminds us how little we know about the amazing organ we depend on so much: the brain.
Hans used to be overwhelmed by the voices. He heard them for hours, yelling at him, cursing him, telling him he should be dragged off into the forest and tortured and left to die. The most difficult things to grasp about the voices people with psychotic illness hear are how loud and insistent they are, and how hard it is to function in a world where no one else can hear them. It's not like wearing an iPod. It's like being surrounded by a gang of bullies. You feel horrible, crazy, because the voices are real to no one else, yet also strangely special, and they wrap you like a cocoon. Hans found it impossible to concentrate on everyday things. He sat in his room and hid. But then the voices went away for good.
- Easily one of my favourite videos. Humbling…the view from the International Space Station at night. Puts our insignificance into perspective…
- View from the ISS at Night from Knate Myers on Vimeo.
- Great useful language learning tool: OpenCulture, with podcasts from 40 different languages..
- The difficulties for Olympians who aren't able to garner sponsorship support because their name isn't big enough or they don't fit the beauty ideal: An American female weightlifter shares her story.
- This is Now project is a visual composition which uses real-time updates from the ever popular Instagram application based on users geo-tag locations. The tool streams photos instantly as soon as they are uploaded on Instagram and captures a cities movement, in a fluid story.


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Speed improvements in Capture One Pro 8 enabling OpenCL
With the introduction of the latest Mac Pro (2013) it has become common to include more than one GPU card in computers. In previous versions of Capture One, support for OpenCL processing was limited to a single GPU. In Capture One Pro 8, all available GPU's will be utilized, distributing the workload between them according to individual processing power.
This processing distribution doubles the per pixel processing speed for the Mac Pro (2013 model), improving the end-to-end speed by approximately 50%. In Capture One Pro 8, we have carefully optimized the processing pipeline to become as parallel as possible, resulting in the fastest processing of any Capture One version – and any current current RAW processor.
The speed advantage of using OpenCL is noticeable. When using both of the AMD D700 graphics cards in a Mac Pro (2013) computer, you can process a full 80 megapixel RAW file in less than 1.5 seconds.
In Capture One Pro 8, the default setup is not to use OpenCL for processing due to a possible incompatibility of future OpenCL drivers. To enable OpenCL, you need to switch to Auto in the Hardware Acceleration preferences as shown below.
When Auto is selected, Capture One Pro 8 will test the capability of the graphics card, and if the card proves to be powerful enough, it will be used for processing.
What is OpenCL?
OpenCL is an open standard that defines how to interface and utilize all the processing capabilities within graphics card's (GPU) and multiprocessor CPU's. OpenCL is short for Open Computing Language.
OpenCL essentially enables effective utilization of the thousands of compute units within modern graphics cards. For Capture One Pro, only relatively new GPU cards have enough computing power and onboard RAM to be utilized effectively.
The number of processing or compute units is an important proxy for performance. However, driver optimization, specific implementation of the floating point and integer pipeline of the GPU, along with the total amount of on-board memory are important elements as well.
If you have too little on-board memory the full image has to split up in small units creating data transfer overhead that will limit performance.
Utilizing OpenCL for dual GPUs in Capture One Pro 8 accelerates your processing significantly compared to Capture One Pro 7 – where only one GPU is used.
Performance for Mac Pro (2013), Dual D700 ATI cards, 12 core CPU:
Capture One Pro 7: 28 IQ180 files: 2.23 min – end to end
Capture One Pro 8: 28 IQ180 files: 1.34 min – end to end
Capture One Pro 8 is processing files 52% faster than Capture One Pro 7.
The benchmark numbers depend on your graphics card, number of CPU cores and speed of your SSD disk.
In terms of the interactive speed using one of the recommended graphics cards, it is possible to get real-time feedback (30fps) for almost all slider interaction in Capture One Pro 8, including the HDR tool (which was not using OpenCL in previous versions).
As of September 15, 2014, here are the recommended GPU Cards for "best performance"
NVidia GTX 780Ti
Dual ATI D700 in Mac Pro (2013)
AMD 7950 in Mac Pro Tower
As of September 2014, four major companies have developed desktop drivers for OpenCL: NVidia, AMD, Apple and Intel. OpenCL is also becoming a popular interface for other computer architectures going forward, even embedded systems and SOC (System On a Chip) devices.
For Mac OS X the OpenCL drivers are part of the operating system, where the drivers for Windows based systems are installed as part of the display drivers. For your convenience here are the links to the OpenCL enabled drivers for Windows.
Windows driver requirements:
- For AMD/ATI graphics: Catalyst Software suite 13.4 or higher http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64
- For NVidia graphics: NVidia Display driver version 320.18 or higher http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/78216/en-us
- Intel Iris Pro Graphics: Version 15.31.9 or higher https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&FamilyId=39&ProductID=3723&ProdId=3723
Final Words
Unlike Capture One Pro 7, there are no image settings or features in Capture One Pro 8 that will by-pass the use of OpenCL, and use the CPU processing pipeline. Thus, if your graphics card is capable of it, it is preferable to enable OpenCL, as you will see a significant increase in Capture One Pro 8's speed.
And who doesn't want faster processing?
October 9 2014
By Lionel KuhlmannCategory: Tech Talk Tags: OpenCL Capture One Pro 8
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It has been claimed that Capture One 8 can only take advantage of the GPU in the mac Pro if it contains the dual d700 graphics cards, but that apple doesn't provide the hooks and api's necessary for C1 8 to take advantage of the dual cards for d300 and d500 cards. That seems odd to me … is there any truth to this?
Hello Lionel, I'm going to buy a graphics card mainly to use c1 and I'ts a bit frustrating the lack of info… is there a test that reflects c1's usage of the gpu? I thought Luxmark did but after macperformanceguide's imac 5k vs mac pro comparison where the imac was faster one gets confused.
I'm considering 750 Ti, 960 and 970 on the Nvidia side and r9 280x on the ATI side (hard to decide if the higer prices are worth it without knowing if they are going to be 20% faster or 100%)
Thanks in advance :)
Could you help me with my question ?
– i7 4790k or i7 5820k
– GTX 970 or R9 290x
Hi Lionel,
thank you for your interesting report. I am currently assembling a Mac Pro Tower 5,1 to use it as a capture machine. I don't want to spend to much expenses on graphic card, neither a second power supply for it. What do you think about the Nvidia GT 680X?
Can you recommend that for me?
Hi Chris.
Thanks for your question.
If you talk about the Nvidia GTX 680 it is not great, but OK. If you can find an AMD 7950 based card, it is almost 10 times faster.
Best regards,
I'm planning to purchase a new (or refurbished) iMac. Which iMac video card is the best for Capture One 8 ? Thank you.
Dear Lionel
I was wondering if you know any info if the new MacBook Pro Laptops with the AMD Radeon R9 M370X GPU with Open CL run CaptureOne 8 any faster than than the Older Laptops with NVidia 750M video cards. As I know Open CL works a lot better on AMD video Cards and from experaince on my NVidia GPU Open CL is better switched off.
Hi Lubè,
The new AMD based Macbook Pro runs Capture One Pro 8 significantly faster than the older with the Nvidia.
Best regards,
Hi Lionel,
Capture One really shines with image quality, and this naturally comes with a cost, i.e. computing time and memory. So, utilizing graphics cards computing capablities seems to get more and more important.
I have two questions:
1. Benchmark figures.
You mentioned the Nvidia GTX 680 it is not great, but OK, and AMD 7950 is almost 10x faster. It seems that no indrusty standard benchmark shows this discrepancy, so can you publish your Capture One relevant benchmark figures (absolute or relative) for all the graphics cards which you support (or at least for those which you have access to) in your knowledge base article 1720?
This would be very very beneficial for a new aquisition decision for a card or PC.
2. Priority of OpenCL related developments and issues
I do have the impression from the forum (which of course only is a fraction of the user base) that OpenCl issues are amongst the most annoying issues to concerned users in case the recommendation for issue solving is "set OpenCl to Never". Obviously, as this cuts off a significant source of computing power and obsoletes a part of HW investment. This is actually less of a question than a plea for taking care of such issues with according priority.
Thanks and best regards
Hi B.O.
1. We are already working on how to improve the knowledge base with benchmarks.
2. Rest assured, the OpenCL development and robustness continues to be at highest importance.
This is great to hear, thank you Lionel!
Best regards
Hi Lionel, Capture One 8 works rather good with the new MacBook Pro 15, yet when converting RAW into JPEG (about 120 shots) the time needed is the same either Open CL is on or off. And also if you monitor the processing you can see in both cases the CPU load is the same – 65-75%. Does it mean that GPU is not involved in the process, or that Open CL is not active with this GPU? so in what cases of photo processing the GPU is run?
Hi Lionel, Capture One 8 works rather good with the new MacBook Pro 15, yet when converting RAW into JPEG (about 120 shots) the time needed is the same either Open CL is on or off. And also if you monitor the processing you can see in both cases the CPU load is the same – 65-75%. Does it mean that GPU is not involved in the process, or that Open CL is not active with this GPU?
Are there any actual recomendations for a OpenCL GPU for a Windows 7 system and Capture One Pro 9.
looking for two options:
* best performance
* best performance for money
Hi Lionel,
I'm not quite happy with the images processing time on my current PC, so my plan is to update it with the recently released hardware. What would work better based on your experience? One nVidia GTX 1080 or two GTX 1070 cards?
GTX 1080 shows up to 1.5 better performance in Open CL than GTX 1070, and way better than R9 290 (based on these benchmarks: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-gtx-1070&num=3)
Best regards,
Hi Alex
Based on their specs, two 1070's will most likely be faster than a single 1080, since the total number of CUDA cores is 3840 compared to 2560. It will, however, be a close call since the 1080 have significantly higher memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 256 GB/s on the 1070).
When using these top-of-line cards, there is a risk that the CPU will be bottleneck, since the decoding of the raw file format is done on the CPU, so a very slow CPU is not recommended on performance critical systems with very powerful GPU's. SSD disks are also a must, since the complete processing on both the above GPU configurations will be faster than the plain writing of a 16-bit RGB tiff-file on an old HDD.
Thanks Bjarke! My plan is to update this winter, so I'll purchase i7 7700K, 32 Gb DDR4 and NVMe SSD for the new configuration. So I wouldn't really worry about that part :)
Hi Lionel,
In general is AMD card working better for capture one?
or Nvidia is just as good.


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Extremely bullish dollar sentiment overseas backed by firm Fed rate hike hopes alongside an adverse spillover effect of $22.4 billion possible outflow in the wake of ongoing FCNR-B redemption largely added pressure on the local currency.
Hopes for an interest rate cut with both retail and wholesale inflation easing and dovish central banks around the world seemed somehow cushioned the slide.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit commenced remarkably lower at 66.81 as compared to weekend's closing level of 66.71 on bouts of dollar demand.
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Bedouin leaders have condemned the "despicable" terrorist attack committed on Sunday by a young Bedouin man at the Beersheba bus station.The Times of Israel reported more:
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This guide details the route and our personal experience of crossing the border between Tacna, Peru and Arica, Chile, as well as offering some tips for your own border crossing.
If you're making your way from Arequipa or Ica, then this is the route you'll be taking.
#1 all roads lead to tacna
Wherever your start point for this journey on the Peruvian side - from Ica (closest city to Huacachina) or Arequipa - you need to find your way to Tacna which is 15-hour overnight journey from Ica, or a much more manageable 6 hours from Arequipa.
If travelling from Ica, we would strongly recommend booking your bus south in advance - either from the bus station or on-line from busportal.pe. We didn't, and on arriving at the station were promptly informed that all night buses to Tacna were full.
So, plan B for us was a cheap overnight bus to Arequipa. This took 13 hours but cost only 60s./$20/£12, so, you know, silver linings!
If you're skipping the above stage and leaving the country from Arequipa, it's pretty simple.
There are many bus companies of varying degrees of luxury travelling to the border from Arequipa's Terminal Terrestre. As this is a relatively short journey time of 4.5 hours (after spending literally days on buses, this feels like a quick commute across London) you really don't need to stump up the extra cash for one of the fancier coaches. For 20s./$6.5/£4 we still got air-con and even a movie, but saved ourselves a little more cash.
Buses running from Arequipa to Tacna start pretty much at the crack of dawn, and leave at least every three hours throughout the day. We'd advise you turning up in the morning to buy a ticket for a departure between 8 a.m. and 10.30 a.m.
cost: 80s/$26.5/£16 per person | time: 18 hours*
*Note, travel time may be a few hours less if travelling direct from Ica to Tacna on a night bus. Also, our price of 80 soles is exceptionally cheap because we travelled on lower quality local buses; prices listed on busportal.pe for a direct bus from Ica-Tacna range from 100-150 soles. If you're taking a direct 15-hour overnight bus from Ica, the you might be happy to pay a little extra for a more comfortable journey.
#2 tacna terminal to the border
Tacna has two bus stations, the national and the international. You will arrive in the national one and can find the international station by exiting, turning left and crossing the road where you'll see the station on the left.
As Peru is much cheaper than Chile for a number of goods, lots of Chileans make a trip to Tacna to stock up on essentials like toilet paper and shampoo to clothes, cigarettes and alcohol. In the station, you'll see groups of women with their shopping and luggage sprawled all over the floor whilst they try to pack their tax-free quota. You may want to follow their lead and stock up on a few items from the various shops inside the station.
You have two options to make it to the border and onward to Arica.
The more expensive route is to take a collectivo taxi which charges 20s./$6.5/£4 per person. They leave when they have a full compliment of passengers and are the quickest option for crossing the border and onward travel to Arica.
The cheaper option, which we went for, is hopping on a bus for 12s./$4/£2.5. These leave every ten minutes and you can buy your ticket to Arica onboard (remember to pay your 'bus terminal tax' whilst inside the station as they collect this on the bus).
Unless it's getting late or you're in a huge rush, we'd recommend the bus.
The drivers will ask you at some point, usually before you board, to see your passport and the entry form you completed when you entered Peru (they collect every passenger's ID, not just foreigners). These will be handed back to you before you reach the border. They will also give you forms fill in on board so that you can exit Peru/enter Chile.
cost: 12s/$4/£2.5 per person | time: 30 minutes to border
#3 crossing the peru-chile border
If you've taken the bus option, your driver will tell you when to get off.
At the Peruvian side we simply hopped off the bus for a couple of minutes whilst we got our exit stamp before continuing onward, on the same bus, to Chilean immigration.
We joined the queue to get our stamps (90 day stay in Chile) and documentation processed, then grabbed our big rucksacks from the bus to take them to be scanned in a little room just behind the passport check.
Be aware that, for UK citizens and most countries, there are no entry or exits fees for either country. If you're from a country which is charged a reciprocity entry fee (i.e. USA, Spain, Mexico) , we have read that this may only be charged at airports and not at land borders, however we highly recommend you doing your research and understanding the process before you make this journey.
After all the formalities have been taken care of, your bus will pass through to the Chilean side of the border (everything's right next to each other so you will see it waiting after the bag security check) and pick everyone back up; it's only 20 minutes further to Arica's bus terminal.
Our crossing, which was during a busy time of day, took around 30 minutes from the time we stepped off the bus. It was safe, secure and nobody tried to scam us. Unlike some other border crossings in South America, there was nobody offering to exchange our money, so you'll need to find an ATM in Arica.
overview of border crossing from ica, peru to arica,chile
1 - Overnight bus from Ica-Arequipa | 60s./$20/£12 | 13 hours
2 - Bus from Arequipa-Tacna | 20s./$6.5/£4 | 5 hours
3 - Bus from Tacna-Arica, including border | cost: 12s/$4/£2.5 | 1.5 hours
total cost per person: 92s./$30.5/£18.5 | travel time: 19.5 hours