March 28, 2021

Palm Sunday

Preacher:
Passage: Luke 19:28-44
Service Type:

Introduction

  • Text is from v38-39
  • Jesus rode into Jerusalem not on a white charging horse, but a donkey
    • The crowds entered the city area
    • What great singing, what great joy - v37
    • A mixed crowd of people
    • For some it would be a glad day, for others a bad day
    • A day of fulfillment for the Lord Jesus Christ
    • Jesus was in control
  • To focus on two aspects
    • The cheers of the crowd
    • The tears of the Christ

The cheers of the crowd

  • Who ? - v37-38
    • Personal example
    • The disciples began praising God in a loud voice
    • Example of miracles:
      • The blind man - Luke 18:41-42
      • Zacchaeus - Luke 19:2,6-8
      • Lazarus - John 11:19,43
    • Would you like to have been there?
  • How?
    • Placing cloaks on the floor - a prophetic donkey ride
    • The Messiah
    • cf 2 Kings 9:13
    • A cry of 'Hosanna' - Mark 11:9
    • Ps 118:25-26 - Hosanna: save Lord we beseech you
  • There were some who objected
    • Jesus received the adoration of the crowd - He was worthy of this as God
    • v39-40
    • Jesus had come for His people
  • The cheers of the crowd were deafening

The tears of the Christ

  • Not a picture of 'party time' but a man of sorrows acquainted with grief
    • He wept over the city - v41
    • Isa 53:4
  • Crying over the misconception of the people
    • The people saw the power to drive out the Romans
    • The people saw the kingship of Israel being restored ...
      • ... National glory
    • The people were ignorant - v42
      • They refused to see
      • Do you refuse to see the living God?
    • Jesus had come to set people free from sin
    • The people had hardened their hearts
  • Does the Man of Sorrows weep for you now?
    • Is there any reason why Jesus should weep over us?
    • He offers us salvation - will we accept this
  • Crying over their future - v43-44
    • 'You' and 'your' - x10
    • It would be a judgment on the people for their lack of belief
    • Quote from Josephius - total destruction of Jerusalem
  • God's visitation
    • Will it be judgment to you?

Closing Remarks

  • Can you say hosanna from your heart?
  • Are you hardening your heart?
  • On Good Friday - Jesus died on the cross in our place
    • Col 1:19
  • What is Easter to you?
    • Jesus comes to bring peace to you through the blood of His son
    • It is a time of cheers or a time of tears
  • Will you come?