March 28, 2021

Palm Sunday

Preacher:
Passage: Luke 19:28-44
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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?