Old Llantrisant Hill
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 ...
- 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
- 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?