PALM SUNDAY
March 24, 2024
PREPERATION FOR CHRIST
Matthew 21:1-17
TEXT:
Matthew 21:1-17 (NIV) 1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 “Say to the Daughter of Zion,
`See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ “
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
12 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, ” `My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a `den of robbers.’ “
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.
“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,
” `From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise’ ?”
17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
Highlight and Background:
Matthew 21:5 (NIV) Say to the Daughter of Zion, “See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Matthew 21:9 (NIIV) “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Four statements we need to live to be ready for Christ’s soon return:
1.
Matthew 21:9 (NIV) “Hosanna!”
2.
Ephesians 5:25-27 (NIV) “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”
2 Peter 3:14 (NIV) “Dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.”
Matthew 21:12 (NIV) Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
Matthew 21:13 (NIV) “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.'”
3.
Matthew 21:15-16 (NIV) But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant. “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.
Matthew 21:16 (NIV) “Yes,” Jesus replied, “have you never read, ‘From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise’?”
Deuteronomy 32:3 (NIV) I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh praise the greatness of our God!
1 Chronicles 16:25 (NIV) Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise.
Psalm 96:2 (NIV) Sing to the Lord, praise his name. Proclaim his salvation day after day.
Hebrews 13:15 (NIV) Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise–the fruit of lips that confess his name.
4.
Matthew 21:14 (NIV) The blind and the lame came into the temple, and he healed them.
Luke 19:10 (NIV) Seek and save the lost…
John 20:21 (NIV) As the father has sent me, I am now sending you…
Matthew 21:14 (NIV) The blind and the lame came into the temple, and he healed them.
CONCLUSION:
God
God
God
God
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