WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.339 This morning, Luke chapter 19, making our way through the Gospel of Luke. 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:06.459 ! Hope it's been a help to you. It's been a great encouragement to me. 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:10.919 We're coming towards the end of Jesus' public ministry on the earth. 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.040 We're going to look at something kind of unique to His ministry. 00:00:14.700 --> 00:00:20.400 Usually, He avoided these kind of ceremonial type things, these big pumps and circumstance. 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:22.980 But now, He's moving towards Jerusalem. 00:00:23.219 --> 00:00:24.260 We're very close. 00:00:24.260 --> 00:00:28.480 Really, Luke 19 is about a week away from His crucifixion. 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:32.619 And so, we're going to see the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:36.140 So, if you found your place in Luke 19, you can follow along on the screen as well. 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:37.539 Verse number 28 says this, 00:00:38.539 --> 00:00:42.260 And when He had thus spoken, He went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:46.120 And it came to pass, when He was come nigh to Bethpage and Bethany, 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:49.460 at the mount called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.420 saying, Go ye into the village over against you, 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.640 in the which you entering, you shall find a colt tied, 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.380 whereon yet never a man set, loose him and bring him hither. 00:01:01.160 --> 00:01:03.179 If any man ask you, why do you loose him? 00:01:03.980 --> 00:01:08.500 Thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. 00:01:09.180 --> 00:01:11.900 And they went that were sent and went their way, 00:01:12.099 --> 00:01:14.340 and they found even as He had said unto them. 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:17.760 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:19.219 Why loose ye the colt? 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:21.439 And they said, The Lord hath need of him. 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:25.700 And they brought him to Jesus, and they cast their garments upon the colt. 00:01:26.060 --> 00:01:27.780 And they set Jesus thereon. 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.719 And as He went, they spread their clothes in the way. 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.259 And when He was come nigh, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, 00:01:34.659 --> 00:01:39.459 the whole multitude of disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice 00:01:39.459 --> 00:01:42.180 for all the mighty works that they had seen, 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:47.000 saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord, 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.540 peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 00:01:51.379 --> 00:01:55.159 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him, 00:01:55.579 --> 00:01:58.560 Master, rebuke thy disciples. 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.180 And He answered and said unto them, 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.680 I tell you that if these should hold their peace, 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.400 the stones would immediately cry out. 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.639 Jesus has been making His way to Jerusalem, 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.360 not for a coronation, not for a throne. 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:17.820 Jesus is marching to a cross. 00:02:18.980 --> 00:02:21.380 But while He's here, He is giving us a glimpse 00:02:21.380 --> 00:02:24.800 that He is exactly who He says He is. 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:27.680 That He is fulfilling so many prophecies 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:29.660 because He is the promised Messiah. 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:32.760 He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. 00:02:33.220 --> 00:02:35.540 And so we're going to learn a couple of things about this King, 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:38.140 about Jesus, the way that He enters Jerusalem. 00:02:38.260 --> 00:02:39.840 So let's go to the Lord and ask Him to help us 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:41.240 as we walk through this text. 00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:44.040 Father, You are worthy of our worship. 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:46.560 We see it here in this text we just read. 00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:49.560 And Lord, there was many in the crowd that were curious. 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:51.239 There was many that didn't understand. 00:02:51.379 --> 00:02:52.719 There was many that rejected. 00:02:54.099 --> 00:02:57.219 But Lord, even today as we gather here and we open up Your Word, 00:02:57.780 --> 00:03:00.500 there may be some in those same categories. 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:03.319 Maybe there's some that are curious about who You are, 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.099 some that know who You are. 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.979 Maybe there's some that have kind of rejected Your authority in their life. 00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:09.599 They're not really sure about it. 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.159 But Lord, I pray that You would just make Yourself known this morning. 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.259 That we would lift You high where You belong, Lord. 00:03:17.299 --> 00:03:19.079 That we can see You in all Your glory. 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:22.639 And I pray that we would worship You because of that. 00:03:22.699 --> 00:03:23.719 I pray You'd be with me now. 00:03:23.799 --> 00:03:24.740 You would empty me of self. 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:25.819 You'd cleanse me of sin. 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:27.120 Fill me with Your Spirit. 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:29.579 Lord, I need You so badly right now. 00:03:29.659 --> 00:03:30.519 Lord, I need Your help. 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:34.759 Lord, would You give me the words to say that it would be a help to the hearer this morning. 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:36.539 And we ask this in Christ's name. 00:03:36.539 --> 00:03:36.939 Amen. 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:38.299 Thank you so much for standing. 00:03:38.379 --> 00:03:38.759 May be seated. 00:03:41.299 --> 00:03:44.319 I think we probably all notice when somebody arrives, 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:46.579 kind of tells you about a little bit who they are. 00:03:46.859 --> 00:03:51.039 Maybe you've been somewhere and you see kind of a caravan rolling in 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.340 and you've got a police escort and you've got lights and you've got all these things. 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.699 And if somebody shows up with flashing lights, escort, and security, 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.039 you immediately think, somebody important's here. 00:04:00.459 --> 00:04:02.199 You're trying to kind of figure out who it is. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:04.079 I'm sure you've been to a wedding. 00:04:04.079 --> 00:04:05.979 I love weddings mainly for the cake. 00:04:06.539 --> 00:04:08.900 I mean, that's why you go to a wedding. 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:10.099 You're like, what kind of cake are you having? 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:11.120 What kind of food are you having? 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:12.439 That's the best part of it. 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:14.819 But when the bride begins to walk down the aisle, 00:04:14.899 --> 00:04:17.639 nobody has to stand up and say, hey, here's what's happening. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:18.579 No, no. 00:04:18.659 --> 00:04:23.039 The idea is the entrance itself tells you this moment matters. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:24.399 This is important. 00:04:24.539 --> 00:04:27.639 This is why we came, whatever it may be in the situation. 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:32.159 And as we come to our text here in the Gospel of Luke in chapter number 19, 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:37.860 everything about this entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem tells us something about him. 00:04:38.419 --> 00:04:44.039 The colt, the garments in the road, the shouting, the praise, the palm leaves, 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.539 even the people that are angry about it, 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.240 they just remind us something is different about this entrance. 00:04:51.180 --> 00:04:53.879 See, Jesus is not just entering another city. 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:59.939 As we've walked through the Gospels, we see that he goes from Capernaum to Galilee to Bethany, 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:01.779 and he's just kind of moving from town to town. 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:03.219 But that's not what this is. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.399 This is why he came. 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:10.920 This is what he came to seek and to save that which was lost. 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:14.060 And while it doesn't look like it in this giant coronation, 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:18.500 in this great time of praise, that is exactly where he is marching to. 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:24.040 And what makes this timing especially powerful here in these verses we read 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.360 is because of where we left off last week. 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.839 In the previous verses in the Gospel of Luke, 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.519 we saw that Jesus told a parable about a nobleman 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:37.220 who went away to receive a kingdom. 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:42.420 And some of his citizens, they were not excited about this nobleman. 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:45.420 They didn't want him to rule over their life. 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:49.580 In fact, they said, we will not have this man reign over us. 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:51.080 They weren't for him. 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:54.800 And now Luke moves us directly into this scene, 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:00.439 that the king is arriving, the one that many will reject. 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:03.800 And as we come to this text, I hope that you can see it. 00:06:03.900 --> 00:06:07.600 And when you study the other Gospels, the Synoptic Gospels, and even John's Gospels, 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.340 the atmosphere is electric. 00:06:10.280 --> 00:06:12.680 I don't think we can maybe wrap our minds around it, 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:14.520 but Passover week is coming. 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:20.279 And this is a special Passover, and Jewish historians, men like Josephus, 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.919 estimated one to two million people in Jerusalem. 00:06:24.479 --> 00:06:25.899 That's a lot of people. 00:06:26.979 --> 00:06:29.859 You know, and Jerusalem wasn't built for two million people. 00:06:30.299 --> 00:06:31.579 It's kind of like Gainesville right now. 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:32.899 We're getting a lot of growth, and I'm like, 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:34.339 where are all these people coming from? 00:06:34.459 --> 00:06:36.399 Our roads weren't built for all these people. 00:06:37.259 --> 00:06:39.799 Can you imagine two million people showing up in Gainesville? 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.840 I mean, the place is electric. 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:45.079 And when you study the other Gospels, 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.199 there was kind of a big event that kind of really got the people going. 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:50.600 Jesus called Lazarus out of a grave. 00:06:51.460 --> 00:06:55.060 When dead people start living again, things go a little crazy. 00:06:55.699 --> 00:06:57.519 And so they're looking around for him, 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.300 and people are talking about it. 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:03.840 And the excitement surrounding Jesus really is just at a fever pitch. 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:07.500 They are thinking, this is the moment. 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:09.639 We saw that last week, verse 11. 00:07:10.060 --> 00:07:12.599 He had to tell that parable because he looked over at his disciples, 00:07:12.739 --> 00:07:14.379 and they are just so excited. 00:07:14.679 --> 00:07:17.139 This is what we signed up for. 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:19.459 And Jesus said, the kingdom's not coming yet. 00:07:20.679 --> 00:07:22.979 The king has to go away for a little bit. 00:07:24.419 --> 00:07:26.759 But what makes this moment really unique 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:31.120 is this is not Jesus' normal mode of operation. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:35.560 This is not how he generally came into a city. 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:39.519 He didn't want everybody to know that he was there necessarily. 00:07:40.280 --> 00:07:43.180 When you study the Gospels, you study his life, 00:07:43.420 --> 00:07:44.740 I mean, he would do miracles. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.660 He would heal lepers. 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:47.980 He would heal blind people. 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.120 And he would tell them this, don't tell anybody. 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:52.959 He would tell his disciples all the time. 00:07:53.180 --> 00:07:56.060 He told his own mother, hey, my time's not come yet. 00:07:57.399 --> 00:07:59.100 Many times crowds would gather, 00:07:59.100 --> 00:08:01.379 and the Bible says that Jesus withdrew. 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:04.140 He was there, and he would preach and teach, 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:08.320 and he just kind of seemed to always kind of make his way out. 00:08:09.740 --> 00:08:11.500 You see the feeding of the 5,000. 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:14.020 What an awesome miracle that must have been. 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:14.840 That was just the men. 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.960 There could have been upwards of 15,000 or 20,000 people there. 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:21.439 And he feeds these people, and they're good Baptists, I guess, 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:23.400 because they said, he fed us, let's make him king. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.320 Read John 6, that's what they said. 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.800 They said they wanted to take him by force to make him king. 00:08:29.219 --> 00:08:31.699 They figured, if this guy can take five loaves and two fish 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:33.759 and feed all these people, he's got my vote. 00:08:34.299 --> 00:08:35.500 And that's basically what they were saying. 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.379 But this entrance is different. 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.080 He is welcoming the crowds. 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:47.319 And I just want to remind you that Jesus is not being carried along 00:08:47.319 --> 00:08:48.779 by the excitement of the crowd, 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.759 kind of wrapped up in all the festivities 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:53.759 and all the buzz in the air. 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:56.159 You ever been somewhere, and there's just a big crowd moving? 00:08:56.259 --> 00:08:57.159 You're like, hey, what's going on? 00:08:57.179 --> 00:08:57.860 I'm like, I don't know. 00:08:57.899 --> 00:08:58.779 I'm just going right here. 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:01.139 You just kind of get drug along with the crowd. 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.039 That's not Jesus. 00:09:03.319 --> 00:09:05.679 He's not being pushed along by these things. 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:08.100 This entrance is very deliberate. 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:12.100 He isn't intentionally presenting himself 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:16.539 to Jerusalem, to Israel, to the world, as the king. 00:09:16.539 --> 00:09:21.459 So the question in this text is not, is Jesus king? 00:09:22.459 --> 00:09:24.139 No, here's the question we have to answer. 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.159 How will we respond to the king? 00:09:26.839 --> 00:09:28.339 And really the big idea is this, 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:30.459 is that Jesus is the promised king, 00:09:30.719 --> 00:09:33.599 and because of that, his authority and his worth 00:09:33.599 --> 00:09:36.879 and his identity, they demand a response. 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.899 We cannot remain neutral on who Jesus is. 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:44.319 We can't kind of ride the fence, so to speak. 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:47.520 So the question I want us to carry through this passage 00:09:47.520 --> 00:09:49.340 this morning as we walk through these verses 00:09:49.340 --> 00:09:51.360 is what do we learn about the king 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.480 as he enters Jerusalem? 00:09:53.060 --> 00:09:55.780 What can we take away from this text? 00:09:56.379 --> 00:09:59.200 The first thing that we see is found in verses 28 through 35. 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:01.980 Number one is this, the king has authority. 00:10:03.280 --> 00:10:05.160 The king has authority. 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:09.120 Verse 28 says, and when he had thus spoken, 00:10:09.540 --> 00:10:10.620 he's telling this parable, 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:14.120 he went before them ascending up to Jerusalem. 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:17.760 Really, Luke told us in Luke 9, verse 51, 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.740 that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. 00:10:22.660 --> 00:10:25.020 And really from that point forward in his ministry, 00:10:25.300 --> 00:10:26.760 not that long of a time, 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:29.860 Luke has been moving us towards this very moment. 00:10:30.540 --> 00:10:31.800 And this is what Jesus shows us, 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:33.240 and Luke makes it very clear, 00:10:33.540 --> 00:10:35.140 that Jerusalem is right in front of him. 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.160 And we see the excitement in this chapter. 00:10:38.660 --> 00:10:40.860 And we see the praise, and he's worthy of it. 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:41.840 I love that song we just say, 00:10:42.020 --> 00:10:43.380 he is worthy of our worship. 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:45.379 He was worthy of everything that came his way, 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:47.700 yet he knew what awaited him there. 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:50.799 And he keeps moving towards it. 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:54.500 We need to let that sink in in our life sometimes. 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.220 I mean, we're so thankful for the cross. 00:10:57.860 --> 00:10:59.559 I love singing about the cross. 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:00.340 Why? 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:02.320 Because at the cross, my life was changed. 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:04.960 Because I realized that was my cross, it wasn't his. 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:07.759 He is the perfect, sinless, spotless lamb of God, 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:12.159 and yet he bore my sins in his body on that tree. 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:14.600 And he knows what's coming. 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:17.179 He knows what's going to await. 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:19.679 He already told them, hey, they're going to take the Son of Man, 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:21.580 and they're going to spit on him, and mock him, 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:22.519 and they're going to beat him, 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:23.500 and they're going to pluck his beard out, 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:24.480 and they're going to crucify him. 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:26.960 And yet he's still moving towards that. 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:32.080 In verse number 29 and verse number 30, 00:11:32.400 --> 00:11:34.019 he sends two disciples ahead. 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:36.560 And he kind of tells them what's going to happen. 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:38.360 He says, you're going to go into this village, 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.780 and you're going to see a colt. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.540 You're going to see this donkey tied up. 00:11:42.340 --> 00:11:44.460 And he said, here's where it's going to be, 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:46.560 and this is the condition you're going to find it in. 00:11:47.660 --> 00:11:50.700 And just by chance, if somebody says, hey, what are you doing? 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:51.840 You tell them this. 00:11:53.400 --> 00:11:55.500 Why is Luke showing us these things? 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:59.000 I mean, why do we need to know all of these little details? 00:11:59.179 --> 00:12:01.259 Because it reminds us of this wonderful truth, 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:03.059 that God is in every single detail. 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:06.259 You know, we have this saying that's probably been around for a long time, 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.200 the devil's in the details. 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:10.139 You know who's in the details? 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:11.000 God. 00:12:12.220 --> 00:12:14.440 God is in, you know what this is showing us right here? 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.919 That he is in control. 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:20.179 That there is nothing, as we're going to move into these next few chapters, 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:22.240 as he's moving towards the cross, 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.539 and he's being betrayed. 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:27.059 Listen, he didn't get swept up in some political system. 00:12:27.319 --> 00:12:29.299 He's not some martyr for a cause. 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:33.299 No, he is a sovereign savior, and he knows exactly what he's doing. 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:36.039 And every single, even the tiny details, 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.679 he says, you're going to go, and this guy's going to be like, 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:39.639 hey, why are you taking my donkey, man? 00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:41.599 Like, Jesus needs it. 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.199 Oh, okay. 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:44.659 I mean, that's what's going on right here. 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:51.860 Everything happens exactly like Jesus says it was. 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:54.279 Don't rush past that. 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:57.279 Understand what's taking place there. 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:58.279 Verse number 32, 00:12:58.439 --> 00:13:00.019 And they that were sent their way, 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:03.740 and found even as he said unto them. 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:07.139 Listen, we can apply that to our own life. 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:10.460 Everything that we find here in the word of God, 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:11.860 you know what you're going to find? 00:13:12.179 --> 00:13:12.840 It's true. 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:17.379 Everything he says is going to work just like he says it is. 00:13:17.699 --> 00:13:20.500 Everything he's promised, it's going to take place. 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:22.840 And he is fulfilling all of this prophecy. 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:26.100 Jesus is not scrambling to put an entrance together. 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:28.779 Anybody ever scramble to get things together? 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:31.419 I mean, if you're like me, 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:33.740 we've got a really good calendar at our house. 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.399 I mean, the calendar's there. 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:36.480 It's there for months. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.819 And then you pull up your calendar, 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:39.419 you're like, they're coming over today. 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:40.620 Oh, no. 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:41.879 And we're scrambling. 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.379 We're like, oh, we've been planning this for a long time. 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.779 Yeah, we may have thought about it for a long time. 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:47.399 We did nothing to prepare for it. 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:49.399 Listen, that's not Jesus. 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:52.419 He's not winging this. 00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:54.939 He's like, well, this just seems like a good week of any. 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.439 No, he's in control of the details. 00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:58.860 He knows where the cult is. 00:13:59.060 --> 00:14:00.420 He knows the questions are going to be asked. 00:14:00.640 --> 00:14:02.800 He knows what the disciples need to say. 00:14:03.280 --> 00:14:06.600 Nothing about this moment, nothing about this entrance, 00:14:06.920 --> 00:14:10.240 nothing about the coming week is going to take Jesus by surprise. 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.180 Pilate thinks he's in control. 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.880 The Pharisees, the religious establishment thinks they're in control. 00:14:17.140 --> 00:14:19.040 They think they're all moving and they're all conspiring. 00:14:19.380 --> 00:14:23.480 Judas thinks he's slick and he's going to go underneath the cloud of night and betray Jesus. 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:25.200 Listen, Jesus knew everything. 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:29.060 Jesus knew when he chose Judas that he was going to betray him. 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:31.680 And yet he loved him until the end, the Bible said. 00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:37.220 But I want us to notice this too about the choice of transportation. 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:41.140 It wasn't out of convenience. 00:14:42.040 --> 00:14:45.020 Jesus didn't say, hey, go into the city and whatever you can find, 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:47.680 if it's a cow, if it's a horse, if it's a donkey, get something. 00:14:49.140 --> 00:14:52.240 No, sometimes we just read everything like, okay, that's just what it is, 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:53.779 and I read this in the Gospels. 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:59.740 But what Jesus is doing, he's fulfilling prophecy after prophecy after prophecy. 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.000 The Bible tells us in the book of Zechariah 9, verse 9, 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.240 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.120 Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:10.159 Behold, thy king cometh unto thee. 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:15.019 He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:20.159 Everything that Jesus did was planned. 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:25.639 In fact, before the foundation of the world, there was a lamb that was slain. 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:30.860 This is where history has been moving towards this moment. 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:37.939 And the idea is the king has authority, and Jesus is not accidentally fulfilling prophecy. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.039 He's intentionally stepping into it. 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:43.000 He knows exactly what he's doing. 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.899 He knows exactly what he's claiming. 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:52.600 He is deliberately presenting himself as the king, as the Messiah, as God in the flesh. 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:59.759 But he's not entering Jerusalem the way that many of them would imagine their king would come. 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:06.960 I mean, you study any civilization, any power, any king, any Caesar. 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:10.500 I mean, when they show up, we still do it here in our world today. 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:12.480 When they show up, they bring their army with them. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.460 They bring a show of power. 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.120 They want people to know that person's in control. 00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.539 And yet, here's the king. 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.100 No army. 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:25.059 No soldiers marching beside him. 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:27.159 I mean, I bet Peter thought he was big stuff. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.519 I'm Peter. 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.799 They're like, who's that? 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:33.179 I mean, most of these disciples are probably teenagers. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.980 I mean, he's coming in with a motley crew. 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.920 I mean, that's who Jesus is showing up with. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.840 There's no display of this military power. 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:44.000 I mean, they keep thinking Rome's going to be overthrown. 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.240 Not sure how he's going to do it with this group. 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:55.960 And see, the idea that we've seen over and over, and what Jesus is trying to weed out, is they wanted somebody to deal with their circumstances. 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:00.659 But Jesus came to deal with something much larger than that. 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.659 He came to deal with their sin. 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.700 He came to deal with death. 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:09.279 And I think in our world today, sometimes we still have this wrong view of Jesus. 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:14.819 People will show up on a Sunday morning, probably all over the world right now, and here's what they want Jesus to do. 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.240 Change their circumstances. 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.299 You know what? 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.000 He can. 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.600 And he does. 00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:23.440 I'm thankful God has intervened in my life so many times. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:27.660 But let me just remind you, your greatest need is not changing your circumstances. 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:32.799 The greatest need that anybody that has ever drawn breath on this planet is our sin. 00:17:33.659 --> 00:17:35.759 And that's what Jesus came to deal with. 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:37.919 That's the king that he is. 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:41.299 That he is willing to pay a debt that none of us could pay. 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:45.980 There in verse 31, we already looked at it. 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.279 But he said, here's why. 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.960 If the guy asks you why you're doing this, because the Lord hath need of him. 00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:56.819 And it really brings us to this larger truth when we think of the king and his authority. 00:17:56.819 --> 00:18:06.159 That if he is Lord, if he is God incarnate, if he is the Messiah, then he has all the authority. 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.759 He has all the power. 00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:14.740 That if Jesus is king, then he doesn't have authority over some things in my life. 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.419 Here's what he has authority over. 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.439 Everything. 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:20.519 My plans. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.720 My priorities. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.519 My time. 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.220 My resources. 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.220 Relationships. 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.120 My future. 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:32.019 And Jesus presents himself as a king that is worthy to be worshipped and worthy to be trusted. 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:38.220 I think we like the idea of Jesus as Savior. 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.299 Giving us a home in heaven. 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:43.279 Walking on streets of gold. 00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:48.759 But I think if we're just going to be real honest with ourselves, sometimes we don't like him as king. 00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:52.420 Because a king has the authority to say, don't do that. 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.779 Do this. 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:56.099 He has the ability to direct. 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.180 And kings have that authority. 00:18:58.180 --> 00:19:02.940 So before we ever get to the shouting crowd and the question that's right in front of us here, 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:05.840 is am I living under the authority of Jesus? 00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:10.420 We can sing the songs worthy of worship. 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:13.460 But are we living like he's the king of our life? 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:19.620 Are we living like we believe that he's not just a savior, but he's in control of all things? 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:26.500 See, what this cult does is it really this donkey just reveals his authority. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:30.720 He's coming in not as a conqueror, but as a peaceful king. 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:35.500 A king willing to lay down his life for his subjects, so to speak. 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.799 For his friends. 00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:43.099 But as he begins to make his way towards Jerusalem, the crowd begins to understand. 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:46.980 And maybe some of them unknowingly, they begin to declare his identity. 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.000 So secondly, we see this. 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:52.319 That the king is worthy of praise. 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:57.960 Look at that very last phrase there in verse number 37. 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:00.299 The Bible says, 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:05.480 The whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:10.579 for all the mighty works they had seen. 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:13.859 They weren't just praising for no reason. 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:16.299 They had reason to praise. 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:18.619 They had reason to rejoice. 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:22.099 They have watched Jesus work. 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:26.359 I mean, just think of this last couple weeks that we've been in Luke's gospel. 00:20:26.719 --> 00:20:28.099 I mean, Zacchaeus was saved. 00:20:28.699 --> 00:20:30.239 I mean, that was a blessing to everybody. 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:34.039 This corrupt tax kingpin of Jericho, his life's been changed. 00:20:34.219 --> 00:20:35.000 He's giving people money. 00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.119 They're like, this is awesome. 00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:38.359 Blind Bartimaeus has been healed. 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:41.859 Lazarus there in the same time frame has walked out of the grave. 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.859 They have seen him heal and restore. 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.679 They've watched Jesus forgive. 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:50.420 They've watched him receive people that everybody else avoided. 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:52.980 And I would imagine some of them were in the crowd. 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:56.539 That was the man that changed their life. 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:58.660 They'd seen blind eyes open. 00:20:58.860 --> 00:21:00.519 They've watched lost people get found. 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:06.039 They had seen enough to know that Jesus is worthy of all the praise they can give. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:09.819 And that's exactly what they do in verse number 38. 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:16.559 Saying, blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the Lord. 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.019 These aren't random words. 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:21.159 It's not lost on them. 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:23.460 They're beginning to put some of the pieces together. 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:28.299 Now their expectation of who he is and what he's going to do, that's a little off. 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:31.240 But this is from Psalm 118. 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:35.599 It's a psalm that's very closely connected to their Passover. 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:39.480 And it says there in Psalm 118, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.599 Verse 26 of that psalm. 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:44.899 But notice how Luke records it. 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:48.700 He says, blessed be the king. 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.680 It's not blessed is he that cometh. 00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:52.059 No, he's here. 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:54.659 They recognize the king has come. 00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:56.200 He's in our presence. 00:21:56.540 --> 00:21:59.740 And they are taking the scripture they knew and they grew up on. 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:01.779 And they searched and they longed for. 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.540 And they're saying, it's here. 00:22:04.040 --> 00:22:04.920 It's Jesus. 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.640 This is the Messiah. 00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:13.860 That last parable we looked at, they said, we will not have this man ruled over us. 00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:17.259 But now they're screaming, blessed be the king. 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:20.360 Hey, this is who we want in charge of our life. 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.200 Same king. 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.740 Two responses. 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:26.059 And the reality is still true today. 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.660 That some reject his rule. 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.359 And others rejoice in his rule. 00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:34.740 But there's something we need to understand about this crowd. 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.240 What they're saying is true. 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:39.799 But they don't really understand what it means. 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:42.680 Their praise is appropriate. 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.160 Their words are right. 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:46.180 But their expectations are incomplete. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:50.400 And that's kind of really where this text kind of presses into our own life. 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:55.660 That we can say the right words about Jesus and still misunderstand what kind of king that he is. 00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:58.300 We have to be careful of that. 00:22:59.280 --> 00:23:00.540 See, they're thinking a throne. 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.580 He's thinking a cross. 00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.140 They're thinking about Rome. 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.680 And he's thinking about their sin. 00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:07.940 They're thinking about this national deliverance. 00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:10.980 And Jesus is coming for eternal salvation. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:17.279 See, what they wanted was a king that could fix the world around them. 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.740 And that's why they're praising him. 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:24.839 But really what they needed was a savior who could change their standing before God. 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:30.180 They can stand before a holy God completely righteous. 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:34.160 And it brings us to this wonderful, wonderful truth. 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:37.240 That Jesus did not come to give us what we wanted. 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:41.500 Jesus came to give us what we needed. 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.900 I'm thankful for that. 00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:49.200 I remember growing up there was times I'd ask my dad for something. 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.060 Ask my mom for something. 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.720 And they'd say, you don't need that. 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:54.160 And I would say, you don't love me. 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:58.340 Every kid said that and thought that in some way. 00:23:58.840 --> 00:24:01.480 If you really love me, all my friends have it. 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.980 And then we say, well, I'm not all your friends' dads. 00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:06.680 You know, all the parenting things. 00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:10.920 Sometimes we associate if somebody loves us, they're just going to give us what we want. 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.360 Now, when somebody really loves you, here's what they do. 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.620 They give you what you need. 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.180 Jesus didn't come and, yeah, he could have got Rome off their back. 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.620 But they still would have been lost in their sins. 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:24.839 Life would have still been miserable for them. 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:27.819 And that's why he's writing to Jerusalem. 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:30.399 Not to wear a crown, but to go to a cross. 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:35.019 But I love how Luke puts this in at the end of verse number 38. 00:24:35.459 --> 00:24:40.759 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:45.419 Does that sound familiar at all in the gospel of Luke? 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:49.279 Maybe, I know it's been a long time since last December. 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:52.859 But there's a verse in Luke chapter 2, verse number 14. 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:55.180 Glory to God in the highest. 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.700 Peace on earth and goodwill toward men. 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.299 You know what Luke is kind of doing? 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.139 He's putting a bookend on it. 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:07.700 He's reminding us, Jesus didn't come just to make all these miracles happen. 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:09.460 He didn't come to make all these fun things. 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.579 He didn't come so we could have Christmas. 00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.379 No, he came for this moment. 00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:16.920 He came to give his life for a ransom for many. 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:19.759 And at his birth, they announced the reason he came. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:23.000 And now he is entering Jerusalem as that king. 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.160 And here's what he's going to do. 00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:28.300 He's going to go to the cross and make peace possible for us. 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.720 Peace with God. 00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.519 Peace of God. 00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:33.600 It only comes by the blood of Christ. 00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.759 And that's what he's showing us here. 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:40.460 And that's why he's worthy of our praise. 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:46.200 We saw already in the end of verse 37, for all the mighty works they had seen. 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:50.680 Maybe you know the Lord as your Savior. 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.360 I pray you do. 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:56.799 Maybe you just sing those songs, just kind of stirred something up in you this morning a little bit. 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:58.279 You know, hey, he's worthy of it. 00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:04.140 But I think sometimes in our life, worship can grow cold because we just stop remembering. 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:07.820 We stop remembering that Jesus, this entrance was for us. 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:10.400 That he was coming to the cross for us. 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:12.200 We get busy and we get distracted. 00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.300 We get so used to church. 00:26:13.540 --> 00:26:14.620 We get so used to that song. 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:16.460 Man, we sang this song last month. 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.920 Hey, guess what? 00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:19.380 He's still worthy of worship. 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:27.520 Maybe it's just good to stop and remember all the mighty works he's done in your life. 00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.940 When's the last time you just praised the Lord? 00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:32.020 Listen, this is going to shock you. 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:35.440 You don't have to wait until Sunday morning and Brother Jared tells you what song to sing. 00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:37.700 You can praise the Lord wherever you are. 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:40.900 You can pray, hey, sing in your car like nobody's watching you. 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:43.920 You ever pull up next to me and stop like, I'm going to be jamming out. 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:48.220 I mean, sometimes it just overwhelms me that God loves me that much. 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:52.460 I don't think we should be able to get over the fact that we were on our way to hell, 00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:55.539 we were lost in our sins, and now we're on our way to heaven and we have joy and peace 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.539 and all these things that God offers. 00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.359 That should maybe just get a little bit of praise out of you, even a Baptist. 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.579 Amen. 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.740 Amen. 00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.960 May hurt you physically, though. 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.740 It's going to be okay. 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.319 When's the last time you just praised the Lord he's patient with you? 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:20.079 I mean, so many times this week just didn't do the right thing, messed up. 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.759 You know, the Lord is patient. 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.680 He's long-suffering. 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.099 He's kind. 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.779 He's forgiving. 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:30.299 When's the last time you just praised the Lord because he's been faithful to you? 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.420 Listen, God's not faithful to you because you're faithful to him. 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:37.279 He's faithful because that's just who he is. 00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.420 And he knows us. 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:43.519 That's why I love that song, Brother Cliff, say, he looked beyond my fault and saw my need. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.740 He didn't say, well, these people are really worthy. 00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.379 No, no. 00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.940 He loved us anyways. 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:50.460 But God commended his love toward us. 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:53.340 And while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:58.559 Because we're going to see, and I know you know this story probably pretty well, the same crowd that's saying, blessed be the king. 00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.519 It's not going to be real long. 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:01.299 They're going to say this, crucify him. 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:06.080 And yet on the cross he said, Father, forgive them. 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.160 For they know not what they do. 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:17.660 See, the more clearly we see the king, the more naturally praise flows. 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.460 That's why it's important to be in the word of God. 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.300 That's why it's important to be in church. 00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:26.180 That's why it's important to have a daily prayer life for the Lord. 00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:29.440 Because the more you're around him, you can't help but praise him. 00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:33.720 Because you realize all the things, everything good in your life, guess where it's from? 00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.000 Him. 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:39.960 And they were sitting in this crowd and they were thinking, man, so and so was healed. 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.200 They knew things. 00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.819 They had seen it. 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.599 He's worthy of our praise. 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.240 The king is worthy. 00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.579 Hey, when life is good, he's worthy. 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:49.559 And when life is not great, he's still worthy. 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:56.019 But like always, the Pharisees don't disappoint. 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.220 Not everybody's praising. 00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:00.619 I mean, the disciples are celebrating. 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:03.640 Some of the Pharisees, they want this whole thing stopped. 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:09.880 And their response, it reveals this one final truth I want us to see in verses 39 through 40. 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:13.300 That the king cannot be silenced. 00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:16.320 Verse 39. 00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:20.000 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto them, 00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:23.980 Master, rebuke thy disciples. 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:29.500 This is some crazy irony right here. 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:37.339 These are the people, these are the men who knew the scriptures better than anybody. 00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:42.180 They had dedicated their life to know the scriptures. 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:47.200 Many of them would have had the first five books of the Bible memorized. 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.039 You think that's not possible? 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.880 That's what they did with their life. 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.380 That's how they lived. 00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:55.320 They knew every law backwards and forwards. 00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:59.140 They spent their whole life looking for the Messiah. 00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.560 They knew the Torah. 00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:02.420 They knew the Old Testament scriptures. 00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:06.380 These are the very men that should have recognized what is happening. 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.340 They just said, you know what? 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.660 I think I've read this somewhere. 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.620 But they missed it. 00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:17.059 And when people began to praise Jesus as the king because he is, their response is, 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.799 Hey, you've got to make this stop. 00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:21.299 We can't have any of this. 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:24.139 Listen, they understand enough to know what the crowd is saying. 00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:28.899 This is not some generic form of praise the crowd is just offering up to some random guy riding a donkey. 00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.719 No, they know what's happening. 00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:32.899 This carries messianic weight. 00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:34.959 The scriptures being applied to Jesus. 00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:36.679 They hear him being called king. 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:40.900 And they said, Jesus, I don't know what's going on, but you need to correct this. 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.539 Because I know and you know you're not him. 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.840 I mean, that's what they're saying. 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.360 Make it stop. 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:51.420 And Jesus had a perfect opportunity to do exactly that. 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:55.000 I mean, if the crowd had gone too far, stop them. 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:59.420 If they're giving Jesus praise that he doesn't deserve, correct them. 00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:03.960 If he isn't the king, then this is the moment to say so. 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:17.539 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should hold their peace, his disciples, the crowd, the stones would immediately cry out. 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.920 You know what Jesus told him? 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.680 The problem isn't the crowd isn't saying too much. 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:25.460 Really, the problem is in your own life, you're saying too little. 00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:26.840 You're missing it. 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.200 I love you. 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.400 I'm here for you. 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.420 This is why I came. 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.700 You know who I am. 00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:36.360 Jesus says, if they stop, the stones will cry out. 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.860 I mean, what a statement. 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.860 You know what Jesus is saying? 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:42.880 This moment demands a testimony. 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.019 And what does the moment say? 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.180 The king has come. 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.600 That Jesus isn't some carpenter from Nazareth. 00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.319 He isn't some just good rabbi. 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.840 He's not some miracle worker. 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:55.279 He is the king. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:32:01.599 And he said, if everybody stops, creation itself cannot remain silent. 00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:05.819 Inanimate objects would speak because he's worthy. 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:09.399 Why would creation speak? 00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:12.960 Why does Jesus say this? 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.319 Why is this response? 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.919 Because he reminds us of this truth. 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.599 That his worth doesn't depend. 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:24.240 His identity doesn't depend on whether we recognize it or not. 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:31.160 Jesus' identity does not depend on human approval. 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:36.460 The same crowd is alive and well today, by the way. 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.420 I watch all these shows. 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.779 Sometimes I watch the History Channel. 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:41.200 My wife hates when I watch the History Channel. 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.059 All these shows about God. 00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:46.220 And I was on, you know, maybe you have Amazon Fire TV. 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:49.960 There was like this ad that came up that said, how Jesus became God. 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:53.240 And I was like, not true. 00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:58.380 You know, the world is still trying to say, well, he's this and he's that. 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.980 And, you know, he's just a good miracle worker. 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.299 He's a great moral teacher. 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:06.460 Listen, it doesn't matter if men praise him, if they resist him, if they misunderstand him, if they reject him. 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:08.460 None of that changes who he is. 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.759 He's the king. 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:17.880 See, human unbelief doesn't reduce divine glory. 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.519 It doesn't. 00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.920 It didn't change. 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:24.259 The Pharisees can tell everybody they want to stop shouting. 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.779 They can reject his authority. 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.500 They can refuse to receive him. 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:32.240 And before this week is over, this religious leadership is going to help put him on a cross. 00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.440 They think they put him there. 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.539 But we know this. 00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:37.200 He laid down his life willingly. 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.379 Nobody can take his life from him. 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.799 Not only did he lay it down willingly, praise the Lord. 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.619 There's a preview. 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.779 He took it up again. 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:49.160 But none of that changes the truth. 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:56.599 The world has tried to silence him since he was on this earth, before he was there. 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.399 But here's the truth. 00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.319 He's still the king. 00:33:58.319 --> 00:34:07.099 This is the crowd that said, we will not have this man reign over us. 00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:12.079 See, the king has come. 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.519 But Jesus reminds us of this truth. 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.480 And we're going to see it in these next couple chapters especially. 00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:18.420 He is coming back. 00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:22.639 He's the king now. 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:26.380 And one day, every knee will bow. 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:31.740 And every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of all. 00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:34.659 Because that's who he's always been. 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.639 This moment didn't make him a king. 00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:40.539 No, they just recognized that he was the king. 00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:43.360 They began to see him for who he was. 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:50.420 As we step back and we look at what Luke tells us here, the cult tells us that the king has authority. 00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:53.599 The disciples remind us that the king is worthy. 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:58.220 The Pharisees show us that not everyone's going to receive him. 00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:03.559 But Jesus makes it very clear his identity cannot be silenced. 00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.900 He came to make himself known. 00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:09.460 That he would draw all men unto himself. 00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:16.240 See, Jesus is not asking us here in this text to decide whether he will be the king. 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:19.559 The decision in front of us is this. 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:22.099 How will I respond to the king? 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:25.840 Because this is not some story from 2,000 years ago. 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.940 Oh, that's a cool little thing. 00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.920 Yeah, some people are there. 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.960 No, the same truth is here today. 00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.840 Will you resist his authority? 00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.340 You may want him as a savior. 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.260 You may want him as a healer. 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.659 You may want him to change your circumstances. 00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:39.159 But he's not just those things. 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.960 He's the king. 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.420 And he wants authority over your life. 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.359 And he loves you. 00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.719 How do you know that? 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.059 Because he died for you. 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.920 That's what the cross shows us. 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:52.960 Maybe there's some here today that are simply just admiring Jesus from a distance. 00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:54.739 No doubt there was like those in the crowd. 00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:57.039 Trying to go to work like, what's going on here? 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.379 Oh, Jesus is coming. 00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.839 Oh, cool. 00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.899 I just want to see who he is. 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:06.800 Sometimes we try to make Jesus into the kind of king we want him to be. 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.980 That's not what scripture teaches. 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:16.380 Or will we receive him for who he really is? 00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:23.240 Are you willing to submit to his authority, to trust him for salvation, and to give him the praise he deserves? 00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:26.079 That's what this text shows us. 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.500 I'll leave you with this thought. 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.160 It's very simple. 00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.720 The king has come. 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:32.819 How will you respond? 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:36.339 This is not just an entry in Jerusalem. 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:38.119 It's happening right here today. 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:44.239 How you respond to Jesus can affect your entire eternity. 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:52.399 Everything eternal hinges on who you believe Jesus is and what you do with him. 00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:54.199 Here's what we should say. 00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:57.559 Blessed be the king who comes in the name of God.