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 So, starting in verse 1, we read,

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 Now when they drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives,

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 then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,

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 Go in the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her.

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 Untie them and bring them to me.

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 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say,

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 The Lord needs them, and he will send them at once.

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 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophets, saying,

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 Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king is coming to you,

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 humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.

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 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

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 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.

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 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road,

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 and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

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 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting,

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 Hosanna to the son of David.

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Hosanna in the highest.

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 And when he entered Jerusalem,

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 the whole city was stirred up, saying,

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 Who is this?

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 And the crowd said,

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 This is a prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.

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 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple.

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 And he overturned the table of the money changers

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 and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

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 And he said to them,

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 It is written,

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 My house shall be called a house of prayer,

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 but you made it a den of robbers.

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 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple,

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 And he healed them.

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 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did,

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 and the children crying out in the temple,

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 Hosanna to the son of David,

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 They were indignant.

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 And they said to him,

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 Do you hear what these are saying?

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Yes.

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 Have you never read?

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 Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babes,

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 you have prepared praise?

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 And leaving them,

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 He went out to the city of Bethany,

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 to Bethany and lodged there.

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 In the morning,

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 as he was returning to the city,

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 he became hungry.

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 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside,

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 he went to it and found nothing on it,

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 but only leaves.

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 And he said to it,

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 May no fruit ever come from you again.

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 And the tree withered at once.

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 When the disciples saw it,

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 they marveled,

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 saying,

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 How did the fig tree wither at once?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 Truly, I said to you,

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 If you have faith and do not doubt,

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 you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree,

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 but even if you say to this mountain,

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 Be taken up and thrown into the sea,

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 it will happen.

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 And whatever you ask in prayer,

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 you will receive,

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 if you have faith.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 Thank you, Florence.

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 Let's pray together briefly as we consider God's word to us this morning.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 Lord Jesus Christ,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 we come before you this morning,

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 we come to your word,

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 because we want you to speak to us.

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 God,

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 we have not come to hear the opinions of man,

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 we come to meet with you,

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 the living God,

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 in your living word.

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 And so God,

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 won't you speak to us this morning?

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 Won't you make the word come alive in our hearts?

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 Won't you open the eyes of our hearts to see you,

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 and to receive your grace,

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 and to respond as you want us to respond?

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 God,

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 we pray,

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 come and be in our midst.

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 In your gracious name,

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 Amen.

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 Yesterday morning,

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 our family was driving back from the library,

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 went to get some books,

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 and we drove past a delivery van

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 that said,

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 Nelson's Removals on the van.

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 And my daughter,

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 we come from South Africa,

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 if you don't know,

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 and my youngest daughter said,

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 I wonder if Nelson Mandela started that company.

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 And we had a bit of discussion,

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 and we determined that the facts were hard to determine exactly,

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 but in all likelihood,

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 Nelson Mandela probably didn't start

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 Nelson's Removals company

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 in Hong Kong.

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 But it got me thinking,

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 I wonder if Nelson Mandela

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 ever came to Hong Kong,

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 actually.

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 And a quick Google search answered that,

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 that he did.

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 He came in 1991,

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 soon after he was released from prison,

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 and he came to urge the Hong Kong government

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 not to release

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 the sanctions that they'd imposed on South Africa

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 because of apartheid.

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 And I thought about it,

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 I wonder when he came,

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 how was he received?

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 I mean,

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 on one hand,

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 he's this political prisoner,

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 he's just been in jail for 27 years,

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 but he's also actually a hero in many ways.

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 He was obviously going to become the next president.

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 You know,

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 did Hong Kong roll out the red carpet?

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 Did it have an inspecting of the soldiers,

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 or was it more low-key?

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 And then I wondered about it,

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 I wonder how many presidents and prime ministers

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 and kings and queens have visited Hong Kong.

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 Last year,

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 when the Queen of England passed away,

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 we all saw pictures of when she came to Hong Kong

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 many years ago.

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 And I wondered,

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 how do people,

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 how people receive

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 when kings and queens or royalty

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 come to Hong Kong?

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 This morning,

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 we're looking at Matthew 21,

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 and it tells us about Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem.

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 And when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem,

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 there's a mixed reception that he receives.

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 On the one hand,

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 there's joy and celebration,

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 there's singing of songs,

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 and there's dancing,

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 there are people cut down trees,

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 which is like the first century version of waving flags.

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 And on the other hand,

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 there's indignation.

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 Indignation means fury,

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 anger.

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 And so Jesus receives this mixed reception.

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 And so today,

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 we're going to look at this passage

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 in four kind of scenes,

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 the drama unfolds in four scenes.

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 The arrival of the King,

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 the passion of the King,

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 the warning of the King,

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 and then finally,

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 the call of the King.

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 Okay?

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 So let's dive into the first one,

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 the arrival of the King.

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 Back in Matthew 16,

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 Alan preached on it a couple of months ago,

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 I think July or August last year.

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 Jesus first tells his disciples

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 that he's going to go to Jerusalem,

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 he's going to encounter the chief priests

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 and the leaders,

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 he's going to be put to death and die.

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 And for the last five chapters,

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 Jesus has kind of been making his way

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 towards Jerusalem.

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 He's been on this road trip.

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 And finally,

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 the road trip comes to an end.

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 Jesus arrives.

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 And he arrives in Jerusalem.

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 But first,

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 he stops just outside,

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 about a kilometer or two away,

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 at this town called Bethphage,

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 or Bethphage.

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 And now,

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 to understand this,

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 you've got to remember,

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 what's happening at this time?

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 If you've read some of the other Gospels,

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 you might be aware,

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 this is one week before Passover.

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 This is a climax in the time of Israel's history.

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 But it also means,

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 it's one week before Jesus goes to the cross.

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 In the Christian calendar,

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 this is called Holy Week,

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 or Palm Sunday.

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 It's the Sunday before the Passover weekend,

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 and on Friday,

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 just five days out,

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 Jesus is going to the cross.

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 And we're going to spend the next ten weeks,

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 looking at the next five days of Jesus' life on earth,

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 before going to the cross,

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 as we make our way towards Easter.

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 But the other thing is,

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 at Passover,

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 Jerusalem would have been packed with people.

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 Jerusalem normally has,

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 somewhere around 50,000 people living in it,

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 at this time.

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 Over Passover week,

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 there's about 150 to 250,

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 some people even say,

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 half a million people in Jerusalem.

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 There are 100,000 people camping out in the fields,

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 just outside.

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 So Jerusalem is packed with people.

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 It is abuzz with activity,

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 and animals,

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 and all sorts of things going on.

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 And so Jesus is making his way towards Jerusalem,

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 and he comes to this town, Bethphage,

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 and he sends two of his disciples out ahead of him,

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 and he tells them to go into the village

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 and get these two donkeys, right?

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 A mother and her colt.

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 Now what's going on here?

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 I mean, is Jesus stealing this guy's wheels?

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 Right?

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 Is the model of the story,

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 Jesus king,

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 if you want something,

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 he doesn't ask,

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 he just takes your stuff?

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 No, that's not what's going on here.

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 Everything Jesus does in this passage

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 is absolutely deliberate and planned.

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 Nothing is by accident here.

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 Jesus has just made a 120 kilometer trip

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 from Galilee down to Jerusalem by foot.

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 He doesn't need a donkey

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 to carry him the last one kilometer in, okay?

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 His legs are good enough.

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 He's planned this.

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 And if you see,

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 he goes and he says,

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 just like you will with the Passover meal

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 later on in the week,

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 he says,

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 listen, just go and do this,

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 and if anybody asks you,

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 give them the code word.

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 Give them the secret word.

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 Just say,

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 oh, the Lord has need of them,

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 and he'll let you do this.

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 In all likelihood,

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 Jesus has prearranged this.

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 He's planned this somehow,

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 that this is going to happen.

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 And so his disciples go,

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 and all this happens,

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 and they bring back the donkeys to him.

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 Now,

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 why is Jesus doing this?

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 Well, the reason is

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 Jesus wants to say something,

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 and the reason is

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 he's revealing who he is.

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 You see, up until now,

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 in most of the gospels,

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 Jesus has kind of kept

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 his identity hidden, right?

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 Remember, he heals somebody,

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 and he says,

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 don't go tell anyone.

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 Just go to the priest,

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 offer the sacrifice,

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 but just keep this on the down low.

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 And he counts as a demon.

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 The demon says,

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 I know who you are.

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 You're the son of God.

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 And he says,

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 shh, don't,

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 just keep quiet.

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 And Jesus' brothers,

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 even say,

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 listen,

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 if you're the Messiah,

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 why don't you reveal yourself?

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 Let people know.

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 And he says,

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 my time has not yet come.

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 But something's changing

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 in the story here.

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 Jesus now is taking off the mask,

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 and he's revealing himself.

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 He's letting people know who he is.

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 And who is Jesus?

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 He's the promised king.

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 That's who he is.

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 He's the promised king.

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 Look at what Matthew says

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 about this incident.

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 Jesus did this with the donkeys.

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 Verse four,

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 this took place to fulfill

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 what was spoken by the prophet,

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 Zechariah,

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 rejoice greatly,

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 O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout aloud,

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 daughters of Jerusalem.

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 In other words,

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 throw a party.

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 Behold,

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 your king has come.

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 And Zechariah goes on to say,

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 righteous and having salvation

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 is he.

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 Jesus could have walked into Jerusalem

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 any way he wanted.

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 He could have walked in.

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 He could have kept him down low.

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 He's arranged this whole,

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 he's set it up

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 because he's letting people know,

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 I am the promised,

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 long-awaited king.

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 The one that the prophets

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 have spoken about

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 for years and years,

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 that your people have waited for

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 for thousands of years.

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 Here I am.

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 I am he.

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 And look at what the crowd say.

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 They're quoting Psalm 118.

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 They say,

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 Hosanna,

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 which means save us,

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 son of David.

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 What does son of David mean?

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 Remember in the Old Testament,

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 God says to David,

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 because you've honored me,

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 there will never be a time

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 when one of your descendants,

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 one of your sons,

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 does not sit on the throne.

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 In other words,

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 there will be a son

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 that comes from David

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 who will be the king

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 who rules forever and ever,

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 who establishes righteousness

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 and justice,

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 who brings salvation

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 to my people.

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 There will be a son of David,

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 a king forever.

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 And now,

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 the people are saying,

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 Hosanna,

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 save us,

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 son of David.

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 You're the king,

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 the long-awaited Messiah.

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 That's what Zechariah says.

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 Behold,

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 your king is coming to you,

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 righteous and having salvation

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 is he.

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 And so they're singing it.

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 Son of David,

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 save us.

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 And how does Jesus respond?

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 Jesus doesn't say,

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 oh,

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 no,

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 no,

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 that's not me.

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 That's just,

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 you know,

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 no,

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 no,

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 just humble.

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 Jesus receives it.

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 Look at verse 14,

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 I think,

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 verse 16.

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 It's happening again

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 in the temple.

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 The children are saying,

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 Hosanna,

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 Hosanna,

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 son of David.

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 And the chief priests

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 are furious

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 because Jesus

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 doesn't keep them quiet.

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 He receives the praise.

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 And Jesus actually

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 says something very funny.

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 He says,

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 haven't you read your Bibles?

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 Which is funny

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 because these guys

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 were experts

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 in the Bibles,

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 right?

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 It's like saying

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 to Steve Jobs,

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 hey,

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 Steve Jobs,

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 have you heard

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 of this thing

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 called the iPhone?

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 It's this thing

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 that you should really,

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 you should look at it sometime.

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 Okay,

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 Jesus is the experts

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 of the Bibles.

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 Have you read your Bibles

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 lately?

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 And then he quotes

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 Psalm 8,

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 which says,

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 this is how people respond

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 when they encounter

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 the living God.

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 Jesus receives

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 their praise.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm the long-awaited king.

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 It's a hugely

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 provocative statement.

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 And for the first time,

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 Jesus in Matthew's gospel

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 he's blowing open

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 his cover.

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 He's revealing,

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 this is who I am.

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 He's not just a healer,

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 not just a miracle worker,

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 not just a rabbi,

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 not just someone

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 who cares for the marginalized

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 and the poor.

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 He's the promised king.

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 The one that Isaiah,

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 Jeremiah,

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 and Ezekiel,

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 Zechariah,

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 Micah,

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 Samuel,

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 Moses,

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 for thousands of years

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 have spoken about.

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 He's come to bring

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 righteousness and salvation

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 to save his people.

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 But here's the other thing

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 Jesus wants us to see.

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 He's not just the promised king.

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 He's the accessible king.

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 How do kings

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 and emperors

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 and royalty

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 normally arrive

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 in a city,

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 right?

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 They arrive with

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 pomp and ceremony.

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 The ceremony

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 is meant to

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 communicate

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 awe and majesty

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 that someone

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 great and high

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 and lofty

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 has arrived.

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 And so they bring out,

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 you know,

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 there's an inspection

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 of the gods

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 when a foreign leader

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 comes to a nation.

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 In the old days,

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 what would they say?

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 Make way for the king.

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 Make way.

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 Which means get out the way.

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 Prepare the way.

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 Maybe these days

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 would be a long motorcade.

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 Many vehicles

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 and the royalty

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 would be somewhere

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 in the middle

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 behind bulletproof glass

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 and they'd give

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 the royal wave

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 just letting people know

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 I'm there.

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 But not accessible.

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 Or maybe

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 if a king or a queen

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 wants to appear

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 more in touch

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 with the people,

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 they might go

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 and, you know,

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 shake hands

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 at the crowds

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 every now and then.

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 But there's a barricade.

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 There's bodyguards.

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 There's snipers

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 on the roof.

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 Just making you know

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 you don't get too close.

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 But what does Jesus do here?

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 Matthew goes out of his way

00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.659
 to show us that Jesus

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 in fulfillment

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 for Zechariah's prophecy

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 is nothing like that.

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 He says,

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 Behold,

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.819
 your king is coming,

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.860
 heaven and earth's true king,

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 humble and mounted

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 on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 the foal of a donkey.

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 Now the word humble here

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 doesn't mean

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 he thinks lowly of himself.

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 We sometimes think

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 humility means

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 you mustn't think

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 anything good of yourself,

00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:27.799
 right?

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 So you have a baby

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 and someone says,

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 Oh, your baby's so beautiful.

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 And what do we say?

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 No, no, no.

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 She's actually quite ugly,

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.179
 right?

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.620
 We don't want our baby

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.639
 to become proud, right?

00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:38.879
 We don't want them

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 to be humble.

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 No, no, Jesus,

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 that's not what it means.

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 Sometimes we think

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 humility means

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 meek or timid.

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 But look at what Jesus does next.

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 He goes into the temple.

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 He's quite ruthless.

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 Humble here

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 means not high and lofty,

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 not too exalted,

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 not out of touch.

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 He's accessible.

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 He's real.

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 He's near.

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 But look what happens here.

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 The people in the streets,

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 they can throw their cloaks

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 on the donkey

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 and Jesus gets on top of them.

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 That's how close they get.

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 Yeah, yeah, Jesus,

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 take my jacket.

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 They're right there.

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 Jesus is so accessible.

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 He's not like Judas Maccabeus

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 who 150 years earlier

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 rode into Jerusalem

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 on a war horse

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 to revolutionize

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 and to bring back Jerusalem

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 from the Greeks

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 that had desecrated it.

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 No, he's not like that.

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 He comes on a humble donkey.

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 Psalm 34 says,

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 The Lord is near

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 to the brokenhearted.

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 He's humble.

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 He's near to her.

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 And as I thought about this week,

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 I found myself

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:45.580
 so grateful

00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.799
 for Jesus' humility,

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.380
 His accessibility.

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 You know,

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.120
 you might not know this.

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.840
 I often feel

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 very weak

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 and incapable.

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 I felt like that this week.

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 I just felt like

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:59.140
 a mess.

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 I felt like,

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.279
 okay, God,

00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:02.220
 you've made a mistake.

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 You know,

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.259
 I can't do this.

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 Just so incapable

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 and weak.

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 And friends,

00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.559
 I'm so grateful

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.200
 that Jesus

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 doesn't only accept

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.019
 those that are strong

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 and have it all together.

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 He comes for the incapable.

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 He comes for the weak.

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 He comes for those

00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:16.539
 that feel unworthy.

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.039
 Jesus says,

00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:19.279
 I'm accessible.

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.539
 I'm not high and lofty.

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.539
 I'm not in the distance.

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.480
 I've come for you.

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 Friends,

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.559
 you feel weak

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:25.000
 and incapable today?

00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.700
 You feel like

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.839
 you don't have it all together?

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.440
 You feel like,

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.559
 oh, you know,

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.059
 why would Jesus care for me?

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 No, He came for you.

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 He came for us.

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 Jesus, the humble King.

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 Now, what does this mean?

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 Well, two things

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 I think it means.

00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:41.159
 It means many things.

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 But the humility of Jesus

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.480
 means it's easy

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.720
 to misjudge Jesus.

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:46.539
 It's easy to write Him off

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.359
 because He doesn't

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:48.980
 match our expectations, right?

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.700
 Sometimes you look at Jesus

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.059
 and you say,

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.539
 really?

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.819
 The creator

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 of the whole universe,

00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.460
 heaven, earth,

00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.099
 true King,

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 the one before whom

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.500
 all people are going

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 to bow down

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.899
 and worship?

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 Really?

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 This carpenter

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.879
 from Galilee?

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 I mean,

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.659
 He's not that impressive.

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:04.639
 Okay,

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.779
 He said some wise things.

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.799
 But friends,

00:19:06.899 --> 00:19:08.359
 don't let His ordinarilyness,

00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:09.480
 don't let His humility

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.279
 deceive you.

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.039
 No,

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:12.039
 Jesus is the King.

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.059
 He's heaven,

00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:14.919
 earth's true King.

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.679
 Don't overlook Jesus

00:19:16.679 --> 00:19:17.480
 just because He doesn't

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.259
 look impressive

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.440
 or what we might

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.240
 expect Him to be.

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 But here's the second thing.

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 The fulfillment

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:24.579
 of the Old Testament prophecies

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 means Jesus really is

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 who He said He was.

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 You know,

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:29.940
 Jesus fulfills something

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:31.359
 like over 300

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:33.000
 Old Testament prophecies,

00:19:33.159 --> 00:19:34.939
 300 predictions

00:19:34.939 --> 00:19:36.199
 of what the Messiah

00:19:36.199 --> 00:19:36.899
 would be like.

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 And many of them,

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:40.099
 He had no control over

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.879
 in some ways.

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.179
 Things like where

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:42.919
 He would be born,

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.359
 how He would be born,

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.619
 the circumstances

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 around which He would be born

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 and which He would die.

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.000
 These are things

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 that no human being

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.799
 can manufacture,

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 and yet Jesus

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.419
 fulfills them all.

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 You know what that means?

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.519
 He really is

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.339
 who He said He was.

00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:58.559
 Jesus wasn't a charlatan

00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:00.179
 that came and acted the part.

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 No, He's the long-awaited King,

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.359
 the one that for thousands

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.959
 of years

00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:06.220
 the people of God

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.039
 have waited for.

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.339
 Jesus is who He said He is.

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.439
 Friends,

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.539
 if you're skeptical

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.199
 about Jesus,

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.859
 just look at the evidence.

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.799
 Look at the hundreds

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.500
 of prophecies

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.480
 He's fulfilled,

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:18.339
 uniquely fulfilled in Jesus.

00:20:18.459 --> 00:20:19.379
 He's the promised King.

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:22.179
 So Jesus is taking off the mask

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.639
 and He's saying,

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.759
 this is who I am.

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:25.019
 I'm the promised King,

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:26.119
 the arrival of the King.

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.240
 Secondly,

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.779
 the passion of the King.

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:30.559
 Now look at what Jesus does

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:32.119
 when He goes into Jerusalem.

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.180
 He goes to Jerusalem,

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.119
 and where does He go?

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.240
 He goes to the temple.

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.319
 Now,

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.379
 the temple served many purposes

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:41.720
 in the nation of Israel,

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:43.240
 but the main purpose,

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.700
 of course,

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.579
 is to be the place

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:46.039
 where worship takes place.

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.960
 It's the center of Jerusalem.

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 It's the center of Israel,

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 and the reason is

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.339
 because worship

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.160
 is the center

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.700
 of the nation of Israel.

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 The nation of Israel

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.000
 are not just

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:57.099
 an ethnic group.

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 They're not just

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.680
 a political group

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:01.440
 or geographic entity.

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 They are,

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.259
 what defines

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.980
 the nation of Israel,

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 they are people

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.279
 who worship

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.599
 the one true God.

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:09.059
 And all this happens

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.720
 in the temple.

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.099
 And so,

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.599
 the temple is the place

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.500
 where people come

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.619
 to encounter God.

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.099
 It's where they freshly

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:16.160
 center their lives

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.640
 on God

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.000
 and worship and prayer.

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 It's the place

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.500
 where they can leave

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.099
 their burdens

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.819
 and their guilt

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.859
 and their shame.

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.559
 They come to the temple

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.979
 feeling downcast,

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:26.919
 and they leave

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.719
 feeling a sense of,

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.279
 God is with me.

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.419
 The temple is the place

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.399
 where they can encounter

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:33.500
 God's grace

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:35.179
 because sacrifices

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.740
 are made.

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.139
 And so,

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.319
 in a word,

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.559
 it's where they find grace.

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.199
 But what has happened

00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:41.899
 to the temple

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.819
 in this day?

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.599
 It's become

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.719
 the IFC Mall,

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.179
 right?

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.619
 It's become

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.419
 Temple Street

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.059
 Night Market.

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.579
 There is hustle

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.359
 and bustle

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.240
 and there's trading

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:54.159
 and there's commerce

00:21:54.159 --> 00:21:55.319
 and there's transactions

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.279
 and there's payment

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.899
 and there's animals.

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:58.599
 And so,

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.460
 rather than a place

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.139
 of worship

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:01.159
 and prayer,

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.200
 it's become

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.200
 a place of commerce

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.079
 and payments

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.940
 and transactions.

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.099
 And one of the main reasons

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.539
 for this,

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.279
 at this time,

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.960
 it's Passover week.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.759
 And so,

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.399
 there are hundreds

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.519
 and thousands of people

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.039
 that have come

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.339
 to offer sacrifices

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.480
 and to bring

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.099
 their offerings

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.839
 to the temple.

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.619
 But the temple

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:21.199
 only accepts

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:22.199
 a very certain

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:23.319
 kind of coin.

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.720
 It didn't receive,

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.379
 didn't accept

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:27.279
 most of the Roman coins

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.079
 like a denarius.

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.500
 It only received

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.659
 the Tyrian coin.

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.099
 And that was only

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.799
 really used

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.359
 in Jerusalem.

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.240
 So,

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.439
 if you come from Galilee

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:36.159
 and you want to bring

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.659
 your offering

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.299
 to the temple,

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.919
 you've got to exchange

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.759
 your coins

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.919
 for the temple coin.

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.399
 And what kind

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.199
 of exchange rate

00:22:43.199 --> 00:22:43.639
 do you think

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.439
 was being offered

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.500
 right there

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.940
 at the heart

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.480
 of the temple?

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.480
 Not a very good one.

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.900
 They're all getting

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.539
 ripped off.

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.940
 And if you want

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.920
 to bring your animal,

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.900
 your sheep,

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.799
 and to offer

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.880
 a sacrifice to God

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.799
 because it's Passover

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.400
 weekend,

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.080
 if you come to the temple,

00:22:59.320 --> 00:23:00.279
 rather than carrying

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.200
 little lamby

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.799
 on your shoulders

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.440
 for, you know,

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.440
 200 kilometers,

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.059
 what do you do?

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.720
 You bring some gold coins

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.279
 and when you come

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.740
 to the temple,

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.799
 you buy an animal

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.860
 that you can offer

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.460
 as a sacrifice.

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:11.200
 And what do you think

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.440
 the price of those animals

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.519
 were at the temple

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.240
 over Passover

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.779
 weekend?

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.440
 Sky high, right?

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.380
 So what's happening here?

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.200
 People are coming

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.059
 to bring worship

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.099
 and offering to God

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:23.120
 and they're getting

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.259
 completely ripped off.

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.420
 In fact,

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.079
 we know from

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.779
 the history books

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:28.059
 that Caiaphas,

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.799
 the high priest,

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.019
 moved the marketplace

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.799
 from outside

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.359
 of the temple

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.880
 into the temple district,

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.440
 into the court

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.180
 of the Gentiles

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.839
 and he was handsomely

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.900
 rewarded for it.

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.539
 He got a cut

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.240
 for that move.

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.220
 So the temple,

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.099
 rather than this place

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.680
 of worship

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.240
 and prayer

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.820
 and grace

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.960
 and encountering God

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.039
 as this place

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.799
 of transaction,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.120
 of trade,

00:23:48.560 --> 00:23:49.299
 but it becomes

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.700
 a place

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.940
 of ripping off people.

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.200
 And so,

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.880
 what does Jesus do

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.420
 when he comes

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.019
 into the temple?

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.880
 He's angry.

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.720
 Jesus lets us

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.500
 see a side of him

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.220
 that we seldom

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.880
 hear about

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.380
 in the scriptures,

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.259
 but he's not ashamed

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.019
 to tell us about.

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.680
 Before Jesus

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.279
 has taken off

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.740
 the mask

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.340
 and revealed

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.680
 he's the long-awaited king,

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.880
 here Jesus

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.760
 takes off the mask

00:24:10.760 --> 00:24:11.660
 and he lets them

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.680
 see what he thinks

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.700
 of their false worship

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:16.300
 and their hypocrisy.

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.960
 And what does he think?

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.460
 He's mad.

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:21.140
 He's mad, right?

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:23.580
 Jesus takes their tables

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.380
 where all this is happening

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.380
 and he flips them open.

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:27.340
 He takes the furniture

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.720
 and he throws it out.

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.700
 Jesus chases out those

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.220
 that are buying

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.980
 and selling animals.

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:33.920
 I'm not sure

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.980
 if your Bible says this.

00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:36.580
 My Bible calls this

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:38.460
 Jesus cleanses the temple,

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.660
 which is an unusual phrase

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.200
 because he doesn't

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.940
 clean it up at all.

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.880
 He makes a big mess,

00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:42.620
 right?

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.860
 And the temple's

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.480
 more of a mess

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.720
 after Jesus arrives

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.519
 than when he arrives.

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:47.580
 And so,

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.680
 what's going on here?

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.560
 Why does Jesus do this?

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.480
 Is Jesus just having

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.320
 a temper tantrum?

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.620
 Has he lost his way?

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.740
 No,

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:56.120
 all this is prearranged.

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.580
 Jesus is very careful

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.600
 about what he's doing here.

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.100
 This is a carefully

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:01.080
 enacted parable.

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.920
 What's Jesus doing?

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.400
 I think Jesus

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.120
 is doing two things.

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.519
 One,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.860
 he's condemning

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.620
 the corruption

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.680
 and the injustice

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.320
 that's happening.

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.420
 He's saying,

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.740
 this is how I feel

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.000
 about your corrupt practices.

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.779
 Look at verse 12 with me

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.360
 if you've got that

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.960
 in front of you.

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.320
 The sealers,

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.200
 of which animals

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.400
 does it mention here

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.980
 in verse 12?

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.840
 He goes into the temple,

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.860
 he drives out those

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:27.200
 that sold and bought animals,

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.560
 he overturns the tables

00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:29.580
 or the money changers

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.920
 and the seats of those

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.940
 who sold what animal?

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.480
 The pigeons.

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.080
 Why the pigeons?

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:35.980
 I mean,

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.960
 there's lots of animals there.

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.420
 There's sheep,

00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:37.960
 there's goats,

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.660
 there's lambs.

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.680
 Why does Matthew

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.579
 talk about the pigeons?

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.400
 Well,

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.319
 the reason is

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.960
 because if you've read

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.579
 Leviticus,

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.160
 why are pigeons

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.000
 brought to the temple?

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.779
 If you're poor

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.759
 and you can't afford

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.759
 a lamb or a goat,

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.920
 you can offer a pigeon,

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.340
 right?

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.500
 Do you remember

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.400
 Luke chapter 2,

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.480
 Jesus' parents

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.940
 come and what do they do?

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.900
 They offer pigeons

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.720
 to the sacrifice

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.640
 when Jesus is born

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.680
 because they are

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.259
 unwealthy,

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.000
 they are poor

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.619
 and marginalized.

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.119
 What's Matthew

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.839
 telling us here?

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.440
 He's not telling us

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.799
 that Jesus

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.519
 got a soft spot

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.059
 for pigeons.

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.140
 He's telling us

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.619
 that it's the marginalized

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.480
 and the poor

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.500
 that Jesus

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.339
 really went after.

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.980
 He's highlighting that

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.960
 because he's highlighting

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.720
 the injustice

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.559
 that's going on.

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.779
 Rather than

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.539
 being a place

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.099
 where worship

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.700
 and praise

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.619
 and prayer can happen,

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.099
 this whole temple

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.640
 has been turned

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.220
 into a place

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.859
 where the weak,

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.940
 the strong are eating

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.380
 the weak,

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.519
 the powerful

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.440
 are taking advantage

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.079
 of the poor

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.779
 and the marginalized

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.119
 and Jesus

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:34.460
 isn't sensed by it.

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.299
 And so look at

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.759
 what happens

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.619
 in verse 13.

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.399
 Jesus says,

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.299
 it is written,

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.159
 my house

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.899
 should be called

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.960
 a house of prayer

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.439
 but you've made it

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:45.119
 a den of robbers.

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:48.059
 It's an explosive

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.839
 quotation

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.639
 that Jesus

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.939
 quotes there

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.559
 partly from Isaiah 56

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.960
 but it actually

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.099
 mainly comes from

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.379
 Jeremiah chapter 7

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:58.199
 and Jeremiah chapter 7

00:26:58.199 --> 00:27:00.000
 is an explosive

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.180
 condemnation

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.599
 on Israel

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.339
 and what's happening

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.960
 at the temple

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.539
 because the people

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.279
 are living

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.259
 however they want.

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.319
 They've got no regard

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.920
 for God

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.579
 or people.

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.700
 They don't love God.

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.619
 They don't love others

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.900
 and they're using

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.559
 and abusing

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.259
 the temple

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.519
 and they're running

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.119
 there thinking,

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.200
 oh, if we come to the temple

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.940
 we will be safe.

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.579
 And so listen to

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.819
 Jeremiah chapter 7.

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.339
 I'm going to read

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.819
 the whole thing.

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.839
 It's quite long

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:24.420
 but listen up.

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.680
 Stand in the,

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.980
 sorry,

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.059
 let me start

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.519
 from verse 1.

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.379
 The word of the Lord

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.940
 that came

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.139
 to Jeremiah.

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:34.000
 Stand in the gate

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.879
 of the Lord's house

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:36.519
 and proclaim there

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.059
 this word

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.480
 and say,

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.720
 hear the word of the Lord

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.839
 you people of Judah

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:41.339
 all you who enter

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.960
 the gates

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.240
 to worship the Lord.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.980
 Thus says the Lord

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.619
 of hosts,

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.500
 the God of Israel,

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.639
 amend your ways

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.879
 and your deeds

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.980
 and I will let you live.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.619
 Do not trust

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:54.179
 these deceptive words.

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.339
 This is the temple

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.980
 of the Lord.

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.859
 The temple

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.559
 of the Lord.

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.519
 The temple

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.299
 of the Lord.

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:01.359
 For if you truly

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.359
 amend your ways

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.119
 and your deeds,

00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:03.899
 if you truly

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:05.000
 execute justice

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.839
 with one another,

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.500
 if you do not

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.819
 oppress the sojourner,

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:10.099
 that means the refugee,

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.459
 the fatherless

00:28:11.459 --> 00:28:12.019
 or the widow

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.619
 or shed innocent blood

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.319
 in this place

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.639
 and if you do not

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.719
 go to other gods

00:28:16.719 --> 00:28:17.479
 to your own harm,

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.979
 then I will let you live

00:28:18.979 --> 00:28:20.019
 in the land

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.619
 that I gave

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.279
 to your fathers.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.599
 Behold,

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.240
 you trust

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.279
 in deceptive words

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.139
 to no avail.

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.520
 Will you continue

00:28:26.520 --> 00:28:27.240
 to steal,

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.280
 murder,

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.480
 commit adultery

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.520
 and swear falsely,

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.700
 make offerings

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.360
 to Baal

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.060
 and to go after

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.780
 other gods

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.740
 that you have not known

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.960
 and then quickly

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.600
 come and run

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.720
 and stand in the temple

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.820
 in my house

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.860
 which is called

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.820
 by my name

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.500
 and say,

00:28:42.040 --> 00:28:42.640
 we are safe.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.960
 We are in the temple

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.620
 of the Lord

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:46.259
 only to go on

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.620
 doing these abominations.

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.660
 Has my house,

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.640
 has this house

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.660
 which is called

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.460
 by my name

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.579
 become a den

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.259
 of robbers

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.880
 in your eyes.

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.299
 See what Jesus

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.779
 is saying?

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.160
 He's saying,

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:06.059
 this is you,

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.200
 O chief priests.

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.620
 You've turned

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.420
 this temple

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.539
 into a den

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.039
 of robbers

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.900
 and just because

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.860
 it has Yahweh

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.640
 written on top

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.460
 you think you're safe

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.640
 here

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.440
 and there's judgment

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.299
 coming your way.

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:19.819
 the passion

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.500
 of the king.

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.180
 What is anger?

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:23.819
 Anger

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:25.539
 is in some ways

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.059
 in motion

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.720
 but experts tell us

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.619
 it's more than emotion.

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.500
 It reveals

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.680
 what we love the most,

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.259
 what we're most

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.279
 passionate about.

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.799
 There's a righteous anger

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.619
 that reveals

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:37.579
 what we love the most.

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.879
 Jesus is revealing

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.019
 what he loves the most,

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.779
 the honor of God's name.

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.119
 And friends,

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.099
 maybe you here today

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.019
 and you think of religion

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.159
 as something oppressive,

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.839
 restrictive.

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.180
 Something that's been

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.019
 a cause of so much

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.119
 evil in the world.

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.359
 Maybe you're not

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.139
 a Christian here today

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.960
 and you've met Christians

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.180
 and they're so hypocritical

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.700
 and you think

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.480
 these are religious people.

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:58.180
 So it would be better

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.940
 just to get rid

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.819
 of all religions.

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.180
 Friends,

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.759
 in some ways

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.720
 can you see how Jesus

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.980
 agrees with your sentiment?

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.740
 That a religion

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.460
 gone wrong

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.879
 can cause so much evil,

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.819
 so much pain.

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:10.200
 It can be such a hypocrisy.

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.799
 And you see

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:13.180
 what incenses Jesus here?

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.740
 Jesus is declaring

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.879
 a scathing judgment

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.519
 on the temple

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.200
 because there's no

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.779
 longer a place

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.559
 where people worship

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.519
 and find grace.

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.740
 It's a place

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.400
 of oppression,

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.340
 of classism.

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.200
 The strong eat the weak

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:26.360
 and the rich abuse the poor.

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.500
 And Jesus issues

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.440
 his severe judgments.

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:30.340
 And so look at

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.480
 verse 14 with me.

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:33.180
 Who does Jesus welcome?

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.039
 Who comes to him?

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.640
 It's the blind

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.240
 and the lame.

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.000
 And verse 15,

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.420
 who is it?

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.120
 It's the children.

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.440
 The very people

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.259
 that are excluded

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.080
 from the temple.

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.460
 That the leader said,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.640
 you've got no place here.

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.160
 Go clean yourself up

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.799
 before you come.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.559
 Jesus says,

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.660
 you can come to me.

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.360
 You can come to me.

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.019
 And so that gives us a clue

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.940
 to the second thing

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.880
 that Jesus is doing here.

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.880
 What's going on here?

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.840
 Jesus is announcing

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:59.720
 a cataclysmic change

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:01.400
 in the history of the world.

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.500
 There's something

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.860
 that Jesus is about to do

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.779
 that's going to change

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.840
 the temple forever.

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.799
 What is it that Jesus

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.539
 is about to do?

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.480
 He's about to go

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.279
 to the cross, right?

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.500
 Five days time,

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.659
 Jesus is going to hang

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.240
 on the cross.

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.899
 And what is going to happen

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:18.700
 is Jesus breathes his last.

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.339
 He's going to say,

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.480
 it is finished.

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.399
 And when Jesus hangs

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:25.000
 on the cross

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.000
 for the sins of the world

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.379
 and says,

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.019
 it is finished,

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.779
 what's going to happen

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.339
 in the temple?

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.200
 The curtain is going

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.099
 to be torn in two.

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.940
 You know what's happening there?

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:35.200
 In just five days time,

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.599
 Jesus is going to render

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:38.519
 the entire temple system

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.779
 obsolete.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.920
 Because in five days time,

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.259
 the true Lamb of God,

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.539
 the true sacrifice,

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.460
 Jesus is going to offer himself up

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.259
 as a sacrifice

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.559
 to end all sacrifices.

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.220
 Never again

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.139
 will another Lamb

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:52.019
 need to be sacrificed

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.720
 or slaughtered.

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.519
 Never again

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.519
 will another pigeon

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.299
 need to be offered.

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:57.240
 In just a few days time,

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.519
 Jesus is going to make

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.680
 an end to the temple

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.220
 because Jesus Christ

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.500
 is going to offer himself up

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:04.059
 as the sacrifice

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.500
 to end all sacrifices.

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.839
 No more coming to temple

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.619
 with the right currency.

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.759
 No more sacrifices.

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.559
 No more animals

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.239
 needing to die.

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.099
 Look at verse 12

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:13.379
 in our passage today.

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.479
 Jesus,

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.219
 interestingly enough,

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.159
 he drives out those

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:17.500
 who sold animals.

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:17.839
 Okay,

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:19.199
 they corrupt the injustice,

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.539
 but also those

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.679
 who buy animals.

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.159
 Why does Jesus

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:24.539
 drive out those

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.199
 that are buying

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:26.439
 and those that are selling?

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:28.399
 Because he's saying,

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.779
 you'll never need

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.319
 to buy another animal again.

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:33.139
 Go and take your money

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.680
 and go and have a big meal

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.360
 with your family.

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:37.000
 The Passover Lamb

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:38.560
 to end all Passovers

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.640
 has come.

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.120
 Jesus is changing

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.400
 the entire system.

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.280
 Jesus doesn't just go

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:46.140
 and kick out

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.300
 the unjust,

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.400
 corrupt officials

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.040
 and install

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.920
 his own management.

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.020
 He doesn't say,

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.660
 okay, disciples,

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.720
 Peter, James, and John,

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.880
 you guys run the temple.

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.380
 No, he upends

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.180
 the whole system.

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.680
 Jesus is serving notice

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.820
 on the whole temple

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.360
 and saying,

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:02.500
 your time has come

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:04.179
 because there's

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.859
 a new temple.

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.459
 It's my body.

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:08.199
 And if you will come

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:08.979
 to me,

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.579
 you will receive

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.399
 everything that

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.479
 for thousands of years

00:33:12.479 --> 00:33:13.279
 people have come

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.399
 to the temple

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.139
 to receive.

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.759
 The book of Hebrews,

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.740
 the writer writes this,

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:20.240
 every priest stands

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.419
 daily at his service

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:23.039
 offering repeatedly

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.419
 the same sacrifices

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.699
 that can never

00:33:25.699 --> 00:33:26.579
 take away sin.

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.539
 But when Christ Jesus

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:30.339
 offered for all times

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.799
 a single sacrifice,

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.679
 what is the sacrifice?

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.459
 Himself on the cross.

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.519
 For sins,

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.720
 he sat down

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.919
 at the right hand of God.

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.759
 His work was done.

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.419
 He sat down.

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.779
 For by a single offering,

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:43.059
 he has perfected

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.339
 for all things.

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.899
 What's happening here?

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.459
 Friends,

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.579
 the curtain has been torn.

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.779
 The way is open.

00:33:53.699 --> 00:33:54.579
 In 70 AD,

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.599
 the Romans marched

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.220
 into the temple.

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.299
 They desecrated it.

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.259
 They destroyed it.

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.819
 But it meant nothing

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.339
 because 40 years earlier,

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.359
 the temple had been

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.920
 rendered inconsequential

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:05.500
 because Jesus had died

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.339
 and rose again,

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.119
 the true Lamb of God.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.340
 Friends,

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.099
 isn't it amazing

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.719
 that you don't need

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.420
 to go to a temple?

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.579
 You don't need

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.340
 to go to a priest?

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.619
 You don't need to go

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.900
 to a confession booth anymore.

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.239
 Friends,

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.860
 this week,

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.900
 every one of us

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.659
 are going to do

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.440
 something foolish.

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.940
 Every one of us

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.420
 are going to sin.

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.920
 Every one of us

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.360
 is going to live

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.159
 for our own glory

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.159
 or believe the lie

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:28.579
 and follow some idol.

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.659
 And when you do,

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.239
 how are you going

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.480
 to find atonement

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.000
 and forgiveness?

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:34.519
 You don't need

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.199
 to go to the temple.

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.219
 You don't need

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.920
 to go to the priest.

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.000
 You don't need

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.699
 to go to Jerusalem.

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.079
 You just need

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.699
 to go to Jesus.

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.519
 You go to Jesus

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.159
 in confession

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.819
 and repentance

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:45.319
 and humility.

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.839
 Jesus,

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.000
 the Lamb of God

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.799
 that has taken away

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.920
 the sin of the world.

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:53.319
 The arrival of the King,

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.680
 the passion of the King.

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.600
 You could say

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:57.760
 the sacrifice of the King.

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:58.960
 Next,

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.820
 the warning of the King.

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.000
 Now,

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.019
 the last two are very quick.

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:01.720
 We're almost done.

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.400
 Look at what happens

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.539
 in verse 18.

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.019
 In the morning,

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:06.720
 verse 18,

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.860
 as he was returning

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.460
 to the city,

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.840
 Jesus became hungry.

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:11.500
 And seeing a fig tree

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.280
 in the distance

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.860
 in the wayside,

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.760
 he went up to it

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:15.200
 and he found nothing on it,

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.980
 no fruit on it,

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.740
 only leaves.

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.160
 And he said to it,

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.300
 may no fruit

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:20.720
 ever come from you again.

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.100
 And the fig tree

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:23.000
 withered at once.

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.300
 Now,

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.640
 what is Jesus doing here,

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:25.880
 right?

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.900
 Is Jesus just hangry?

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.519
 You know,

00:35:28.580 --> 00:35:29.700
 hangry is when you're angry

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.460
 because you're hungry.

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:32.059
 Is Jesus grumpy

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.980
 because he's,

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.240
 you know,

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.000
 there's no food

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.180
 and the fig tree

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.039
 promised so much

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.940
 and now there's no food

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.940
 and now he's just grumpy

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:40.039
 so he just unleashes his anger.

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.240
 Is Jesus against plants

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.780
 and figs?

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.120
 No,

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.420
 no,

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.039
 not at all.

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.580
 Jesus is,

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.380
 for the third time,

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.380
 enacting a parable.

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.200
 And what he's doing is this.

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.980
 He's saying,

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:51.240
 the fig tree

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.119
 is a picture

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.460
 of the temple.

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:55.300
 It looks all shiny

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.039
 on the outside.

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.539
 There's green leaves.

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:59.179
 It looks like it's full of life.

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.840
 There's hustle

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.840
 and bustle and activity.

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.840
 But you look under the leaves

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.280
 and there's nothing there.

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:07.360
 And Jesus is showing

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:08.780
 what the temple

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.960
 and Judaism

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.960
 has become like.

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.519
 Shiny on the outside

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.800
 but nothing inside.

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.000
 And so,

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.960
 he issues

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.100
 a curse in it.

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.320
 And he says,

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.300
 your time is done.

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.720
 Your time is done.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.280
 Friends,

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:24.260
 you remember Jesus' words

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.460
 to the church of Sardis

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.080
 in Revelation?

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.220
 He says,

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.980
 I know your works.

00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:28.960
 You have the reputation

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.800
 of being alive

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.360
 but in fact,

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.900
 you're dead.

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.240
 And so he says,

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:33.200
 you better repent

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:34.440
 or I'll just come

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.240
 and close you down.

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:37.120
 Or as the words of Jeremiah say,

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.200
 return and amend your ways.

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.860
 And that's what's happened here.

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.640
 Israel's meant to be

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.580
 a light to the nations.

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.120
 They're meant to be

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.619
 a doorway,

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.819
 a billboard of grace

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.940
 to show people

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.319
 this is what God is like.

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.819
 Come and receive grace

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.339
 and mercy.

00:36:49.859 --> 00:36:50.639
 And rather than being

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.579
 a billboard of grace,

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.960
 they're pushing people away.

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:54.139
 They're repelling people.

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.859
 They're telling the blind

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.440
 and the lame

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.920
 and the weak

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.460
 and sinners

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.319
 and tax collectors

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:59.559
 and people like you and I,

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:01.279
 you've got no place here.

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.739
 Only the strong

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.480
 and the capable

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.179
 and those that have

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.759
 got it together.

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.179
 And Jesus says,

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.920
 you look shiny

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.579
 on the outside

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:09.539
 but inside you are dead.

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:11.119
 Nothing left.

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.500
 Friends,

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.139
 Jesus comes

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.940
 and he looks underneath

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.199
 the shiny looking leaves

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.940
 of our lives.

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.480
 The stuff that outside

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.260
 looks so impressive

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.639
 and he says,

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.659
 what's the real fruit?

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.199
 Do you love Jesus?

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.059
 Do you love God?

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.860
 Do you love people?

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.980
 Or is our faith like Israel,

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.719
 like the temple?

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.139
 Nothing there.

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.500
 The warning of the king.

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.960
 Now as we come to a close,

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.559
 I want us to see

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:35.280
 not just who Jesus is,

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.340
 the promised king,

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.199
 the humble king,

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.679
 the passionate king,

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.219
 I want us to see

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.480
 the invitation of the king

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.639
 or the call of the king.

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:44.019
 In other words,

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.339
 how does Matthew

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:46.299
 want us to respond?

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.079
 How does Jesus

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.980
 want us to respond?

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.679
 I think there's

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.500
 a couple of responses.

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.219
 Let me give us

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.839
 three responses.

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.460
 The first response,

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.399
 we could respond

00:37:55.399 --> 00:37:56.339
 like the chief priests,

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.659
 right?

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.819
 Anger and indignation.

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.500
 We could respond

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.879
 and say,

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.539
 Jesus,

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.639
 who do you think you are?

00:38:03.419 --> 00:38:04.179
 Or maybe you say,

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.480
 Kevin,

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.480
 who do you think you are?

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.699
 You're just some

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.339
 uneducated guy from Africa

00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:09.519
 and you're telling me

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.179
 I need to repent

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.839
 and get on my knees

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.500
 before the king?

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.019
 Who do you think you are?

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.799
 Friends,

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.419
 you could respond

00:38:15.419 --> 00:38:16.399
 like the chief priests.

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.159
 Anger and indignation.

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:19.480
 But I must warn you,

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:21.359
 2,000 years later,

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.839
 nobody knows who they are.

00:38:23.399 --> 00:38:23.980
 They are dead

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.679
 and in the grave

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.739
 and there's nothing

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.519
 that exists,

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:28.119
 nothing left of them.

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.859
 And 2,000 years later,

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.899
 Jesus is still worshipped

00:38:30.899 --> 00:38:31.279
 as king.

00:38:31.939 --> 00:38:33.119
 And 100 million years

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.480
 from now,

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.719
 Jesus will still be worshipped

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.179
 as king

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.899
 and there will be

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.759
 nothing left of you.

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.619
 So it's not a very good bet.

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.579
 But that's one option,

00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.779
 anger and indignation.

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.480
 The second option,

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.440
 we could respond

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.299
 like the crowds

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.719
 that say,

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.199
 Hosanna,

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.779
 Hosanna,

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 save us,

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.980
 son of David.

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 It's a great prayer to pray,

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.599
 save us,

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.339
 get on your knees.

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.379
 It's a good prayer to pray,

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.679
 except,

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.739
 what happens to crowds

00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:00.099
 just a few chapters later?

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:02.119
 In Matthew 27,

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.719
 do you know what happens

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.239
 to crowds?

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:05.159
 They're shouting something else.

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.000
 Crucify him.

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.519
 Crucify him.

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.619
 See,

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.839
 Pontius Pilate says,

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.940
 here's Barabbas,

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.559
 here's Jesus,

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.500
 who should I release?

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.559
 And the crowds say,

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.239
 Barabbas.

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.139
 And they say,

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:17.239
 what should I do with Jesus?

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.519
 Crucify him.

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.899
 And Pilate says,

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.159
 why?

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:21.000
 What has he done wrong?

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.599
 And they say,

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.519
 doesn't matter,

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.679
 just crucify him.

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.879
 You see,

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:26.359
 the crowds want a Messiah

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:27.579
 to save them,

00:39:27.799 --> 00:39:29.460
 but they want a political Messiah.

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.899
 They want a Messiah

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.779
 that's going to save them

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.359
 from the Romans.

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.940
 They want a Messiah

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.639
 that's going to come

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.360
 and make their life

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.440
 comfortable and better.

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:38.440
 They don't want a Messiah

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.300
 who's going to tell them

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:40.159
 to get on their knees

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.900
 and to repent

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:42.800
 and to honor him as king.

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.619
 They don't want a Messiah

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.440
 who's going to be Lord.

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.900
 And so when Jesus comes

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.200
 and says,

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.179
 I am heaven and earth,

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.780
 true king,

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.179
 they cry out,

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.200
 crucify him.

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.740
 Friends,

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:54.019
 I think there's a third response.

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:56.059
 And it's the very last line

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.299
 we see in our verse,

00:39:57.419 --> 00:39:58.539
 in our passages today.

00:39:59.279 --> 00:40:00.019
 Jesus calls us

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.259
 to come to him in faith.

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.819
 In faith.

00:40:02.899 --> 00:40:03.259
 He says,

00:40:03.479 --> 00:40:04.159
 come and trust me.

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:05.899
 Come with open hands

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.199
 and say,

00:40:06.299 --> 00:40:06.559
 Jesus,

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.779
 have your way in my life.

00:40:07.839 --> 00:40:08.500
 You are the king,

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.079
 I am not.

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.359
 Have your way.

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:12.119
 And you know where we see this

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.679
 in the story?

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:14.379
 There's one little person

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:15.519
 that's very obscure.

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:15.899
 In fact,

00:40:15.919 --> 00:40:16.879
 we don't even know his name.

00:40:16.959 --> 00:40:17.819
 We don't even meet him.

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.819
 Maybe her.

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:20.699
 The owner of the donkeys.

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:23.419
 Jesus sends his disciples ahead

00:40:23.419 --> 00:40:24.059
 and he says,

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.739
 the Lord has need of them.

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.399
 Hand over your donkeys.

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.919
 And Jesus doesn't really need them,

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.179
 right?

00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:29.839
 He's Jesus.

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.679
 He could do anything.

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.000
 And what does the owner

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.819
 of the donkeys say?

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.299
 Here they are,

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:34.980
 have your way.

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.839
 Everything that belongs to me

00:40:36.839 --> 00:40:37.500
 is yours.

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.799
 Friends,

00:40:38.899 --> 00:40:40.179
 Jesus comes to us this morning

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.779
 and he says,

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:42.219
 I want your life.

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.980
 I want your heart.

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:46.039
 I want you to hand over your life.

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:47.259
 Jesus doesn't need our life.

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.199
 He's Jesus.

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:50.219
 He doesn't need anything from us.

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.399
 But he knows

00:40:51.399 --> 00:40:52.299
 it's the only way

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:53.539
 that we're going to find life.

00:40:54.419 --> 00:40:54.919
 And ironically,

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:56.399
 if we try to hold on to our lives

00:40:56.399 --> 00:40:56.659
 and say,

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:56.859
 no,

00:40:56.919 --> 00:40:57.579
 I want to keep it,

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.000
 actually,

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:59.159
 we lose our lives.

00:40:59.239 --> 00:40:59.619
 We die.

00:41:00.379 --> 00:41:01.619
 But if we stand with Jesus

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:01.859
 and say,

00:41:01.939 --> 00:41:02.139
 Jesus,

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:02.859
 have your way.

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.719
 Open it.

00:41:03.799 --> 00:41:04.519
 Everything you want

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.159
 belongs to you.

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:05.519
 Christ,

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.460
 come and have your way

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.859
 in my life.

00:41:06.919 --> 00:41:07.599
 You know what we find?

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:09.539
 We find we get life.

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.500
 We stay alive.

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:14.039
 Jesus gives us his life.

00:41:14.899 --> 00:41:15.099
 Friends,

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:16.259
 Jesus comes to us this morning

00:41:16.259 --> 00:41:16.480
 and says,

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.259
 will you trust me?

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.960
 Will you have faith?

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.279
 Will you hand over your life to me?

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:22.000
 And when you do that,

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:23.079
 you will experience me

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:24.319
 as heaven and earth's true king.

00:41:24.919 --> 00:41:25.619
 You experience me

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.219
 as your savior,

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:26.980
 as your Lord.

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:29.159
 But I'll give you life

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:30.079
 and life in abundance.

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:32.719
 Let's come to this king now together.

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.079
 Let's pray.

00:41:35.379 --> 00:41:35.899
 Lord Jesus,

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.880
 we do come before you this morning

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:39.599
 and we get on our knees,

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:39.900
 Lord.

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:42.019
 We bow down before you,

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:43.340
 heaven and earth's true king.

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.380
 Father,

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:47.579
 we confess that God so often

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.079
 we want to hold on to

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:50.039
 the reins of our lives.

00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:51.059
 We want to be our king

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.960
 and Lord and master

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.800
 and yet all of our lives

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.720
 testify, God,

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.740
 that is the way

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.840
 to death and destruction.

00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:58.400
 Jesus,

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.420
 won't you give us faith?

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:00.980
 Won't you help us

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.420
 not to be like the chief priests

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:04.119
 that shake our fists at you?

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.199
 Help us not to be like the crowds

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:07.000
 that praise you

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.719
 but are fickle.

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.259
 Help us, God,

00:42:09.319 --> 00:42:10.739
 to be like simple disciples.

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:13.019
 Our names may never be in lights,

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:14.259
 never written in the scriptures,

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:16.460
 but we'll have our names

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:18.000
 written in Lamb's book of life

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:20.559
 because we have found true life.

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:21.980
 Because Jesus,

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:24.059
 you've come to give us life.

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.159
 Christ,

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:26.420
 I pray for those of us this morning

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.359
 that are not Christians.

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:29.119
 Won't you come and help us

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:30.880
 to bow down the knee before you?

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:32.739
 To hand over our lives to you?

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:34.099
 To surrender to you as king?

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.339
 But God,

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.039
 for all of us,

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:37.599
 whether we've never become Christians

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.319
 or we've been Christians

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:39.199
 for 50 years,

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.039
 Jesus,

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:41.719
 come and have your way in our life.

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:43.960
 We get on our knees before you,

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.319
 king.

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.880
 Have your way.

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.500
 This week,

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.219
 this day,

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.880
 this year,

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.039
 Jesus,

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:50.079
 have your way.

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.779
 We pray this

00:42:51.779 --> 00:42:52.980
 in your name.

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.500
 Amen.

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.659
 Amen.

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:54.699
 Amen.

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:56.079
 Amen.