The King's Humble Glory

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Palm Sunday--
Turn to Gospel of Luke,, Ch. 19… VS. 28-44
Open in Prayer

Intro: “Intrinsic Value & Worth”

PAWN STARS:
CRAZY RANDOM ARTIFACTS
SEEING HISTORY
I FIND FASCINATING: PROCESS of DETERMINING VALUE
**PAWN SHOP OWNERS KNOW a LOT…BUT EVERY EPISODE...THEY CALL in EXPERTS...
WANT to ACCURATELY ASSESS the VALUE/WORTH of THINGS...
SELLER GETS FAIR PRICE
PAWN SHOP DOESN’T GET BURNT
SEEMS FAIR.
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& WE DO THIS,, RIGHT?
EVERYONE WANTS GOOD DEAL/FAIR PRICE
NO ONE WANTS to GET BURNED (BUYING or SELLING)
THERE is SENSE: SOMETHING = WORTH WHAT SOMEONE ELSE is WILLING to PAY...
BUT LARGELY SOMETHING = VALUABLE/WORTH $$ BECAUSE of ITS INTRINSIC QUALITIES...
NOT EVERYONE MIGHT BE WILLING to PAY $$$,, BUT THIS DOESN’T CHANGE IT’S FAIR PRICE.
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WE SEE a SIMILAR IDEA in our TEXT TODAY....
JESUS CHRIST....AS KING… = WORTHY
**REGARDLESS of HOW PEOPLE ESTEEM HIM…BECAUSE of WHO HE IS…HE is WORTHY of ALL PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY...
SOME MIGHT ESTEEM LIGHTLY
SOME MIGHT ESTEEM “JUST GOOD TEACHER”
>>BUT SOME ACCURATELY ESTEEM HIM as KING <<
REGARDLESS of BEHOLDER’S EVALUATION—HIS WORTH FAR SURPASSES EVERYTHING ELSE in CREATION...

Need:

AND SO, WE NEED THIS TEXT TODAY, BECAUSE it will REMIND US of the INCREDIBLE WORTHINESS of JESUS CHRIST, OUR KING.
NO MATTER HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS HE MAY BE VALUED, HE IS WORTHY OF PRAISE.
(T) AND AS WE BEGIN NOW, I’D LIKE YOU TO LOOK WITH ME AT THE GOSPEL OF LUKE CHAPTER 19, VERSE 28...THE TEXT SAYS,
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Text: Luke 19:28-40 ESV

Setting (v28)

Luke 19:28–44 (ESV)
28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
“These Things” Background:
PARABLE OF THE 10 MINAS (SIMILAR to PARABLE of TALENTS)
PARABLE PURPOSE:
TAUGHT the KINGDOM WAS COMING…BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY
NOBLEMAN ENTRUSTS 10 SERVANTS MONEY (1 MINA EACH—3 MONTHS WAGES)
GOES AWAY
RETURNS W/ KINGDOM
TAKES ACCOUNTING FROM SERVANTS
SOME = GOOD STEWARDS
SOME = BAD
SOME DIDN’T WANT NOBLEMAN to REIGN,, && ASKED HIM to STAY AWAY
ULTIMATELY,, AFTER LONG PERIOD of WAITING,, GOOD SERVANTS = REWARDED…WICKED = PUNISHED.
PARABLE SETS STAGE for STORY TODAY...
James Edwards: PARABLE ACTUALLY SERVES as an INTERPRETIVE GRID for our STORY TODAY.
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JESUS FINISHES STORY
LEAVES JERICHO
HEADING TOWARDS JERUSALEM
**JESUS MISSION SINCE LUKE 9**
JESUS’ ARRIVAL in JERUSALEM = CLIMACTIC in LUKE’S GOSPEL
(T) AND SO, WITH THESE THINGS IN MIND...
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS JESUS JOURNEYS TOWARDS JERUSALEM.
THE TEXT GOES ON TO SAY IN VS. 29
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Inciting Incident (v29-31)

29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’ ”
JOURNEY FROM JERICHO..... PASSING BY BETHPHAGE & BETHANY.....COME TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
JESUS SENDS 2 DISCIPLES to NEARBY VILLAGE (BETHANY or BETHPHAGE)… to GO & RETRIEVE a COLT FOR HIM
^^^TEXT TODAY: NUMBER of THINGS TODAY SIGNIFY JESUS = KING^^^
1st thing: COLT NO ONE HAD RIDDEN ON.
IT is a SPECIAL COLT....a HOLY COLT… UNTARNISHED...
**MIGHT SEEM UNUSUAL.. RUN OFF WITH SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY**
“THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT.” COULD ALSO BE TRANSLATED, “IT’S LORD HAS NEED”--- WE’LL COME BACK to THIS...
COMMON PRACTICE in 1ST CENTURY-- SOMEONE OF GREAT PRESTIGE was able to BORROW PROPERTY IN THIS SORT OF MANNER.
JAMES EDWARDS SAYS, “THAT THE COMMANDEERING OF A BEAST OF BURDEN was the PREROGATIVE of a KING in ANCIENT TIMES.”[1]
2. 2nd thing: JESUS EXERCISING KINGLY PRACTICE,, USING RIGHTS to ANOTHER’S PROPERTY
**SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE this = PREARRANGED ORDEAL... BUT I DON’T THINK SO**
(T) AND SO, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS WHOLE EPISODE WITH THE COLT?
LOOK WITH ME AT VERSE 32. THE TEXT SAYS...
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Rising Action (v32-35)

32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.
33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34 And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”
35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.
SOME THINK—PREARRANGED W/ COLT’S OWNERS...
I BELIEVE— JESUS CHRIST = DIVINE,, KNEW ALL of THIS AHEAD of TIME...
BEFORE FOUNDATION of the WORLD....
IN PROVIDENCE of GOD...
JESUS KNEW THERE WOULD BE a COLT...
((WE DON’T EVEN KNOW FOR SURE WHAT VILLAGE it WAS IN…BUT JESUS CHRIST KNEW it ALL AHEAD of TIME))
ONE REASON FOR THIS THOUGHT:
HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE THIS THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH PROPHESIED:
Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
THE LORD KNEW—& THE DISCIPLES FOUND,, JUST AS JESUS SAID…BECAUSE HUNDREDS of YEARS EARLIER THIS PROPHECY CAME.
JESUS CHRIST KNEW the SUNDAY HE’D BE PASSING THROUGH
HE KNEW WHICH DISCIPLES HE’D SEND
HE KNEW THEIR NAMES
HE KNEW THEY WOULD OBEY HIM
HE KNEW THEY’D FIND the DONKEY
KNEW the QUESTIONS of OWNERS
KNEW THEY’D SEND it ANYWAYS
WAS it PREARRANGED? SURE....BY GOD...WAYYYYYY BEFORE ANY of IT TOOK PLACE!
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CHURCH ISN’T it AMAZING to CONSIDER the INCREDIBLE FOREKNOWLEDGE AND PERFECT PLANNING OF OUR GOD?
TO KNOW NOTHING in OUR LIVES TAKES OUR GOD BY SURPRISE??
ISN’T it A COMFORT to KNOW GOD EXISTS in the FUTURE,, JUST AS HE DOES in the PAST,, ALL AT ONCE…BECAUSE GOD is OUTSIDE of TIME??
&&& TO KNOW GOD CARES ABOUT the LITTLE DETAILS.
JESUS…ON the WAY to JERUSALEM....TO FULFILL the MOST CLIMACTIC MOMENT in REDEMPTIVE HISTORY....PIT STOPS to FULFILL PROPHECY...
SO THAT the PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THIS = KING of JERUSALEM.
THIS = THE ONE WHO IS RIGHTEOUS.
THIS = THE ONE WHO POSSESSES SALVATION.
THIS = THE ONE WHOM YOU HAVE AWAITED.
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IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE YOU EXPECTED LARGELY....THEY MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED—CONQUERING MESSIAH
**BUT REMEMBER,, JESUS JUST FINISHED TELLING PARABLE—KINGDOM = COMING in FUTURE**
>>> IT’S COMING,, BUT NOT ALL @ ONCE… <<<
JESUS CHRIST COMES in FULFILLMENT of PROPHECY—PROVING HE = KING
COMING in PEACE
LONG AWAITED KING = HERE.
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(V33) AGAIN W/ PERFECT FOREKNOWLEDGE (& PERHAPS COMMON SENSE) OWNERS ASK,,,,WHY THEY’RE TAKING the COLT.
DISCIPLES REPLY: “THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT”
POSS. BETTER TRANSLATION: “IT’S LORD (THE LORD OF THE DONKEY) HAS NEED.”
LUKE USES PLAY on WORDS...
DONKEYS “OWNERS” = DONKEYS “LORDS/MASTERS” (SAME GREEK WORD & CONSTRUCTION)
THE (NATURAL) LORDS of the DONKEY SAY: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”
DISCIPLES REPLY: “THE LORD of the DONKEY HAS NEED”
o ESSENTIALLY: “GUYS YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THIS DONKEY IS YOURS, BUT ULTIMATELY THERE IS AN OWNER, A MASTER, A LORD THAT IS BEYOND YOU.”
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· CHURCH...BECAUSE CHRIST is LORD, HE is the RIGHTFUL OWNER of EVERYTHING…
HE’S the KING of THE WORLD…RULER of ITS KINGDOMS,, HE is LORD...
DOESN’T THIS CHANGE the WAY WE VIEW OUR THINGS?
IF CHRIST IS LORD.... HE IS THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF MY LIFE, MY PROPERTY...... CAN THERE BE ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT RESERVE AS SOMETHING THAT ISN’T BELONGING TO HIM?
>>> IS THERE ANYTHING IN MY LIFE THAT IS OFF-LIMITS FOR CHRIST IF HE IS LORD?? <<<
REMEMBER: WE ARE STEWARDS OF GOD’S BLESSINGS
GOD HAS ENTRUSTED A VARIETY OF THINGS TO OUR CARE
**THEREFORE, WE SHOULD BE USING OUR RESOURCES IN SERVICE TO HIM.**
OUR THINGS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR LIVES,, EVERYTHING ALL BELONGS to the LORD...
§ WE ARE THE LORD’S SERVANTS, HERE TO HUMBLY DO HIS WILL, AS HE IS OUR KING.
· AS SUCH, NOTHING IS OFF-LIMITS.
(T) AND SO, THE DISCIPLES RETRIEVE THIS COLT,
THEY TAKE JESUS AND SET HIM ON IT,
ENTHRONING HIM UPON THIS DONKEY,
3rd THING: FULFILLMENT of PROPHECY,, KING COMING UPON COLT of DONKEY...
AND JESUS & HIS DISCIPLES HEAD INTO JERUSALEM AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS,
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Climax (v36-40)

36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.
37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,
38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
THIS = JESUS’ TRIUMPHAL ENTRY ON PALM SUNDAY.
THE PEOPLE SPREAD THEIR GARMENTS IN THE ROAD,
OTHER GOSPELS: PALM BRANCHES
4. 4TH THING TODAY: KINGLY RECEPTION
RED-CARPET TREATMENT—JESUS ISN’T JUST SOME TYPICAL PILGRIM @ PASSOVER...
GREAT MULTITUDE = REJOICING & PRAISING GOD W/ LOUD VOICES....EXCITING TIME,,
THE KING is COMING IN!! A FORETASTE OF HEAVEN....
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THEY WERE PRAISING AND WORSHIPING GOD, REJOICING: FOR THE MIGHTY WORKS THAT THEY HAD SEEN.
JOHN’S GOSPEL: RESURRECTION of LAZARUS
COUNTLESS TIMES—LAME to WALK,, BLIND to SEE...
IN LIGHT of ALL HE’D DONE,, THEY RESPOND to CHRIST as KING.
ONE TIME WE SEE JESUS ENTHRONED THIS SIDE of GLORY...
UPON PRAISES of PEOPLE…HUMBLY UPON COLT of DONKEY...
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DESPITE HUMILITY: NOTE the ## OF THINGS POINTING to JESUS’ KINGSHIP.
THE SPECIAL COLT THAT NO ONE HAD EVER SAT UPON POINTED TO ROYALTY.
THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS COLT FOR THE KING.
THE FACT THAT THEY PLACED HIM ON THE COLT.
THE FACT THAT THEY SPREAD GARMENTS AND BRANCHES BEFORE HIM.
&& REMEMBER THIS FOLLOWED a PARABLE—OBVIOUSLY POINTING to JESUS as KING..
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CULMINATES W/ GREAT PRAISE & WORSHIP & SHOUTS
WHOLE SCENE—CAUSES QUITE a STIR...
(V39) PHARISEES = OFFENDED.
NEVER SAW JESUS’ WORTH...
NEVER SAW CHRIST as SON of GOD...
>>> THEY CALL HIM “TEACHER” <<<
TRUE,, BUT UNDERSTATEMENT of the CENTURY!!
Various References to Jesus today:
JESUS REFERS to HIMSELF as “LORD”
DISCIPLES REFER to JESUS as “LORD”
CROWD of DISCIPLES REFER to JESUS as “KING”
PHARISEES REFER to JESUS SIMPLY as “TEACHER”
**EVEN COMMAND HIM to REBUKE HIS DISCIPLES!**
>>> YOU DON’T TELL the KING WHAT to DO <<<
THEY BELIEVED PEOPLE WERE in the WRONG FOR PRAISE....
BUT THEY WERE the ONES WHO TOTALLY MISSED it....
THEY SAW:
HUMBLE TEACHER
SEATED UPON a DONKEY
NATURALLY,, NOTHING SPECIAL.
BUT the DISCIPLES SAW:
THE KING
FULFILLING MESSIANIC PROPHECY
THE ONE WHO HAD COME to SAVE
THE ONE WHO WORKED MIRACLES
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THEY COMMANDED JESUS to REBUKE DISCIPLES...
BUT JESUS REBUKES THEM:
Luke 19:40 (ESV)
40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
SHOWING US the NATURAL CREATION GETS it MORE THAN THEY DID!!
&& JESUS…BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY.... WILL RECEIVE PRAISE THAT is DUE,, FROM SOMEONE or SOMETHING.
NO MATTER WHAT THEY THOUGHT
NO MATTER WHAT the DONKEYS OWNERS THOUGHT
NO MATTER WHAT DISCIPLES THOUGHT
NO MATTER WHAT ROME THOUGHT
JESUS WAS && IS WORTHY.
EVEN INANIMATE OBJECTS COULD HAVE SEEN THIS...
(T) AND NOW THIS GREAT TIME OF PRAISE IS GOING TO END ON A SOMBER NOTE,
LOOK WITH ME AT VERSES 41 THROUGH 44. THE TEXT SAYS,
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Resolution/Conclusion (v41-44)

41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,
42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side
44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
CELEBRATION ENDS IN SORROW...JESUS WEEPS OVER THE CITY.
DESPITE GREAT RECEPTION…HE KNEW the TRUTH
HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING—REJECTION
>>> WHEN THEY SAW THAT HE WASN’T THE KING THEY THOUGHT HE WAS, MANY WOULD TURN THEIR BACKS ON HIM IN A FEW SHORT DAYS <<<
NO PEACE in JERUSALEM BETWEEN the PEOPLE & GOD
LEON MORRIS: “BUT THOSE IN THE CITY OF PEACE DID NOT KNOW WHAT MADE FOR PEACE!”[1]
§ THEY DIDN’T KNOW THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION.
PROPHET AFTER PROPHET WAS REJECTED BY ISRAEL
FINALLY…the FATHER SENDS HIS SON… & THEY REJECT & KILL HIM.
John 1:11 (ESV)
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
o AS a RESULT, GOD WOULD VISIT JERUSALEM in JUDGMENT in 70 A.D.
(T) AND SO, WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

Homiletical Idea:

No matter what some may say...Jesus Christ as our king is worthy of all praise, devotion and service.
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Gospel: The King Who Came to Die

Note Variety of Responses to God’s King:
WE SEE THOSE WHO WERE CRYING OUT IN PRAISE.
WE SEE THOSE WHO REBUKED HIM.
AND WE SEE A CITY THAT ULTIMATELY HAD REJECTED HIM.
HOW DO YOU VIEW JESUS,
“WHO DO YOU SAY THAT JESUS IS?”
IS HE KING?
IS HE LORD?
IS HE ONE WHO is WORTHY?
OF ALL PRAISE & DEVOTION?
OF OUR SERVICE & EVEN USE of OUR POSSESSIONS?
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OR is HE “TEACHER”
IS HE ONE to BE BOSSED AROUND
IS HE ONE to BE REBUKED?
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HE’S EITHER KING…OR HE’S NOT.
C.S. LEWIS: LIAR, LUNATIC, LORD
YOU CAN’T SEE THIS MAN & SIMPLY CONCLUDE: GOOD TEACHER
THE ONE WHO COMES INTO JERUSALEM W/ HUMBLE GLORY…IN FULFILLMENT of MESSIANIC PROPHECY.... CANT JUST BE a NICE GUY, OR EXAMPLE...
· HE’S NOT LIKE A GHANDI
· HE’S EITHER LORD, OR HE’S NOT..
THE ANSWER WE GIVE to THAT QUESTION = MOST IMPORTANT ANSWER WE EVER GIVE in THIS LIFE...
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MANY in the CROWD,, WOULD TURN THEIR BACKS on JESUS…WHEN THEY FOUND OUT WHAT SORT of KING HE WAS...
THEY WANTED a KING…BUT NOT ONE LIKE HIM in HUMBLE GLORY.
FOR JESUS AS THE KING, DIDN’T COME in 1st COMING TO REIGN... BUT HE CAME TO DIE.
JESUS CAME in PEACE to CITY of PEACE & THEY CRUCIFIED HIM.
JESUS KNEW ALL of THIS AHEAD of TIME && HE STILL CAME....
CHURCH, CAN I TELL YOU TODAY, THAT THAT IS LOVE?
HE NOT ONLY KNEW ABOUT the DONKEY...
BUT HE KNEW WHEN HE SET HIS FACE TO GO TO JERUSALEM HE WAS GOING to DIE.
HE KNEW ABOUT THE REJECTION,
HE KNEW ABOUT THE TRIAL,
HE KNEW ABOUT THE CROWN OF THORNS,
HE KNEW ABOUT THE ROMAN WHIP THAT WOULD BE UPON HIS BACK,
HE KNEW ABOUT THE CROSS,
THE NAILS,
THE REJECTION,
AND THE HUMILIATION.
BUT HE ALSO KNEW ABOUT US...AND BECAUSE OF US HE WENT ANYWAYS. BECAUSE OF LOVE...
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WE’VE ALL REJECTED HIM @ ONE POINT or ANOTHER
Romans 3:23 (ESV)
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
ALL STAND JUSTLY CONDEMNED UNDER GOD’S HOLY LAW.
Romans 5:8 (ESV)
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
>>> JESUS WENT TO JERUSALEM, KNOWING THAT IT WASN’T GOING TO END WITH HIM SEATED UPON A THRONE, BUT WITH HIM HANGING ON A CROSS <<<
AND HE DID IT ANYWAYS, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR US.
· HE BLED AND DIED FOR YOU.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND?
o IS HE KING?
§ IS HE LORD?
· OR IS HE JUST TEACHER.
o HAVE YOU BELIEVED ON JESUS CHRIST??
§ HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE GIFT OF SALVATION THAT GOD HAS OFFERED TO US IN HIS SON?
· HE BLED AND DIED TO PAY THE PRICE FOR OUR SIN, THAT WE MIGHT BE FORGIVEN IF WE WOULD ONLY RECEIVE THIS OFFER OF GOD’S FREE GRACE.
&& IF YOU’RE HERE,, & YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS,, OR DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE....
PLACE YOUR FAITH in the SAVIOR...
TRUSTING in HIM for RIGHT-STANDING BEFORE GOD…
NOT of WORKS/INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESS....
BELIEVING CHRIST DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED....
TURN FROM LIFE of SIN,, PROFESS CHRIST as LORD,,
YOU CAN BE SAVED,, TODAY.
HAVE QUESTIONS,,
DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD
TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.
(T) AND NOW, IN CLOSING, I’D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW TAKEAWAYS WITH YOU ALL TODAY,
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Takeaways:

LEARN ABOUT GOD?

1. GOD IS WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE FOR ALL THAT HE IS DONE,,,
AND ABOVE ALL FOR THE WORK OF SALVATION THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED FOR US IN HIS SON.

LEARN ABOUT US?

1. EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BELONGS RIGHTFULLY TO THE LORD.
a. IF HE IS LORD, THEN HE IS BOSS,
HE IS THE RIGHTFUL OWNER AND MASTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
OUR LIVES AND EVEN OUR RESOURCES SHOULD BE FULLY DEVOTED TO HIS SERVICE.
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App: “No Stone Will Take My Place”

CLOSING: JESUS CHRIST IS WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE AND ADORATION BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AND ALL HE’S DONE FOR US.
>>> THE WORTH OF THE KING DOESN’T CHANGE, AND AS SUCH OUR PRAISE SHOULDN’T EITHER. <<<
IT CAN BE EASY AT TIMES TO BE COMPLACENT AND FALL INTO RUTS IN WORSHIP.
IT CAN BE EASY WHEN WE’RE HAVING A BAD DAY TO FAIL TO WORSHIP.
COMING to CHURCH: FIGHTING W/ SPOUSE or KIDS....
BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE FEEL LIKE,
NO MATTER WHAT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE ARE LIKE,
NO MATTER ANYTHING THAT DEPENDS ON US,
NO MATTER THE DISAPPOINTMENTS…
I WANT TO REMIND YOU TODAY THAT HE IS THE KING AND AS SUCH HE IS WORTHY.
**HIS WORTH DOESN’T CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY, YEAR TO YEAR, OR EVEN ACROSS MILLENNIA.**
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o AND WE ALSO SAW IN THE TEXT TODAY THAT THIS GREAT TIME OF CELEBRATION, REJOICING, AND PRAISE CAME IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT JESUS HAD DONE.
>> THIS WAS BEFORE CALVARY! <<
o AND CHURCH, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, IS SO MUCH BETTER.
JESUS CHRIST = WORTHY of PRAISE…DEVOTION… OUR ENTIRE LIVES in HIS SERVICE…
```FOR WHO HE IS.... AND ALL HE’S DONE FOR US....
HE PURCHASED FOR US…A HOPE of ETERNAL LIFE & FUTURE RESURRECTION
PERFORMING the GREATEST MIRACLE of SAVING LOST SINNERS
HE’S STILL the SAME KING… HE’S STILL LORD...
IF HE WAS OWED PRAISE BACK THEN....CERTAINLY HE’S OWED PRAISE NOW....
IF THE STONES WOULD HAVE CRIED OUT IN THAT DAY, HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE REASON TO SILENCE THE STONES TODAY.
§ HE IS WORTHY, AND HE IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE PRAISE THAT IS DUE HIS NAME FROM SOMEWHERE.
· CHURCH PLEASE DON’T LET A STONE REPLACE YOU IN WHAT YOU WERE MADE TO DO. AMEN?
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