Praise Which Cannot Be Repressed
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
2/28/2016 PM
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Text:
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Luke 19:37-40
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Psalters: |
275, 177, 58, 409 |
- The entrance.
- It was Passover week and Jerusalem was crowded with people coming from near and far in a festal mood.
- Jesus had sent two disciples into a nearby village to get a colt of a donkey on which no one had yet ridden (30).
- A crowd quickly gathers, hailing Him to be the Messiah, the King of Zion (38; Mt. 21:9; John 12:13).
- This is a powerful revelation which Jesus makes of Himself to Zion/Jerusalem.
- The Pharisees felt this to be terrible blasphemy and demanded that Jesus rebuke the people for identifying Him as Messiah.
- Notice how Jesus reveals Himself as the king of Zion!
- He comes, demonstrating meekness, ready to fight for Zion against of sin and death and the dominion of the devil.
- His coming this way to Zion will lead Him to the cross where He will atone for Zion’s sins and reconcile them to God.
- There are shouts by His disciples (37, 39b).
- The shouts confess Jesus to be the Messiah, the anointed King who comes in the name of the Lord.
- They represent the true church of Christ, the daughter of Zion, as instituted on earth.
- While they could not have comprehended the full significance of the Christ, they did believe in Him with a simple faith.
- While Jesus’ enemies of Jesus wanted to choke this cry of praise and adoration, Jesus says it is impossible.
- Jesus teaches that it is impossible to restrain them because they are moved as prophets – it is a work of grace within them.
- As prophets cannot help but bubble over in enthusiastic proclamation, so it was for these disciples of Jesus.
- The power of God which enables Jesus’ disciples to believe and shout for joy is what can make the stones sing.
- What about us?