Let us
examine the Scriptures like the Bereans who "received the message with
great eagerness and
examined
the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." Acts 17:11 (NIV)
April 4,
2004: “The Greatest King Who Ever Lived” by
Don Bartemus, Pastor of CE & Christian Ministries of College Park
Church. Today’s Palm Sunday message on
the “Day of Hosanna,” focused on the triumphal entry of Jesus, the King of
kings, into Jerusalem during the time of the annual Passover feast, as recorded
in Luke 19:28-44 and the other gospels: Matthew 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-11, and John
12:12-19.
Pastor Don
described the importance of the city of Jerusalem and it’s connection to the
story of Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah (Geneses 22:1-19), the building of
Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to
Solomon’s father David (2 Chronicles 3), and now the son of David was now
entering the city on a donkey to fulfill the prophecy of old of the coming of
the Messiah, the Christ who would save the world and restore fellowship with
God the Father.
As you read
over this passage in Luke …
As you
ponder society today…
Pastor Don encourages us to pray for
the King’s leading. Remember…
If we choose Jesus…we are freed from the bondage of sin,
encouraged to become more like him and empowered to do so, and
will spend eternity with him, in a glorious place beyond our imagination.
If we choose Self…we are slaves to
sin,
encouraged to become self-reliant, and influenced by the forces of evil
to do so, and
will spend eternity separated from him, in a place of torment beyond our
imagination.