Hosanna Save Now 1

Hello Everyone,

This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday the day that Jesus made His Triumphal Entry read about it in Matthew 21:1-11.

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

⁴ This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

⁵ “Say to the Daughter of Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

⁶ The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. ⁷ They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. ⁸ A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,

“Hosanna to the Son of David!”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Hosanna in the highest!”

¹⁰ When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

¹¹ The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

I wander as the crowds saw Jesus ride into town, did they realize what was really going on.

Did they see more than just a man riding on a colt, did they see Jesus as the Son of God or did they miss it?

Did they just see that Jesus was king for a day and nothing more?

The crowds were like a little boy I read about listen:

There’s a story about a little boy who lived in a small country town where there had never been a circus. He knew about circuses from his school books, but never had he seen a real, live circus. And then one day there was a poster on the side of a building announcing that a circus was coming to his town. Well, he knew right there and then that he must see that circus, so he began to save up for it, and he started counting the days. On the last night before the great event, he was too excited to sleep. He was up before daylight to get all his chores finished and be down on the main street by nine o’clock. Shortly after nine, the great circus parade came down the street. He saw lions and tigers, beautiful horses, tremendous elephants, jugglers, clowns, acrobats, and the circus band. His eyes were wide with excitement, his feet couldn’t stop jumping up and down, and he couldn’t stop shouting.

When the parade finally ended, the little boy stepped out of the crowd handed his money to the last man in the parade, and went back home. He thought to himself that the circus was just about the greatest thing he had ever seen. Not till years later did he discover that he still had never seen a circus, he had only watched the parade and gone home.

The boy saw the parade but missed the circus.

The crowds in Jesus day saw a king for a day, but I think missed what was important, that Jesus was the Son of God.

They missed that idea so it was easy for them to nail Him to the cross in a few short days.

And what about us:

· Do we just see the parade and miss the circus?

· Do we see the glory of Jesus, but miss that He is the Son of God?

· Do we see the glory of Jesus and miss that He was nailed to the cross for our sake?

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phil