“Blessed Is the King” - Luke 19:28-40 - Pastor Stuart Sanders

Join me in turning in your copy of God's word.

What a privilege it is to have a copy of God's word in your hands.

And by God's grace, we have it, so let's use them.

Luke 19, 28 through 40.

And just as before, what I read to you now is the word of the eternal triune living God.

Verse 28, and when he had said these things, he went on ahead going up to Jerusalem.

When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples 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.

If anyone asks you, why are you untying it? You shall say this, the Lord has need of it.

So those who were sent away and found it just as he told them.

And as they were untying the colt, its owner said to them, why are you untying the colt? And they said, the Lord has need of it.

And then they brought it to Jesus and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.

And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

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 they had seen.

Saying, blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, teacher, rebuke your disciples.

He answered, I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

Amen.

You may be seated.

The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our Lord stands forever.

Bow with me in prayer.

Father in heaven.

This text you know is very familiar to us.

We have moments where we celebrate this called Palm Sunday and things like that.

But we ask that you give us fresh eyes to come to a somewhat familiar text.

That we would be able to see your divine purposes in this moment, what this day means for us.

that we would see our Lord Jesus in everything that you intend for us to see in these 12 verses, and that we'd be changed by it, that we would conform further into the image of Christ.

For that is your will.

That's what you've predestined us to be, is conforming to the image of Christ.

And we would lean on that promise today that you would use this text in that way, that Christ would become more brilliant to us by our study of this text for a few minutes here today.

We ask humbly in Jesus' name.

Amen.