The Story of Palm Sunday

Apr 2

“THEREFORE GOD EXALTED HIM TO THE HIGHEST PLACE AND GAVE HIM THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME.”

PHILIPPIANS 2:9

LAST WEEK JESUS BROUGHT LIFE TO HIS FRIEND LAZARUS. IN THIS STORY HE WAS TELLING US SOMETHING ABOUT HIMSELF…THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING LIFE WHERE THERE IS NONE. TODAY, WE SEE JESUS ENTERING THE CAPITAL, THE BIG CITY, TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE WORLD.

WHEN ROYALTY ENTERS A CITY, THEY USUALLY COME IN A PARADE, NOT A DONKEY….BUT HERE WE SEE JESUS ENTERING THE WORLD JUST HAS GOD WOULD INTEND, IN HUMILITY. THE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HIM AS SOMETHING SPECIAL AND BEGIN TO WAVE PALMS AND SHOUT, “HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST.” IF YOU WERE ENTERING AS A ROYALTY, HOW WOULD YOU ENTER?

JESUS REVEALS WHO HE IS IN THE PAGES OF SCRIPTURE… HE IS ENTERING THE CITY TO OVERTURN THE CORRUPT RULERS OF THE WORLD, BUT HE IS ENTERING THE CITY TO SAVE US FROM SO MUCH MORE, THE BROKENNESS OF THE WORLD.