Matthew 21 Young Adults

Cory Cooper

Matthew Young Adults • Sermon • Submitted a year ago • Presented a year ago

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Read Matt. 21:1-9

V3 Jesus plainly calls himself the Lord

People who think Jesus was a good teacher, he said he was God

Jesus knows when and where and how before it happens. Fully God Fully Man.

Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)

The Coming King of Zion

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

humble and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Isaiah 62:11 (ESV)

11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”

The Gospel according to Matthew (1. The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, 21:1–11)

In antiquity a king would not normally enter his capital riding on a donkey. He would ride in proudly, on a war-horse, or perhaps he would march in at the head of his troops. An ass was the animal of a man of peace; it would be used by a priest or a merchant or an eminent citizen. But the ass Jesus rode was no well-bred animal meant for the convenience of the wealthy (cf. Judg. 5:10). It is specifically called a beast of burden; it was a lowly animal

Honoring Jesus by making a “carpet” for him as he entered

Cloaks are for honor

Branches symbolize Jewish nationalism and vicotry

The Gospel according to Matthew 1. The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, 21:1–11

“Hosanna to the Son of David”; this must be understood as an expression of exultation and honor. Matthew has just told his readers that two blind men used the title “Son of David,” and we must see the same messianic significance here.

The Gospel according to Matthew (1. The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, 21:1–11)

“blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (cf. Ps. 118:26). To come “in the name” of anyone was to come in some sense representing him and to come in order to set forward his purposes.

Read Matt. 21:10-11

“whole city” strirred up

Read Matt. 21:12-17

Holy Week, according to mark it was Monday morning

Exchange currency for currency, and people were buying animals for sacrifice

for people who traveled to Jerusalem for passover

Being ripped off

English Standard Version Chapter 7

11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the LORD.

House of Prayer

Psalm 8:2 is the verse Jesus quotes

What do the prophecies mean to you?

The religious leaders again blind to need and that Jesus is who he claims, standing right in front of them

Read Matt. 21:18-22

Picture of the appearance of fruit, but spiritually dead

What apart from Prayer is Jesus stressing here?

The Gospel according to Matthew (3. The Fig Tree, 21:18–22)

‘Have faith in God,’ ” before going on to the words about the mountain). The words are important and are introduced with the emphatic, “Truly I tell you” (see on 5:18). Jesus is telling his followers about the importance of trust; he puts the truth positively, “if you have faith,” and then negatively, “and do not doubt.” Trust in God is stressed throughout the New Testament (“faith” is mentioned 243 times and the verb “to believe” 241 times); it is often used of a quality of life that brings salvation, serenity, and the like, but here it is related to what the disciple can accomplish.