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Philippians 2:5–8 ESV

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Introduction

Many years ago there lived a barber in the city of Bath, England. For a long time he had been in the habit of keeping his shop open on Sunday. But after he became a Christian, he believed that he was breaking the Sabbath and that he must close his barber shop on Sundays. Yet, he was afraid to do so. He thought if he did so, he would offend his customers and lose all his business.

The barber went to ask the minister about his problem. The minister advised him to close his shop on the Sabbath and trust God to take care of him.

He did so. He hung out a sign that said “Closed Sundays,” and tried to trust God to take care of him. But it turned out as the barber feared. His customers were offended. Because he would not shave them and cut their hair on Sunday, they refused to come to him during the week. He was forced to give up his fashionable shop and open up a shop in a dingy basement where he had hardly enough business to get himself bread to eat.

Well, what then? Did God’s promise fail in the case of this poor barber? Did he suffer loss by closing his shop on the Sabbath for the sake of Jesus? Wait a little, and see!

One Saturday evening, just as it was getting dark, a strange gentleman, who had just arrived by coach, asked for a barber. One of the drivers pointed to the cellar across the street. He came in hastily, and asked for a quick shave and a haircut while they were changing horses, as it would be too late at night when he reached the end of his journey, and he did not like to break the Sabbath. This touched the barber’s feelings, so that he could not help weeping. He asked the stranger to lend him a penny to buy a candle, as it was not light enough to work. The gentleman gave it, pitying the great poverty of the poor barber.

When the barber was finished, the stranger said, “It seems to me, my friend, that there is something unusual in your past, and I’d like to hear about it, but I really must go now. Here is some money for your services. When I come back this way I would like to visit you again. What is your name?”

“William Reed.”

The gentleman looked startled, and ex- claimed, “William Reed? Are you from the west of England?”

“Yes, sir; from Kingston, near Taunton.”

“What was your father’s name?”

“Thomas.”

“Did he have a brother?”

“Yes, sir; one, after whom I was named. But he went to the East Indies, and as we never heard from him, we suppose him to be dead.”

“You must come with me,” exclaimed the gentleman. “I am going to see a person who claims to be William Reed, of Kingston, near Taunton. If you can prove that he is an imposter, and you are the person I am seeking, I have some amazing news for you. Your uncle died recently, and has left an immense fortune, which I will hand over to you, as soon as I am sure that you are the William Reed I am seeking.”

The barber went with the gentleman. He had no difficulty proving that he was the real William Reed, and his uncle’s large fortune was soon put into his possession.

How amazing this was! God brought it about in such a way as to reward him for his faithfulness. When he decided to close his shop on Sunday, he was doing it for the Lord. It seemed, at first, as if he was going to suffer a great loss for what he had done. But, in the end, he was rewarded more than a hundredfold. For, if he had not closed his shop on Sundays, he would not have lost his customers. And if he had not lost his customers, he would not have been in that cellar, so poor as to have to beg a penny for a candle. And if it had not been for this, the gentleman who was in charge of his uncle’s fortune would not have discovered who he was.

Children, this is a very remarkable story. I do not want you to think that God rewards all of His children with great amounts of money; God’s children must serve and obey Him out of love for God. They must be willing, as this barber was before he became rich, to obey God no matter what the cost. You must remember that God’s children can also be truly happy and content even if they are very poor, or in great pain, or in great trouble. The lesson in this story is that we must obey God, even when things do not seem to go right. God wants our whole heart, and He is worthy of it!

Big Idea:

Do you want to grow in faith? Today we will look at the triumphal entry and the role the disciples played in that event and take from them ways to grow in our faith.

Text

Mark 11:1–11 ESV

1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’ ” 4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. 5 And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6 And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. 8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!” 11 And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Jesus Christ’s instructions to his disciples

Luke 19:29–31 ESV

29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 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. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’ ”

Application: Sometimes what God is asking you to do isn’t what you’d expect.

The colt used in Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem

The Faith of the disciples

See also Mt 21:6

Matthew 21:6 ESV

6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

This act opened the doors to faith for th many. they by doing this were fuffilling the propchy in Zech. 9:9

Zechariah 9:9 ESV

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.

The Bible Exposition Commentary (Chapter Nine: The Servant in Jerusalem (Mark 11:1–12:44))

(1) He declared Himself to be Israel’s King and Messiah; and

(2) He deliberately challenged the religious leaders. This set in motion the official plot that led to His arrest, trial, and crucifixion. The Jewish leaders had decided not to arrest Him during the feast, but God had determined otherwise. The Lamb of God must die at Passover.

Their obedience and faith lead to Jesus declaring who he was and was used by God to open the

Application

When you obey God, when you walk in faith God will use what you’ve done.

Faith and love

When you obey in faith it demonstrates you love for Christ

John 14:15 ESV

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

1 John 3:10 ESV

10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

2 John 6 ESV

6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

1 John 2:5 ESV

5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:

Application

As you have faith in the lord as the disciples did, you find that you grow to love him more.

You grow to love the word more Psalm 119:167

Psalm 119:167 ESV

167 My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.

As you trust you find that trusting him becomes easier and less burdensome

1 John 5:3 ESV

3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

Your love for God becomes perfecting of your sanctification

1 John 2:5 ESV

5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:

OFaith in the word of God Shows that it is true

Mt 7:24–27 ; Jas 1:22

Matthew 7:24–27 ESV

24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

James 1:22 ESV

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

See also Jn 17:6 ; Lk 11:28; Ps 119:9–11 ; Jon 3:3; Jas 2:14–20

Psalm 119:9–11 ESV

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

John 17:6 ESV

6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

Application:

Your Obedinec declares that God’s word is true, to yourself and others. Keeps reminding you that the word is true

God rewards those who obey/have faith in him

Ex 19:5 ; Jn 15:10

Exodus 19:5 ESV

5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

John 15:10 ESV

10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

See also Jn 14:23; Mt 12:50; Mt 7:21; Jn 14:21; 1 Ki 3:14; 1 Jn 2:17; Jn 12:26; Mt 7:24–25; Dt 5:29; 2 Ki 18:5–7; Jn 21:4–6

Examples of people who obeyed God

Ge 6:9 Noah

Genesis 6:9 ESV

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.

Abraham:

Ge 12:1–4; Ge 17:23

Genesis 17:23 ESV

23 Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.

The psalmist:

Ps 119:30; Ps 119:100–106

Psalm 119:100–106 ESV

100 I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. 101 I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word. 102 I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me. 103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.

The apostles:

Ac 4:19–20; Ac 5:29

Acts 5:29 ESV

29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Php 3:7–14 Paul

Philippians 3:7–14 ESV

7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Out come of faithness

Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem

John 12:14–15 ESV

14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

See also Is 62:11; Zec 9:9

The response To the obedience of the disciples by the crowd Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem

Proclamation of Jesus Christ’s kingship

Matthew 21:8 ESV

8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

This is from the scripture

; 2 Ki 9:13 Spreading cloaks on the road was an act of royal homage.

2 Kings 9:13 ESV

13 Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.”

Proclamation of Jesus’ messiahship

Matthew 21:9 ESV

9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

See also Ps 118:26

Psalm 118:26 ESV

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.

Application:

Proclamation of Jesus Christ’s victory

Jn 12:13 Palm branches were used in celebration of victory.

See also Re 7:9 ; Le 23:40 ; Ps 118:27

Revelation 7:9 ESV

9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Leviticus 23:40 ESV

40 And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

Psalm 118:27 ESV

27 The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

Application:

When you display your faith it reminds men and women of the victory of the Lord. What you do when you believe, when you Trust and obey it creates trust and obediences around you. God uses his children to help encourage the others around him.

The response of the Pharisees to Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem

Luke 19:39–40 ESV

39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”

Your faith will be seen as confrontational, people will see what you have and want to understand it

Give the gospel

Benediction

Say: As we close our service of worship dear brother and sister please stand for our benediction and receive by faith this blessing from God

2 Peter 1:2 ESV

2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

Obedience and faith

Heb 11:8; Mt 7:21 Obedience to the will of God demonstrates the reality of a person’s faith in Jesus Christ.

See also Jas 2:14–26 ; Ro 1:5

James 2:14–26 ESV

14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Romans 1:5 ESV

5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,