Sermon Tone Analysis

Following the script...

I want to make one thing clear.

As we enter into Holy week.

Everything that happens in this week was all part of a plan to fix the relationship between God and man.

It wasn’t thrown together.

When Jesus sends the disciples ahead and tells them with such precision what is going to happen we realize just how important fixing the relationship we broke was to God.

Accepting His Due...

In the Truimpant Jesus is taking a different approach.

In the past he has done amazing things and then told the people to be quiet about it.

NOw things are different now they have changed.

People are putting their coats on the ground for the donkey to walk on, they are cutting palms and waving them in the air saying Hosanah.

They are not being quiet, they are not sneaking around, they are worshiping the one that calms the storm and walks on the waves, that heals people, that feeds people, that brings people back from death.

We find Jesus not only accepting the praise but making a rather bold statement when the pharisees told him to make everyone stop.

His Hearts Desire...

Jesus loved the city and the people, he knew them, new what was coming, knew what they were going to do, and knew that there was a long way to go before they would have true lasing peace…not the peace that came from the bargins made with the Roman Government, or that comes from following all the rules…

One Final Act...

This more than anything else would have insensed the priests and religious leaders.

In declaring the Temple his house, he is being very clear about who he is.

We know that the leaders wanted...

Expound...