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Jesus is out healing many

People saw Jesus raise Laz from the dead

He is feeding thousands of people

Jesus is telling young rich guys that there money isn't going to save them

Jesus is casting out demons and being told that he is doing this by the power of Satan

He Eats with Sinners and Tax Collectors

Jesus tells the pharisees about the sign of Jonah and at least Nineveh repented

Calls the generation of pharisees an evil generation

So He has made people a little mad at this point in the story...

To top it all off, Jesus tells the scribes and pharisees they have missed the point.

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Read Matthew 21:-11

To this day, if you do sadder dinners with Jewish friends it is astounding that they've missed the messiah

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ESVAnd beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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The Scribes and Pharisees missed the point that...

Jesus is the Testimony of Scripture

All of scripture is pointing to Jesus

To this day, if you do sadder dinners with Jewish friends it is astounding that they've missed the messiah

As Jesus met some men on the road after he rose again, Jesus himself says that its about him

To get you into the scene: Jesus has already predicted his death, so he is walking into what he knows is his demise

I love that Jesus knew that there would be animals in places he hasn't been just yet, it is showing his sovereignty in bringing this all to pass

He was showing that his life was being laid down, it wasn't being taken from him.

The same power that destroyed sodom and Gomorra dwelled with Jesus, but he laid his life down for us.

The same way that I could tell someone to go grab me a sandwich, I bought that stuff and put it there!

Here ( V3)Jesus claims that the Lord (Kyros) will need these animals, he is claiming divinity and proving his divinity through sovereignty

says that the King is coming one who would be the Davidic covenant who will bring righteousness and salvation

says that Jesus is the one who will come with righteousness and having salvation

Zechariah is writing this after David is dead and the Exile is over he is encouraging them to follow God because God will send this promised messiah

is set in a context of judgment on the enemies of isreal.

The King will appear and his Kingdom will streatch across the whole earth.

The scarlet thread of this messiah can be traced throughout the whole of Scripture

All of scripture is pointing to Jesus

In We see that there will one day come a man, and that man would crush the head of a serpent

During the flood, there is an ark that saved men from the wrath of God, for us that person is Jesus

Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac.

He carried his own wood up onto the mountain, Both Isaac and Jesus rode a donkey to their place of death, both Isaac and Jesus were obedient to their fathers to the point of death, They both rose again after facing down death.

But what separates them?

Jesus actually died…

God spared Isaac, but for your sake and for mine, God didn't spare his own Son.

In Exodus we see the story of the passover where the blood of a lamb would save those who’s doors are covered by it, Jesus was that passover lamb for us

In Leviticus we see the high priest making sacrifices for people, says that Jesus is the great high priest who lives to make intercession for us.

God defeating Goliath through David is a picture of how God will destroy the strongholds in your life through the grace that Jesus provides

All of the Judges who saved God’s people, they were pointing to what Jesus would ultimately do

God spared Isaac, but for your sake and for mine, God didn't spare his own Son.

The whole of the testimony of Scripture was pointing to the coming Messiah Jesus.

Your life can point to the 2nd coming Messiah.

Is Jesus the testimony of our lives?

Do our whole lives point to Jesus, the same way that the Law and the Prophets pointed to Jesus?

Are we so filled with Gods grace that it overflows into the way we interact with people in our lives?

If not, we have the opportunity to fix our eyes on the goodness of Christ and plead with the Spirit to transform us into His likeness.

A life that looks like Jesus points to Jesus, one way that this scripture will point us to is that Jesus was the perfect example of humility.

Jesus Exemplifies Humility

Matt 21

What do you think of when you think of a king?

Jesus is the King of all creation and he comes in riding on a donkey

Jesus is the only King that would wash the servants feet

is set in a context of judgment on the enemies of Israel.

The King will appear and his Kingdom will stretch across the whole earth.

Many were following Jesus for their own gain, not for the coming of the true kingdom of Jesus that would be established in meekness

Jesus is the model of meekness, He was the only one with the right to exult himself, yet He didn't.

These people would have expected Jesus to ride in on a war horse like David and destroy the Romans, but he had so much more in mind that military rule

Another verse that captures the scope of Jesus humility is in Philippians

is set in a context of judgment on the enemies of isreal.

The King will appear and his Kingdom will streatch across the whole earth.

This is the paradox of the Kingdom of God, in order to become great, we must become less.

Jesus was in the same place as God, but didn't hold on to that.

We must loose our lives in order to find it

David Brooks “Road to Character”

He listened to an old broadcast of a radio show called command performance

This was broadcast on VJ Day (the day the Japanese surrendered)

Bing Crosby was hosting it live just hours after and he said “I guess at a moment like this, we don’t feel too proud, were just humbled.”

In the whole broadcast there was a tone of deep humility

Later someone else read a passage of a war correspondent that said “We didn't win this war because were better than anyone else, we just happened to be blessed with material abundance, and some good allies.

We should just try to stay modest and be worthy of the peace”

Then David Brooks went inside after hearing this and turned on a football game

Wide receiver caught a 2 yard pass and had a massive victory dance

He saw a bigger self puffing victory dance after a 2 yard gain today than the men who won World War II

If there is anyone who has the right to boast it is the King of Glory, yet he made himself nothing, was obedient to the point of death, even the humiliating death on a cross, and we see him riding to this death on a donkey, not on a mighty war horse.

Someone like that deserves praise.

There is true strength in humility.

Our Praise Provokes Wonder

Matthew

These people had heard of Jesus raising Laz from the dead and now they are following him praising him as the Davidic Messiah

They praised with passion, taking their cloaks and putting them on the ground, something that you would only do for a king

They only had part of the revelation of Jesus, and do you see what happened?

The City was stirred into wonder, asking about Jesus

How much more should our praise stir wonder in our city if weve been given the whole revelation of Jesus?

We know Christ is king of everything, these people thought he was only king of Jerusalem

We know that Jesus is sovereign and in control, these people thought he was only going to be a warrior

We know that Jesus is the Son of God and lives every day to make intercession for us, these people had no concept of a King who would constantly work on their behalf

Shouldn't our worship be more passionate than theirs?

Shift gears into understanding worship as a lifestyle

Worship isnt a building and singing

Worship is a lifestyle

We worship the things we love by sharing about them

Think of seeing a good movie, you want to share that with people

Worship isn't just corporate singing, but it is sharing our faith and letting others know about our great King