Palm Sunday’s Tears

Luke 19:41–44 KJV 1900

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke

Introduction

Palm Sunday

Called because of the palm branches used.

The triumphal entry. Daniel’s amazing prophecy, 483 years.

King James Version Chapter 9

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Recorded by all the Gospel writers.

The Setting and Scene

About five days before Passover, Jesus and disciples from Bethany.

Most important of feasts to begin, 300,000 pilgrims.

Past The Triumphal Entry To Palm Sunday’s Tears.

Jesus weeping over Jerusalem.

The lessons about our Lord.

He Sees Beyond The Pleasantries. (vs. 41)

“He beheld the city”

So much in the world is superficial.

A beautiful Jerusalem, the breathtaking view.

The excitement and ceremony of the occasion.

But Jesus sees beyond this outward beauty.

What he sees makes him weep.

Is He grieved at what he sees in your life?

He sees beyond the outward in a church, “I know thy works” ().

He sees beyond the outward in our life.

The front we put on to hide sin.

The smile that hides our inward tears.

What are you hiding from God that he already sees?

He Cares About Our Pain. (vs. 41)

“… and wept over it”

Was not His primary concern over their sin?

Yes! But sin brings pain!!

From the first sin in the Garden of Eden.

Every act of disobedience brings pain.

All sin has negative consequences.

Do you think your getting away with your sin?

You cannot sin and win.

The books we are reading, the lust we tolerate.

The words we say, the stories we tell, the lies.

All these bring pain.

He Knows Our Full Potential. (vs. 42)

“If thou hadst known…”

What Jerusalem might have been.

The city of blessing.

Instead it has become a city of war and grief.

Jesus knows your full potential.

The saddest words of tongue or pen: “it might have been”

He knows what you can achieve: Don’t him