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Introduction
FCF: It is common for people to
Jesus alone brings the peace our hearts are looking for.
So what?
Jesus is the king of peace.
What does that mean?
He Deserves our Admiration, Everyday.
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The scene is beautiful, everything from the outside looks great.
The crowd hears Jesus is coming, they gather palm tree branches (a sign of peace, and welcoming royalty) they lay their coats down for him to walk on, they cry our HOSANNA Save us!
They bless him, for being the one that comes in the name of the Lord, even claiming him as the king of Israel.
And Jesus accepts their praise.
John sites this event as a prophecy being fulfilled from the OT.
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The riding on the donkey is significant, it is a done in contrast to riding in on a warhorse.
Jesus has come to bring peace.
He has come to establish justice for his people as their king.
This is why John is connecting what is happening here with Zechariah’s prophecy about the coming messiah.
Notice he changes the original Hebrew phrase from “rejoice greatly” to “fear not.”
Probably combining with
The reason is fairly obvious when we consider the historical setting, of the Jewish people during this time.
Not to mention in the season passover that they are in.
The passover was a time of remembering the Jewish people enslavement to Egypt and how God as their faithful LORD came to them and liberated them from their bondage.
However at the moment Israel is still under the oppression of the Romans.
The “peace” that they enjoyed was contingent on their compliance with the Roman government.
Hence why the leaders have a huge problem with Jesus, he is claiming to be a king, and here people are praising him as such.
They are worried they are going to ruffle the feathers of the Romans and Rome will make it very bad for the Jewish people.
Yet, Jesus is not worried about Rome nor the religious leaders, because he is the rightful king of Israel and more so the world.
He is the king that will bring lasting peace, not Rome, not the Jewish leaders.
And because of this he is worthy of all praise, by every man woman and child, everyday and in every way.
The actions of the people are not wrong (They are shallow) the problem is not what they are doing, it’s that they aren't doing this everyday.
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What does it mean to praise God Everyday?
Praise is not something we are unfamiliar with.
We give praise and receive praise everyday.
But do we ever think deeply about praise?
What is it?
In its simplest form praise is giving thanks.
When we give thanks for the Katy Tigers, we are praising them.
When we cheer loudly for our kids as they accomplish their first handstand, were praising them.
When we speak highly about about spouse, our parents, our friends, we are praising them, we are giving thanks for them.
Praising God is giving thanks for him.
Instantly when we hear praising God we think of music, and rightly so, but this is not entirely what it means to praise God.
To praise God means to be thankful for him.
Why give thanks for God? Simple, because he is praiseworthy.
The psalm the people are speaking as they lay down the palm branches before the feet of Jesus is ps 118.
He is good.
And his goodness endures forever.
Which means this God, who created the world, did so in his goodness.
This God who revealed himself to man did so because of his goodness.
This God whom man rebelled against, did not instantly blot him out, but began to pursue him again because of his goodness.
This God will make all things wrong in the world, one day untrue because he is good.
But lets be clear, even if he didn’t do any of those things, he still would be worthy of our praise, simply because he is good.
Timeout: I know what some of you are thinking, well thats good for you preacher boy, but God hasn’t been that good to me.
In fact he has been pretty lousy.
If that is you today, can quickly have a private, yet very public conversation with you real quick?
If that is you today, or if that is some you know, is it possible that God is good, but you are blind to it?
Please don’t hear me as patronizing you.
In my experience when someone says, God is not good, attached to those words are tremendous amount of painful experiences that have brought about that conclusion.
Times where you needed God to be good, you needed him to come through for you, you needed him to fight on your behalf, and nothing.
And so now when you hear the preacher say God is good, it’s more than wrong to you, it’s painfully wrong.
I have talked with so many people, including myself, who begin with an untrue idea.
God is not good.
Which then makes me interpret everything that happens to me in light of him, hating me, or being disgusted with me.
But the truth is God is good, he is loving.
So the question we have to ask ourselves in times of pain, is not God why are you not good, it’s why can’t I see your goodness.
Why can’t I see how you are using this for my good, and your glory.
As we change our starting point from a false idea to the truth that God is good, he shows us his goodness.
This is what it means to “give thanks” to God.
This is what it means to praise him.
Notice there is a distinction between giving thanks to God, and being thankful.
Praising God is giving God thanks, even when we are not necessarily thankful for what has come.
What does it mean to “not” praise God?
(Illustration) Buck Oliphant (Rob’s dad) has been one of the greatest mentors in my life.
In many ways he has been my pastor hero, really showing me the ropes.
You know all the essentials, like hosting beer and bible studies, learning crazy poker games because holdem is boring, making your family do crazy workouts on your birthday, all the essentials.
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Buck was / is an incredible pastor, I have learned much from him.
But the greatest lesson I ever learned from Buck, and his family is how to say goodbye to an amazing wife, mother, grandmother.
The passing of Lynn Oliphant was a bitter sweet, chaotic, joyous event.
I remember having the opportunity to talk with Buck about it.
There was this tension between wanting her to stay with him, but also wanting her battle with Cancer to be gone.
She knew where she was going after death, there was no worry there.
But Buck wasn’t ready for her departure.
But ready or not, the day came, and God called her home.
And I will never forget what Buck said shortly after.
“I am not thankful for what I am going through, but I give God thanks for his working in my life.”
Do you see the difference?
It is impossible to be thankful for all the cards God deals us.
But God never deals cards that are not meant for our good, with our best intentions in mind.
How is that good we ask?
I don’t know, but just because we don’t know how God uses things like this for our good doesn’t mean there isn’t a reason.
But that means, to have any hope during times of suffering and pain we have to start with the truth that God is good.
And because of this, we must give thanks, even when we are not thankful.
(Application) Jesus deserves our praise, because he is God and he is good.
And he deserves this everyday, every hour, every second of our lives.
The problem is not that the people are giving thanks for Jesus as he rides into Jerusalem, as the long awaited king.
The problem is that they don’t praise him like this everyday.
And the bigger problem is many of these people are going to praise him today, and bail on him when he goes to the cross.
But are we any different?
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