God Needs You

Scripture: Luke 19:28-40. John 12:12-15

Luke 19:28–30 KJV 1900

28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

Luke 19:31–33 KJV 1900

31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. 32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

Luke 19:34–36 KJV 1900

34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

Luke 19:37–38 KJV 1900

37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Luke 19:39–40 KJV 1900

39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

John 12:12–13 KJV 1900

12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

John 12:14–15 KJV 1900

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

Loose you

Luke 19:30 KJV 1900

30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

What has you tied up or preoccupied that you can not serve God? Psalm 23

To use you

Luke 19:35 KJV 1900

35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

In the days of no phone, cars,. they sent the mail {word} by horseback.

He wants you to carry the Word, the colt carried the Word,

John 1:1 NASB95

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Mark 16:15 NASB95

15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Jesus was going into Jerusalem, we have to prepare the world for a new Jerusalem.

Revelation 3:12 NASB95

12 ‘He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

Revelation 21:2 NASB95

2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

To praise Him

Luke 19:37–38 KJV 1900

37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Matthew 5:16 NASB95

16 “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

John 12:12–13 NASB95

12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”

John 12:9 NASB95

9 The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

Genesis 3:7 NASB95

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

In Genesis the first use of leaves was to hide the nakedness of sin, today there are many people in church using the palm leaves to hide their sin. They have not been in church since who knows when. The use of the leaves on palm sunday was to praise the King of kings and our Savior.

ARE YOU USING THE LEAVES TO HIDE YOUR SINS OR PRAISE YOUR SAVIOR?