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Our sermon will be in Luke 19:28-40

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The Rocks of Jerusalem

Do you ever feel unworthy?

Unequipped?

Ineffective?

Yeah, we all do at times.

In 1 Kings 18, we hear the story when Elijah went to Mount Carmel to meet the prophets of Baal.

The prophets of Baal prayed and prayed, cut themselves, but no fire came from Heaven.

Elijah set up his offering, poured water on the offering, and prayed a simple prayer and fire came down so fast and intense that it dried up all the water he had poured on it.

It was a great victory for the Lord and his true people.

The story doesn’t end there.

Elijah prays again and it rains.

There had been no rain for 3 years.

Afterward, Elijah is so depressed after running from Jezebel, that he wants to die.

Why would this great man of God be so depressed after suck a wonderful victory?

The answer is that he felt alone.

Do you feel that way sometimes?

Do you feel alone?

Like we don’t have anyone that wants to help.

Like no one else cares or wants to help.

I do.

Today, we are going to talk about one of the high points of Jesus’ ministry and how in just a few days, everyone, including his closest disciples, abandoned him.

Luke 19:28–44 NKJV

28 When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. 31 And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ” 32 So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. 33 But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?” 34 And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” 35 Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. 36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road. 37 Then, as He was now drawing near 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 they had seen, 38 saying: “ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” 40 But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” 41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

What have the Rocks seen?

I have always wanted to go to Jerusalem.

They have seen Abraham.

They have seen Melchizedek.

They have seen Caleb.

They saw David conquer Jerusalem.

They saw him build up the city.

They saw Solomon in all his glory.

They saw Solomon build the Temple.

They were used as a wall in Nehemiah’s time,

They saw Jesus teaching in the Temple

They saw the miracles of Jesus.

They saw his riding on a donkey.

They would see him causing a tree to be withered.

They would see him crucified.

They would see him Resurrected.

What can the Rocks do?

Whatever God tells them to do.

If God can talk through a burning bush,

If God can have a donkey speak,

If God can have the children of Israel cross the Red Sea,

If God can keep Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego safe,

If God can keep Daniel safe in the Lion’s Den,

If God can bring the Jews back to their home,

If God can have a virgin conceive,

People get hung up on the strangest things.

Listen, If God made everything, then he can do anything.

He can make the rocks talk.

It’s not that hard to understand or believe.

What does that mean?

He can speak through us.

2 Peter 1:21 NKJV

21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

They were regular men that God used for his glory.

What are We doing?

Do you get what I’m saying?

We try to say that we just don’t know what we are doing.

We may not, but God can work through us even if we don’t know what we’re doing.

I don’t think you understand.

Here’s what I’m saying: God can work through us in spite of us.

We are to study and train

2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV

15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But that doesn’t give us an excuse for not telling the world.

God uses the process too.

It doesn’t matter if you have 20 types of evangelism tools at your disposal or if you don’t have any.

I want to be clear here.

God can use a non-believer to communicate the gospel as well.

I’ve shared this before, but the weekend before I was saved, a non-christian said something that would shake me to my core.

That person wasn’t a Christian and still isn’t to this day.

God used him in spite of himself.

Let’s get to the bottom of this.

Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem.

He tells them that the stones around him would cry out if others weren’t.

He then says that judgement is coming and that the stones of the temple would join those stones around him.

You see what he did there?

Listen, there is a judgment coming.

We need to be ready.

We need to tell others to be ready.

Let’s shout, let’s be the herald. That Jesus is came to save the world.

Are you ready?

Let’s go.