Luke 19:28-44 Expectations
Theological Proposition/Focus: Jesus is the Messiah and offers people the choice accept or reject him.
Homiletical Proposition/Application: We need to accept Jesus as the Messiah he is not the Messiah we expect.
Contents
- 1 Introduction:
- 2 Body
- 2.1 Sovereign: Nothing catches Jesus by surprise because he is purposeful in all he does (28-34).
- 2.2 Messiah: There are two responses to Jesus (35-40)
- 2.3 God of Israel: Jesus wants his people to recognize him. (41-44)
- 3 Conclusion:
Introduction:
Image:
Need: Recognize Jesus for who he is and what he brings
Subject: Jesus, Messiah
Preview: In Luke 19:28-44 we are going to see that Jesus is the sovereign Messiah of Israel which warrants the question, what will you do with Jesus?
Text: Luke 19:28–44
Setting the Stage:
Body
Sovereign: Nothing catches Jesus by surprise because he is purposeful in all he does (28-34).
Jesus went to Jerusalem on purpose. (28-29)
Zechariah 14: The king conquers the enemies from the mount of olives
A reader of Luke might recall the prophecies of Zechariah 14 where the LORD himself fights against the enemies of Jerusalem standing on the Mount of olives. However, unlike the prophecies of Zechariah, King Jesus is coming not to deliver Jerusalem from her enemies but humanity from sin. Jesus will come again to fulfill the prophecies of Zechariah, but at this time Jesus has a far more important purpose in mind.
Jesus planned out even the small details. (30-31)
Look throughout the Gospels and what do you see Jesus doing? walking, but not here. Here Jesus makes a carefully calculated decision. In fulfillment of
Zechariah 9:9
Jesus instructs his disciples to travel to the village ahead and find a tethered colt. Horses were associated with war. According to Zech. 9:9 the dolt was associated with someone entering lowly, in the name of peace. The fact that no one else had ever ridden the colt before made it worthy of a king. Moreover, in his perfect knowledge, Jesus knew that his disciples would face questioning and encouraged them to simply respond that he (Jesus ) needed the animal.
Everything was just as Jesus had predicted (32-34)
Image: The Perfect Plan
MTR: Make this week a contemplative week.
This is Easter Week, later today many of us are going to participate in the Stations of the Cross walk. As you participate I hope you see that everything Jesus did was done with purpose. I think it is very easy for us to go through this entire week and then suddenly have Easter come upon us. My challenge to you this week is that you don't let Easter catch you by surprise but rather you carefully consider this week and walk alongside Jesus realizing that everything he did was on purpose.
