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Worship the King of Kings!
Luke 19:28-40
Sermon by Rick Crandall
Grayson Baptist Church - March 30, 2014
*As we focus on Palm Sunday this morning, please open your Bibles to Luke 19, thinking about worshiping the King of Kings.
My greatest goal for us today is to have true worship in our hearts for the Lord, -- sincere, heartfelt worship for the Lord Jesus Christ.
*But notice that we won't do any of the outward things the disciples did in today's Scripture.
We won't spread our clothes on the road.
We won't cut palm branches to wave and spread in the road.
We won't cry out with a loud voice, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!"
*We won't do any of those outward things, but we can worship the King just as much as they did that day.
This is great news!
And it's important to know, because we have a tendency to focus on the externals of worship.
*God's Word reminds us of this truth in John 4. There Jesus revealed Himself and His gift of eternal life to a very sinful Samaritan woman.
As soon as she realized that there was something special about Jesus, she asked the Lord about the proper place of worship.
Was it on the mountain where the Samaritans worshipped, or in Jerusalem of the Jews?
*The Samaritan woman asked this question, mainly because she was trying to take the focus off her sins, but also because we all tend to focus on the externals of worship.
But in John 4:21 Jesus said, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father."
*Aren't you glad we don't have to go to a certain mountain or city to worship the Lord?
In John 4, the Lord used my favorite word for worship.
It must also be God's favorite word for worship in the New Testament, because He used it 60 times!
That word is "proskuneo," which has the word picture of an affectionate dog licking his master's hand.
*But again, we need to understand that worship is not about the external things.
It's about what's going on in our hearts.
It's not so much about the licking.
It's about the affection.
Most any dog would lick your hand if you just got through eating a piece of bacon.
*Real worship is humbling ourselves before God, and exalting Him in our hearts.
But another wonderful aspect of our worship is the joyful, loving, affection we have for God.
He is our loving Master who takes good care of us, so we love Him too, and we are happy to be with Him!
*Worship is not about the external things.
It's about our hearts.
This is why Jesus went on to tell the Samaritan woman:
23. . .
"The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
24.
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.''
*This is great news!
We don't have to go to a mountain to worship the Lord.
We don't have to do any of the things the worshippers did on the road to Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday.
*But we can worship the King just as much as they did that day.
And we should!
Today's Scripture gives us four great reasons why we should worship the King of Kings.
1. First: Worship the Lord Jesus for His plan.
*Here in Luke 19, we see the Lord carrying out part of His plan.
Jesus was less than a week away from the cross, and our King wanted to make a very public entrance into Jerusalem.
So when they got close to the city, Jesus sent two of His disciples, to get a donkey for the Lord to ride on.
*In vs. 30-35, we see a very precise plan.
There the Lord said:
30. . .
"Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat.
Loose him and bring him here.
31.
And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you loosing him?' thus you shall say to him, 'Because the Lord has need of him.'''
32.
So those who were sent departed 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 garments on the colt, and they set Jesus on him.
*This was just a small part of the Lord's great plan, but it shows us how much care He has put into His plan for our lives.
[1] And it is a saving plan.
*Jesus went into Jerusalem knowing full well that He was very close to the cross.
He could clearly see the great agony He would go through, but Jesus was willing to do it out of His love for the Father and His love for us.
[2] The Lord has a saving plan, and it's a sure plan.
*I like what God's Word says in vs. 32: "Those who were sent departed and found it just as He had said to them."
You will always find things just as the Lord says, because the Lord has a sure plan.
[3] And it's a serving plan.
*One of the most extraordinary parts of the Lord's plan is that it involves people like me and you!
Jesus Christ has a place of service for us all.
Think about your involvement in God's great plan.
Here in vs. 30, Jesus told two of His disciples, "Go into that village over there. .
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*Jesus said "go," and they went.
Where does the Lord want you to go? Wherever that is, that's where you need to go! Jesus might send you to Canada or China.
But He's more likely to send you someplace close, like the hospital or a nursing home.
Jesus might send you across the street or across the room, but know this for sure: The Lord wants to send you.
So get ready to go.
*Go where the Lord says to go, and do what He says to do.
Jesus sent those two disciples on a holy mission, and He told them what to do.
Listen to vs. 30&31 again, this time from the New Living Translation:
30.
"Go into that village over there," he told them, "and as you enter it, you will see a colt tied there that has never been ridden.
Untie it and bring it here.
31.
If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, 'The Lord needs it.'"
*That was a most unusual request from the Lord.
It is the only time we see ever Him riding an animal.
And when you think about it, that was kind of a risky mission for the disciples.
*It was like the Lord said, "Go up to Ryan Chevrolet.
Find one of their new cars that's never been driven before.
Then crank it up and bring it back to me.
And if they ask you about it, just tell them that the Lord needs it."
*It was kind of risky, -- but they followed the Lord's command and great things happened: Old Testament prophecy about Jesus was fulfilled.
The Lord got to demonstrate His meekness.
And God was glorified.
All of this happened because two nameless disciples did what the Lord told them to do.
*Praise the Lord for letting us be a part of His plan!
And notice something else amazing in vs. 31.
Talking about that donkey, Jesus said, "Tell them the Lord NEEDS him."
*God Almighty, the maker of Heaven and Earth, creator of the whole universe and everything in it, the one who couldn't possibly need anything, had through His sovereignty and humility chosen to need that donkey.
And He has chosen to need you.
What an amazing plan!
So worship the Lord Jesus for His plan.
2. And worship the Lord for His peace.
*When the Lord entered the city in vs. 35-38, there was no question that He came in peace.
It was one of the main reasons why Jesus rode on a donkey.
*William Barclay explained: "In this situation it was obviously impossible for Jesus to speak to the crowd.
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