Sermon Tone Analysis

*INTRODUCTION*

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#. *Couple weeks ago we finished up our lesson with an most UNUSUAL request*

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Somewhere along this journey, James and John's MOTHER came to Jesus

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Had a REQUEST on behalf of her two sons  

\\ *Matthew 20:21 *And he said unto her, What wilt thou?

She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

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Jesus is heading for the CROSS, all they could think of was CROWNS

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I think I would have lost my cool with these THREE right now

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But NOT Jesus –

\\ *Mark 10:38 - 40 *But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of?

and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

And they said unto him, We can.

And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but /it shall be given to them/ for whom it is prepared.

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*Next our Lord has an encounter with Bartimaeus in Jericho*

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Matt 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43 #.

Matthew tells us TWO blind men

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Mark and Luke mention only ONE

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Mark and Luke describe only the ONE that called on Jesus to HEAL him

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Jesus CROSSED the Jordan River

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Just a short distance above the Dead Sea

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They had started toward JERUSALEM by way of Jericho

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A large number of people are making this journey with Jesus

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They MEET a BLIND beggar known as Bartimaeus who was sitting by the road                                           i.

Blindness was COMMON - there was no cure - all a blind person could do was BEG.

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When Bartimaeus HEARD Jesus was passing by, he cried out /Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me /

\\ *Luke 18:38 *And he cried, saying, Jesus, /thou/ Son of David, have mercy on me.

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In spite of the ATTEMPTS of some to SILENCE the beggar, he *cried out *to Jesus.

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The people were NOT interested in a beggar.

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Jesus WAS.

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Jesus *asked *him what he WANTED.

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Without hesitation or generalization, the beggar replied that he wanted his *SIGHT*.

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His PRAYER was short, specific, and full of faith.

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LESSON for us -dare to BELIEVE God for the impossible.

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*After healing Bartimaeus, Jesus meets Zacchaeus*

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Guy was a WEALTHY tax collector                                           i.

He wanted to SEE Jesus but - he was too SHORT

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So he ran ahead of the crowd, finding a tree, climbed UP

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NOW he could see

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When Jesus walked passed the TREE, He SAW Zacchaeus

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CALLING him by NAME

\\ *Luke 19:5 *And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

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This is the ONLY case on record where the Savior invited Himself to a home.

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Zacchaeus’ attitude was a lot different from that of the rich young ruler

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Matt 19:16-22 and Luke 18:18-30 with Luke 19:6-10

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Salvation had brought a radical change in the life of the tax gatherer.

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Talked ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING

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Zacchaeus told Jesus that he intended to *give half* his *goods to the poor*.

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Up to this time, he had been gouging as much as possible from the poor.

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He also planned to make *fourfold* restitution for any money he had gained dishonestly.                                           i.

This was MORE than the law demanded  

\\ *Leviticus 6:5 *Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, /and/ give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

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Zacchaeus was NOW controlled by love - BEFORE he was controlled by greed.

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*Jesus then told the parable of a NOBLEMAN – Luke 19:11-27*

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Telling of a man going of to a FAR country but would RETURN #.

Jesus KNEW that His disciples would soon be very disappointed with the events of Calvary

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The NOBLEMAN - Jesus  

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The SERVANT - the disciples of Jesus

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The CITIZENS - the Jewish nation.

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They rejected the Nobleman,

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With that RETURN of the Nobleman comes an accounting

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Lesson for ALL of us is to USE what He has TAUGHT us to ADVANCE His KINGDOM

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That the Lord will REWARD service and faithfulness to Him

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While there are DIFFERENCES in the talents and abilities of the servants of the Lord

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There are some THINGS which they have in COMMON

1.    Privileges of SHARING the gospel

2.    Privilege of PRAYER

 

 

*NOW WE COME TO THE LAST WEEK IN BETHANY AND JERUSALEM*

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#. *Jesus arrives in BETHANY*

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Jesus frequently VISITED the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary #.

When He arrived – people were waiting from JERUSALEM 

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Jerusalem was only 2 ½ miles away

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MEMORY of the event of some six week earlier was still on their minds

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The RAISING of Lazarus from the DEAD

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They wanted to see BOTH Jesus and Lazarus                                           i.

But NOT the Chief Priests

 

*John 12:10 - 11** *But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;  Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

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*SUNDAY - Jesus’ grand entry into Jerusalem*

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#. *PROPHECY fulfilled*  

*Zechariah 9:9** *Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he /is/ just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.