Palm Sunday - Who Is This King Coming to Town?
Marvin Patterson
Luke 19:28-44
One Easter Sunday morning as the pastor was preaching a children's sermon, he reached into his bag of props and pulled out an egg. He pointed at the egg and asked the children, ''What's in here?'' ''I know, I know!'' a little boy exclaimed, ''pantyhose!''
It was Palm Sunday but because of a sore throat, 5-year-old Johnny stayed home from church with a sitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Johnny asked them what they were for. ''People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by,'' his father told him. 'Wouldn't you know it,'' Johnny fumed, ''the one Sunday I don't go and he shows up.''
Introduction
In 1882, Mark Twain's, The Prince and the Pauper, was published. It's a classic story of mistaken identity. A prince and a beggar meet by chance, discover they look like twins, and decide to trade places. Part of the storyline is that everybody thought the beggar was a King and the King was a beggar. The whole nation had a case of mistaken identity. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Dr. Luke wrote about another case of mistaken identity. A royal King had made Himself of no reputation, taking on a veil of flesh and a robe of humanity, ''He came unto His own and His own did not receive Him.'' Like Prince Edward out of Twain's novel, Jesus is not truly recognized. Even though they shout and hail Him as King, even though they give Him the royal treatment...even though they wave their palm branches and laud Him as Lord, Jesus knows they are woefully mistaken about His true identity.
Welcome all to our celebration of a King today! We are one week out from Easter, and this would have been the Sunday that he rode into Jerusalem and presented Himself as their King! What an exciting time this would have been, for Israel has been waiting for the promised Messiah now for the past one thousand years plus and now the big day has arrived! The streets of the C ...
Marvin Patterson
Luke 19:28-44
One Easter Sunday morning as the pastor was preaching a children's sermon, he reached into his bag of props and pulled out an egg. He pointed at the egg and asked the children, ''What's in here?'' ''I know, I know!'' a little boy exclaimed, ''pantyhose!''
It was Palm Sunday but because of a sore throat, 5-year-old Johnny stayed home from church with a sitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Johnny asked them what they were for. ''People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by,'' his father told him. 'Wouldn't you know it,'' Johnny fumed, ''the one Sunday I don't go and he shows up.''
Introduction
In 1882, Mark Twain's, The Prince and the Pauper, was published. It's a classic story of mistaken identity. A prince and a beggar meet by chance, discover they look like twins, and decide to trade places. Part of the storyline is that everybody thought the beggar was a King and the King was a beggar. The whole nation had a case of mistaken identity. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Dr. Luke wrote about another case of mistaken identity. A royal King had made Himself of no reputation, taking on a veil of flesh and a robe of humanity, ''He came unto His own and His own did not receive Him.'' Like Prince Edward out of Twain's novel, Jesus is not truly recognized. Even though they shout and hail Him as King, even though they give Him the royal treatment...even though they wave their palm branches and laud Him as Lord, Jesus knows they are woefully mistaken about His true identity.
Welcome all to our celebration of a King today! We are one week out from Easter, and this would have been the Sunday that he rode into Jerusalem and presented Himself as their King! What an exciting time this would have been, for Israel has been waiting for the promised Messiah now for the past one thousand years plus and now the big day has arrived! The streets of the C ...
There are 23400 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
