“PALM SUNDAY: BLESSED IS THE KING” | Pastor John Danganan

36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. 37 As he was drawing near— already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that 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 in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”  40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” 41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you  did not know the time of your visitation.” – Luke 19:36-44 (ESV) 

1. WORSHIP CHRIST THE KING (DEITY OF JESUS) – vv. 36-41 

• WORKER – v. 37

“As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude  of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that  they had seen (v. 37) 

• KING – v. 38

“saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in  the highest!” (v. 38) 

“Of the increase of his government and of peace, there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.” (Isaiah 9:7) 

• OF CREATION – vv. 39-40 

“And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He  answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”” (v. 39-40) 

• The killing of Jesus is not the  of God’s plan but the  of it. 

2. WORSHIP CHRIST THE  KING (HUMANITY OF JESUS) – vv. 41-44 

41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you  did not know the time of your visitation.”