Pastor Tim Goad takes us to what most bible headers entitle 'The Triumphal Entry' of CHRIST entering Jerusalem during the Passover. Here we are given a scene of many who have come declaring, 'Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest', but this was not 'the' triumphal entry that it was believed to be by the Jews. For they thought HIM to be the Messiah, the conquering warrior king, come to rescue them from their Roman oppressors. But this was far from that very thing, as we see in JESUS's own weeping over their complete lack of understanding and knowledge that these very ones would soon stop their cheers and cries of Hosanna, and thus decry, 'Crucify him, crucify him!' But here we see an application of what goes on, and has been going on, in our nation for generations- those who declare they have made a decision, profess to be one of HIS, yet never bear fruit for the kingdom and cause of CHRIST, and in themselves, show no differences from that of the world around them. |