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Luke 19:37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
Luke 19:38 saying: “‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:39 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher,
rebuke Your disciples.”
Luke 19:40 But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep
silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
The word “enthusiasm” comes from the Greek word “entheos” Theos meaning
“God” and “en” meaning “in” which combined means the God within.
It meant “possessed by a god, inspired.”
It was originally used in a derogatory sense to describe excessive religious zeal.
Now the happiest, most interesting people are those who have found the secret
of maintaining their enthusiasm for the presence of Jesus within.
Psalm 100:1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
Psalm 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with
singing.
Psalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Now in the crowd that day, we have the typical categories of people gathered.
We have the true followers of Jesus, we have the false followers of Jesus, and
we have the complete rejectors of Jesus.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
I. HAIL, THE CONQUERING HERO!
Luke 19:37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding
on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Psalm 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Luke 19:38 saying: “‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Matthew 15:7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
Matthew 15:8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me
with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
II. HERE COME THE CENSORS.
Luke 19:39 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher,
rebuke Your disciples.”
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled
with the Spirit;
Ephesians 5:18 (PHILLIPS) Don’t get your stimulus from wine (for there is always
the danger of excessive drinking), but let the Spirit stimulate your souls.
Ephesians 5:18 (TLB) Don’t drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that
path; be filled instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by him.
2 Samuel 6:14 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and
David was wearing a linen ephod.
2 Samuel 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord
with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
2 Samuel 6:16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal,
Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and
whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Samuel 6:21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me
instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people
of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord.
2 Samuel 6:22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be
humble in my own sight …”
2 Samuel 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day
of her death.
III. LET HEAVEN AND NATURE SING.
Luke 19:40 But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep
silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Creation praises God by simply being itself.
Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God …”
Before the rocks cry out
I just have to praise Him
Just have to thank Him
For all that He’s done
Before all nature rises up to shout
Just have to thank Him
For all He’s done for me.
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth
pangs together until now.
Psalm 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar,
and all its fullness;
Psalm 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the
woods will rejoice before the Lord.
Psalm 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together before
the Lord,
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and
the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
Isaiah 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing.
Isaiah 55:12 “… The mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before
you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let Earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns
Let all their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Karl Barth wrote, “When man accepts again his destiny in Jesus Christ–he is only
like a late-comer slipping shamefacedly into creation’s choir in heaven and earth,
which has never ceased its praise”.
IV. WHY DID JESUS CRY?
Luke 19:41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,
1. Jesus wept because they had missed their opportunity.
Luke 19:42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the
things that make for your peace! …”
Jeremiah 9:1 Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
Jeremiah 8:20 “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!”
2 Corinthians 6:2 “…Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day
of salvation.
2. Jesus wept because of their spiritual blindness.
Luke 19:42 “… But now they are hidden from your eyes.
It’s hidden from your eyes now.
You would not believe, and now you cannot believe
There was a time for you to see and believe, now it’s not possible.
3. Jesus wept because He knows what’s coming.
Luke 19:43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an
around you, surround you and close you in on every side,
Luke 19:44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they
will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the
time of your visitation.”
There is a line by us not seen;
Which crosses every path.
It is the hidden boundry,
Between God’s mercy and God’s wrath.
