The Coming King: Humility, Peace, and Restoration

Look at verse 10, and be his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. This is a beautiful in watch this, expansion theological truth. Because remember, Israel thought they were the only nation God had his eye on. And when he promises this promise in verse ten eight, he's saying, hold on, Israel. God brought y'all out, but y'all ain't the only ones God wanna bring out. God made a way for you, but you ain't the only one God wanna make a way for. I'm trying to help you because some people come to church acting like they the only child God got. [00:53:36] (43 seconds)  #SalvationForAll

He chose a donkey because in the ancient Near East, a king's choice of transportation declared his intention. If he if the king was riding on a towering muscular horse like a white stallion, it meant he was coming for war. He was ready to shed blood. But if a king was riding on a donkey, it meant the war was over and he was coming in peace. God was telling his people, the savior of the world is not coming with a sword to strike your enemies down. [00:43:11] (38 seconds)  #KingOfPeace

But over time, the bottom of the plaster would crack and the water would no longer hold. He when he uses waterless pit here, he's saying, Israel, that's what it's like falling in love with anything other than me. It's gonna sustain you for a period of time, but you better remember everything earthly got a crack in it. You got a good marriage, it got a crack in it. You got good children, they cracked. [01:06:29] (40 seconds)  #TemporarySatisfaction

Waterless pit also means thirst. What what are you thirsting for today? Haven't you come to the end of your life that the things of this world only leave you thirstier? Yeah. Only Jesus completely, personally, eternally satisfies our earthly thirst. Now you should be honest, sir. From the pulpit to the pew, we didn't try some of everything. Look how we look on Sunday. We we look innocent because this what grace make you look like, but we know we ain't innocent. [01:12:57] (50 seconds)  #OnlyJesusSatisfies

Not to my church, not to your church, but to his church. And along this life, things can get hard and you lose your focus. Listen to me carefully. Israel, thank you holy spirit. Israel would begin to overvalue the wrong things and undervalue the right things. You're not careful, you can go to church every Sunday and have your priorities all twisted and out of place. Here, he says, listen, I'm sending a king not just to look down at you in the hole but he climbs in the hole with us and he gets us out. When I get you out, I don't want you to ever act like you brought yourself. [01:17:05] (58 seconds)  #SaviorInThePit

Oh, child of god. Notice notice his his posture seen in his character, but then his posture seen in his carrier. Notice, child of god. Look at verse nine a. Look what he chooses to ride on. Oh, you can tell how much money we make by what we drive. But he chose let let me just make it sure. He chose to downgrade so we could be upgraded. Yeah. Notice, it's right down the text. [00:42:22] (33 seconds)  #HumbleKing

No matter who you are as we get ready to stand. If you live long enough, you live long enough, life can have you feeling like you're in a waterless pit. You better remember this. God always see you. He know when there's worry in your heart. He knows when there's anxiety in your heart. He knows when trouble is in your way. He knows when depression is creeping up. He knows the grief that you carry. And god ain't just sitting up there shaking his head. Our god will get down with us and remind us that we're not by ourselves because Jesus is the same yesterday, today, forevermore [01:11:26] (77 seconds)  #GodSeesYou

Today is Palm Sunday. All over the world, believers are lifting their hands and shouting, Hosanna, Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Today marks the beginning of what the Christian faith calls holy week. But to truly appreciate the shouts of Palm Sunday, we must look at the tears of the Old Testament. Today, we look at the prophet Zechariah. Zechariah, his task was to preach to a people who desperately needed hope. It was a group of Israelites who had just returned home after seventy years of captivity in Babylon. [00:36:06] (44 seconds)  #HopeFromZechariah