HERE COMES THE KING - Matthew 21:1-17; Revelation 19:1-16

But there's a couple of things he doesn't know. He doesn't know a sinner he doesn't love, so he loves you. He doesn't know a sin that he doesn't hate, So he hates our sin, our rebellion. It hurts us and hurts other people. And he doesn't know of any other way than to remedy us from the sin that he hates, though the sinners that he loves, than through the gift of his son. [00:23:11] (28 seconds)  #GodLovesSinners

The king died for us. He laid down his authority for us. He submitted as our example. Surely, we can live for him. God knows of no other way to remedy the sin that he hates in our life, being the sinners that He loves, than through the gift of His Son. And He knows of no better time to remedy your situation of separation from Him than today. Today is the day of salvation. Now is the time, the Bible says. Will you surrender to the king? [00:23:39] (47 seconds)  #SurrenderToTheKing

And he came to pay the price because somebody needs to pay. Right? Somebody has got to deal with his wickedness. He dealt with it in his own son on the tree. Took the curse of sin for us, was punished for us, so that we could put our faith in him and our hearts could be broken by our own wickedness, leading us to repent. If you find yourself believing that, that's saving faith on it in your heart. [00:18:55] (26 seconds)  #HePaidThePrice

A lot of people like to throw rocks at God saying, why do you allow such wickedness in the earth? Because we're not in heaven. But when we are there, then they're going say, why doesn't he let everybody there? It's like you're trying to have your cake and eat it, sir. You want him to do something about this wickedness? He's going to. It's called a new earth. It's called heaven. [00:16:31] (22 seconds)  #NewEarthComing

Everybody is not going there. If they did, they would ruin it. You'd have vandalism, you'd have backbiting, you'd have gossip, you'd have narcissism, you'd have covenant breaking, you'd have lying, slander, jealousy, envy, all that stuff cannot enter that. It would ruin it. You'd have earth too. [00:16:08] (23 seconds)  #HeavenIsHoly

Apparently, the mama donkey was along for the ride, so maybe her presence helped Jesus exercise his authority over nature. But that thing wasn't bucking and running through the crowd, he was demonstrating his authority riding on that unbroken beast. And at his returning, he is victoriously riding on a white horse. He comes as a lowly king and he comes back he came as a lowly king and he's coming back as a victorious conqueror. [00:13:04] (29 seconds)  #HumbleToVictorious

So every act of kindness to humanity was an attack against the evils of of the dark side. The enemy that made someone sick had to deal with him making them well. The enemy that was part of sowing discord had to deal with him bringing peace. He healed bodies, but he gave commands that heal relationships. [00:17:24] (27 seconds)  #KindnessFightsDarkness

When predestination is about being conformed to the image of God's son. No more shortcuts. Be informed. That's why all things work together for good to those who love God. That good isn't things going your way, the good is things going his way and you'll like it. You may not like the process but at the destination, you're going to like being more like him. [00:19:43] (24 seconds)  #ConformedToChrist