This is an event that found its way into all four gospels. Pilate's military procession was a demonstration of Roman Imperial power—imagine: - cavalry on horses. The horse, Pilate's horse, always tempts our hearts to say, "I did better than the rest of my friends.
Across the years, I have preached many a Palm Sunday sermon. Sermons on palm sunday and the donkey in the old testament. The man kept her prisoner for ten years---constantly telling her that her family didn't want her, that they didn't love her, that he was the only who truly cared for her. Many more deaths may come. As you and I carry Jesus into the lives of people, a series of events will eventually bring them to the cross of Christ and to the path of redemption.
You may not be a king or even a Sunday School teacher but God knows you by name and he has a plan for you to serve him, He has prepared in advance good works for you to do. Sermons on palm sunday and the donkey in bible. But if the tourists want to take the Bible seriously, they should insist that no money should change hands, for Jesus simply "borrowed" the burro. The attention was on the donkey and not the disciples. The text for today seems to indicate that Jesus needed the diminished donkey, not the doting disciples to fulfill that old, old prophesy. That means that he was their mentor, their spiritual advisor, their boss, their king and their Lord.
If I were going to borrow a donkey, I would borrow one that comes with unlimited mileage. Disappointment tests life, faith, hope, and even love. Greatness comes from the way you have ordered your inner man, not by how you clothe the outer man. Maybe, later, the owners put up a sign on their fence: "Jesus of Nazareth rode on this very donkey! He did not enter the city gates as a show of force. They wouldn't have been caught dead doing that. But let us be encouraged, God always prepare a way for us. Dear heavenly Father, Lord Jesus, and Holy Spirit. During this time with the global pandemic crisis, many of us may not be feeling much peace at all. Sermons on palm sunday and the donkey in hebrew. But that may not happen until a long time.
Or, are you asking, "Who is this? " We have work to do before we are reunited with our Creator. He would change not only the order of Israel. Luke 19:35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. When we are untied, we can live lives of faith and freedom. They would not have questioned Jesus very much. The Lord Needs It: Lessons From A Donkey. What difference do I make to the Lord, among all the billions on the earth? God had a plan and this donkey was selected by God to play a part in His plan. He will make certain a way is made for people to receive us as they would receive him. John 13:3-5 "Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, 4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. Or, is he weeping over us because we do not recognize the time of his coming to us?
Somehow, God has prepared the donkey for Jesus to ride on before Jesus even got there. Who even on a donkey's colt gets such a reception! Moses the Reluctant Leader. Doesn't it seem odd that Jesus would walk ninety miles from Galilee to Bethphage and only then secure a donkey for the final two miles into Jerusalem? The verbs of our lives can flow from this same Christ-mind, this same way of seeing ourselves in relationship to God and to the world. If you can use anything, Lord, you can use me. Jesus knew who he was…he didn't need any other symbol or status to proclaim it. PP1 The Donkey Ride. I tell you today this is Jesus desiring to ride into your world and change it to Anno Domini. If he could use the donkey to do it, he can use me to do it.
He is also selected... b. Humility is demanding. We Must Serve With Humility. Mi donkey es su donkey. This was familiar and somewhat friendly territory for Jesus---unlike where he was heading. But Jesus was not just a man. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.