Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates the
entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his crucifixion.
John 12:12-19 describes this day.
“The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that
Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went
out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna!’ ‘Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord!’ ‘Blessed is the King of Israel!’ Jesus found a
young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, ‘Do not be afraid, O
Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming seated on a donkey’s colt.’
At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus
was glorified did they realize that these things had been written
about him and that they had done these things to him. Now the crowd
that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him
from the dead continued to spread the word. Many people, because they
had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, went out to meet
him. So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘See, this is getting us
nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!’”
The crowds who gathered had doubtlessly seen and heard Jesus in
Galilee, and they welcomed the opportunity to proclaim him as the
Messiah. They used palm branches in celebration of victory.
The people felt the power of Christ and knew his presence, but soon
after, they crucified him. Paul calls us to stand up for what we
believe in 1 Timothy 6:12-16. After we acknowledge and feel the love
of Christ, where do we go from there?
After we feel God’s presence what do we do? Paul gives us insight on
how to live out our Christian walk after being touched by the hand of
God and recognized Christ as our savior.
1 Timothy 6:12-16
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to
which you were called when you made your good confession in the
presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives life to
everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius
Pilate made the good confession,
(this confession is when Jesus tells Pilot “the reason I was born and
came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side
of truth listens to me” John 18:38)
I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his
own time- God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord
of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light,
whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever.
Amen.”
Jesus charges us to be consistent in our walk with the Lord and to
fight the GOOD fight of the FAITH. We are to always stand up for our
beliefs even if it is in the face of death or the face of someone you
love who might disagree. He charges us to make our confession of the
Lord “in the presence of MANY witnesses” not just the few who believe
the same things we do. He calls us to make the GOOD confession that
we should be proclaiming everyday: “Christ was born and came into the
world to testify to the truth.” We should proclaim his truth from the
mountain tops! We should never be ashamed, under any circumstances,
to tell anyone exactly what Jesus told Pilot: “[his] kingdom is not of
this world. If it were, [his] servants would [have] fought to prevent
[his] arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now [his] kingdom is from
another place” (John 18: 36). Do you proclaim his truth until he
comes again? Are you afraid of persecution? Are you living proof
that Christ was our Lord or do you praise him on Palm Sunday and then
turn your back on him the next?
The people felt the power of Christ and knew his presence, but soon
after, they crucified him. Paul calls us to stand up for what we
believe in 1 Timothy 6:12-16. After we acknowledge and feel the love
of Christ, where do we go from there?
After we feel God’s presence what do we do? Paul gives us insight on
how to live out our Christian walk after being touched by the hand of
God and recognized Christ as our savior.
1 Timothy 6:12-16
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to
which you were called when you made your good confession in the
presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives life to
everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius
Pilate made the good confession,
(this confession is when Jesus tells Pilot “the reason I was born and
came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side
of truth listens to me” John 18:38)
I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his
own time- God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord
of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light,
whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever.
Amen.”
Jesus charges us to be consistent in our walk with the Lord and to
fight the GOOD fight of the FAITH. We are to always stand up for our
beliefs even if it is in the face of death or the face of someone you
love who might disagree. He charges us to make our confession of the
Lord “in the presence of MANY witnesses” not just the few who believe
the same things we do. He calls us to make the GOOD confession that
we should be proclaiming everyday: “Christ was born and came into the
world to testify to the truth.” We should proclaim his truth from the
mountain tops! We should never be ashamed, under any circumstances,
to tell anyone exactly what Jesus told Pilot: “[his] kingdom is not of
this world. If it were, [his] servants would [have] fought to prevent
[his] arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now [his] kingdom is from
another place” (John 18: 36). Do you proclaim his truth until he
comes again? Are you afraid of persecution? Are you living proof
that Christ was our Lord or do you praise him on Palm Sunday and then
turn your back on him the next?
Written by a PC Junior
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