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March 16
Sunday


WHAT
CHANGED?

READ:
Matthew 21:1-11
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Behold, your King is
coming to you.
__Matthew 21:5
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Jesus put a damper on His own party. On Sunday, He entered Jerusalem as the triumphant king, welcomed into the city by throngs of worshipers shouting, "Hosanna!" and honoring Him by waving palm branches. The healer of the sick and the giver of great wisdom had come, and the masses adored Him.

What went wrong that week? What changed the "Hosannas" to "Crucify Him"? It started to go bad when Jesus told the people what they didn't want to hear. Look at what He did. He threw the money changers out of the temple area (Matt. 21:12). He taught that tax collectors and prostitutes could enter the kingdom of heaven before the religious (21:31). He told the people to pay taxes (22:21). Then He pronounced a series of woes against the religious leaders: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees" (23:13-31).

But this is Jesus. The righteous One. The only perfect Man. God in the flesh. He was not in town for a propularity contest. His task was to proclaim the truth and provide salvation. and it cost Him His life.

Think about Jesus' up-and-down week in Jerusalem. Then praise Him for His perfection and His love- that took Him all the way to the cross. __Dave Branon
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```````````````Jesus, Thou are my righteousness,`````````````````
```````````````````For all my sins were thine;````````````````````
````````````Thy death hath bought of God my peace.```````````````
`````````````Thy life hath made Him mine. __Anon.````````````````
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The nail-pierced hands of Jesus
reveal the love-filled heart of God.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 21:1-11***********

1 Now when they drew near
Jerusalem, and came to
bethphage, at the Mount of
Olives, then Jesus sent two
disciples, 2 saying to them,
"Go into the village opposite
you, and imediately you
will find a donkey tied, and a
colt with her. Loose them
and bring them to Me. 3 and
if anyone says anything to
you, you shall say, 'The Lord
has need of them,' and
immediately he will send
them."

4 All this was done that it
might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet,
saying:

5 "Tell the daughter of Zion,
'Behold, your King is
coming to you, lowly, and
sitting on a donkey, a colt,
the foal of a donkey.' "

6 So the disciples went and
did as Jesus commanded
them. 7 They brought the
donkey and the colt, laid
their clothes on them, and set
Him on them. 8 and a very
great multitude spread their
clothes on the road; others
cut down branches from the
trees and spread them on the
road. 9 Then the multitudes
who went before and those
who followed cried out,
saying: "Hosanna to the Son
of David! 'Blessed is He
who comes in the name of
the LORD!' Hosanna in the
hightest!"

10 And when He had come
into Jerusalem, all the city
was moved, saying, "Who is
this?" 11 So the multitudes
said, "This is Jesus, the
prophet from Nazareth of
Galilee."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The Hebrew word translated "Hosanna" means, "Save, I pray." In the
Gospels, Jesus is hailed as Messiah by one of the words of Psalm 118:26,
"Hosanna....! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!"
(Matt. 21:9). __HDF

--Adapted from Harper's Bible Dictionary