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Do My White Socks Offend You Pt. 1

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Do My White Socks

I had the privilege of preaching the Palm Sunday Message at Cornerstone Church in Winchendon MA last weekend. Below you will find part 1 of the Transcript of the sermon. To see a video of the whole service you can CLICK HERE.

DO MY WHITE SOCKS OFFEND YOU?

Last Sunday was Palm Sunday. That is the day the Christian Church celebrates one of the most controversial moves Jesus made in his entire ministry, the triumphal Entry into the city of Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. The triumphal entry was bigger than Jesus healing people on Saturdays (for which he almost got stoned). It was bigger than rebuking the Pharisees and Saducees together ( that would be like taking on both the Democrats and Republicans in Congress and telling them they all smoke crack). It was more important than Jesus feeding 5,000 people with two loaves of bread and a few small fish or his walking on water. It was even bigger than His raising of Lazarus from the dead. This one act was more important than the sermon on the Mount, or His teaching about the last days of mankind. This one act was Jesus line in the sand moment where He made a stand about who and what He was.

By this act, He was stating to all the Jews and by extension all the world, “ I am not just a teacher. I am not just a prophet. I am not just a healer. I am the Messiah, the Savior of mankind. I am the One promised to Eve at the beginning of time, the One who has come to crush the serpent, the Devil, the ancient enemy of God and all mankind. I am the One promised to Moses. I am the Son of David the One destined to sit on the throne of the world forever and set all things right. I am the One promised to all the prophets that was coming to take away the sin of the world and bring light to all mankind.”

Oh, Jesus  said that He was the Messiah to small groups of people throughout the course of His three year ministry, but never had He given the nation and the whole world a clear cut sign that He was laying claim the throne of David. That is until this day.

Let’s read it in the Scripture

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5 “Say to Daughter Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a]

6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,

“Hosanna[b] to the Son of David!”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[c]

“Hosanna[d] in the highest heaven!”

10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Matthew 21:1-11

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Mid Afternoon Meditation 4-16-19

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Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.
9 Help us, God our Savior,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
    for your name’s sake.
10 Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”

Before our eyes, make known among the nations
    that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
    will praise you forever;
from generation to generation
    we will proclaim your praise. Psalm 79:8-13

Do you think there are things from generations past in your family which affect your life today?

Morning Direction From Scripture 4-15-19

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O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
    they have defiled your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
3 They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn and derision to those around us.

5 How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations
    that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;
7 for they have devoured Jacob
    and devastated his homeland. Psalm 79: 1-7

Explain what makes God jealous.

Morning Direction From Scripture 4-12-19

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O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
    they have defiled your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
3 They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn and derision to those around us.

5 How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations
    that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;
7 for they have devoured Jacob
    and devastated his homeland. PSalm 79: 1-7

How long does God’s anger last?

Morning Direction from Scripture 4-11-19

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But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 They angered him with their high places;
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59 When God heard them, he was furious;
    he rejected Israel completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
    the tent he had set up among humans.
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;
    he was furious with his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;
64 their priests were put to the sword,
    and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep he brought him
    to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
    with skillful hands he led them. Psalm 78:56-72

What is behind God’s choosing a man?