1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,740 At this time, join me in the book of Luke chapter 19. 2 00:00:03,740 --> 00:00:06,100 Last Sunday we began a series called 3 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:08,080 The Road to Resurrection, 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,640 looking at different points in Jesus' road 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,680 in the final moments and hours of his life, 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,820 his earthly ministry, 7 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:21,260 from where he set his face to Jerusalem 8 00:00:21,260 --> 00:00:25,860 to Calvary and then to the tomb, his resurrection. 9 00:00:25,860 --> 00:00:32,760 And I want us to focus in on this verse, verse 35 of Luke chapter 19. 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:33,600 Amen. 11 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:39,200 Last Sunday, if you weren't here, you could catch the broadcasts on YouTube 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,040 or our podcast Spotify, Apple, 13 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,680 so you can catch up to where we're at in this series, 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,120 talked about Jesus setting his face to Jerusalem, 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,180 and now we come to another pivotal point. 16 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:54,960 It says this in verse 35. 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,280 Then they brought him to Jesus, 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,120 and they threw their clothes on the cold, 19 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,560 and they set Jesus on him. 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:10,140 And as they went, many spread their clothes on the road. 21 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:15,840 Then, as he was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,040 the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice 23 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:24,380 and praise God with a loud voice. 24 00:01:24,380 --> 00:01:28,120 Someone say a loud voice. 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,420 For all the mighty works they had seen, 26 00:01:31,420 --> 00:01:32,220 saying, 27 00:01:32,220 --> 00:01:39,460 Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord, 28 00:01:39,460 --> 00:01:43,960 peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 29 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:48,040 And some of the Pharisees called to him from the crowd, 30 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,780 teacher, rebuke your disciples. 31 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:54,120 But he answered and said to them, 32 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,820 I tell you that if these should keep silent, 33 00:01:58,820 --> 00:02:03,660 the stones would immediately cry out. 34 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:04,960 Today with God's help, 35 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,760 I'm going to preach on this title, 36 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,020 All Hail King Jesus. 37 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:15,600 All Hail King Jesus. 38 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,200 Amen. 39 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,200 I got a little sick during the week. 40 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,240 I'm feeling about 90% better right now. 41 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,840 My voice is not where I want it to be. 42 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,740 So I'm going to need your help. 43 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:26,240 How many of you are going to preach with me here today? 44 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,440 I need some loud, amen, today, 45 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,880 because I need to know not only you're receiving it, amen, 46 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,540 but so that we can make some progress. 47 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:34,840 I need some help. Amen. 48 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:35,680 Let's pray today. 49 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:41,160 Father, I thank you for what you are doing in our midst this afternoon. 50 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,420 You have come to visit us in a special way. 51 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:47,400 You were waiting for us before we got here. 52 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,300 And now Lord, after the praises have gone up 53 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:53,640 and after Lord, the songs have been sung, 54 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,800 God, we have greeted one another. 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,100 We are ready to hear your word. 56 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:02,080 Anoint our hearing, our understanding to receive your word 57 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,020 and give us clarity and give us power today. 58 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:09,280 And anoint God, my lips of clay. 59 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,460 Lord, put your word in my mouth 60 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:14,220 that I would declare it boldly and powerfully 61 00:03:14,220 --> 00:03:16,520 in the name of Jesus. 62 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,160 Can everyone say amen? 63 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,400 Say all hail, King Jesus. 64 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,560 You may be seated. 65 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,200 The next pivotal juncture in Jesus' road to the resurrection 66 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:34,040 was a processional known as the triumphal entry, 67 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,780 commencing on the Mount of Olives, 68 00:03:36,780 --> 00:03:41,280 crossing down through the Kidron Valley 69 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:48,920 and concluding at the eastern gates of the old city of Jerusalem. 70 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,320 This colorful scene recorded in all four gospels 71 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:58,840 describes his formal arrival in the city 72 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:04,240 and at the same time radiates with cultural and prophetic 73 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,840 symbolism and significance. 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,760 It also kicked off a momentous week, 75 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,220 which coincided with the plot to falsely incriminate 76 00:04:16,220 --> 00:04:20,800 and sentence Jesus to death, largely because he 77 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,120 claimed to be the Son of God. 78 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,480 And indeed, Jesus was the Son of God, the Messiah, 79 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,040 the King of Kings. 80 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,800 However, unlike the processionals of most kings and queens, 81 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,920 with all their pomp and circumstance, 82 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,400 the entry of Christ, while lovely and beautiful, 83 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:50,120 was a low-key affair by comparison. 84 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,400 Nevertheless, the streets were packed with people. 85 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:00,200 The air was electric with excitement for the Messiah 86 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,840 to come and take his rightful place as savior. 87 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:08,280 There was no confetti, no cardboard signs, 88 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:13,840 but the people were ready to usher in the presence of Christ 89 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:15,320 in that very moment. 90 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,480 They were with bated breath, with anticipation 91 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,000 on the edges of their seat, on their tiptoes, 92 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,520 with expectation for the coming Messiah 93 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,440 to do what he came to do. 94 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,040 And in this moment, we see some interesting things 95 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,680 come to light, things that on the outside 96 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,480 don't appear very significant, in fact, 97 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,800 seem to almost downplay what is happening. 98 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,200 But if we would lift the veil and go beneath the surface 99 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,920 of the text that we're reading today, 100 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,680 we will find both some theological and some metaphorical 101 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,120 gems for us. 102 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,280 And the first begins with the unusual mode 103 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,520 of transportation that Jesus chose. 104 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,240 According to Luke chapter 19 and verse 30, 105 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,920 it says that Jesus instructed two of his disciples 106 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:16,560 to go ahead of him and to lose a young donkey in order 107 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,680 for him to ride into Jerusalem. 108 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,000 Now, when you consider the moment, 109 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,600 when you consider what is taking place, 110 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,240 that this is the formal arrival of the King of Kings, 111 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,840 of the Lord of Glory, a donkey doesn't at first 112 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:39,320 seem like the appropriate mode of transportation. 113 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:45,120 A donkey doesn't seem to fit the acation 114 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:51,360 until you understand the cultural and the spiritual context. 115 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:57,240 In ancient times, when a king came to make war against the nation, 116 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,600 he would come riding in on a horse. 117 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,680 But if he came on a mission of peace, 118 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,720 he would ride on a donkey. 119 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,400 We know that one day, Jesus will indeed 120 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:17,400 ride on a white horse to make war against the nations. 121 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,920 We know this is going to happen. 122 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,040 But for the time being, and for now, 123 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,200 his presence still arrives on a donkey, 124 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:32,200 which says something about the unusual ways that God shows up. 125 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,560 When we look at this scene in the text, this momentous occasion, 126 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:42,080 and Jesus selecting a donkey to be his mode of transportation 127 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,680 communicates a lot of things to us. 128 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,600 But one of the things it does is it conveys this idea 129 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,680 about God showing up in our lives in the most unconventional, 130 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,320 seemingly unattractive ways. 131 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,160 When we want God to show up in our lives to flex his power, 132 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,000 to reveal his royalty, we want him to come often 133 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,880 riding on that white horse. 134 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,200 We want him to show up with the armies of heaven. 135 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,800 We want him to come with like a night shining armor, 136 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,640 like someone ready to do battle. 137 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:22,040 And certainly, God has all the power and all of heaven 138 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:23,640 at his disposal. 139 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,840 But many times, I have noticed, not only in the text today, 140 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,320 but in my personal life, that when I want God to show up 141 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,640 and when I need him, he shows up in the form 142 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,080 like we see here in this text. 143 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,880 He shows up in unassuming ways. 144 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,560 He shows up in ways that maybe we're not expecting. 145 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:45,040 We want the lights to shine bright. 146 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,440 We want the heavens to part and angels to descend. 147 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,920 And for us to have all sorts of goosebumps running down, 148 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,360 we want our back to give us the sign that God is with us. 149 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,680 But many times, it's through the most unassuming 150 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:03,000 and the most unattractive and the most un-unjust ways 151 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,840 that you would not imagine that God will show up. 152 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:10,160 We think God's going to show up at the end of a great, 153 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,920 at the end of a great revival service, 154 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,200 or when our favorite preacher comes in town, 155 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,320 or when we hear our favorite song. 156 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,600 But can I tell you that sometimes God just 157 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,120 shows up when you get in your car on your way 158 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,360 to work on Monday morning and there's nobody else there, 159 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,520 and you just begin to feel something come upon you, 160 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,360 letting you know that God is with you. 161 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,840 Can somebody say amen? 162 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,360 Sometimes he shows up on a donkey. 163 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,160 And it's when those moments where it's not so glorious, 164 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:46,320 that it's not so grand or, and it's not so out of this world, 165 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,920 it's just in those donkey kind of moments. 166 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,920 People think that donkeys are dumb animals when actually 167 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,520 they are intelligent creatures. 168 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,440 As we read in other places, donkeys are not only intelligent. 169 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,000 Do you know that donkeys are spiritually sensitive? 170 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,720 Remember the story of Balaam's donkey? 171 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,520 And how the donkey was able to see the angel 172 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,600 and had enough discernment to turn aside. 173 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:20,040 The donkey was more spiritually discerning than Balaam. 174 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:24,600 The donkey was completely sensitive to God 175 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,800 and responsive to the presence of God. 176 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,320 And it's the same case here in this text 177 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,000 where the donkey seems to be more sensitive and responsive 178 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,600 to the presence of Christ than some of those naysayers 179 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,120 and critics would be who criticize all that was happening. 180 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,960 Dare I say today that we have to become like this donkey? 181 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,680 Dare I say today that we have to become more sensitive 182 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:51,880 and responsive to his spirit? 183 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,280 Otherwise, we can miss our moment of destiny with God. 184 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,360 We can miss our moment of life transformation. 185 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,800 We can miss, I want to preach you today. 186 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,680 Come on, y'all said you were going to help me. 187 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:05,320 I need some help right now. 188 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,480 Otherwise, we can miss our moment of miracle. 189 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,120 We can miss our healing. 190 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,400 We can miss our blessing because we're 191 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,920 expecting God to do something way up in the cloud. 192 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,360 And God has said, no, you need to be sensitive and responsive 193 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,120 because right now I'm riding in on a donkey. 194 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,080 It may not look like much. 195 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,000 You look around you. 196 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,720 It may not look like much. 197 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,080 You drove into the carcass lot today 198 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,040 and maybe it didn't look like much. 199 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,760 You came into the service today and maybe it didn't seem like much. 200 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,040 But I got news for you today if you will be sensitive, 201 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,960 if you will be responsive. 202 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,960 You might just get everything that you need from God. 203 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,600 You might just have a holy ghost encounter with God 204 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,920 that will revolutionize your life. 205 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,640 Somebody ought to give the Lord some praise today. 206 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,480 Come on and clap your hands. 207 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:56,960 Come on and shout, hallelujah. 208 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,240 Woo, my Lord, some of my greatest times in the presence 209 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,240 of God were not in big services. 210 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,240 For thousands of people roaring, it's been in a little prayer 211 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,040 meeting with just a few people. 212 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,840 It's been in those moments where it's all by myself. 213 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,760 I've had my most powerful moments in the presence of God 214 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,280 when it's just me in my prayer closet with the Lord. 215 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,920 It's in those moments. 216 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,680 I call them donkey moments. 217 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:32,080 Because you're like, really, can God move here? 218 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,600 I've preached in some places where you walk in and say, 219 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,160 oh, boy, I'm in trouble. 220 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,400 It doesn't look like anything's going to happen. 221 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,560 They're not singing in the right note. 222 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:44,760 Their guitar only has one string. 223 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:45,920 Everything's out of tune. 224 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,560 You're like, Lord, help us. 225 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:49,320 And you know that it's in those moments sometimes. 226 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,600 I'm going to be honest with you. 227 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,480 I've had some of the greatest miracles 228 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,560 and the greatest experiences with God. 229 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,880 Because sometimes I'm going to help somebody. 230 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,200 We've put too much confidence and faith in the technology 231 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,640 and everything being just accurate and pinpoint precision. 232 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,080 Can I tell you that even if the lights turn down 233 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:11,120 and nothing works, we can still have church, brother? 234 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,520 I need somebody to help me today. 235 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,120 I said, we can still have church. 236 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,160 We can still have church. 237 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,160 We can still have revival. 238 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,640 We can still lift up our hands. 239 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,680 Somebody give God about 30 seconds of praise right now. 240 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:28,680 Come on. 241 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:38,720 I want to let the devil know that I don't need that stuff 242 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,720 to worship my God. 243 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,960 Hey, it's nice to have these things, 244 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,800 but don't you ever forget that if we just worship him 245 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,640 with a banjo with one string, we'll have revival, brother. 246 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,000 It doesn't matter. 247 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,120 Amen. 248 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,520 And I'm not trying to downplay what we have. 249 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,880 We are so blessed. 250 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,160 Oh, my gosh, we're blessed. 251 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,920 But let's never forget what it's all about. 252 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,400 It's those low-key moments with God. 253 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,880 And here comes this donkey. 254 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,760 And here what begins to happen when they were sensitive. 255 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,520 The first thing they did is my first point here 256 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,680 is we need to do what the disciples did. 257 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:21,360 Is make him a seat to dwell. 258 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,400 Someone say, dwell. 259 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,560 We got to make him a seat to dwell. 260 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:30,560 The Bible says in verse 35, now they brought him to Jesus, 261 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,040 and they threw their clothes on top of the colt or the donkey, 262 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,200 and they set Jesus on him. 263 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,960 Now, I don't know if anybody here 264 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,800 has any horseback riding experience. 265 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,680 I've tried it a couple of times, and I've decided I'm not 266 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:46,180 a cowboy. 267 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:50,960 I'm not a cowboy. 268 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:52,240 Hallelujah. 269 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,960 You know, do I got anybody else here with me on that one? 270 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,440 I'm not a cowboy. 271 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,920 And I could tell you that even with a saddle, it's hard. 272 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,720 Even with a saddle, it's difficult. 273 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,760 And this was here was a donkey that the Bible said 274 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:07,920 had never been ridden. 275 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,440 It was unbroken. 276 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,240 And they brought this animal that had never been ridden. 277 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,000 And so it's just new to all of this. 278 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,880 And yet it was sensitive. 279 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,720 I could talk more about that right there. 280 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,240 Because some of us, the more accustomed we get to it, 281 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,920 we start to dull our sensitivity. 282 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,240 Woo, hallelujah. 283 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,360 But there's something about being new to things. 284 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,480 Everything is just so colorful and vibrant and powerful. 285 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,800 And so here is this donkey. 286 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:36,960 Everything's new to him. 287 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,480 And then what they begin to do is 288 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,520 the disciples realize that Jesus is going to ride this donkey 289 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,640 into Jerusalem. 290 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,560 And they were thinking, we have to make this donkey as 291 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,920 comfortable as possible so that the Lord Jesus Christ can 292 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,560 sit upon it and ride his way in. 293 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,560 And so promptly, they started to remove their garments 294 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,960 and started to make this makeshift saddle so that Jesus 295 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,520 can sit on it. 296 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,920 It was all about making Jesus more comfortable. 297 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,680 It wasn't that Jesus wasn't going to ride the donkey. 298 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,040 It was not because this was prophesied. 299 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,360 It was going to happen. 300 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,280 But it was all about how could we make the presence of Jesus 301 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,080 more comfortable right here. 302 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,800 And so this was the goal. 303 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,240 Can I tell you what the goal of praise is today? 304 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,600 Someone say, go ahead. 305 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:29,240 The goal of praise is to give Christ a seat in our midst. 306 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:34,280 The goal of praise is for Christ to be seated in our midst. 307 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:38,400 We often quote the words of Psalm 22 in verse 3, which states, 308 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,720 you are wholly enthroned in the praises of Israel. 309 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,880 You may be familiar with the King James version that says, 310 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,440 he inhabits the praises of his people 311 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,480 or the praises of Israel. 312 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,080 What this verse is saying is literally, 313 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,400 go back to the last one, what the verse is saying literally 314 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,240 is that God sits. 315 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,680 He's enthroned. 316 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,480 He sits down. 317 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:09,440 Think of a throne, a chair, the chair of royalty. 318 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:14,080 He sits down on the praises of Israel. 319 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,160 And the Japanese have a wonderful way 320 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,040 of translating this verse, recalling 321 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,560 how their emperor was once carried on a throne 322 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,320 around the people. 323 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,080 And those would stop when they would see the emperor, 324 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,920 would stop and bow down before him. 325 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,840 And their translation, now you can put it up, says this. 326 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:39,040 When we praise God, we create a seat. 327 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,840 And he comes down and sits in it. 328 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,160 When we really begin to praise God with all of our hearts 329 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,920 and all of our soul, we create habitation. 330 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,840 We make this place comfortable for him 331 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,840 to come on in here and sit down in our midst. 332 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,280 How many of you want Jesus to come in our midst, 333 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,040 kick off his shoes and stay awhile? 334 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,920 Come on now, somebody. 335 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,120 How many of you want, hallelujah, 336 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:10,040 you want Jesus to come into our midst and get comfortable? 337 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,240 Let me tell you what the whole point of this is. 338 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,760 Praise is not about making us comfortable. 339 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,920 It's about making God comfortable. 340 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:23,800 Praise, come on, is about making God comfortable and not us. 341 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:28,360 So everything that we do in the praising in our church, 342 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,480 it's not to make you feel good, it's to make him feel good. 343 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:38,320 Oh, I wish I had some help here today. 344 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,080 It's not about singing your favorite song. 345 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,560 It's not about doing what you like. 346 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,880 It's about doing whatever's gonna draw 347 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,000 the presence of God into our midst 348 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,960 because I want God to dwell. 349 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,360 Someone shout, hallelujah. 350 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:59,080 Come on, shout, hallelujah. 351 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:00,760 I want God to dwell. 352 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,280 But the problem is that some of us are too comfortable. 353 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,760 And as a result, the Holy Ghost has nowhere to sit. 354 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,360 You know why? 355 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:15,080 Because the throne is not a two-seater, my friend. 356 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,400 The throne is a one-seater. 357 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:21,240 And either he's gonna sit on it or you're gonna sit on it. 358 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,080 And people sometimes they get a bad attitude. 359 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:23,960 They get all sour. 360 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,040 They get all out of shape because we're not 361 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,920 making you feel comfortable. 362 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,760 Hey, we come into this place to make him feel comfortable. 363 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:37,000 Because if we don't get him here, then all of this is for not. 364 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,200 It's just one big religious show. 365 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,760 It's one big spectacle. 366 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,600 But I don't want religion. 367 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,520 I want him. 368 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,880 I don't just want to have church. 369 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,400 I want God to be in the midst. 370 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:51,920 And so everything I do. 371 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,680 You know, I was taught, maybe like many of you, 372 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,840 growing up when you're sitting down. 373 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,600 And let's say you're having dinner 374 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,720 or you're all gathered in a family room somewhere. 375 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,920 And someone, elderly or more important, maybe a dignitary, 376 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,720 someone respected, walks into the room and there's no seats. 377 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,240 What were some of us taught to do when that happens? 378 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,840 Get up, right? 379 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,200 When someone important, maybe your grandma or your mother, 380 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,200 they walk into the room. 381 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,120 You don't just say, how rude would it 382 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:24,960 be for you to sit there too gumby? 383 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,800 Like, I don't know. 384 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,920 Looks like all the seats are taken. 385 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,360 That would be so disrespectful, at least 386 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,120 where I come from that would be. 387 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:39,560 I think true politeness, true manners, true decency would 388 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:40,600 be for you. 389 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,400 Here you go. 390 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,640 Sit down, have my chair, right? 391 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,240 And it's awesome when you see that. 392 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,000 I've seen it and I've been there many times. 393 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,960 Someone important comes in, you get up, give them your seat, 394 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:50,560 right? 395 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,000 And many times, this is what God is doing. 396 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:58,520 He comes into our midst, but sometimes we're just sitting there. 397 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,520 We want God to pull us up out of our seats. 398 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,360 No, he's a perfect gentleman. 399 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:06,040 But if somebody here would be willing to get up out 400 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:07,800 of their seat. 401 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,120 Oh my God. 402 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:10,760 If somebody would say, you know what? 403 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,080 It's not about me. 404 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,760 It's not about how I feel. 405 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,640 It's not about what moon I'm in. 406 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,800 It's about the presence of God. 407 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,840 And I want to make him comfortable. 408 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,480 Amen, somebody. 409 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:23,980 Amen. 410 00:21:23,980 --> 00:21:26,640 How many of you believe what I'm saying here today? 411 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,640 We got to make him comfortable, not me, not you. 412 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,400 So I need to get up so that God can sit down. 413 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,360 And I want God to sit on my praise. 414 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:40,360 I want God to make his presence known. 415 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,240 And as the Holy Ghost begins to move, 416 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,280 and as things begin to happen, when we praise God, 417 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,680 then we can do what the people did next. 418 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,480 After they made a seat for Jesus to sit on the donkey, 419 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,120 the next thing we see happen in the text 420 00:21:56,120 --> 00:22:02,440 is that they begin to lay things down for him to move. 421 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:03,240 Lay things down. 422 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,120 Someone say, lay it down. 423 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:09,480 Lay things down for him to move. 424 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,800 So now that we've talked about praise, 425 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,520 let me go deeper and talk about worship. 426 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,800 Because while the Lord, you can't get to worship 427 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,680 until you first get through praise. 428 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,240 I will enter his gates with thanksgiving, 429 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,400 into his courts with praise. 430 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,880 And then to the glory of God, to the presence of God, 431 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,040 through worship and sacrifice. 432 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,800 So praise gets us to this point. 433 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:35,560 Amen. 434 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:36,240 Hallelujah. 435 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,040 You can't be a worship. 436 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,440 I just feel like saying it again. 437 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,280 You can't be a worshipper until you're a praiser. 438 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:41,800 All right. 439 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:42,480 Amen. 440 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,360 But if you're a praiser, we move to this next point. 441 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,640 And now the Lord Jesus Christ is sitting 442 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,240 on a saddle of praise. 443 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,160 He's sitting on a seat that they have made for him. 444 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,840 And now he begins to move along this road 445 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,120 that the disciples and the others made from. 446 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,760 After they made a seat, look at verse 36. 447 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:07,160 As he went, many spread their clothes on the road. 448 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,840 In ancient times, spreading garments on the road 449 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:15,000 was considered an act of homage to a king, 450 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:20,680 similar to what we call rolling out the red carpet. 451 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,560 You may have seen a gala or an award ceremony 452 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,560 or where there's dignitaries. 453 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:31,960 They roll out a red carpet for these VIP, very important people, 454 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,520 to walk down. 455 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,640 Or when a king is being coronated, 456 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,920 there is this special carpet that they don't just 457 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,440 walk on the ground like everybody else. 458 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,600 They have a special walkway that they take. 459 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,880 And so in that same manner, they lay down their garments. 460 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,200 And in the Bible, doing such signifies 461 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,320 that the person received greater glory. 462 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,480 It signified that they were worthy of a higher glory, 463 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,960 that they were of a higher status. 464 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,480 And therefore, for these people to do that, 465 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,160 for them to lay down their own garments, 466 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:15,000 their own clothing, clothing represents your identity. 467 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:20,640 It represents even your own glory, your own prestige. 468 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,320 As it was in the old days of the ancient, so it is today. 469 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,120 I mean, come on, let's just be real. 470 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,400 See, someone dressed nice. 471 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,120 You could tell they got fancy clothes or whatever. 472 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,200 That may say something about who they are. 473 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:39,400 Or if not, if they're dressed in shambles or soil cloth 474 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,680 or whatever, you might think, well, maybe they're 475 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:46,120 in hard times or they're unhoused or whatever it might be. 476 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,440 And so very much so, their clothes were important to them. 477 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:50,960 But watch what they did. 478 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,720 They took the things that were important to them. 479 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,680 They took their status. 480 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,320 They took their glory. 481 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,000 And they laid it down so that Jesus 482 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,400 could move across that carpet made up of their laid down 483 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:04,900 glory. 484 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:07,320 Are you following me here today? 485 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,200 Therefore, the removing of the garments 486 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:16,400 represents us laying down our glory in favor of God's glory. 487 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,760 It represents us laying down the things that maybe are 488 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,680 important to us, the things that may be valuable to us, 489 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:29,160 the things that maybe that we treasure and hold near and dear 490 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,200 to us. 491 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,440 But now you are starting to see what true worship is all 492 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,360 about. 493 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:40,760 Praise may be all about the song that you sing or the way 494 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,400 that you clap your hands. 495 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,960 But worship involves something totally different. 496 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,680 Worship involves laying something down. 497 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,280 Someone say lay it down. 498 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:51,400 Hallelujah. 499 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,880 It's about surrender and sacrifice. 500 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,880 And these are the things that please God. 501 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:02,640 No wonder the apostle Paul writes these words in Romans 12.1. 502 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,280 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, 503 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,760 in view of God's mercy to offer your bodies 504 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,480 as a living sacrifice. 505 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:19,080 Holy and pleasing to God, and this is your true and proper 506 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:19,800 worship. 507 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,960 Notice he doesn't mention anything about what note you 508 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:23,960 sing in. 509 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,920 Notice he doesn't mention the volume of your song. 510 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,480 Notice he doesn't mention from what track you're playing in. 511 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:36,000 But he talks only about what you are giving up of your life. 512 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,640 That is your true and proper worship. 513 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,600 This is what distinguishes praise from the worship. 514 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,920 Let me put it to you this way. 515 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:53,120 Praise is what you lift up, but worship is what you lay down. 516 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,400 Oh, I want to say it again. 517 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,440 Praise is what you render up, but worship 518 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,040 is what you lay down. 519 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,080 Praise and praise. 520 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,080 You're lifting up your voice. 521 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,400 You're lifting up your song, your shout, your dance, 522 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,560 your rhythms under God, but in worship, 523 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,400 you're laying down your thoughts and your gifts 524 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,160 and your ideas and your body and everything under God 525 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,000 and your flesh and service and sacrifice 526 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,560 unto your King and your Lord. 527 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:29,400 Oh, my God is looking not just for a generation of praise, 528 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:34,440 or he's looking for a generation of worshipers. 529 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,560 He's looking for those that will worship him, 530 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,160 his spirit and his truth. 531 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,760 Somebody give God some glory here today. 532 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,720 Somebody give him some glory. 533 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,560 Anybody can praise him. 534 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,080 All of the earth is praising him right now. 535 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,240 The heavens of the earth declare the glory of the Lord. 536 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,200 Everything that has breath, praise the Lord. 537 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,200 Anything that's breathing is praising God, giving glory to God. 538 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,800 But there is a difference between a praiser and a worshiper. 539 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,280 Some people praise, but they don't worship. 540 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:13,960 Why? 541 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,200 Because they don't lay anything down. 542 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,480 Oh, my God. 543 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,160 The Jewish writers say that when people would lay down 544 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,320 their clothes for their King, it was 545 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,000 that he might walk on a higher level than them. 546 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,480 Oh, picture this. 547 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,840 The more clothes that they lay down on this carpet 548 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,040 for their King, what does it do? 549 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,960 It elevates the ground that they're walking on. 550 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,400 They're not even walking on the same level 551 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,760 as those that are honoring him. 552 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,440 And so watch this. 553 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,800 The more they put down, the higher he goes up. 554 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,160 I need you to see that. 555 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,560 The more you put down, the higher his red carpet becomes. 556 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,360 If I put down little, I exalt him little. 557 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,840 But if I put down much, I exalt him much. 558 00:28:58,840 --> 00:28:59,720 Why? 559 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,640 Because the two of us cannot go up. 560 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,000 One of us goes down so that the other can go up. 561 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,520 Oh, I need somebody to hear me today. 562 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,400 If you're willing to lay down yourself, lay down your flesh, 563 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,680 lay down your idea, lay down everything that contradicts 564 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:22,080 and offends God, then we will magnify him on another level. 565 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,560 So I have come to lay something down. 566 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,880 And I am desperate for God to move. 567 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,920 How many of you want God to move? 568 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,320 Who can I preach for a little bit more? 569 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,560 Is that all right? 570 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,480 I want God to move. 571 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:38,280 You know what, brother? 572 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,760 I'm desperate for God to move. 573 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,040 How many of you are desperate? 574 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,240 Come on, come on, come on. 575 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,400 Are you really desperate? 576 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,320 I'm desperate. 577 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,600 Brother Ricky, I'm getting to a point 578 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,240 where if God doesn't move, I don't want any part of it. 579 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,200 God's got to move. 580 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,240 He's got to move in my house. 581 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,440 He's got to move in the church. 582 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:57,840 I need him to move. 583 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,080 I don't want anything if God's not in it 584 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,840 and God's not moving in it. 585 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,840 But me, wanting God to move is one thing. 586 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,000 And getting God to move is another. 587 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,320 And God said, I'll move when you start laying things down. 588 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:12,920 Oh my God. 589 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,760 Oh, hallelujah. 590 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,520 Jesus was on the donkey, getting ready to make 591 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,120 his triumphant entry into the eastern gates 592 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,160 of the old city of Jerusalem. 593 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,600 But before he moves, someone say, before he moves, 594 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:26,560 come on and help me. 595 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:31,200 I'll say before he moves, they begin to lay things down. 596 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,360 And by laying things down, they created a walkway. 597 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,120 They created a red carpet. 598 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,000 They created a path for the spirit of Christ to move. 599 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,720 So here is the key. 600 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,360 If you want God to move more, lay down more. 601 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:50,880 I want miracles. 602 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:51,800 I want blessings. 603 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,880 But you won't fast even one cheeseburger. 604 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:58,880 I want revival. 605 00:30:58,880 --> 00:30:59,600 I want this. 606 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:00,800 But you won't be obedient. 607 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,920 You won't lay some things down. 608 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,560 Come on now. 609 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,280 We say we want to move of God, but we want to move of God 610 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,520 free of charge. 611 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,760 We want to move of God that doesn't cost us anything. 612 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,840 I'm going to preach myself into a future day. 613 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,000 We want to move of God that doesn't take anything 614 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,960 from our time, from our money, from our space. 615 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,840 No, we just want to move of God. 616 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,680 And God said, all right, I'm willing to move. 617 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,640 How many know He's ready to move? 618 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:32,600 I'm willing to move. 619 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,480 But you better start laying some things down. 620 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:36,880 Laying some things down. 621 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,360 And I don't mean laying stuff down 622 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,880 that you didn't want anyways. 623 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,720 I didn't mean laying stuff down that you were just 624 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:44,880 going to throw away anyways. 625 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,240 No, no, no, no. 626 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,240 Someone once said, it's not obedience 627 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,480 if you didn't want to do it anyways. 628 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,320 And you don't get credit for doing things 629 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,360 that you didn't really want to do anyways. 630 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:03,520 It's when you do things or when you don't do things 631 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,960 that you really wanted to do. 632 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,160 Man, I really wanted that. 633 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,240 It hurts when someone say ouch. 634 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,680 That hurt. 635 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,120 I didn't want to say goodbye to that Benjamin Franklin. 636 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,760 He's my friend. 637 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:16,840 I'm trying to get more of them. 638 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,200 I'm not trying to lose them. 639 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,440 Oh, man, that's going to get quiet on me. 640 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,440 Going to get quiet. 641 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,280 No, no, no, because we just think revival just 642 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,760 comes with the louder I clap. 643 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,480 Hey, brother, that's fine. 644 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,160 Clap into your hands, fall off. 645 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:32,880 Sing until you lose your voice. 646 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,640 But at the end of the day, God won't 647 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,320 move one more inch into some of our lives, 648 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,280 into our ministry, until we start laying 649 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,160 some significant things down. 650 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:48,080 Oh, my God, hallelujah, until we start laying things down 651 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,080 and saying, this Lord, I'm ready for you to move. 652 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:51,960 I'm ready, God. 653 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:58,120 And what you lay down will lift God up. 654 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,440 I'm desperate for him to move. 655 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,880 But praise brings us to worship. 656 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,600 And then worship brings us to another dimension. 657 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,720 When this all happens, when they created a seat for Christ 658 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,800 on the donkey, and then they lay down 659 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,960 with their sacrificial giving, they 660 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,040 put their expense of attire, their prayer shawls, 661 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,000 their if all the prayer shawls, the talits, 662 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,960 these embroidered special garment, 663 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,200 they put all these things down on the man. 664 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,760 There's so much I can talk about that. 665 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,080 But they put it all down. 666 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,640 And then something begins to happen. 667 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,600 It changes the atmosphere. 668 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,480 It changes the environment. 669 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,960 When all this happens, we can do what the people of God there 670 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:46,920 did next, which is to wave your palms with joy. 671 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:51,760 In John 12 or 13, it says, the people then 672 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:57,040 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him 673 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,600 and cried out, Hosanna! 674 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,760 They began to cry, Hosanna! 675 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:06,320 That word, Hosanna, in the original language means save us. 676 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:07,920 They were saying, save us! 677 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:08,560 Save us! 678 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:09,720 Hosanna! 679 00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:14,600 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, 680 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,200 the King of Israel! 681 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,480 And then they got their palms, their palm branches, 682 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,320 and they began to wave them. 683 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,680 And in the palm branches, we find several meanings. 684 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,560 This right here could be like a message all by itself. 685 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,080 And we see, first of all, that palm branches 686 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,760 were used throughout history and in biblical history 687 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,680 as a symbol of celebration of victory and pain 688 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,720 homage to a king. 689 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:45,520 They would wave palm branches, ancient people in Israel, 690 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,960 to celebrate victory. 691 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,880 And this obviously points to Jesus Christ 692 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,760 as being the King of glory, the King of kings, 693 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,560 and the Lord of lords, the Prince of peace, 694 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,680 and the royal son of God, somebody say amen. 695 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,640 And so it was fitting for them to use these palm branches. 696 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,320 It was honoring and celebrating the victory of Christ. 697 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:15,560 But not only that, the palm branches also represent Jesus 698 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:21,120 being worthy as the high priest for all who believed. 699 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:25,160 A palm tree takes 30 years to bear fruit, 700 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,400 the kind that grow there in Palestine. 701 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,760 Take 30 years to bear fruit. 702 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,320 And a man, a Jewish man, could not 703 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:36,880 become a high priest until he was 30 years old. 704 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,480 And likewise, Jesus began his public ministry 705 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,120 at 30 years old. 706 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:48,200 And so Jesus's ministry, like the palm tree and the priest, 707 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,840 were at 30 years of age when they began 708 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,640 to produce the kind of fruit in their ministry. 709 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,840 And so by waving these palm branches, 710 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,720 see the biblical and the prophetic significance. 711 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:04,080 They are not only honoring him as the King of victory, 712 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,320 but they are also honoring him as the high priest who 713 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:11,000 can be touched by the feeling of our infirmity, the one who 714 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,040 goes before us and mediates between man 715 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,040 and reconciles us between God and man. 716 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,880 And with the waving of the palm branches, 717 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:26,080 they were symbolically revering Christ as King and priest, 718 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,800 the coming fruition, the culmination of his ministry 719 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,400 here on earth. 720 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,560 Oh, this is so awesome. 721 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,600 And all of these things are taking place. 722 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,280 And Jesus is being showered with praise and worship. 723 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,720 And they are glorifying him. 724 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:43,720 Hallelujah. 725 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,880 And aside from all of that, there's even more. 726 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,120 Can I share with you just a little bit more? 727 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:49,920 Amen. 728 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,120 There's even more to that. 729 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:51,960 I'm almost done. 730 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,120 But watch this. 731 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:57,280 Aside from pointing to Jesus as the King of kings 732 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,800 and as the high priest with their palms, 733 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,600 this coincided with a very holy festival 734 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,000 that the Jewish practiced called the Feast of the Tabernacles 735 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,720 or the Feast of Shelters. 736 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:13,880 Don't have time to explain all of what that symbolizes, 737 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,640 but they were to do so on a yearly basis. 738 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,560 And during this feast, the Bible 739 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,440 says that this is what they were supposed to do. 740 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,560 In Leviticus 2340, they were to take for themselves 741 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,800 all of the different fruit from the beautiful trees, 742 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,240 the palm trees, the branches of the palms, and the willows. 743 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:36,000 And they were to bring these branches 744 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,960 and come before the Lord and rejoice. 745 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,200 Someone say, rejoice. 746 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,480 Come on, somebody say, rejoice. 747 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:47,880 They would come and begin to rejoice before the Lord 748 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:52,240 and begin to worship and magnify and glorify the Lord. 749 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:54,440 And they did this for several reasons. 750 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,560 Oh man, so many layers to this. 751 00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,480 But they did this in celebrating God for the past, 752 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,320 for the present, and for the future. 753 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,560 When you look at the Feast of the Tabernacles 754 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,880 and the use of these palm trees, 755 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,360 they would do it to celebrate the past, the present, 756 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:13,640 and the future. 757 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,720 They would celebrate God bringing them out of Egypt. 758 00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:18,080 That's the past. 759 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,520 How many of you believe God is worthy to be praised 760 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,080 for everything that he's brought you out of? 761 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,160 Amen. 762 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:26,320 Amen, somebody. 763 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,080 How many of you believe that God is worthy? 764 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,920 How many of you know we ought to praise him 765 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,640 for everything, for bringing us out of Egypt, 766 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,320 for delivering us from this world, 767 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,800 from setting us free from sin and bondage? 768 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,400 Amen, somebody. 769 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,200 And they would wave these palm branches 770 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,960 to celebrate what God had done, 771 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,640 and also to celebrate what God was doing in the present. 772 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,320 Because at the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles 773 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,360 was a great harvest. 774 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,680 It happened during harvest time. 775 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,840 And so everybody was gathering the harvest in, 776 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,880 collecting all of the crops that were produced that year, 777 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,760 and they were celebrating the current harvest. 778 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,680 We are not just thank God for what he's done, 779 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,880 but we ought to thank God for what he's doing. 780 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,400 And how many of you are blessed today? 781 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,640 Oh, come on, I said how many of you are blessed today? 782 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:26,640 To say right now as sure as I am sitting in this place, 783 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,640 I am blessed. 784 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,880 And then not only that, but they would worship, 785 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,640 they would celebrate God for the future. 786 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,840 They would wave the palm branches, 787 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,880 celebrating the coming Messiah, 788 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,880 celebrating what was going to come in the future. 789 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,640 I've come to tell you today that as the people of God, 790 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:52,640 we have this privilege of welcoming in the glory of the Lord. 791 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:58,640 We have this awesome responsibility of being the choir 792 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,640 and the praise team. 793 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,640 And oh my Lord, and the voices and the worship 794 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,640 that brings in the glory of God. 795 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:14,640 We, somebody say me, we all have this job, this calling. 796 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,640 And so they would begin to wave these branches and celebrate. 797 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,640 They would begin to worship. 798 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,640 And as Jesus was starting to ride in, 799 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,640 as he was starting to his entry into the city gates, 800 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,640 they got their palms and they began to wave them. 801 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,640 And I thought to myself, Lord, how can we do this today? 802 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,640 How can we rejoice today? 803 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,640 You and I church can do the same thing. 804 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:44,640 You and I can wave our palms with joy. 805 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,640 I'm not talking about palm branches. 806 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:49,640 I'm talking about these palms right here. 807 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,640 I'm talking about the palms of your hands. 808 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,640 We may not have the branches, but we got arms today. 809 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:03,640 Hallelujah, we've got hands that we can lift up to God. 810 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,640 How many of you got a hand today? 811 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,640 How many of you got a hand today? 812 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,640 How many of you got a hand today? 813 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:20,640 Sometimes, not all the times, so don't take this like, you know, 814 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:26,640 for gospel truth, but sometimes you can tell where somebody has gotten the victory in their life 815 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,640 or not by their ability to lift their hands. 816 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:36,640 The last thing the devil wants you to do is raise your hands. 817 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:43,640 Not only is it a sign of surrender, but it's also a sign of victory. 818 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:50,640 It's also a sign that says I rejoice for what God is doing in my life. 819 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:51,640 I'm free. 820 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:57,640 Oh, Jesus, I'm free to worship Him. 821 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,640 I'm free to praise Him. 822 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,640 Why don't you just take a moment right now and begin to worship the Lord? 823 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,640 I feel something happening in this place. 824 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:10,640 Hallelujah, hallelujah. 825 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,640 Why don't you take a moment right now? 826 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:14,640 Hallelujah. 827 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,640 We're going to do something today. 828 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:17,640 We're going to do something today. 829 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:18,640 Hallelujah. 830 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,640 Oh, hallelujah, God. 831 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,640 We're getting ready to do something in this place right now. 832 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:24,640 Hallelujah. 833 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,640 You see, we have praised God. 834 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,640 We have lift up our hands throughout the service. 835 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,640 We have moved and we have a dance. 836 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:35,640 Well, not everybody, but some of us did. 837 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:39,640 But God believed that before this service is over, there's going to be a wave of praise 838 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,640 and worship that's going to sweep through this house. 839 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:44,640 Oh, I feel it in my bones right now. 840 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,640 Something is going to begin to happen in this place. 841 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,640 Oh, hallelujah. 842 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,640 I believe it with all of my heart. 843 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,640 This is what began to happen. 844 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:57,640 You see, there is a spirit called an anti-praise spirit. 845 00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,640 Can I tell you about that right now? 846 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,640 Somebody say, go ahead. 847 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:02,640 Can I have a few more moments? 848 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:03,640 Is that all right? 849 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:07,640 There is like an anti-praise, anti-worship spirit. 850 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:13,640 And it's the spirit we see manifest in the Pharisees that day when they saw all of the 851 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,640 joy and the worship and the praise that was happening. 852 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,640 They saw the garments being laid out. 853 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,640 They saw the palm branches. 854 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,640 They saw Jesus coming in. 855 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,640 And then these Pharisees did not like what they were seeing. 856 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,640 They thought this was all out of order. 857 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:28,640 This was all out of order. 858 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:29,640 This is not right. 859 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,640 This is not how it should be done. 860 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:32,640 This is too excessive. 861 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,640 This is too exuberant. 862 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,640 We got to call a time out. 863 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:38,640 And so they began to criticize. 864 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:43,640 And then they told Jesus, rebuke these disciples for what they're doing. 865 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,640 Tell them to be quiet. 866 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,640 Tell them to hold their peace. 867 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:49,640 Tell them to be more respectful. 868 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,640 Tell them to be quiet. 869 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,640 Tell them to stop making all that commotion and making all that noise. 870 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,640 Tell them to just tell them to hush and be quiet. 871 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:04,640 And Jesus looked at them and he did not address the worshipers and the praise. 872 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,640 But he addressed those that were criticizing. 873 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:16,640 He says if these should keep quiet, then the rocks will immediately cry out. 874 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,640 Now for many years I would read that verse. 875 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:25,640 And I thought that Jesus was referring to just like a rock on the ground. 876 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,640 And if you read it just on the surface, that's fine. 877 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,640 There's nothing wrong with that application. 878 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:32,640 I think it works. 879 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:37,640 Because I think that God can make a little rock in the ground cry out. 880 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,640 How many think God can do that? 881 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:43,640 God can take anything he wants in this world and make it worship him. 882 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,640 How many of you think God can do that? 883 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,640 Can I get a bigger amen for that? 884 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:48,640 You can do it. 885 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:49,640 You can do that? 886 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:50,640 All right. 887 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,640 God can make these cinderblock walls here. 888 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,640 Start singing if he wants to. 889 00:44:54,640 --> 00:45:01,640 But when you look at the geography, when you look at the scene with all of its fixtures, colors and symbols, 890 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,640 there's more going on to what Jesus said. 891 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:09,640 There's more going on because the Bible says that he was coming down from the Mount of Olives. 892 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,640 Some of you who have visited the Mount of Olives, who have gone to the Holy Land, 893 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,640 you might remember this, taking pictures of it. 894 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:20,640 But when he rode down through the Mount of Olives, through the Kidron Valley, there to the eastern side of the city, 895 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:25,640 all throughout that area, he wasn't just surrounded by people. 896 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:33,640 But you see, the Mount of Olives that Jesus passed through was a massive cemetery 897 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:37,640 filled with thousands and thousands of headstones. 898 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:43,640 In fact, it's one of the oldest and still active cemeteries in the world. 899 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,640 If you go there now, put the picture up so they can see it, brother. 900 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:48,640 The Mount of Olives. 901 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:49,640 The Mount of Olives. 902 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,640 Okay, it'll be up in just a moment. 903 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:52,640 But I want you to see this. 904 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,640 Look at, there it is. 905 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,640 All of these, now this is only a partial picture. 906 00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:01,640 Thousands and thousands of headstones feel the Mount of Olives. 907 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:07,640 And as Jesus was there, and as the Pharisees told him, 908 00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:10,640 why don't you tell these people to be quiet? 909 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:17,640 He said, if these keep silent, he said the stones will immediately cry out. 910 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:22,640 What Jesus was saying is that if the living will praise me, 911 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:27,640 I will cause the dead to rise up and praise me. 912 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:29,640 You're not hearing what I'm saying. 913 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:37,640 He said, if the living won't praise me, I will cause the stones that are dead to rise up. 914 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,640 But you better know that somebody is doing a praise.