Matthew 21 - 11.27.25
SCRIPTURE Matthew 21:1-9 NIV
“As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 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.
If anyone says anything to you,
say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
This took place—to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
“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.’ ”
The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.
They brought the donkey and the colt and
placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on.
A very large crowd—spread their cloaks on the road,
while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
The crowds that went ahead of HIM—and those that followed—SHOUTED,
“Hosanna—to the Son of David!” “Blessed is HE
who COMES in the NAME of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!””
OBSERVATION
Matthew 21 records what would begin the final week of Jesus Life.
For three years Jesus had preached the Good News, Taught his disciples and the crowds that followed, about forgiveness- mercy-and-Love.
Jesus cared for, received, and Healed—the broken and rejected—
and performed miracles—unlike the world had EVER—witnessed before.
NOW—over a period of eight days—
Jesus would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, Be Hailed as the Son of David
with shouts of Hosanna filling the air (Lord Save us).
Jesus would cleanse the Temple, challenge the religious leaders, institute the Lord’s Supper (Communion), get arrested, be Tried for Blasphemy, be Crucified—and THEN—be Raised from the dead!
This was the Moment.
ALL Creation had Been Waiting For THIS ONE MOMENT in Time.
“…The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
And all of this is a gift from God—who brought us back to himself—through Christ.
And God has given us this task of reconciling people to HIM.
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself,
no longer counting people’s sins against them.
And HE gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal—through us.
We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
For God made Christ—who never sinned—to be the offering
for our sin—SO—that we could be made right—with God—through Christ.”
(2 Corinthians 5:17-21 NLT)
APPLICATION
Be Thankful AND—SHARE—The Thanksgiving
Who have you shared Jesus with today or this week?
I found some older DSC Christmas invitation cards and started using them at my local Starbucks drive through. I paid 18.00 for the person behind me a couple days ago. There is a little room to write a small note “Jesus Loves you” “praying for you today”
JESUS gave us the MOST amazing GIFT that has EVER been Given.
May we share that Gift that keeps on giving. May it be an ongoing Lifestyle.
I will never forget the day a woman walked into the store I was working in over 45 years ago. She asked every single person that day:
Do you know who Jesus is
Do you know how much he loves you
Do you know what He did for you
It only occurred to me today that I got saved several months later and she never knew..so I am now wondering IF any of the customers she talked to that day ALSO got saved???
Jesus gave His Perfect sinless self—to be my atonement for all of my sin-and all of your sin—and all of the world’s sin. It is a FREE Gift—SO that no one else can ever boast about their own accomplishment. We can NEVER earn our way into Heaven (Isaiah 64:6). This ONE Perfect GIFT comes from ONE Perfect Savior—Christ Jesus.
His perfect blood—alone—washes me—clean.
“But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to HIM through the blood of Christ. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.”
(Ephesians 2:13, 21 NLT)
PRAYER
LORD Jesus,
In John’s Gospel account he writes, ““Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.”(John 21:25). I join John in saying I could not begin to write down all that YOU have done for me.
Last Sunday as I tried to write a letter it became an impossible task. From the time YOU saved me so many immediate blessings and deliverance occurred. But the longer I walked with YOU I began to look back and realized even through the darkest times when I didn’t know YOU as my Savior and LORD—YOU Knew me.
YOUR eyes were on me. YOU knew the day of my salvation was coming. YOUR Hand was on me. And all through the years of my failings…I can see YOUR Loving Hand of discipline that drew me back into Your safety.
YOUR goodness is far beyond measure and I cannot fathom Your Love. When my own Father had abandoned me, I can remember the day YOU spoke those words “Don’t you KNOW I WILL Always BE Your FATHER”.
Looking back I can surely say that YOU have always guarded, shielded, protected, and even favored me in ways that others saw and even commented on. YOU have surely BEEN My Father. Thank YOU for Loving me.
Thank YOU that YOU are a God who CHOOSES those things that the world disregards or even discards to Bring Yourself glory. Here I am Lord. I will be singing Your Praises until my last breath. My Life is saved because of YOU…I LOVE YOU MORE Than I can ever describe. My life is Yours. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Tina L Kudelka