Next Sunday’s Message
On Palm Sunday Jesus was greeted with all the enthusiasm a crowd usually reserves for a conquering king. Josephus the Jewish historian estimated that over one million people would squeeze into Jerusalem for the annual Passover and most of them had undoubtedly heard about Jesus of Nazareth. What the crowd didn’t notice was that Jesus was not riding on a white stallion, the horse usually reserved for conquering kings, but a donkey. Jesus had declared many times that his ‘kingdom was not of this world’ and that the power and glory of God’s Kingdom was infinitely greater than the kingdoms of this world and that blessings of God are reserved for those who honour and worship the King. Happily this brings us to the final prayer in the prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray – “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen” Matthew 6:13. Every true believer seeks God’s blessing more than anything else and in Jesus final prayer we are invited to receive it.
See you Sunday!