Your King Comes to You

Mt. 21:1-11

Intro: Deep down within each of us, we desire a king to rule over us. Children are always asking, "Who's in charge?" They want someone to lead them. This is our desire.

Zech. 9:9-10 says--. When Jesus entered Jerusalem on the Sunday before He was crucified, He was careful to fulfill this prophecy in its every detail. This was His "Royal Entry." But He was rejected and crucified.

1. OT says "The King will Come"

Gen. 3:15 (Sphinx; Rev. 5:5, the Lion)

Is. 9:6-7

Is. 40:3-5, "Make straight His paths"

2. NT says "The King has Come"

At Bethlehem--MT 2:1-2

Lk. 19:37-44, "You did not recognize..."

Dan. 9:26; 69th week passed, now time for "cut-off"

Israel had no defense for the murder; this prophecy pointed directly to the Messiah

2.5 million present for the Passover; all rejected Him (Jn. 18:40)

1 Sam. 8:7; sometimes God allows us to experience the bitter taste of our decisions in order to demonstrate to us the wisdom of His ways

1 Cor 15:22-26

3. Receive Your King

We may sing His hosannas and cast our palm branches before Him with adoring emotions, and then as the challenge to Him grows sharp, let Him be led out of another gate to a hill called Calvary (the same crowd, one week later)

Or we may receive Him as the King of our lives and dedicate ourselves to His cause

What was Jesus doing the day He entered Jerusalem?

What was the reaction?

What was the immediate result?

The King was crucified (we forget so easily--the Exodus)

The King was declared to be the Son of God with power (Rom. 1:4)

Fifty days later, the King was preached as "both Lord and Christ" (Acts 2:36), and 3,000 were converted (Moses, 50 days out of Egypt and Law)

What will be the ultimate result? Jesus will come to rule over all people and all things (Is. 2:4; Ps. 93:1-2; Rev. 11:15)

Genogram and breaking the cycle

Concl: This is the Christ who stands at the door and knocks. What will be our response to Him? "Enter my heart now, and reign forever more!"