Easter 2024
A Broken-Hearted Triumph
By Louie Marsh, 3-10-2024
Last slide – get over it!
1) Jesus DELIBERATELY fulfilled prophecy.
"1Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."" "4This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.' "" (Matthew 21:1–5, ESV)
· He knew and LOVED the Scriptures.
· He did this to BUILD UP the disciples faith.
"16His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. (John 12:16, ESV)
2) Jesus saw Israel's sin & was BROKEN-HEARTED.
"41And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes."" (Luke 19:41–42, ESV)
· How broken hearted? He wept PUBLICLY.
"35Jesus wept. 36So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 37But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?"" (John 11:35–37, ESV)
Harry Douglass story – weeping over small town in AZ, probably Salome.
3) Why Did He Weep?
· Israel was HARD HEARTED.
"7My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all. 8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender. 9I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath." (Hosea 11:7–9, ESV)
· The crowds had a FALSE view of who Jesus is.
17The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."" (John 12:17–19, ESV)
10And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?" 11And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."" (Matthew 21:10-11, ESV)
· Jesus spoke an ominous PROPHECY.
. 43For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation."" (Luke 19:43–44, ESV)
· The wages (payment for) sin is still DEATH.
"23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23, ESV)
