GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE
Luke 19:40
"I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out."
We are going through the storm of Covid 19. There is light at
end of the tunnel. We have people being vaccinated at miracle
rates. The President approved a stimulus check for most Americans.
2021 looks a little better than 2020. These are still stressful times.
There are times when we need a Word form the Lord. Tonight’s
lesson focus on the inspiration of praise.
As we get prepared to celebrate the greatest gift of all time we need to
turn our attention to the death and resurrection of out Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, which is the source of our joy.
The context is Palm Sunday. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
His disciples were excited and place their coats and palm branches
on the ground for Him to ride over like a king,
Luke 19:38-39
38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
When ever you are praising God, the devil will show up to stop the party.
If you don’t let the devil in, he can’t steal your joy
Luke 19:40
40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."
But could the stones cry out? Sure if Jesus who opened the mouth of the dumb He could lift up their voices. Certainly if they were to speak, they would have much to testify in praise of Him who created them by the word of His power.
1. They could proclaim the wisdom and power of their Maker who called them into being. We can well of Him who made us new, and out of stony heart raised up as children of Abraham?
THE STONES WOULD SAY GIVE HIM PRAISE
2. The old rocks could tell of chaos and order, and the handiwork of God in successive stages of creation's drama. The Bible is a book of history. We can talk of God's decrees, of God's great work in ancient times, in all that He did for His church in the days of old. What he did in the past, He did for us.
The Stones would say give Him some praise
3. If the stones were to speak, they could tell stories of the great carpenter , how he took them from the quarry, and made them fit for the temple, and we can tell of our glorious Breaker, who broke our hearts with the hammer of His word, that He might build us into His temple?
The Stones would say Give Him some praise
4. If the stones should cry out they would magnify their builder, who polished them and fashioned them after the similitude of a palace. Jesus is our Architect and Builder, who has put us in our place in the temple of the living God?
The stones would say give Him Some praise
5. The broken stones of the law cry out against us, but Christ Himself, who has rolled away the stone from the door of the sepulchre, speaks for us. Stones might well cry out, (Charles Spurgeon evening devotion)
The Stone would say give Him some praise
The stones would say I was there inside the tomb on Friday night
and witnessed His spirit going down to graves to set
the captives free.
Matt 27:51-53
The earth shook and the rocks split. 52 The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
The stones would say Give Him Some Praise
The stone would say I witnessed His spirit entering the dead lifeless body in the tomb on Sunday Morning.
Give Him some praise
The stone would say I witness the transformation of the mortal body of Jesus
into immortality and Him moving through the grave cloths .
The stones would say give Him Some Praise
The Stone would say I witness the resurrected Jesus walking through me to the outside of the tomb.
You ought to give Him some Praise
The Stone would say I witness the angles roll me away from the tomb
On Sunday Morning, So Peter and John would walk in and see the deflated grave clothes.
Luke 24:12
Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
You ought to give Him some praise.
The stone would say I witness the angel sitting on top of me
proclaiming to Mary Magdalene, He is not here, He has risen
You ought To Give Him some praise
If the stone cry out, then we have not done our job.
There are three reason we ought to praise God
1. God is worthy of loud and joyful praise
Look at revelations 4:11
Rev 4:11
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things,
and by your will they were created and have their being."
Joy is found in praising Jesus.
Ps 100:1-3
Shout for joy to the Lord , all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
2. Our Praise should focus the work of Jesus
Luke 19:38
"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
Jesus death brought peace to heaven and earth
Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
3. God must be praised through Jesus Christ
Luke 19:28
"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"
Isa 42:8
I am the Lord ; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another
or my praise to idols.
Isa 42:10
10 Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the ends of the earth,
The world wide pandemic shut down the world economies
School were shut down, restaurants were shut down, churches
were shut down. But God put in place zoom.
Satan thought he had shut down the church. Zoom became a new way for
the church to meet face to face. The new way to open schools,
the new way to do business.
YOU OUGHT TO GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE
HAPPY EASTER
Rev. M. Mitchell
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