THE KING IS COMING: PASTOR MENSA OTABIL – SPECIAL PALM SUNDAY SERVICE, 28TH MARCH, 2021
SPECIAL PALM SUNDAY SERVICE WITH DR. MENSAH OTABIL (GENERAL OVERSEER INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL GOSPEL CHURCH (ICGC) ACCRA, GHANA)
TOPIC: THE KING IS COMING.
DATE: 28TH MARCH, 2021
TEXT: MATTHEW 21:4-14.
Amen! Let’s rise up together, as we make our DECLARATION OF FRUITFULNESS in this Year of Fruitfulness:
Are you ready? Say with me:
The Eternal God is our refuge. He opens Rivers in desolate Heights.The Lord makes the wilderness a Pool of water.
The LORD God is my Sun and Shield; The LORD gives Grace and Glory.
Therefore, I delight myself in Him. Those who are Planted in the House of the LORD shall be fresh and flourishing.
Though the Earth be shaken; the Name of the Lord is my Strong Tower. By Faith I affirm that: In Christ alone is my Salvation. In Him I live, And move And have my being.
It is written: The Righteous are like trees Planted by the waters; bearing fruits in its Season.
So I boldly declare: As for me, my God has made me EXCEEDINGLY FRUITFUL.
In this Season, my Spirit bears Fruits of Righteousness, my Talents make Way for me. With my hands, I will Plant, I will Build, I will Harvest – Day by day, Step by step.
In Jesus’ Name – Amen!
Matthew 21:4-14; it is the Story of the first (1st) Palm Sunday.
And the earlier Verses talk about People crying Hosanna to the Lord Jesus Christ.
And from Verse 4 it says:
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying:
5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
6 So the Disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
7 They brought the Donkey and the Colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.
8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”
10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
13 And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”
14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
This is how Matthew records the events of the Triumphant Entry of Jesus Christ to us.
*And I just want to Highlight Four (4) Main thoughts from these Verses, about the King who is coming to us:
“THE KING IS COMING – and His Name is Jesus.
- The first (1st) thing we noticed about this King Who is coming, is that: HE IS COMING TO WHERE WE ARE.
The Prophet Zachariah had Prophesied that your King is coming to you.
The King does not wait for to come to Him, He comes to us!
Jesus was fully aware of what was needed. And what was needed was for the Salvation of Souls.
And He came to those who needed the Salvation: He didn’t wait for those who needed Salvation to go to Him.
… He came to those who were in need of Salvation.
So the first (1st) thing that we note about Jesus Christ, is that He is the King Who comes to us!
Normally, it is the Subjects who go to the King! They go to Pay homage.
I have never heard of any of the Major Kings in our Part of the world, who go to their People – It is the People who go to the King to Pay homage, to bow down and to serve the King!
But Jesus does the opposite – He is the King Who comes to us.
And that shows His Humility; that shows His Lowliness.
He comes in humility and He comes to serve: He is the Serving King!
- The Second (2nd) thing that I want you to note about Jesus, is that: HE COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
“Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord.”
When you come in the Name of the Lord, you don’t come arrogant.
When you are doing something in the Name of the Lord, you do it with Humility.
You cannot come in the Name of the Lord and be Pompous.
In the days of Jesus, Kings did not ride Donkeys; they rode Horses.
But this was a King Who rode Donkey – To say that, although He was coming in the Name of the Lord, He was coming with Humility.
And the reason was because His Kingdom is not of this world. His kingdom was of God.
“Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord.”
And for us, it also means that anytime we do something in the Name of the Lord, there is Blessing attached to it when we come in the Name of the Lord!
… He is a King Who Comes to us; He is a King Who comes in the Name of the Lord.
- HE IS THE KING COMING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
He comes to us, He comes in the Name of the Lord, and He comes to His House!
When Jesus arrived Jerusalem, there were many Places He could have gone to.
But first (1st), He came into the Temple of the Lord.
Jesus called that Temple, ‘My Father’s House, the House of the Lord, the House of Prayer.’
And it is very interesting that Jesus called the Temple: the House of Prayer, also, My Father’s House.
Because many times, People don’t see the Temple as the House of the Lord. They see the Building! But Jesus saw the Building as the House of God.
So, when we talk about God’s House, first of all: it is a Building, dedicated for the worship of God.
I. So this BUILDING is the House of God.
Why? – Because it is dedicated to Him!
A Night Club is Dedicated to clubbing!
A Hospital is dedicated to the sick!
A School is dedicated to educating People!
Paliament House is dedicated to Political Activity.
The Church is also Dedicated but it is dedicated to God.
Every Building has a Purpose: and the Purpose of a Church Building is God.
So the Church is the House of God! But the House of God is not just a Building.
II. The House of God is also a People.
Jesus said: “Where two (2) or three (3) of you are gathered together in my Name, I Am there.”
So, the House of God is a Building because it is dedicated to God. But it is not just a Building, it is a People who belongs to God.
The People who have Jesus Christ in their heart, they are the People who are dedicated to God.
III. And then thirdly, the House of the Lord is a Person who is dedicated to the Lord.
So, it is a Building, it is a People and it is a Person.
The Bible says that our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
So, I AM the House of the Lord. We are the House of the Lord. This is the House of the Lord.
But it starts from the Person, to the Group and to the Place where they meet to honour and worship the Lord: and Jesus comes to that house!
And when He went to that House in Jerusalem, He Cleansed the house!
And that tells you that anytime Jesus comes to the House of God; or comes Home; He comes to clean the house.
… And He doesn’t want to clean the house to spoil the house.
Because many times, when People read about Jesus Christ going to the Temple, they only see the overturning of things in the Temple; but they don’t see that he was making the Temple a better Place; He was making the Temple serve its Purpose.
Jesus said: “My House is the House of Prayer;” but you have changed the Purpose. So He comes to renew the Purpose of His House.
I. When He comes to that House, He comes to Renew us, so we can serve Him better.
II. When He comes into our hearts, He comes to renew us, so we can serve Him better.
III. When He comes to us as a Group, He comes to renew us so we can serve Him better!
He is the King Who comes to us; He is the King Who comes in the Name of the Lord; He is the King Who comes to the House of the Lord.
- And finally, He is the King who is coming to heal and restore us.
After Jesus had gone to the Temple and clean it up, the Bible says:
“Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He healed them” – Matthew 21:14.
So look at Him (Jesus), He is coming.
The Bible says: “Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.”
… He is the King Who is coming!
How does he come? – He comes in the Name of the Lord!
Where does He come? – He comes to the Temple.
TO DO WHAT?
I. To Heal those who are in the Temple;
II. To Restore those who are in the Temple;
III. To Impact the lives of those who are in the Temple;
And this morning or as we read now on the Label of DMC; we are the People that He has come to heal.
Blessed is He Who has come to the Temple – His Name is JESUS!
What has He come to do? – He has come to Prepare us!
… So He can do what? – So that He can Heal us and Restore us and Touch our lives.
“Blessed is the King Who comes to us this morning!”
Jesus has come to Church today! He is in the House today; and He is in the House, for the Purpose of Preparing us.
I. And if there is anything He needs to throw away, He will throw away!
II. If there is anything to be Cleansed, He will cleanse!
III. If there is anything to get rid of, He will get rid of it!
IV. And after that, we would see His Power, His Hand stretched out to Heal us.
… So we don’t we Pray for a Month and say:
LORD Jesus, come in and take away everything in my life that does not Glorify You.
Clean Your House, Wash Your House. Overturn everything in my life that is contrary to Your Purposes.
Why don’t you invite the King into His House?
Why don’t you invite the King into your life, into your body, into the Temple?
Come Lord Jesus! Come O King Jesus! Come and Heal, come and Restore, come and Set Free.
We Thank You LORD, and we give You Praise!
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