When the crowd heard Jesus was there, they came to Him and to see Lazarus as well. Many believed Him because of Lazarus and the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus as well.
A large crowd took branches and went to meet Jesus singing, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Jesus came riding a donkey to fulfill what was written. The disciples did not understand this at first but later on after Jesus was glorified.
All through the gospel we see that Jesus is in constant conflict with the religious folks but the common people heard Him gladly. It was the people who read the old testament and preached that were blind about the very person whom the scriptures talked about. This should serve as a warning to us; that we can be blind to the true Jesus even though we are constantly reading the bible and praying and even preaching it. The common people did not have anything to boast about but the Pharisees had their doctorate in theology. They could boast about their achievements and their position. We can therefore conclude that pride in achievement and position or in any other things; is always a barrier to spiritual progress. It blinds us to the truth of the scriptures. BEWARE OF PRIDE.
There are some things that the Lord does that we don't understand why but we will understand we we mature. It's encouraging to know that somethings God does, He does not wait for us to fully mature to understand, but does them and we come to understand why later.
Many people asked Philip that they wanted to see Jesus. When the report reached Jesus, He said that His hour to be glorified had come and unless the grain of seed falls in the ground and dies, it abides alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Now Jesus is not here physically but we can see Him in our hearts. To see Jesus in our hearts, we must do what Jesus said; we must die to ourselves, and our reputation, our outer shell of beauty and allow ourselves to be buried underground when we have no recognition, where we are men trample us underfoot without retaliating. We must never seek the approval of men but of God alone.
Do you want to see Jesus constantly in your heart? This is the price, to die to your own self-will. Crucify your will constantly and always choose God's will in everything and you will see the glory of Jesus and you will be fruitful.
As long as you walk the way of the cross, you will see Jesus and the more you see Him, the more you become like Him and the more fruitful you become. If you reach a certain point and feel you no longer need to walk this way, that will be your dead end. From that point you will backslide. You will lose the anointing and now instead of being a blessing, you will be a burden.
ALWAYS CHOOSE THE WAY OF THE CROSS. DIE TO YOUR OWN SELF-WILL AND ALWAYS CHOOSE GOD'S WILL
You are blessed to be a blessing
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@Blessed Mshindi Mambo
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