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Walking In His Footsteps (Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday)
Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 10, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: Jesus Christ is the living Word---God’s Word made flesh giving to us the words of life through His learned tongue to help us from our weariness. Jesus was also given the ability to know how it is that we listen and obey or ignore and rebel (Isaiah 50:4- 5).
2) Worldly opposition: In Matthew 10:16 -42, Jesus mentioned that we would have opposition from unbelievers in our own families within and opposition from others without ‘leaders---magistrates, governors, kings. The Lord would give us the words we would need through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, much like God the Father, gave Jesus Christ His son the words He spoke. In Luke 6:22 Jesus said that others would hate us because we follow Jesus. In Matthew 10:32 -33 Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. (33) But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven” (KJV).
3) Pick up our crosses: Jesus calls us to pick up our crosses and follow in His footsteps: “And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me” (Matthew 10:38 ESV)! That means we must turn the other cheek, love our enemies and pray for them (Matthew 5: 43 - 48, Matthew 5:38 -39).
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
