"Rejoice with all your heart...
Shout in triumph... Your King is coming to you... " (Zechariah 9:9).
Here, we have the prophecy that was fulfilled by Jesus when He entered
the city of Jerusalem, on His way to the Cross. This is followed, in
Zechariah 9:10, by the words, "He will rule from sea to sea, and from
the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth." This speaks to us of the
coming King and His coming Kingdom. While we are here on earth, we catch
glimpses of the coming Kingdom. The full revelation is still to come.
It will come - in God's time.
"The Son of Man came to save the lost" (Matthew 18:11). In Matthew 18:12-13, Jesus speaks about sheep. He's really speaking about us. He is the Shepherd. We are His sheep. Sheep wander away from the shepherd. We wander away from the Lord. The shepherd looks for the lost sheep. Jesus has come to seek for us and find us. He brings us home to God, our Father. Through His saving grace, we receive new life - a life in which we rejoice in our great Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He delivers us from the condemnation, which our sin has brought upon us. He brings us into the knowledge of His forgiveness. This Gospel of salvation changes us. It teaches us to live in the power of God's love. Jesus speaks about "the Kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:12,23), "the Kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:14,24) and "eternal life" (Matthew 19:29). Jesus' way of thinking and living is so very different from the world's way of thinking and living. He chall...
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