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March 31, 1996
One week before His crucifixion, Jesus sent two of His disciples to fetch a donkey’s colt for Him to ride into Jerusalem. They went without question. Alistair Begg uses this story from Matthew’s Gospel to show how we, who are also Christ’s followers, should respond to His call by stepping out in obedience. Like the disciples, we should not hesitate to make sacrifices and be thought of as fools for the sake of Christ.
1qNow when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to rthe Mount of Olives, then Jesus ssent two disciples, 2saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4This took place tto fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5u“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
vhumble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt,1 the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8Most of the crowd wspread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, x“Hosanna to ythe Son of David! zBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna ain the highest!” 10And bwhen he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11And the crowds said, “This is cthe prophet Jesus, dfrom Nazareth of Galilee.”
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