People Jesus
needs!
If Jesus is God - and He is! 1*. - then we know there could be nothing He
needs. The true God is not dependent on any person or thing.
But in today's story we find Jesus saying there was
something He needed!
One day as Jesus was approaching Jerusalem He said to two of His
disciples, 'Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it,
you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden.
Untie it and bring it here... The Lord needs it." 2*.
Jesus had often gone into Jerusalem without needing a colt to get
Him there; why did He need one this time? Why did the great Creator
3*. need
something?
Throughout history God, in His love for us, made us promises that
He would be obliged to keep. The Almighty God didn't have to
tie Himself down by promising He would do things for us - but He
did! You can find all these promises or covenants with mankind
recorded in the Holy Bible.
For example; in order to become the Saviour of mankind, He promised
He would become a human being "born of a woman". 4*. You see, we needed Him to
become man and be willing to be the substitute who could be
punished for our sins. God, in His amazing grace, planned all this
for us and promised to do all that was necessary to become our
Saviour. 5*.
Truly the Holy Bible is the God inspired book it claims to be - the
writers were able to foretell many detailed events hundreds of
years before they happened! 6*.
And truly Jesus is God. He alone fulfilled all those promises that
had been made about the Messiah who was to come. 6*.
That is why He needed the colt! Over 500 years earlier He
had promised He would one day make a triumphant entrance into
Jerusalem "riding on the foal of a donkey." 7*. He even knew in advance where there
would be a donkey available at the exact time He would need it! And
He knew that as He would go into Jerusalem this time
something special would happen.
"They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put
Jesus on it. As He went along, people spread their cloaks on the
road. When He came near the place where the road goes down the
Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to
praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!' 'Peace in
heaven and glory in the highest!" 8*.
Have you acknowledged Jesus as the promised Saviour and King God
sent from Heaven for you? Have you, in faith, shown your trust in
Him alone as your Saviour by turning away from any other person or
thing that you once hoped could help to make you acceptable to God?
There is Salvation in no one else but Jesus! 9*.
All those who trust Jesus as their only Saviour and Leader are
people Jesus needs as part of His
wonderful plan of Salvation. 10*.
Read in Luke chapter 19, verses 28-38 about the little donkey colt
that Jesus needed.
Bye for now,
John Nixon, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland. P31HD98. Contact: jnixonj@gmail.com
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Footnotes. Bible quotations from
N.I.V.
1 Hebrews 1:1-13.
John 1:14.
2 Luke 19:29-31.
3 Colossians 1:15-20.
4 Isaiah 7:14. Galatians
4:4.
5 1st John 4:9-14. John
3:16-19. Hebrews 10:7.
6 Luke 24:44-48. John
19:24,28,36-37.
7 Zechariah 9.9.
8 Luke 19:35-38.
9 Acts 4:12. John 14:6.
1st Timothy 2:5-6.
10Ephesians 1:3-23.
Romans 8:29-30.
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