The King Has Come… How Will You Receive Him?

Today we continue our Journey to the Empty Tomb as we look at the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1–11. What looked like a moment of celebration was also a moment of misunderstanding.

The crowd shouted “Hosanna!” as Jesus entered the city, but they didn’t fully understand who He was or what He came to do. They expected a king who would fix their situation… but Jesus came to save their souls.

And the same question they faced then is the same question we must answer today:

 How will you receive Jesus?

This message was preached live at First Baptist Church Danville WV, and whether you were in the room or are listening now, the call is the same.

In this message, we’ll explore:

•  Jesus as the fulfillment of prophecy 
•  The danger of misunderstanding who He is 
•  What it truly means to receive Him as Lord 

Because following Jesus isn’t just about celebrating Him on Sunday…
 it’s about following Him all the way to the cross and to the empty tomb.

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Welcome back to On the Road with Pastor Anthony Lucas, and I am your host, Pastor Anthony, and we are super glad you are here with us today. And again, we are on location down here in First Baptist Church, Danville. We've been here a few times, and so I want to go ahead and uh get this part of the intro out of the way, uh, and then we will uh head inside. But um as always, you know, we're always just you know super glad to get to hang out with you all and uh as we open God's word and begin to study and look inside uh you know on how we can apply it to our lives. And so before we get started, before we run inside here, you know, we want to just remind you to uh please consider to subscribe to the channel if this is your first time here. If not, I hope you've already subscribed and are downloading the podcast and uh whatever your favorite platform may be. Uh that way you never miss an episode. And if you enjoy what you hear, you know, give it a thumbs up, share the podcast with uh your friends, you know, and that way, you know, again, you never miss anything and you're sharing God's word with them. And by joining us each week, you will discover practical ways to live out your faith and connect with others as we share Jesus and life, one mile at a time. All right, so we're getting ready to head inside and get set up, and uh, and we'll be preaching the message there live, and then you know, of course, you'll get to hear it, you know, tomorrow. So, but anyhow, let's get inside and get ready to uh enjoy God's word. This is Palm Sunday, and we're super excited for that. And you know, we got one more week until we look inside of the empty tomb, and so that's what we've been doing on this the journey to the empty tomb, this series. So I hope you enjoyed it so far. All right, let's go inside. Make sure I remember to turn my mic on this time. It's good to be back and uh getting to hang out with you all again. Uh it was definitely a God thing to get me back here. There was telling Tom there was a bunch of stuff that happened and ended up putting me late getting out. And I actually got home yesterday, so uh from Virginia. So it was definitely a God thing and to work it out, and we always give him praise for that. So, but anyhow, let's go ahead and uh go to prayer for uh these prayer requests and then we'll get get going here. Uh Father God, uh, we come to you this morning and just uh first we just want to thank you for who you are and uh what you know this time of season where uh what it represents. And uh Lord, we just you know what you did for us is just I mean uh beyond amazing, and we just thank you so much for that. But Father, also we want to uh continue to remember the uh you know Pastor Danny and his wife Rita, Lord, you know, going through that. And there was just many prayer requests mentioned, you know, with heart attacks and uh illnesses and injuries and you know, just things that's going on, and just and I'm sure there's others that's uh not been mentioned, maybe that's having rough times. And uh, Lord, we also just uh you know continue to remember our country, our military, and and everything that's going on around the world. And Father, you know, it's uh we just we don't know. We just know that we are living in those last days. We don't know when, we don't know all the answers to it, but we know it's getting closer and closer to the time of your return for the church. And so for uh Father, we just ask you to continue to give us the words to speak to others and allow them to uh hear the gospel message of the Father so that they too know can know what is uh happening and and to know that they need to look to you for uh just that love and salvation and and just a you know just an all-around better life, just being able to walk with you. So, Father, again, we just uh lift each and one of these prayer requests up to you now and bless our time together today in Jesus' name and amen. All right, so uh it I was uh pretty pumped whenever uh I got the call and that was asked to come down for Palm Sunday because you know uh I've always been doing, you know, uh I try to keep up with that stuff as I do that podcast, and and I accidentally started a series when I started as we started getting into Easter. I wasn't planning it, but it just kind of fell into, and uh, and I called it uh the journey to the empty tomb. And the last few weeks I'd been talking several uh uh about you like who do you say that I am when Jesus was talking to the disciples about who he was, and then when then the next one was about the wedding in Canaan, you know, the whatever he says, do it. And it was and we were talking about you know how we're supposed to follow along with him, and then I went into finals inbound, and uh Jesus preparing the disciples, and the same thing he does preparing us to go out and the things that he has taught us and to use and go use them out in the world. And then last week I talked about Jesus was he worth it or a waste? And I was looking at the when Jesus went and met back with uh Mary and Lazarus and Martha, and she used the perfume and dumped it on his feet, and then we talked about Judas and how he was you know how they should have been doing you know something completely different. Then we've seen rejection, and then we've seen questions of who Jesus is, and then that leads us to this week, which I titled this one The King Has Come. How will you receive him? And as we look at uh today, you know, because today is that pivotal moment in Jesus' life as he you know makes that triumphal entry into Jerusalem, what we call Palm Sunday. And so when I think about um Jesus coming in, and kind of you know, we want to kind of picture it just a little bit. We want to we want to think about what maybe setting the scene and what it was looking like. I mean, think about the road to Jerusalem was crowded. I mean, there was people lining the streets everywhere. The excitement was building in the air. Word has spread that Jesus was coming to town. I mean, think about it. I mean, if somebody we see parades and things coming up, you know, or maybe a celebrity is going to come into town. Everybody parks everywhere and they're piled up on the streets and they're waiting. I mean, they're looking, just waiting for just to get a glimpse to see who this guy is, Jesus that they've been hearing about. I mean, the things like he's been healing the sick, you know, opening people's eyes that are blind, and even raising the dead. I mean, there maybe some of them are coming in there because they're like, you know what, I got some stuff going on, and hopefully I get a chance to just you know meet him and get some of my stuff. We don't know, but we just know that they're excited that they see that Jesus is coming. And as he approaches the city, uh the crowd begins to grow louder. The people start laying their cloaks on the road, and others start cutting palm branches and waving them. And before long, the shouting begins: Hosanna! Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. I mean, it looks like a celebration, it sounds like worship, and it feels like victory, but underneath all their excitement is a misunderstanding of what kind of king Jesus truly is. You know, Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and the final steps that will lead Jesus to the cross and ultimately to the empty tomb that we anticipate. And what we need to understand is Jesus is not being swept up in the moment here, he's not caught off guard, he knew exactly what was going to take place, but he intentionally continued to move towards the cross, and every step to Jerusalem is a step closer to Calvary. So we're going to be in Matthew 21, verses 1 through 11 today. And but when we think about this, we're not reading just an historical count. We are witnessing a moment where Jesus clearly reveals who he is, and the peoples are, well, they're forced to respond. And Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecy. You know, some's going to celebrate him, some's going to question him, and some's going to flat out reject him. And the truth is that nothing's really changed because this is the same thing, the same question that we are faced with today. The same people do the exact same thing. So the question is, is how will we receive him into our lives? So let's go ahead and pray again and ask God's blessing upon his message, and then we'll get into the text. Father, again, we want to come to you and pray. Lord, we just ask that uh give me the words to speak, Lord and Father, help us to look at this text and and apply it to our own lives and and understand what's going on here and and how that you know continues on today in 2026. So, Father, we just ask your blessing upon the reading of your word and our time together. Again in Jesus' name, amen. So as we look through um this mat our text today, uh this Matthew 21, one through 11. I'm going to kind of go break it down just a little bit. We're going to first look at the Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecy. We want to look at this Matthew 21, 1 through 5 first. So let's go ahead and read it, and then we'll uh talk a little bit about it. So when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethlehemphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, telling them, Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied there with her colt. Untie them and bring them to me. And if anyone says anything to you, say the Lord needs them, and he will send them at once. This took place so that what has been spoken through the prophet may be fulfilled. Tell daughters Ion, see your king is coming to you, gentle and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, on the foal of a donkey. So Jesus' uh entry into Jerusalem, this wasn't an accident, it was a divine appointment. And verse 4 tells us that he fulfilled a prophecy of Zechariah 9:9, demonstrating that he was indeed the long-awaited Messiah. And what we're seeing here is not just a detail in the story, but a powerful reminder that God always keeps his word. The moment was prophesied hundreds of years earlier. Now Jesus fulfills it exactly as it was written, showing us that not that nothing about his life or mission was by chance or out of his control. Everything is unfolding according to God's plan, and that matters to us today. Because it reminds us that our faith is not built on feelings or opinions, but on the truth of who Jesus is and the faithfulness of God to do what He has promised. When God says something, oh yeah, it's going to come to pass. Even if, even, and you know, and I heard you mention this earlier, and I thought I've been kind of dealing with this, but even if it takes longer than what we want or we expect, it's going to happen. You know, I was thinking about you know, you know, Titus 2 says, God cannot lie. And so when he says it, yep, it's going to happen. And I think about this, that little short story of Mark, whenever uh Jesus tells the disciples, get in the boat, we're going to the other side. And then while they're out there and they're going across there, what do they see? I mean, this big, I mean, life-changing storm that scares these guys who do this every day. But the thought of it is, Jesus said, We're going to the other side. So if it would have had to, he would have turned that boat into a you know a Holy Ghost submarine and they'd have gotten to the other side, but they were going. And so, you know, that's you know, so when Jesus says it, that's what's going to happen. You know, the people in that day had been waiting a long time for the Messiah. And many of them had their own ideas and about how you know and when he would come. You know, and they even had it, you know, picture in their mind what it was going to look like when Jesus showed up, or you know, whoever this Messiah was going to be. But Jesus arrives in God's timing, not theirs, in God's ways, not theirs. And often, you know, this is where we kind of struggle because we want God to work on our schedule, doing things, you know, our way according to our understanding. Then we go back to that, you know, Proverbs, you know, lean not on your own understanding. And I think about that meme where it says, me leaning on my own understanding, and it's a guy laying at the bottom of the steps wrapped up in the ladder. You know, and I'm like, yep, that's me. I'm guilty of that. But this passage, you know, it reminds us that God is always working to his perfect plan. He's already got it all worked out. And sometimes we need to get out of our own way so that he can work. Sometimes that's in my prayers. I'm like, Lord, you know, if I need, you know, gibb slap me, something. I mean, just get me out of the way so you can do what you need to do without me, you know, hindering it or you know, fumbling her up or making it take even longer, you know, that so it's like sometimes we have to we have to get out of our own way, you know, and so Jesus is not reacting to events here, you know. He's kind of you know, he's directing them. He knows exactly where that donkey is, he knows exactly what will be said, and he knows what lies ahead in Jerusalem. He is fully aware that this road leads to suffering to the cross, and yet he moves forward with purpose and obedience. You know, this should encourage us because it means nothing Jesus faced caught him off guard. He knew what the plan was, he understood the assignment, and nothing we face outside of his knowledge or his control either. So I mean it doesn't matter what we're going through. He already knows about it, he knows what we're going through, he knows what we're experiencing, he knows how we feel. And that's one of the things I love about you know being able to go talk to him, being able to have that prayer, you know, because we can be frustrated and we can yell and pitch a fit, and he's it's not gonna hurt his feelings. He gets it, he understands, he knows what we're feeling, and that's what a loving father does. You know, I had a girl the other day was talking about in a store, and she was talking about you know having a rough time, and she's like, Yeah, and I had to just call out to my daddy, and and somebody looked at her and go, Don't ever say that. And I'm like, absolutely say that, because that's exactly who he is, which gave us a moment, an opportunity to witness to this girl, the other one that didn't understand why we would call God dad. And so, but I mean, but that's what he that's what he wants to see here. That's just kind of a rabbit trail. But when life feels uncertain, when prayers seem unanswered, or circumstances don't make sense, we can hold on to the truth. And God is still faithful and his plan is still unfolding. The same Jesus who fulfilled the prophecy is still at work now, he's alive and well, he's still worthy of our trust. As we recognize Jesus as the fulfillment of prophet prophecy, we must ask ourselves, you know, do we truly see him for who he is? Because too often we reduce him to something smaller, something more comfortable, something that we can manage or understand. You know, Colossians 1:5 through 15 through 17, he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for by him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. All things were created through him and for him, and he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. So that means the one that's riding that donkey is not just a man on a donkey, but he is the creator, the sustainer of all things. If he is truly clear king, then the question becomes uh not just do we believe in him, but do we trust him enough to follow him? Even when we don't fully understand what he's doing. As we look on in our text, we will see that Jesus is welcomed, but he's misunderstood at what is taking place. And Matthew 21, we'll read six through nine. Now, uh this the disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them, they brought the donkey and the colt, and then laid their clothes on them, and he sat on them, and a very large crowd spread their clothes on the ground and were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. And when the crowds who uh sent ahead went ahead of him and those who followed and shouted, Hosanna to the son of David, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest heaven. So as we look on the surface, you know, I always think about the disciples, and he always tells them to go grab his donkey and this colt, and you know, I wonder if they had been there long enough to know just like okay, he's he it's gonna be there and it's gonna happen exactly. Or if they're going, man, this is weird. What in the world? Why are we gonna get him a colt and a donkey for? And so I always wonder what was going through their minds and during this time. But as we look at this text, we see that you know this kind of looks like a huge celebration. I mean, it's like a moment of victory and honor. But if we look closer, the deeper reality is the create this crowd is praising Jesus for what they thought he would do, or not really for who he was. They're expecting a political king. I mean, they thought somebody would, you know, they thought when the Messiah shows up, Rome, you're done. I mean, he's gonna come in here and just completely obliterate you. Nobody will even know you ever existed. That's what they were wanting, that's what they were expecting. They want to be delivered from oppression, you know, someone to fix the situation immediately. I think we've nowadays look in our world, sometimes we're just like, yeah, come on, Jesus, just come on back and get us, just take care of it. You know, I think sometimes people look at Jesus as a genie in a bottle. You know, what can I get out of Jesus? I'll pray, and then he's just got, you know, it's it Bible says whatever I ask in his name, he'll do it. So why not? We'll just and but when it doesn't work or it doesn't happen, then some get disappointed because of that no prayer or uh not right now, or I got something better for you. They get disappointed, and then some just walk away and they're like, well, fine, Jesus, if that's the way he is going, you know. If you didn't, you know, if he ain't answering my prayer, he doesn't really want to be around me, so they just and they walk away. It doesn't make any sense. We just need to, you know, it's that faithfulness, stay the course, hang in there, you know, you know, Jesus is you know, he's got this. But when we look at this, you know, the message here, Jesus He came with a full, you know, I mean, a whole different itinerary. I mean, the mission was different. He came to carry a cross, offer salvation through suffering, to bring eternal hope rather than temporary relief. And that is where the disconnect happens. Because worship that is based on what we want from God is never going to fully satisfy, and it's not going to last. It's easy to praise him when he meets our expectations, or it's easy to shout Hosanna when things are going our way, but what happens when he doesn't? You know, I think about the movie Facing the Giants, you know, those guys in the locker room after they lost. They said, guys, we got to praise him when we lose, and we got to praise him when we win. And that's exactly what we ourselves are supposed to do. And we think about the crowd that was praising Hosanna, you know, just a few days later earlier. Now we're going to start hearing them here in a couple days crying, crucify him. He's not who we thought he was. He's a fraud. Get rid of him. Because Jesus didn't fit their plan. And that is a warning for us today. We have to ask ourselves whether our worship is truly for who Jesus is, or only what we can get from him. What can you do for me, Jesus? Well, he did the ultimate, so that ought to be enough. It's easy to follow him. Again, it's when everything's just going smooth. You know, everything's a bed of roses, but you know it's not long before you grab a rose bush, but it's not long until you grab a thorn. You know, life is ups and downs and highs and lows and valleys, and you know, and uh and we just gotta stay the course and keep following him, keep trusting him every step of the way. We love it when prayers are answered quickly and when things look like we hoped. But following Jesus that requires trust, patience, and surrender. And when the plan looks different than expected, well, it's the question is is not how the crowd responded on that day. It's how we respond with our lives. And I get it, some things are hard because I'm gonna tell you, I've been going, you know, I've had some pretty tough stuff get thrown at me. And it's hard to get up and you know keep putting one foot in front of the other and going, yay God, this is gonna be a great day when you feel like you just want to carry your head up and just stay in bed. It's like hopefully it'll go away. You know, I told you the other day some of us, you know, when stuff was going on with my truck, I the old 80s commercial, cow gone, take me away. You know, that's kind of how I felt. And so, you know, but we can but it doesn't matter even on those days. Look for something to give him praise. You know, the if any of y'all have been to Camp Cowan, and many of you have ever been around the students up there, you know, attitude check, you know, praise the Lord. And I'm like, it's kind of hard to have a bad day when you're praising the Lord. And you know, so I've always kept that attitude check in the back of my mind. When I was doing youth ministry, I had it plastered on the one of the walls as soon as the youth come in this uh into the youth room. When they come down the steps, that was the first thing they seen as they entered was the attitude with a big check mark, and I, you know, and all of them have been to Calvin. So I guarantee you that was the first thing they thought of when they come into youth group. And so, but getting back to you know what I was talking as we're looking here, and so we just it's just another one of those, you know. I like to challenge and ask questions and kind of really make us think, you know, are we willing to trust him, obey him, and follow him even when the path is hard, uncertain, or uncomfortable? Receiving Jesus means more than just celebrating the miracles or the blessings or the good things, it means laying down our expectations, surrendering control, and following him faithfully. That is the choice that each one of us must make and ask our ourselves each day, you know, how will we receive him today? You know, will you welcome him only when it's convenient? Or will you truly recognize him as Lord and Savior, ready to follow him, even when it costs you something? I used to tell students all the time, I'm like, you know what, you start following Jesus, you may not be so popular in school, and you may not end up losing some friends. I know I lost friends, and whenever I truly give my life to Christ, there were people who didn't understand or didn't care to or and didn't understand where the guy that I was, and that's okay. You know, my focus was on Christ. Yeah, but we must choose how to receive him. And as we look into this last little bit here, Matthew 21, 10 through 11, it says, when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar, saying, Who is this? The crowds were saying, This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth and Galilee. And boy, were they, you know, they were gonna be surprised. But the whole city, they were stirred. People were asking questions, trying to figure out who Jesus really was. And the the the truth is that people still ask that same question today. And trust me, I see it all the time in social media and just all over, and people ask the question about who Jesus truly is, or why this, or why that, and you know, of course, and I'm like, man, I could do all kinds of uh, you know, people contradictions in the Bible. Oh man, that would be a good topic to discuss. And so, but I'm like, that would be a great way to teach them, to help them understand. You know, and that was one of the the messages when I did earlier. Uh, who do people say that I am? Well, some of the questions is, and that's some of them were saying that he was a good teacher, he was you know, he was a prophet, or some say he was Elijah, or whatever. You know, some, but then we have those ones who just completely reject him completely. But very few, you know, receive him fully as Lord, and that is a challenge we face because it is uh possible to be around Jesus, to hear about him, and to even praise him, and it's and still not truly receive him. You know, think about a series. I don't know if you and it's a book, and I and I'm not one that likes to sit down and read, but I couldn't put this book down. It's called Not a Fan by Kyle Adleman, and there was a whole series on it. And the whole thought process of this was you know what? He was talking about like I have pictures and posters of Michael Jordan, I have you know this, and he's like, I could even quote you all 66 books of the Bible in you know in order and one breath. And he's like, doesn't that I mean I'm impressed, you know, right? He's like, but that doesn't mean anything. He said, we can know all the stats, we can know all the things about Jesus, we can read through it, but if we haven't fully surrendered our life to him, it's meaningless meaningless. And that's kind of what this is is this is pointing to. You know, it's not a we need to understand that you know it's not just acknowledging his miracles, enjoying his blessings, that it's about surrender, it's about giving our lives over to him and following him, no matter what is coming at us or what's going on around us, or what direction he's taking us. Now, I can tell you, you know, uh seven, six years ago, whatever it was, I would have never dreamed I would be standing here or doing preaching or at any other church. Because my goal whenever I became the youth pastor of Genesis Fellowship was, well, when Mark retires, I'm taking the hit, I'm gonna take the pulpit there, and I'm not ever leaving GF, I'm just gonna be and God's like, keep telling yourself that I got other plans for you. You know, and doing podcasts or any kind of social media, digital stuff, mm-mm, not me. I don't know anything about that stuff. But God had other plans. You know, and the road hasn't been always been easy, but God's always been faithful. And I've watched him get through, get me through all those moments. And so it's just uh I can use my experience to teach it and tell you if he's gonna do it for me, I guarantee he'll do it for you. And that's you know, it's just about trusting him, even when the plan doesn't make sense. He has, you know, he's got us. It's about following him, not only in the celebration, those high moments, those Hosanna moments, but all throughout the journey, even when the road leads to difficulty or sacrifice and suffering. Receiving Jesus means letting go of your own agenda, our own expectations, and placing our lives in his hands. And that is why this moment in Jerusalem matters so much. The same Jesus that rode into this triumphal entry into Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday is the same Jesus who is walking towards the cross, the same Jesus who will rise from the tomb, and because of that empty tomb, we know that anything is possible. Because of that empty tomb, anything is possible. I heard a pastor or a message speak that, and I was like, you know, as much as I've thought about it and read it and stuff, I was like, really never thought about it that way. Because I mean when you look at all other religions in this world, they don't have an empty tomb. We do, which is proof that our Savior lives. He's the man, you know. So will you welcome him? Again, you know, this is one of those challenging things that make us think it's just you know, because the question is not just academic, it's personal. How will you receive Jesus? Will you welcome him only when it's convenient, when things are going your way, and when life feels easy, or will you fully surrender to him? You know, and I'm not just speaking this to us here, because I know y'all do it online, and I got people that listen on the podcast. You know, things we have to understand, that's the challenge. The choice is ours. God's not going to force himself on us. And it's a choice that changes everything in our journey on this road called life. From the triumphal entry to the cross to the empty tomb, it's not just history, it is hope. It is life, it is a promise that when we receive him fully, we will never be the same again. And I can tell you, I know that I'm not nowhere near the same person. I'm not where I want to be, but I'm not who I used to be, and that's what I give him praise for, because it's all because of him. So on that first Palm Sunday, everyone had a response to Jesus. Some celebrated, some questions, some misunderstood, and some would later reject him. And today nothing has changed. Jesus, well, he's still coming. Jesus, yep, he's still king, and he's still calling each one of us to a response. So again, you know, whether you're here in the room or you're listening to a podcast, you're on live and Facebook, how will you receive him? You know, will you walk in your life fully? Will you fully surrender? So again, remember that you know that empty tomb that we're going to talk about next week shows us that anything is possible. You don't sell for uh shallow understanding or a temporary celebration, follow the King truly, fully, and faithfully. And let this Palm Sunday be a moment that you examine your heart and ask yourself if you are fully receiving Jesus for who he truly is and commit to following him, not because of what he does for you, but for who he is, and commit to following him for what he has done for you. He paid the ultimate sacrifice, something you know, he paid a debt that you and I will never be able to pay. And did it because he loves us. Let's go ahead and uh pray with that. Father God, again, Palm Sunday. Lord, we see you walk in, you ride this donkey into Jerusalem. Father, there's so many that's this just shouting your name, your praises, and giving you, you know, paying adage to you and and lifting you up, and and Father, they just I mean could put you miss the mark. And Father, that happened so many times today. But those of us here, we know who you are, we know what you did for us. And Lord, we know that you are the ultimate King of Kings. You are the creator, you are the sustainer of life. And without you in our lives, we have no hope. So, Father, if there is anyone who doesn't know you, whether they're watching live or listening later or or even here today, Father, let today be the day that they fully surrender their lives to the one true King. Father, again, we love you and we thank you for all that you do in Jesus' name and amen. All right, well, we're getting ready to head home. And so uh if this message has encouraged you, don't forget to like it, share it with a friend, and subscribe so you never miss another episode. 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