Yesterday morning, Palm Sunday, I preached out of Matthew 21:1-17. The title was, "Palm Readings: Jesus Revealed through Donkeys, David, and Diapers."
You can watch or listen to the message here (should be posted sometime today).
Discussion questions to aid in your further thinking through the text are as follows:
1. Read Matthew 8:4, 9:30, and 17:9. Why did Jesus not want word to get out in public about who He was (the Messiah)?
2. Why do you think Jesus chose to 'go public' about who He was in Matthew 21 (the first 'Palm Sunday')?
3. Why is Matthew careful to point out that what took place (when Jesus rode into town on a donkey) was to fulfill prophecies from Isaiah 62:11-12 and Zechariah 9:9?
4. What do the prophecies in Isaiah 62 and Zechariah 9 say about the One who would be coming into Jerusalem on a donkey?
5. What does the word "Hosanna" literally mean? Compare Matthew 21:9 with Psalm 118:25-27.
6. What was Jesus communicating to the chief priests and the scribes when he responded to them with a quote from Psalm 8:2 in Matthew 21:16?
7. Were the crowds correct in their assessment of Jesus in Matthew 21:9?
8. Why did this same crowd demand that Jesus be crucified 5 days later (see Matthew 27:23)?
9. What were they obviously looking for in a Messiah?
10. What did Jesus come to do, ultimately?
11. In what ways do you perhaps treat Jesus the same way the crowd in Matthew 21 treated Jesus? How does your understanding of your ultimate problem being your own sin change the way you think about Jesus and other problems in your life? How does Jesus rescue you from the main and ultimate problem we have (sin)?
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