Would you have recognized Jesus as God’s Son?

Devotional for Kids

“Hosanna!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David
That comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!” Mark 11: verses 9 and 10

On the Sunday before Easter, Jesus came riding into Jerusalem as a king. People were rushing out to see Jesus and to honor Him.

These people had heard about the wonderful miracles that Jesus did. They heard how Jesus had even raised his friend Lazarus from the dead. Yes, Lazarus had died and was already buried in a cave-like tomb. He had been dead for four days. But Jesus said to him “come forth” and he became alive and came out of his tomb. You can read about it in John chapter 11. Finally, a lot of people believed that Jesus must be God’s Son, the Messiah, because of what He did.

Jesus’ disciples had borrowed a donkey’s colt and they put their coats on it for Jesus to sit on. Many people threw their outer garments along the road for Jesus to ride over. Some people waved palm leaves and others threw palm leaves on the road for Jesus to ride over. That is why we now call this day, Palm Sunday.

The crowd followed Him all the way to the temple. All the while they were shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord!” Hosanna means ‘save now’. Jesus came to earth to save us from our sins.

The leaders of the church, the Pharisees, did not like the people honoring Jesus. They did not believe He was the Son of God. They thought He was an ordinary man pretending to be God’s Son. They wanted the people to honor them instead.

The Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him to tell the people to stop shouting. Jesus told them that if the people would be quiet, God would make the stones shout instead. It was God’s timing for Jesus to be honored.

If the Pharisees had just carefully read the Scriptures, the Old Testament of the Bible, they would have understood that this was Jesus, the Son of God. Because in Zechariah 9:9 God had said a long time ago that just this would happen to the Messiah, God’s Son, when He would come.

“Rejoice greatly, O my people! Shout with joy! For look – your King is coming! He is the Righteous One, the Victor! Yet he is lowly, riding on a donkey’s colt!”

I wonder if we would have recognized Jesus as God’s Son if we had been there that day; or would we have been like the Pharisees and told Jesus to tell the people to be quiet.

We are very fortunate. Today we have the Bible telling us all about Jesus and how He died for our sins and rose again and is in heaven, praying for us.
We can truly believe that Jesus is God’s Son because of all the proof the Bible gives us.

Memory Verse for this Week:
“And it is he who will supply all your needs from his riches in glory, because of what Christ Jesus has done for us.” Philippians 4: verse 19 [The Living Bible]

Going deeper as adults:

Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament that was expected of the Messiah. What further proof do we need that He is God’s Son?

The prophecies He had fulfilled until Palm Sunday:

The Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel: whose goings forth have been of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2 [King James Version]
Fulfillment: see Matthew 2:1-6; Luke 2:1-20.

The Messiah was to be born of a virgin
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 [King James Version]
Fulfillment: see Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38

The Messiah was to be a prophet like unto Moses
“The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him, ye shall hearken;
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words, which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.” Deuteronomy 18: 15, 18, 19 [King James Version]
Fulfillment: see John 7:14-17, 40-46; Acts 3:22-26

The Messiah was to enter Jerusalem in triumph
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation: lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” Zechariah 9:9 [King James Version]
Fulfillment: see Matthew 21: 1-9; John 12;12-16

Ruth Willms

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