Ever thought about the verse from Luke where Jesus says to the Pharisees, "...if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."? What are we talking here? Like, would it be one, monotone, "Praise God", Ben Stein style? Would some have lower voices or higher voices like yours and mine? I kind of like to think that every single one of the stones would have a very bold way of speaking. If you've seen Austin Powers, think SEND IN THE CLONE!!!!
Except more like SEND IN THE KING!!!!! Can you imagine?
So here is the scene: Jesus the Savior of mankind has been placed on a donkey and is riding down a street being praised by the people around him. Some of the things the people are saying start to get to the Pharisees (since the Pharisees do not believe Jesus to be the Son of God.) So, the Pharisees pipe in, "Teacher rebuke your disciples." This strikes me as funny since, uh... yeah... if he wanted to do that don't you think he already would have? Like Jesus wasn't listening or couldn't hear what the people were saying? Jesus, in essence, tells them that there is absolutely nothing that anyone could do to stop this praise toward Him because even if the people are silenced it has been prophesied for centuries that He will receive praise at this moment. I think it would have been cool if the Pharisees had actually been able to silence the people around and suddenly out of their own mouths start spouting, "Praise to the King and Hosanna in the Highest". That might have shut them up.
Here is what I do know. I do not ever want to experience the rocks crying out because that means that we as the body of Christ are not boldly praising our God. I know that one of our purposes in life is to praise and worship our God with full abandon. I pray that each person who reads this will take time out of their day to praise the maker of the heavens. He gives each and every one of us breath. He knows the number of hairs on your head, or lack thereof. Praise is not just what he wants. Praise is what he deserves! That is what we hope to achieve in our lives, in our thoughts, even in this blog. Sally and I hope to continuously praise our Father and hope to inspire some others to do the same. We hope that you will join us in our movement to Silence the Stones.
Except more like SEND IN THE KING!!!!! Can you imagine?
So here is the scene: Jesus the Savior of mankind has been placed on a donkey and is riding down a street being praised by the people around him. Some of the things the people are saying start to get to the Pharisees (since the Pharisees do not believe Jesus to be the Son of God.) So, the Pharisees pipe in, "Teacher rebuke your disciples." This strikes me as funny since, uh... yeah... if he wanted to do that don't you think he already would have? Like Jesus wasn't listening or couldn't hear what the people were saying? Jesus, in essence, tells them that there is absolutely nothing that anyone could do to stop this praise toward Him because even if the people are silenced it has been prophesied for centuries that He will receive praise at this moment. I think it would have been cool if the Pharisees had actually been able to silence the people around and suddenly out of their own mouths start spouting, "Praise to the King and Hosanna in the Highest". That might have shut them up.
Here is what I do know. I do not ever want to experience the rocks crying out because that means that we as the body of Christ are not boldly praising our God. I know that one of our purposes in life is to praise and worship our God with full abandon. I pray that each person who reads this will take time out of their day to praise the maker of the heavens. He gives each and every one of us breath. He knows the number of hairs on your head, or lack thereof. Praise is not just what he wants. Praise is what he deserves! That is what we hope to achieve in our lives, in our thoughts, even in this blog. Sally and I hope to continuously praise our Father and hope to inspire some others to do the same. We hope that you will join us in our movement to Silence the Stones.
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