Ok, so on to the comments:
Josh L: Unbelievable, Josh gets his liscense and stops doing his devos... :) Just kidding! I am proud of you! Great Job Yesterday!!
Jessica B: I am glad that you read my comments... yesterday, I posted them right after I posted the verses... (incase anyone was already waiting on the passage... like you)
Jeff: I am proud of you, good job helping pastor Chip last night, there are not too many teenagers that He would let up in the sound booth at all, let alone touching everything!
MALLORY NICHOLE BURTON: I am so glad that you came on yesterday!! Great job! by the way... I can tell that your mom is a real life author... because you write very well also... You are exactly right about how this passage makes us think about how much we love Jesus. Keep it Up!
Marvin: That was deep man! :)
Kervin: You are Hillarious man! I got a visual image of you rubbing your bald head on the bottom of Jesus' feet... That is pretty funny! I am glad that you are willing :) By the way, do you like the yankees or the redsox? I cant remember.
Jon: MOVIE NIGHT??? What are you talking about?
Rachel: It is so good to have you back! Your so funny! (It is gross to... let Judas in your house) :)
McCue: Hey man! We miss you very much! It is good to see you on here! I wasnt to talk to you sometime soon, I will try to send you an email today or something...
Love you Mom! :)
John 12:9-18
9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,
11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
12 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “ Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ The King of Israel!”
14 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:
15 “ Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King is coming, Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.
17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.
18 For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
There are two very interesting part to this story: I will start with the first one... first. In verses 9-11 we see how much the world hates Jesus and what they are willing to do when people are following Christ. Think about this. Lazarus has done NOTHING WRONG!!! He simply got sick, went to heaven, came back from the dead when Jesus performed a miracle, and then the pharisees wanted to kill him... They were not only seeking to kill Jesus, BUT LAZARUS AS WELL!! Are you kidding me?!?!
This is often how people are... I remember when I was growing up, When I was backsliding, and running from the Lord, I could not stand anyone that was right with God. I avoided my youth pastor, I talked bad about my youth pastor, He was an incredible man, but because of my sin, I wanted to deny anything that could possibly prove me wrong... I know people who are like that today... It is amazing how I can be so close to a teenager, but as soon as they get involved in something that they should not be doing, they dissapear off the face of the earth.
It is sad how satan drags us along on his leash, once we get involved in sin. Sin makes you stupid, and it maked you do REALLY STUPID things!! Don't fall for it!
The second thought in the remainder of this passage is, how fickel people can be... One moment the whole city is ready to stone Jesus... then the next minute they are worshipping Him. As Jesus rides into town on a donkey, everyone lines up on the streets like it was some kind of Christmas parade or something. They line up to WORSHIP Jesus, and to Praise His Name...
The rediculuos part is that if you have EVER been to any kind of EASTER PRESENTATION then you know that today they are worshipping, tomorrow they are yelling: "Crucify Him!!!!"
People are fickel! Don't follow the crowd! Do what you know is right Lastly: I think it is so funny how rediculously dramatic the pharisees are: They see this happen, and they say: "SEE!!! The Whole World Has Gone After Him!!!" Can anyone say: Sin makes you stupid?!?!
Get on God's team, and you will win. Listen to your youth pastor... He loves you and wants to see you closer to Christ than ever so that you can be HAPPIER THAN EVER!!!! Trust me on that one!
17 comments:
woot woot first to comment
sorry i wasn't there last night i spent the night at my friends
well i think that lazurus and jesus are alike in this story only cause they were both seeked to be killed and how jesus perfomed the miracle
*HUGE STRETCH*sorry i dont seem as involved lately=[ im NOT slackin or gettin pulled away by satin & his sins tho...just alota stuff goin on around here & in my personal life...but things r gettin better so im comin back-lol-
so they wanna kill lazarus cuz jesus brought him back 2 life! How rediculas!they wanna kill em BOTH cuz now 1/2 the jews believe in him!
so he rides back in2town on a donkey & even more people than b4 believe cuz he's done a sign...
All these people wantin 2 kill others 4 their beliefs is gettin lame by now...the non-believers SHOULDNT CARE what others believe!it DOESNT effect them & their daily lives(except people r doin good things now& whatnot)Who cares if WE believe...we're NOT u & we're not gonna follow what U believe...ya know???
All these people seem 2 hate Christians & r like at our throats cuz we're believers!WHAT DOES IT HIONESTLY MATTER TO THEM???they're probably a bit jelous cuz WE'RE leadin the better lives...
i think what im gettin outa this is that i have a feelin these people r gonna b in Judas' place soon(believeing/knowing Christ when asked when ur life could very well depend on ur answer)
so even tho there's NOTHIN about that in this passage...that's what i get...what r u willin 2 do 4 christ, & r u on his side even when sum1may kill 4 doin so???(like cassie from columbine bein shot 4 sayin yes when she coulda EASILY said no & lived)
k y'all...i gotta eat,take a shower,pack& go2my aunts in 1 hr...
sooo...later taters
PASTOR LEE WATHCH THIS VIDEO...I SAW IT ON T.V. AND THOUGHT O WOW I HAVE TO SEND THIS TO P.L. AND KATIE AND OF COURSE BABY WILLLLL
HAHAHA
WATCH>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXnRuyJZkUw
P.L. Just copy and paste it into your address bar :)
That is very funny! Reminds me of Will... This morning! :)
Yeah pastor lee when i got to the sound booth i was like wow this is going to be hard because there is like a billion buttons but he showed me what each one does and oh this isn't that hard. Oh if start doing sound does that mean i cant sit the teens anymore in church? Last night was fun I really like the tick tack toe game! Jessica sorry for hurting your leg please don't get your dad on me. Yeah we need to do that kind of stuff more often like just come and hangout.
Wow Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and right after being alive the Pharisees want to go and kill him for what though he has done nothing. He just got raised from the dead! Now the jews have heard about Jesus and about the miracle preformed on Lazarus they came to see Jesus. the chief priest didn't like that all the jews were leaving to go see him because he wanted them with him so he decided to kill Lazarus. When everyone arrived at the gathering the jews said “ Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! The King of Israel! is that were the song came from blessed be the name of the lord o blessed be the name of the lord! I don't really understand the part about the donkey but ok. The people glorified him because of the stories and the things he has done like raise the dead.
Sorry I haven't been doing this lately . I was celebrating my best friend's b-day ( Sat. Sun. and some of Mon.).
Well anyways back to the devotion !
People are CRAZY !! They hav NO RIGHT to want to kill Lazarus OR Jesus !! At least I don't think so ! Yes Pastor Lee ! You are so right ! Once we do 1 sin then we keep adding on to it , and it is horrible ! And I know I do it sometimes , and I need to try to stop that . Everyone probably does at some point , I think .
Anyways I like the idea of ' movie night ' or whatever john said !!
it sounds like FUN FUN ! We should try it and see how it goes .
~ Grace ~
Yea...My 2nd day on!!!Last night was great Pastor Lee we should do that more often(sardines was alot of fun!!!)
Ok so the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death(along with Jesus) because many of the Jews believed in Him.There was a feast and many of the Jews had come because they heard Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.They had taken branches of palm trees and cried out to Him “ Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ The King of Israel!” I think it would have been really cool to have been there watching everyone worshiping Jesus!!!
WOW... i wish i couldve came last night... i wana play sardines sooo bad :b HEY WHOS ALL GOING TO SUN SPLASH ON THURSDAY??? IM GOIN! i cant w8.
devos:
man that would stink... you do a miracle for the bennefit of people and the pharisees want to kill you.
man that would bite. but imagine the crowd that was their to see a person raised from the dead. man and it would be cool to have all of these people sing "hosana" to you. see u guyz 2morrow night :>)
hehe. L8ER
Wow after they rrose him from the dead they want LAzarus dead again that just messed up. If the jews really beilved wouldn't they go to see him any way cause the priests wouldn't kill their people. Isn't a colt a baby horse?
What up ya'll
Its crazy to see that people could be so twofaced back then. I mean they could look at Jesus, talk to him, and some even touched him. Still some only worshiped him because it was the popular thing to do(that day anyway), just like when the same people wanted to stone him, and would crucify him, it was popluar. Pastor Lee is so right on, sin makes you stupid. How stupid could these people be. They all just dident hear of Lazarus being rasied from the grave, some witnessed it happen(they bore witness). Still to learn what these people will do to Jesus, is stupid. Im so glad God's grace washed our sin away and unstuipifies us(I would be stupider if not).
Listen to your youth pastor... He loves you and wants to see you closer to Christ than ever so that you can be HAPPIER THAN EVER!!!! Trust me on that one!
I hope to see you all tomarrow night, peace out...
this starts out by the pharasies wanting to kill Jesus and lazarus, they only wanted to kill lazarus because he was the one that Jesus raised from the dead and because of that miracle people believed in Jesus, how dumb is that. also the next day people were gathering palm branches to lay down at Jesus feet when He was to come into the town on a donkey, which is pretty crazy because the day before some of the people were wanting to stone Jesus and have Him killed. also because of the miracle that Jesus did when He raised lazarus from the dead many people believed in Jesus. finally the pharasies go a little crazy because they say that the whole world has gone toward Him and there is only a street full or two putting palm branches in front of Him and worshiping Him. so we need to trust in Jesus, not just for what He has done but for who He is (the Savior of the world). also we see how indecisive the people following Jesus are because one day they want Him dead and the next day they are worshiping Him, we need to choose sides and hopefully it is the side that followes Jesus.
lol pastor lee that sounds like something id say.
i remember the guy at word of life sang that, lol.
aha i found it ((:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w42y9sT_zE
and one rea quick thing; can you please pray for me and my knee; today we went to the doctor and im need surgery on it and tomorrow at like 8am we have to go get a new brace until they can work on it.
im not so much worried as just tired of all my problems so please pray for me to just keep the mindset that its Gods purpose and not, like, a curse.
Okay, so, what im thinking has no relation to the passage accept for probably in my own mind, but ill say it anyways.
i think these people are sorta bipolar minded?; they dont think for themselves. Whenever one person decides to worship Jesus, they all do, and when a person decides to revolt against Him, they all join.
Sometimes we can be like that when we decide that we dont need to look into something for ourselves due to fear of what we might discover. i think these people were afraid to stand up for Jesus when others didnt because they didnt know enough of the truth to stand for themselves.
I know on certain things i like to think its okay to just agree with people because its easier and theres no debate, when really, looking into whats right and actually standing up for it is better.
When i hear people saying things i know dont make the most righteous conversation, i usually think that maybe its better to just let them go and leave correction to hit them on their own time, but to speak of the right things is something i should do way more.
Ok so the Pharises are a little mad because everyone loves Jeuss and no one likes them but i think its cool that Jesus caught on so fast i mean like from the time he did his first miracle till now i mean people were worshiping at his feet i think that was awesome.
And Pastor Lee you said in like june that we would have a movie night every monday in July like we did last year but i gues you didnt remember but thats ok thats cause your OLD well i will see you all 2 marrow night goodbye for now untill we meet again. hodeos amigos.
so that whole donkey thing is kinda weird, and those pharisees are so bad. Pre-meditated murder is illegal and you can be sent to jail for life in the worst of cases. Oh well they are just contributing to Gods master plan of rescuing us from a brutal, painfully, bloody, burning death in the horrid depths of hell. Anyways GN and have a beautiful god given day tomorrow:)
These people are like bipolar. One day they want to kill Jesus and the next day they want to make Him thier King. Then after that phase is complete, they want to kill Him again. And I can't believe that they want to kill Lazarus too. Just because Jesus did a miracle to riase him form the dead. But because he is drawing people to Christ, they want to kill him.
And I can totally relate to when you said "When I was backsliding, and running from the Lord, I could not stand anyone that was right with God." Satan has a way of making you feel like you're not worth anything, so why try. All that is a trap into a life of unhappiness. You begin to hate your family, yourself, and anyone right with God. Then you begin to rely on the world for advice and a role model. It's a painful road, so my advice is to not fall for Satan's trap in the first place.
Wow!! They wanted to kill Laz too! After Jesus performed a great miracle raising him up from the dead and now the people want to kill him again!! whats up with that. These people need to get a life. Wow 1. who would want to stone Jesus( he did so many wonderful miracles for these people) 2. These people have mood swings really bad because now they want to worship Him? WOW! Sin does make you stupid so if you dont want to be stuped dont get into sin!!
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