If ever we needed Jesus to make a Triumphal Entry into our world and our lives, it is NOW! If ever we needed a Deliverer, it is NOW! If ever we needed someone who could CHANGE what’s going on in our world, it is NOW! If ever we needed Someone who could stop this Corona Virus; If ever we needed to hear the Message of the Cross, that Jesus shed blood on the Cross is the only thing that can turn away the Wrath of God against sin, and release the Holy Spirit to circumcise our hearts and cut away the sin nature, and set us free from sin, it is NOW; and it is Jesus! If ever we need to encounter the Power of the Resurrected Jesus fresh and new, it is Now!

Don’t Stop Praying! Don’t Stop Standing on the Promises of God! Don’t Stop Believing God for Miracles! Don’t Stop Believing God for Peace and Hope in this Crisis!

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Jesus’s Gethsemane Experience, Jesus death on the Cross, and Jesus powerful Resurrection from the dead three days later are 8 days that Changed History forever; and this Holy Week is a Model for us to ask the Lord in 2020 to make another Triumphal Entry into our lives, and to bring us back to the Cross of Jesus, and enter back into this Blood Covenant relationship that the Father and the Son of God made on the Cross that destroyed the works of the world, the flesh and the devil, and still sets us free. This Passover Lamb’s Blood applied to our hearts and lives, that cause the Death Angel to Passover us. Let’s return to the empty Tomb, and remember that our Savior is Alive and well and seated at the Right Hand of God, the Father, and deserves our Worship, our Devotion, our Praise, our Hearts and Lives.

God parted the Red Sea for Moses so that an estimated 2 to 3 million Israelites could cross over on dry ground in one night. A military logistics expert said, “The Red Sea would have had to part 3 miles wide for them to get over in one night.”

According to the Bible, Jesus healed every manner of sickness and disease. He opened blinded eyes, and deaf ears. Jesus healed a quadriplegic. Jesus raised a dead girl, a young man, and Lazarus from the dead. Jesus walked on water and calmed a raging storm with a few words, “Peace Be Still,” and Jesus raised from the dead Himself.

The Bible says, that the name of Jesus is above all names, and at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, above the earth, on the earth and under the earth. We believe this Corona Virus will bow to the name of Jesus!

The Corona Virus has caused Fear, Terror and Uncertainty like nothing we’ve ever experienced in our life time. This Sunday, April 5th, is the start of Holy Week, The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, His actions declaring that He indeed is the Messiah, the King of the Jews, but also, the Passover Lamb. Jesus would die on a Cross at Sundown on the day of Passover, as He declared, “It Is Finished!” The Price for sin was paid in full by His sacrifice, and three days later, on Sunday, Jesus Resurrected from the Dead! What a Paradox to what we’re currently experiencing when all that we used to hold so dear in our culture has grinded to a halt. Schools and Universities are closed, Sporting events, even the Summer Olympics, have been cancelled or delayed. Gambling Casinos and NASCAR events are closed, cancelled or rescheduled at a future date to be determined.

Normal life has been so disrupted that people feel like they’re experiencing “Hell on earth.” So many in our Government, Academic Elites, Entertainment, Sports, and Secular Culture have tried to eliminate God from the Culture for many years and have celebrated almost every lifestyle and behavior that God has called Sin in the bible, from Idol worship, to sexual perversion, to abortion on demand. God forgive us for making idols to worship that have no power to give us life, but steal our affections and our devotion to You; forgive us as a nation for legalizing sexual perversion and the abortion of innocent babies in their mother’s wombs. Lord, come and heal our land we pray. In Jesus name!

Ironically, this One week of the year, the whole world is forced to ask themselves this question, “Is Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, the Savior of the World?” 2.3 billion people on earth have put their faith and hope in Jesus, and these 8 days are still changing history for hundreds of thousands every day who put their faith in Jesus and the promises of the Bible.

Don’t Stop Praying! Don’t Stop Standing on God’s Promises! Don’t Stop Believing God for Miracles!

Pray this prayer and then Follow Jesus, and you can make Jesus your Savior and Lord. Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of God. I know I’m a sinner and I need a Savior. I ask You to forgive my sins and come into my heart and life. Give me Your Holy Spirit and make me a Child of God. Help me to turn away from sin and find real Life in You. Help me find a Life-Giving Church to show me how to follow You and be like You, Jesus. Show me where to start reading in the Bible, so I can know Your will for my life, In Jesus name I pray!

Read these bible passages about the events of these 8 days. Daniel 9:24-27; Zechariah 9:9; Luke 19:28-40; Matthew 26:36; Matthew 27:33-66; Matthew 28:1-15.

God Bless you!

(“From the Pulpit” is a weekly sermon provided by the clergy members of The Weirton Ministerial Association)