Sermon Video: "If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." - Luke 19:37-40

As Jesus enters into Jerusalem to the joyous proclamation of his followers that he is the long-awaited Messiah come in the name of the Lord, he is confronted by the request of the Pharisees that he squelch the enthusiasm of the crowd.  In response, Jesus tells the Pharisees that, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."  Hyperbole?  It feels like it, but pointing to an important theological truth: The glory of God will not be denied.  God, being God, and being holy, righteous, and abounding in loving kindness, must be praised; it will happen.
What then is our response?  How effective and sufficient is our praise of God?  Is our worship all that it should be, as individuals, and as a church?  Do we encourage others to praise God, or get in their way?  These are important questions of self-examination we ought to actively pursue.

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