IF YOU DON'T....SOMEBODY WILL

The choir is singing a song called "How Can I Keep From Singing" I did a google search on the verse "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out". I found this article and read it to the choir.

As Jesus was entering Jerusalem, the people were shouting, praising God, and irritating the Pharisees. Luke 19 gives us the account of this exciting event. The Bible says that “with a loud voice” the people shouted, “blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” (Luke 19:38)

The Pharisees were irritated because their focus was on those worshiping and not on Jesus. They were more concerned with how loud people’s praise and worship was than just praising God themselves. The Pharisees told Jesus, “Rebuke your disciples!” yet Jesus responded, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out”. (Luke 19:40).

Some might say that Jesus was being figurative by saying stones would cry out. Not so. Worship of Jesus Christ must take place. All of creation responds to the awesomeness of Almighty God by extravagant expressions of worship. It must.

Jesus was not overstating the fact that the stones would cry out if worship did not take place.

In fact, scientists tell us that the earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery. They also say that unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma. The planet emanates a constant rumble far below the limits of human hearing, even when the ground isn’t shaking from an earthquake. This sound, first discovered a decade ago, is one that only scientific instruments - seismometers - can detect. Researchers call it Earth’s Hum. (from livescience.com)

Pharisees will say, “Inanimate objects cannot cry out. Stones don’t have voices. Jesus, do something about your disciples!”

They don’t understand that worship is the natural and the only response to Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. It will happen one way or another, and they and YOU are invited to be a part of this response.It is a law of reality.