Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
John 14:6
Jesus Says He is Truth
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Mark 11:1-11
Jesus Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them,“Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”
4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6 They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. 7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
Mark 15:1-15
Jesus Before Pilate
1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
6 Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7 A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8 The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
9 “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, 10 knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.
12 “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
13 “Crucify him!” they shouted.
14 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
1 Peter 2:22
No Sin Was Found in Him
22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus is the Same Forever
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
We must watch our emotions as we look at Truth and who we Trust...Truth and trust are closely related...And I see that as we have emotions about things our trust and truths might change...But Truth does not change...And Truth is not necessarily emotions and how we feel...How we feel day in and day out is not the Truth...How we feel, is well, how we feel...
Scripture tells us to trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding...Do we trust in the LORD and lean more on His understanding than we do our own?...Truth is a fact and a statement about a fact or facts...Truth is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow...Truth is always Truth...Truth does not change...So Truth is not really dependent on time or something that changes over time...And over Jesus' ministry, we learn to Trust Him...Because Trust is something that is earned over time...Trust and Truth are related in our emotions and how we feel about something or Someone can change and sometimes change very quickly...Jesus told us the Truth no matter how it might affect our emotions (either good or bad), because what He says is always the Truth...His Truths are the same yesterday, today, and forever...
Why I say that Truth and Trust are related is when we study Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem there seems to me be trust and praise all around Him...He is a Man of God, and the people recognize it with their words and their actions as He arrives in Jerusalem...Jesus oddly enough requested a colt to ride into Jerusalem, knowing this would be His last time there (before His crucifixion and His death)...When the disciples brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, He sat on it...Many people spread their own cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields...Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!”...“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”..“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”...“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”...So praise was all around Jesus as He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts... He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, so He went out to Bethany with the Twelve...So we can see that the people surrounding Him were full of praise and seemingly love...
Yet, this would very soon change...Our emotions change...Jesus is soon arrested...And after His arrest, He is quickly brought before Pilate...And Pilate sees no guilt in Jesus...Pilate asks the crowd, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”...Pilate knew that it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him...But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead...“What shall I do, then, with the One you call the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked them...“Crucify Him!” they shouted...“Why?...What crime has He committed?” asked Pilate...But they still shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”...Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them....And he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified...The one thing that the chief priests are saying about Jesus is the He has blasphemed God...
So the crowd that earlier had laid branches and their cloaks on the road before Him, now were wanting Him crucified...What a change in emotion, and what a change in how they felt about Him...They seem to no longer trust Him...The crowd no longer seems to believe and no longer are blessing that He does comes in the name of the LORD and that He is blessed and knows all about the coming kingdom of their father David...They have forgotten this...Emotion has changed their Truth...He earlier was blessed by God, and now they want Him crucified...
So it seems that how we feel about things and about people affect our trust for them, and whether we believe in them...And our emotions change quickly...Jesus went from the most high praises of Hosanna to the lowest of shoutings to crucify Him...And the crowd shouted crucify Him, all the louder...If Jesus is Truth, as He says He and you believe this Truth does not change...If He is from God -how can He blaspheme His Father...He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth...