This colt was borrowed. Christ went upon the water in a borrowed boat, ate the Passover in a borrowed chamber, was buried in a borrowed sepulchre, and here rode on a borrowed ass. These things understood not his disciples at first. There was much connected with his ministry that never became clear until he had suffered and risen. Then in the clear light of the Holy Spirit all was like a sunbeam.
Affection desires to express itself in costly sacrifices for the loved.
The worldly heart can never understand the blessedness and power of enthusiasm, and gifts of love. Bad men always put forward good motives for their bad deeds. Expressions of affection are of great value. We all need sympathy, and that it be expressed, especially the poor, the sick, the sorrowing. The gifts for the gospel, for the church, for Christ's sake, always increase the gifts to the poor.