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As we come today, knowing what this week entails...
Knowing what Christianity celebrates throughout this week...
We come today, looking back at Jesus Christ’s - Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
As He takes His final steps in His earthly ministry...
Before laying down His life…for all who would believe.
If you remember last week - as we walked through Chapter 6 of John (walking thru as a fellowship)...
…we looked at - The Will of the Father...
In that The Father’s will:
connects faith in Jesus with Eternal Life
wills faith in those who believe...
And today - as we look back to the 1st Palm Sunday, we’re actually going to see that what played out...
…from that Sunday - to that Friday...
Was - a BATTLE OF WILLS...
and in seeing THAT - we’ll actually have a better grasp as to WHAT ACTUALLY RODE INTO Jerusalem that day…so many years ago.
Let’s look back...
Now - I think that as we look back at this passage...
We see that - AT LEAST for the moments of time described in these verses...
This was a JOYOUS time for all involved!
Jesus had been healing people left and right...
And not just putting ointment on people...
Not just wrapping people’s wounds...
BUT - literally...
healing the lame...
RAISING the dead!
See most of the people there in Jerusalem that day as Jesus made His way in...
HAD HEARD about His MIRACULOUS work!
Jesus was a bit of - a freak show!
And we all know - we love to check out - the newest Freak Show!
BUT - even in that truth - there was more going on that day than people just trying to catch a glimpse!
And we HEAR it in the text...
The whole MULTITUDE of His disciples began to REJOICE!
quietly??
No - with a LOUD VOICE!!
Mark’s gospel tells us ALL who went before Him and ALL who followed Him were PRAISING Him!
This wasn’t JUST ABOUT catching a GLIMPSE!!
These people WORSHIPPED what they saw…that day...
AND YET - there was an EPIC - Battle of WILLS - taking place!
As we saw Last Week...
SLIDE: The Will of the Father: Entered Jerusalem That 1st Palm Sunday
The Will of the Father
We spent last week really diving into the Will of the Father...
And if you remember we saw that the WILL OF THE FATHER...
Connects Faith in Jesus - with Eternal Life
Wills Faith in those who Believe
And so when we say YES - The Will of the Father Entered Jerusalem that day on a Donkey...
We look back to Genesis to see where God PROMISED this would be so...
In Genesis 15 (i hope you remember this)...
God makes a Covenant with Abraham...
And in chapter 15, we see this Covenant Ceremony take place...
So what’s happening here?
(*Explain)
Ordinarily when a servant would enter into a covenant with a lord, the servant would pass thru the dead animals as he made his promise of faithfulness.
This was a way to say - If i'm not faithful to this promise i make today, may i be torn into pieces and killed like these animals.
The servant is agreeing to take on the curse of the covenant if he does not keep his oath.
Now with this in mind...let's look at what happens here.
So instead of Abraham passing thru the dead animals...
God does!
In the form of a smoking fire pot and flaming torch,
God passes thru the blood path (the dead animals),
and as He does, He promises to bless Abraham in all the ways He has promised.
Typically the Servant would pass through the blood path...BUT God does...
And in DOING SO - GOD points to the Son of God (Jesus) who would come to .... SERVE...as a Suffering Servant...
So God walks the blood path....
WITH - that 1st Palm Sunday in View!!
And then the ceremony ends.
Abraham never walks.
- SEE - This rescue mission was God’s PLAN...
Plan B?
No - Plan A
And again - the Bible CONFIRMS this for us...
The Father in Heaven - Sent Jesus the Son - to earth - TO BE CRUCIFIED...
The death of Jesus - WASN’T wishful thinking on the part of God the Father **
God came to earth....ON A MISSION...
SLIDE: Just as Jesus entered Jerusalem that day, so too did the will of the Father
Just as Jesus entered Jerusalem that day, so too did the will of the Father
It was the Fathers Will that Jesus come and die...
God the Father sent Christ to the Cross...
And Jesus Himself laid down His life…choosing the Cross…!
BUT - remember what our title for today was?
Let’s see...
SLIDE:
The Battle of Wills
There were 2 wills in play on that 1st Palm Sunday...
We’ve just looked at the Father’s Will…and NOW...
SLIDE: The Will of Man: Entered Jerusalem That Day
The Will of Man
When Christ rode into Jerusalem on that donkey that day...
The Will of Man came with Him...
And we can hear it in the text...
The Will of Man - here - manifests itself in 2 ways
And yet - EACH display - comes from the same place...
We’re going to look at EACH WAY…and then also - the place it comes from...
The first display of Man’s will comes in the PRAISES of MAN toward Christ that day...
Here we have - MEN - worshipping Christ...
But let’s DIG…we need to get DEEPER than the surface of it...
THINK ABOUT IT...
WHY were they worshipping Christ?
See...
• The problem with all of those people there in Jerusalem that day was not that they just needed to mean what they were saying...
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