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Matthew 21:1-17 ESV
Title: The Week Begins
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-17
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@ChristCommunityKC.org
>> Who does he think he is?
Zechariah 9:9 ESV
“Matthew thus emphasizes what surely Jesus’ symbolic act was designed to show, that he is Messiah indeed, but a Messiah whose triumphal route leads to suffering and humiliation, not to a show of force.” -R.T. France
>> He is the King of humility.
“In Jesus we find infinite majesty yet complete humility, perfect justice yet boundless grace, absolute sovereignty yet utter submission, all-sufficiency in himself yet entire trust and dependence on God.”
-Tim Keller (King’s Cross)
Isaiah 56:7-8 ESV
>> He is the King for all peoples.
Jeremiah 7:8-11 ESV
>> He is the King who has come for us.
>> Because Jesus is the King…
1. Humility is the path to greatness
2. Everyone is a potential sibling
3. He alone has the power to save