Church of the Nazarene - East Rockingham Campus
Encounter The Cross Part 3
Victory comes through suffering and sacrifice not strength and striving
Locations & Times
Church of The Nazarene- East Rock
East Side Hwy, Elkton, VA 22827, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Today we will look at "the road to the cross" as we take a closer look at what we call Palm Sunday or the triumphal entry.
Jesus surprises us.
Consider the triumphal entry when they thought they were welcoming a mighty warrior king, but instead they were ushering the suffering savior to death on a cross.
Consider the triumphal entry when they thought they were welcoming a mighty warrior king, but instead they were ushering the suffering savior to death on a cross.
As they question, “Who is this?”:
Adam will tell you, It is the seed of the woman that shall bruise the serpent’s head. (Genesis 3:14-15)
Ask Abraham, he will tell you, It is “Melchizedek King of Salem,” King of Peace. (Genesis 14:18)
Jacob will tell you, He is Shiloh of the tribe of Judah. (Genesis 49:10)
Isaiah will tell you, “Immanuel,” “Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)
Jeremiah will tell you, The Branch of David, “the Lord our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:6)
Daniel will tell you, He is the Messiah. (Daniel 9:26)
Hosea will tell you, He is “the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is His memorial.” (Hosea 12:5)
John the Baptist will tell you, He is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29)
The great Jehovah has proclaimed from His throne, “This is My beloved Son.” (Matthew 3:17)
We, His disciples, declare, This is Jesus, the Messiah, the Prince of life, the Redeemer of the world.
And the prince of the powers of darkness acknowledges Him, saying, “I know Thee who Thou art, the Holy One of God.” (Mark 1:24)
Adam will tell you, It is the seed of the woman that shall bruise the serpent’s head. (Genesis 3:14-15)
Ask Abraham, he will tell you, It is “Melchizedek King of Salem,” King of Peace. (Genesis 14:18)
Jacob will tell you, He is Shiloh of the tribe of Judah. (Genesis 49:10)
Isaiah will tell you, “Immanuel,” “Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)
Jeremiah will tell you, The Branch of David, “the Lord our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:6)
Daniel will tell you, He is the Messiah. (Daniel 9:26)
Hosea will tell you, He is “the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is His memorial.” (Hosea 12:5)
John the Baptist will tell you, He is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29)
The great Jehovah has proclaimed from His throne, “This is My beloved Son.” (Matthew 3:17)
We, His disciples, declare, This is Jesus, the Messiah, the Prince of life, the Redeemer of the world.
And the prince of the powers of darkness acknowledges Him, saying, “I know Thee who Thou art, the Holy One of God.” (Mark 1:24)
We don’t expect that sequence of three words to describe a king:
righteous…victorious…lowly
righteous…victorious…lowly
The tragedy of this event was the fickleness of the people. At this point they are acclaiming the Lord Jesus as the long expected Messiah – within a few days they were crying for His death!
Paul Wallace
He came in peace to give the people peace. They preferred salvation from taxation to salvation of their souls – and so in a few days they would prefer Barabbas to be freed instead of Jesus. Jesus could see that this was their mindset, and so in the midst of this praise, with people waving the palm branches like a national flag, Jesus wept."
He came in peace to give the people peace. They preferred salvation from taxation to salvation of their souls – and so in a few days they would prefer Barabbas to be freed instead of Jesus. Jesus could see that this was their mindset, and so in the midst of this praise, with people waving the palm branches like a national flag, Jesus wept."
WHAT WE THINK WILL SAVE US CAN'T,
WHAT WE NEVER IMAGINED COULD, WILL.
WHAT WE NEVER IMAGINED COULD, WILL.