A message for Palm Sunday 2015

1. ‘Imitating Christ’s humility’

2. ‘What do you want me to do for
you?’
Matt 21:32, Mark 10:36

3. The response of pride – James
& John
Then James and John … came to
him. "Teacher … we want you to
do for us whatever we ask." "What
do you want me to do for you?" he
asked. They replied, "Let one of
us sit at your right and the other at

4. Jesus predicts his suffering and
death
‘We are going up to Jerusalem, and the
Son of Man will be delivered over to the
chief priests and the teachers of the
law. They will condemn him to death
and will hand him over to the Gentiles
to be mocked and flogged and

5. Jesus defines greatness in
terms of service
“and whoever wants to be first must
be your slave - just as the Son of
Man did not come to be served, but
to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many"

6. The response of the
Servant KingA very large crowd spread their cloaks
on the road, while others cut branches
from the trees and spread them on
the road. The crowds that went ahead
of him and those that followed
shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of
David!" "Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in

7. Why did Jesus ride on a
colt?
To fulfil prophecy
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of
Zion! Shout, Daughter of
Jerusalem! See, your king comes
to you, righteous and having
salvation, gentle and riding on a
donkey, on a colt, the foal of a
donkey

8. Why did Jesus ride on a
colt?
To demonstrate humility
‘gentle’ = humble or lowly

9. This is the day the LORD has
made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it. O LORD, save
us; O LORD, grant us success.
Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the LORD.
Psalm 118:24-26

10. So the Pharisees said to one
another, "See, this is getting
us nowhere. Look how
the whole world has
gone after him!"
John 12:19

11. 1. Develop a Christ like
servant mindYour attitude should be the same
as that of Christ Jesus
Phil 2:5
Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of
your mind

12. 2. Develop a Christ like
servant motive
Do nothing out of selfish ambition
or vain conceit
Phil 2:3a
“It is always the secure who are
humble”

13. 3. Develop a Christ like servant
heart
… but in humility consider
others better than yourselves.
Each of you should look not only
to your own interests, but also to
the interests of others
Phil 2:3b-4

14. 4. Develop a Christ like
humility
Who, being in very nature God, did not
consider equality with God something
to be grasped, but made Himself
nothing, taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human
likeness.
And being found in appearance as a
man,

15. He has shown you, O mortal, what
is good. And what does the LORD
require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and
to walk humbly with your God
Micah 6:8

16. What does it mean to walk humbly
before God?
Am I God dependent or self-dependent?
Am I still teachable?
Do I recognize that my gifts/talents are
from God?
Do I prefer the limelight to being in the
background?
Do I come before God recognizing my
need?

17. "Humility is powerful, for it is
based on the sense of being
absolutely dependent on the
grace of God ... Humility is not
worried about ‘face’. It is
prepared to own a fault, a
mistake, make an apology, or
make restitution if it has
wronged anyone."