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Matthew 21:1-11
More Than a Prophet.
March 26, 2017
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
What’s the number one thing?
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The Glory of God!
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1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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Multiply Disciples to Live Like Jesus.
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March Memory Verse:
Romans 12:2 ESV
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your
mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.
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Matthew 21:1-11
More Than a Prophet.
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Matthew 21:1-11 ESV
The Triumphal Entry
1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount
of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in
front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her.
Untie them and bring them to Me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say,
‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill
what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the
donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and He sat on them.
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8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches
from the trees and spread them on the road.
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9 And the crowds that went before Him and that followed Him were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!”
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10 And when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is
this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of
Galilee.”
Matthew 21:1-11 ESV
Now, let’s go back to 1859 BC (over 3800 years ago) and look at Jacob's
Blessing in Genesis 49:8-11.
Genesis 49:8-11 ESV
8 “Judah (praise), your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father's sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is a lion's cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him (until Shiloh/peace comes);
and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding His foal to the vine
and His donkey's colt to the choice vine,
he has washed His garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
Genesis 49:8-11 ESV
• Jacob's Blessing (1859 BC)
Isaiah 46:8-11b ESV
8 “Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,
9 remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
10a declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
11b I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
Isaiah 46:8-10a, 11b ESV
Now go to Zechariah’s final prophecies (Zechariah 9-14) – which were made
about 1379 years later (around 480 BC or shortly after that).
Zechariah received a series of visions in which God revealed His plan for the
history and future of the world, showing that He is ultimately in control and He will
fulfill the promises that were made to their fathers and to Abraham.
Other visions Zechariah experienced reveal the coming judgment of God and
His victory over sin; in these visions, everything is about the Messiah and His
coming (both of them).
Zechariah prophesied about the nations that would oppress Israel, about there
being a time of destruction and later that they would come to worship the Lord
in Jerusalem.
The prophet Zechariah spoke more about the Messiah than any of the prophets,
except for Isaiah.
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Zechariah 9:9 ESV
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
The King Rejected:
This promised King came and the religious rulers conspired to kill Him.
He was a threat to their corrupt system then and Jesus is also a threat to every
corrupt system now.
When any man or any system or any government tries to get rid of Jesus Christ
you can be certain they are corrupt.
Their corruption is threatened by Jesus.
Zechariah 14:4, 5c ESV
4 On that day His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before
Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to
west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward,
and the other half southward.
5c Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones (That would be us!) with
Him.
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Ray Stedman 1917-1992
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Matthew 21:1-11 ESV
The Triumphal Entry
1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount
of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Bethphage (BETHfahgee)
House of Unripe Figs
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When Jesus came, in fulfillment of the prophecies that He would come as King,
He was not riding on a war horse but on a donkey, a symbol of peace.
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His only scepter was a broken reed, His only crown a crown of thorns, His only
throne a bloody cross.
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Immediately after the “Triumphal Entry”, John goes on to link it with another
event which probably occurred a day or two later in this strategic week -- the
visit of certain Greeks to the Passover Feast found in John 12.
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John 12:20-26 ESV
Some Greeks Seek Jesus
20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him,
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip
went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the
Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls
into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep
it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am,
there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.”
The disciples must have been amazed at this reaction of our Lord.
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These Greeks probably had come into contact with the teaching of the Old
Testament, drawn by its purity, its monotheism, its clear message of the nature
and the greatness of God.
Though they had not become Jews they did go up to the Passover Feast to
celebrate along with the Jews.
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You remember that the outer court of the Temple was called "the court of the
Gentiles."
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Many Gentiles would go up at times like this to celebrate, although they could
not go beyond those courts on pain of their life.
These Greeks picked out the two disciples who had Greek names, Philip and
Andrew.
Philip, we are told, was from Bethsaida, on the northern side of the lake of
Galilee, the area where the Gentiles had most fully settled.
These were sincere people, not curious tourists, who said to Philip, "Sir, we wish to
see Jesus."
Preachers often see this phrase written inside pulpits, offered as a message that
hopefully reflects the desires of the congregation.
Ray Stedman says he has seen these words in many pulpits and has been
humbled and challenged by them.
John 12:21
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Here, however, these words awaken an unusual response from Jesus.
He has not been pleased by the triumphal entry, but when He hears that a group
of Gentiles want to see Him, His response is remarkable.
Immediately He declares, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be
glorified!"
Several times in the gospel of John we have heard Jesus say "My hour has not
yet come."
When His mother came to Him at the wedding at Cana and asked Him to help
with a problem He said to her, "Woman, ... My hour has not yet come," (John 2:4
RSV).
He did not mean He would not help her, because He did.
He meant that what He would do would not accomplish what she desired
because His time had not yet come.
On several other occasions, He made the same point.
But the moment He hears of these Gentiles wanting to see Him He responds in
these words, "The hour has come..."
Jesus goes on to utter words that Stedman has described as the formula of
focused attention: "Truly, truly, I say to you."
When you see these words, pay close attention to what follows.
"Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone."
What does He mean by that?
He is talking about Himself here and He is also eventually talking about His
followers.
He is the grain of wheat in this story.
Unless He is willing to die, unless He goes to the cross, which He sees looming in
the immediate foreground now, His whole purpose in coming to Earth will have
been wasted, He will remain alone.
"But if it dies, it bears much fruit."
He sees these Greeks as the first fruits, the symbol of the great harvest of Earth for
which He came.
Perhaps He thought something like this: "These Greeks have asked to see Me.
What does it mean to 'see Me'?"
Picture a grain of wheat in your mind: can you see that grain, so tiny?
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Outwardly you can see what it is, but can you really see it, its full potential?
No.
In order to see it you have to plant it in the cold, dark earth.
If you watch it, eventually a green sprout will appear, then the blade, then the
plant, then the stem, and finally a head.
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At last it turns golden; the harvest has come; but have you seen everything in
that grain of wheat?
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No, not yet, you must plant those grains again and again.
At last, when you stand one day beside a shimmering field of wheat, rippling in
the breeze, golden in the sunshine, you can say you have seen a grain of wheat.
Shimmering Field of Wheat
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You have seen all the possibilities of it; all of it has been unfolded and now is
visible to the eye and that is what Jesus meant.
The world would not see the full outcome of His work and His life until He went to
the cross.
If He had not died we probably would not know any more about Him than we
know of any other religious leader, like Buddha, Mohammed, or Confucius.
It was His death that saved us, not His coming.
We may not have even heard of Him at all, so meager were the results of His
teaching that only a relative handful stood with Him to the end.
Because of the cross, He was able to do something He could never have done
otherwise.
In dying, He was able to share His life with millions of people.
How do we explain men like Luther, Knox, Zwingli and others who changed the
entire Western world during their lifetime?
How do we explain the impact of men like the Wesley brothers?
How do we explain the change in the hatchet-man of the Nixon administration,
Charles Colson, who changed the prison system of this country in the name of
Jesus?
How do we explain Solzenityn and millions who daily evidence an altered life, a
changed outlook?
Everything has come about because of the cross of Christ and God is saying to
us in this account that the only way to true glory is to die.
Jesus applies this to us in the next two verses in John 12.
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John 12:25-26 ESV
25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep
it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am,
there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Here is the great Christian paradox, the unmistakable mark of an authentic
gospel: It begins with dying, with a cross.
If the gospel that you hear preached on the radio, the television, or wherever,
does not begin with a cross, does not begin by telling you that something in you
has to die, it is not the true gospel.
This is the identifying mark.
How these words of Jesus cut across the philosophy of life today!
Television programs, magazines and popular songs present the philosophy,
"Your life is your own! Live it the way you please! Watch out for No. 1! Do your
own thing! Live so that you can join with Frank Sinatra singing, 'I Did It My Way'!"
But Jesus declares that if you follow that philosophy you will lose everything.
Life will slip through your fingers no matter what you do.
You can gain all the material abundance you could ever wish for, the plaudits of
the crowd, recognition by the whole world, but if you live that way you will end
up with nothing; your life will be a total waste of time.
"He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for
eternal life."
That doesn't mean you have to hate yourself.
It means you must recognize that living for yourself will never supply what you
really want out of life.
Only as you surrender to the Lordship of Christ can that be brought about.
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Surrender is a huge part of the true Gospel and it includes a cross, and that’s
why the cross has become the symbol of Christian faith.
If the message you are hearing today does not begin there, then it's a false
gospel, a fake gospel.
If you are being told that the way to gain a deep and wonderful sense of self-
esteem is to simply come to Jesus and let Him build you up and make you feel
good about yourself, you are not hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It does not begin that way, it starts with a cross.
Dr. A. W. Tozer, the great preacher of a few decades ago said: The cross is the
symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of the human being.
The man in Roman times who took up his cross and started down the road had
already said goodbye to his friends. He was not coming back!
He was not going out to have his life redirected, he was going out to have it
ended.
The cross made no compromise, modified nothing, spared nothing. It slew all of
the man completely and for good. It did not try to keep on good terms with its
victim. It struck swift and hard and when it finished its work the man was no
more.
That evangelism which draws friendly parallels between the ways of God and
the ways of man is false to the Bible and cruel to the soul of the hearers.
The faith of Christ does not parallel the world, it intersects it.
In coming to Christ, we do not bring our life up on to a higher plane. We leave it
at a cross. (Gal 2:20)
The grain of wheat must fall into the ground and die.
That is the beginning of the Gospel.
Also, it's not the end.
The end is, "If it dies, it bears much fruit."
That is where life begins.
There is a life we are all born with that must end.
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It is a self-centered life, that thinks only of itself, seeks advantage for itself, is
ambitious and proud.
That life has to die.
That is the beginning of the Gospel.
But if it dies, then another life takes its place, a life that is gracious, loving, lovely,
peaceful, filled with joy, gladness and a deep sense of self-esteem, knowing
who it is and what it was made to be.
That is the rest of the Gospel.
You cannot reverse these two, although people try to.
They jump immediately to the end of the gospel -- life in Christ -- without first
going to the cross.
But that cannot be.
Jesus said so:
"If any one serves Me he must follow Me, and where I am there shall My servant
be also."
In terms of daily, practical experience, what does Jesus mean, "He who comes
after Me must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me"? (Luke
9:23).
What does it mean to bear your cross daily?
It means two things:
First, it means a once-for-all decision; and secondly, a continuing series of
choices.
That is what the cross stands for:
First, it is a surrender of the rule of your life to Jesus. It is a recognition that your
life is not your own.
The key words of the Christian faith are, "You are not your own, you are bought
with a price," (1 Corinthians 19b-20a).
Actually, you never were your own.
That is an illusion that the world is perpetrating upon us through the media.
They tell us that we belong to ourselves, that we have a right to ourselves.
That is a lie.
It's not true.
It never was.
"You are not your own; you are bought with a price."
This is the beginning of true life:
To recognize that fact, to surrender your claim to yourself, to give up your right to
run your own affairs, and to surrender to the Lordship of Jesus, to do what He
says, and to stop what He says to stop.
That hurts!
It cancels out your own plans.
It confounds your ambitions at times, it feels like death.
It is death; it's a form of dying.
It also means to daily follow up on that decision.
Keep doing what is right.
Stop doing what is wrong, and do it all in the strength of Jesus' love and
companionship!
The result is that you will truly begin to live.
New power will come, to do what is right.
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New joy will be yours, an inner peace that nothing can take away, a new ability
to love even those you could not love before, because a new life is yours.
You have found a new Lordship and a new life.
Our Lord uses this symbol of a grain of wheat not only of Himself but of everyone
who follows Him.
Have you ever heard a grain of wheat talking to itself?
Stretch your imagination a little and imagine a grain of wheat looking at itself,
admiring itself.
So round, so brown, so fully packed, and saying to itself, "This philosophy I hear
asks me to fall into that dark, cold ground and lose myself. I don't want to do
that. I like myself. I want to stay what I am. I want to hang on to myself, I want to
be myself."
Does that sound familiar?
If the grain of wheat wants to remain the same, it has that right.
But, according to the word of Jesus, it will never change.
4500-year-old grains of wheat discovered in the tombs of the Pharaohs were
found to be absolutely the same as any grain of wheat today.
But when they were planted, these old grains began to grow!
They had been totally unchanged for 4,500 years but now they began to
change - radically!
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But suppose the grain of wheat said, "Well, I'm told there is more to come, a lot
more than I'm experiencing, and the only way I can have it is to fall into that
dark ground and die. So, I'll do it."
And it does so.
It falls into the ground and is covered up and dies.
It's dark and unpleasant there.
The grain of wheat begins to think, "What a fool I was! Why did I ever listen to that
idea? Look what's happened to me! I don't like this at all."
But then it begins to feel a tickle on its back.
It turns around and sees a white sprout coming out.
It says, "What is this that's happening? I didn't anticipate this at all. I've got to
hold a committee meeting with myself and decide what to do about this. I'm
used to being in charge. I've got to determine whether that thing is going to go
sideways, up or down, or whatever."
While it's trying to determine that, it discovers there is a lordship which began to
take over the moment it fell into the ground.
This lordship directs the process quite apart from what the grain of wheat may
feel, directing that a certain part goes down, while another part goes up and
soon breaks through into the sunlight.
Then the grain begins to say, "Oh, this is much better. I'm beginning to enjoy this.
It's not as bad as I thought."
The sprout comes, then the blade, then the stalk, and finally the head.
The grain of wheat says, "I feel fulfilled. I’m bearing fruit!"
Then those grains in the head fall into the ground and they go through the
process again and again until at last a great, shimmering field of wheat is
growing, beautiful, rippling and golden in the sun.
The grain of wheat says, "Ah, this is life as it was intended to be."
Fruitful -- that is what the end of the Gospel is.
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If you belong to Jesus, every day will have its cross, every day will have
something you ought to do but you don't feel like doing.
That is your cross. "He who follows Me must take up his cross daily and follow
Me," Luke 9:23.
Every day has its bit of death in order that it might bring forth life.
The end result is a life so glorious, so complete, so obviously what we were
made for that it is hard find the words to describe it.
The testimony of millions is that it's all true.
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You will find this thought everywhere in Scripture.
It doesn't make any difference whether it's the Old Testament or the New
Testament.
But you will find this only in the Bible!
No other book on Earth will tell you that this is the way to life; only the Bible, only
the words of Jesus.
But His word is true, as He has demonstrated, and as the testimony of over 2,000
years bear witness, He brings life through death.
This is the choice that lies before us.
If we choose to die with Him, then we shall live.
"Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it
remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
Sunday
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Matthew 21:33-45
If I Reject Jesus?
April 2, 2017
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes
in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 14:6 ESV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.”
Romans 3:23 ESV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a ESV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life to pay the
penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second death explained in
Revelation 21:8.
Revelation 21:8 ESV
8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the
lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Romans 6:23b ESV
23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:8 ESV
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
Revelation 21:7 ESV
7 "The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will
be my son.”
• Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be conquerors.
Romans 10:9-10 ESV
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart
one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:13 ESV
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
If you have questions or would like to know more, please, contact First Baptist
Church Jackson at 601-949-1900 or http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/

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03-26-17, Matthew 21;1-11, More Than a Prophet

  • 1. Matthew 21:1-11 More Than a Prophet. March 26, 2017 First Baptist Church Jackson, Mississippi USA What’s the number one thing? http://berylloeb.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/one-finger.jpg The Glory of God! https://twcdaily.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/glory-of-god.jpg 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6tzRiT-BrDs/TIGM_Ih3dAI/AAAAAAAAAX0/0AJWPvlAfqw/s640/Gods+Glory.jpg
  • 2. First Baptist Church Jackson Mission: Multiply Disciples to Live Like Jesus. http://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M824600c9534029193ceef79dc4fff8fcH0&pid=15.1 March Memory Verse: Romans 12:2 ESV 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Sunday, March 26th 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • 3. Community Dinners Thursday, March 30th 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friday, March 31rd Saturday, April 01st Forgiven: A Celebration of the Cross Sunday, April 09th 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • 4. Matthew 21:1-11 More Than a Prophet. http://worshiphousemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/main/s/mo/hpm/mo/thetriumphalentryloop.jpg Matthew 21:1-11 ESV The Triumphal Entry 1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’” 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and He sat on them. http://media.ldscdn.org/images/videos/scripture-and-lesson-support/the-life-of-jesus-christ-bible-videos/2011-10-017-the- lords-triumphal-entry-into-jerusalem-2400x1200.jpg
  • 5. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. http://media.freebibleimages.org/stories/FB_Triumphant_Entry/overview_thumbnails/009-triumphant- entry.jpg?1441363224 9 And the crowds that went before Him and that followed Him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” http://guycarey.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/jesus_on_donkey_palmsundaycrowd.jpg 10 And when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.” Matthew 21:1-11 ESV Now, let’s go back to 1859 BC (over 3800 years ago) and look at Jacob's Blessing in Genesis 49:8-11.
  • 6. Genesis 49:8-11 ESV 8 “Judah (praise), your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you. 9 Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him? 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him (until Shiloh/peace comes); and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples. 11 Binding His foal to the vine and His donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed His garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. Genesis 49:8-11 ESV • Jacob's Blessing (1859 BC) Isaiah 46:8-11b ESV 8 “Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, 9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10a declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, 11b I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it. Isaiah 46:8-10a, 11b ESV Now go to Zechariah’s final prophecies (Zechariah 9-14) – which were made about 1379 years later (around 480 BC or shortly after that). Zechariah received a series of visions in which God revealed His plan for the history and future of the world, showing that He is ultimately in control and He will fulfill the promises that were made to their fathers and to Abraham. Other visions Zechariah experienced reveal the coming judgment of God and His victory over sin; in these visions, everything is about the Messiah and His coming (both of them).
  • 7. Zechariah prophesied about the nations that would oppress Israel, about there being a time of destruction and later that they would come to worship the Lord in Jerusalem. The prophet Zechariah spoke more about the Messiah than any of the prophets, except for Isaiah. http://www.jesusismyredpill.com/Savior%20Riding%20foal%20of%20an%20ass%20-%20Zechariah%209%209-10.jpg Zechariah 9:9 ESV 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. The King Rejected: This promised King came and the religious rulers conspired to kill Him. He was a threat to their corrupt system then and Jesus is also a threat to every corrupt system now. When any man or any system or any government tries to get rid of Jesus Christ you can be certain they are corrupt. Their corruption is threatened by Jesus. Zechariah 14:4, 5c ESV 4 On that day His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. 5c Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones (That would be us!) with Him.
  • 9. Ray Stedman 1917-1992 http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4939299503409857&pid=1.7 Matthew 21:1-11 ESV The Triumphal Entry 1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, Bethphage (BETHfahgee) House of Unripe Figs http://bibleatlas.org/area/bethphage.jpg http://www.jesuswalk.com/john/maps/triumphal-entry-route-300.jpg
  • 10. When Jesus came, in fulfillment of the prophecies that He would come as King, He was not riding on a war horse but on a donkey, a symbol of peace. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Jaunita/Bible%20pics/triumphal_entry_jekel.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ffh12DZW3FE/Uy9VBrxls3I/AAAAAAAAAwU/DUwJV8e4Mko/s1600/2014-03- 23_15.05.20%5B1%5D.png His only scepter was a broken reed, His only crown a crown of thorns, His only throne a bloody cross. http://www.lostseed.com/extras/free-graphics/images/jesus-pictures/crown-of-thorns.jpg Immediately after the “Triumphal Entry”, John goes on to link it with another event which probably occurred a day or two later in this strategic week -- the visit of certain Greeks to the Passover Feast found in John 12.
  • 11. http://foundationsforfreedom.net/References/NT/Gospels/John/_resJohn/John12/Investment_Life.jpg John 12:20-26 ESV Some Greeks Seek Jesus 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.” The disciples must have been amazed at this reaction of our Lord. https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/505519107_640.jpg These Greeks probably had come into contact with the teaching of the Old Testament, drawn by its purity, its monotheism, its clear message of the nature and the greatness of God.
  • 12. Though they had not become Jews they did go up to the Passover Feast to celebrate along with the Jews. http://www.chosenpeople.com/main/images/stories/home_modules/Passover-Meaning-1.jpg You remember that the outer court of the Temple was called "the court of the Gentiles." http://www.messianic-torah-truth-seeker.org/Abt-pagan-nation-around-Israel/A-N-D-TEMPLE-4.jpg Many Gentiles would go up at times like this to celebrate, although they could not go beyond those courts on pain of their life. These Greeks picked out the two disciples who had Greek names, Philip and Andrew. Philip, we are told, was from Bethsaida, on the northern side of the lake of Galilee, the area where the Gentiles had most fully settled. These were sincere people, not curious tourists, who said to Philip, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Preachers often see this phrase written inside pulpits, offered as a message that hopefully reflects the desires of the congregation. Ray Stedman says he has seen these words in many pulpits and has been humbled and challenged by them.
  • 13. John 12:21 https://dwellingintheword.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/sir_we_would_see_jesus1.jpg Here, however, these words awaken an unusual response from Jesus. He has not been pleased by the triumphal entry, but when He hears that a group of Gentiles want to see Him, His response is remarkable. Immediately He declares, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified!" Several times in the gospel of John we have heard Jesus say "My hour has not yet come." When His mother came to Him at the wedding at Cana and asked Him to help with a problem He said to her, "Woman, ... My hour has not yet come," (John 2:4 RSV). He did not mean He would not help her, because He did. He meant that what He would do would not accomplish what she desired because His time had not yet come. On several other occasions, He made the same point. But the moment He hears of these Gentiles wanting to see Him He responds in these words, "The hour has come..." Jesus goes on to utter words that Stedman has described as the formula of focused attention: "Truly, truly, I say to you." When you see these words, pay close attention to what follows. "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone." What does He mean by that?
  • 14. He is talking about Himself here and He is also eventually talking about His followers. He is the grain of wheat in this story. Unless He is willing to die, unless He goes to the cross, which He sees looming in the immediate foreground now, His whole purpose in coming to Earth will have been wasted, He will remain alone. "But if it dies, it bears much fruit." He sees these Greeks as the first fruits, the symbol of the great harvest of Earth for which He came. Perhaps He thought something like this: "These Greeks have asked to see Me. What does it mean to 'see Me'?" Picture a grain of wheat in your mind: can you see that grain, so tiny? http://mycyberwall.co.za/sites/default/files/content/natural%20science/Feautures%20of%20plans/RAW%20MATERIALS%2 0seed%20grain.jpg Outwardly you can see what it is, but can you really see it, its full potential? No. In order to see it you have to plant it in the cold, dark earth. If you watch it, eventually a green sprout will appear, then the blade, then the plant, then the stem, and finally a head. http://frlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/germination-of-a-seed.jpg
  • 15. At last it turns golden; the harvest has come; but have you seen everything in that grain of wheat? https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.EtLkehD0Pw6mxqyaMc8VzAEsEO&w=244&h=215&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7 No, not yet, you must plant those grains again and again. At last, when you stand one day beside a shimmering field of wheat, rippling in the breeze, golden in the sunshine, you can say you have seen a grain of wheat. Shimmering Field of Wheat http://guides.gamepressure.com/farmingsimulator2013/gfx/word/943847077.jpg You have seen all the possibilities of it; all of it has been unfolded and now is visible to the eye and that is what Jesus meant. The world would not see the full outcome of His work and His life until He went to the cross. If He had not died we probably would not know any more about Him than we know of any other religious leader, like Buddha, Mohammed, or Confucius. It was His death that saved us, not His coming.
  • 16. We may not have even heard of Him at all, so meager were the results of His teaching that only a relative handful stood with Him to the end. Because of the cross, He was able to do something He could never have done otherwise. In dying, He was able to share His life with millions of people. How do we explain men like Luther, Knox, Zwingli and others who changed the entire Western world during their lifetime? How do we explain the impact of men like the Wesley brothers? How do we explain the change in the hatchet-man of the Nixon administration, Charles Colson, who changed the prison system of this country in the name of Jesus? How do we explain Solzenityn and millions who daily evidence an altered life, a changed outlook? Everything has come about because of the cross of Christ and God is saying to us in this account that the only way to true glory is to die. Jesus applies this to us in the next two verses in John 12. https://rejoiceinthegod.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/john-12-263.jpg John 12:25-26 ESV 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. Here is the great Christian paradox, the unmistakable mark of an authentic gospel: It begins with dying, with a cross.
  • 17. If the gospel that you hear preached on the radio, the television, or wherever, does not begin with a cross, does not begin by telling you that something in you has to die, it is not the true gospel. This is the identifying mark. How these words of Jesus cut across the philosophy of life today! Television programs, magazines and popular songs present the philosophy, "Your life is your own! Live it the way you please! Watch out for No. 1! Do your own thing! Live so that you can join with Frank Sinatra singing, 'I Did It My Way'!" But Jesus declares that if you follow that philosophy you will lose everything. Life will slip through your fingers no matter what you do. You can gain all the material abundance you could ever wish for, the plaudits of the crowd, recognition by the whole world, but if you live that way you will end up with nothing; your life will be a total waste of time. "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." That doesn't mean you have to hate yourself. It means you must recognize that living for yourself will never supply what you really want out of life. Only as you surrender to the Lordship of Christ can that be brought about. From Success to Significance to Surrender. http://halftimeinstitute.org/wp-content/themes/halftime2014/images/tagline.jpg
  • 18. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NqfLXO1oL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg Halftime Institute 1431 Greenway Drive Suite 230 Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 855-2ND-HALF (855-263-4253) www.halftimeinstitute.org Surrender is a huge part of the true Gospel and it includes a cross, and that’s why the cross has become the symbol of Christian faith. If the message you are hearing today does not begin there, then it's a false gospel, a fake gospel. If you are being told that the way to gain a deep and wonderful sense of self- esteem is to simply come to Jesus and let Him build you up and make you feel good about yourself, you are not hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It does not begin that way, it starts with a cross. Dr. A. W. Tozer, the great preacher of a few decades ago said: The cross is the symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of the human being. The man in Roman times who took up his cross and started down the road had already said goodbye to his friends. He was not coming back!
  • 19. He was not going out to have his life redirected, he was going out to have it ended. The cross made no compromise, modified nothing, spared nothing. It slew all of the man completely and for good. It did not try to keep on good terms with its victim. It struck swift and hard and when it finished its work the man was no more. That evangelism which draws friendly parallels between the ways of God and the ways of man is false to the Bible and cruel to the soul of the hearers. The faith of Christ does not parallel the world, it intersects it. In coming to Christ, we do not bring our life up on to a higher plane. We leave it at a cross. (Gal 2:20) The grain of wheat must fall into the ground and die. That is the beginning of the Gospel. Also, it's not the end. The end is, "If it dies, it bears much fruit." That is where life begins. There is a life we are all born with that must end. http://www.sabangdisciples.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Self-Centered-Life1.jpg It is a self-centered life, that thinks only of itself, seeks advantage for itself, is ambitious and proud. That life has to die. That is the beginning of the Gospel.
  • 20. But if it dies, then another life takes its place, a life that is gracious, loving, lovely, peaceful, filled with joy, gladness and a deep sense of self-esteem, knowing who it is and what it was made to be. That is the rest of the Gospel. You cannot reverse these two, although people try to. They jump immediately to the end of the gospel -- life in Christ -- without first going to the cross. But that cannot be. Jesus said so: "If any one serves Me he must follow Me, and where I am there shall My servant be also." In terms of daily, practical experience, what does Jesus mean, "He who comes after Me must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me"? (Luke 9:23). What does it mean to bear your cross daily? It means two things: First, it means a once-for-all decision; and secondly, a continuing series of choices. That is what the cross stands for: First, it is a surrender of the rule of your life to Jesus. It is a recognition that your life is not your own. The key words of the Christian faith are, "You are not your own, you are bought with a price," (1 Corinthians 19b-20a). Actually, you never were your own. That is an illusion that the world is perpetrating upon us through the media. They tell us that we belong to ourselves, that we have a right to ourselves. That is a lie. It's not true.
  • 21. It never was. "You are not your own; you are bought with a price." This is the beginning of true life: To recognize that fact, to surrender your claim to yourself, to give up your right to run your own affairs, and to surrender to the Lordship of Jesus, to do what He says, and to stop what He says to stop. That hurts! It cancels out your own plans. It confounds your ambitions at times, it feels like death. It is death; it's a form of dying. It also means to daily follow up on that decision. Keep doing what is right. Stop doing what is wrong, and do it all in the strength of Jesus' love and companionship! The result is that you will truly begin to live. New power will come, to do what is right. http://mudpreacher.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/holy-spirit-directed-life.jpg?w=614 New joy will be yours, an inner peace that nothing can take away, a new ability to love even those you could not love before, because a new life is yours. You have found a new Lordship and a new life. Our Lord uses this symbol of a grain of wheat not only of Himself but of everyone who follows Him. Have you ever heard a grain of wheat talking to itself?
  • 22. Stretch your imagination a little and imagine a grain of wheat looking at itself, admiring itself. So round, so brown, so fully packed, and saying to itself, "This philosophy I hear asks me to fall into that dark, cold ground and lose myself. I don't want to do that. I like myself. I want to stay what I am. I want to hang on to myself, I want to be myself." Does that sound familiar? If the grain of wheat wants to remain the same, it has that right. But, according to the word of Jesus, it will never change. 4500-year-old grains of wheat discovered in the tombs of the Pharaohs were found to be absolutely the same as any grain of wheat today. But when they were planted, these old grains began to grow! They had been totally unchanged for 4,500 years but now they began to change - radically! http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7c/7f/dd/7c7fdd7212f8984ff3b94c85388e435c.jpg But suppose the grain of wheat said, "Well, I'm told there is more to come, a lot more than I'm experiencing, and the only way I can have it is to fall into that dark ground and die. So, I'll do it." And it does so. It falls into the ground and is covered up and dies. It's dark and unpleasant there. The grain of wheat begins to think, "What a fool I was! Why did I ever listen to that idea? Look what's happened to me! I don't like this at all."
  • 23. But then it begins to feel a tickle on its back. It turns around and sees a white sprout coming out. It says, "What is this that's happening? I didn't anticipate this at all. I've got to hold a committee meeting with myself and decide what to do about this. I'm used to being in charge. I've got to determine whether that thing is going to go sideways, up or down, or whatever." While it's trying to determine that, it discovers there is a lordship which began to take over the moment it fell into the ground. This lordship directs the process quite apart from what the grain of wheat may feel, directing that a certain part goes down, while another part goes up and soon breaks through into the sunlight. Then the grain begins to say, "Oh, this is much better. I'm beginning to enjoy this. It's not as bad as I thought." The sprout comes, then the blade, then the stalk, and finally the head. The grain of wheat says, "I feel fulfilled. I’m bearing fruit!" Then those grains in the head fall into the ground and they go through the process again and again until at last a great, shimmering field of wheat is growing, beautiful, rippling and golden in the sun. The grain of wheat says, "Ah, this is life as it was intended to be." Fruitful -- that is what the end of the Gospel is. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-90fW4ZO1_Yc/T13wCKhQ1nI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HZu1QAfeR9E/s1600/wheat+field+rainbow.jpg
  • 24. If you belong to Jesus, every day will have its cross, every day will have something you ought to do but you don't feel like doing. That is your cross. "He who follows Me must take up his cross daily and follow Me," Luke 9:23. Every day has its bit of death in order that it might bring forth life. The end result is a life so glorious, so complete, so obviously what we were made for that it is hard find the words to describe it. The testimony of millions is that it's all true. https://i0.wp.com/www.nccsouthboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/from-death-comes- life.jpg?resize=900%2C300 You will find this thought everywhere in Scripture. It doesn't make any difference whether it's the Old Testament or the New Testament. But you will find this only in the Bible! No other book on Earth will tell you that this is the way to life; only the Bible, only the words of Jesus. But His word is true, as He has demonstrated, and as the testimony of over 2,000 years bear witness, He brings life through death. This is the choice that lies before us. If we choose to die with Him, then we shall live. "Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
  • 25. Sunday http://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=JN.YeZK4m9R0ZovA7PRca4vag&pid=15.1 Matthew 21:33-45 If I Reject Jesus? April 2, 2017 First Baptist Church Jackson, Mississippi USA The Plan of Hope & Salvation John 3:16 ESV 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 14:6 ESV 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Romans 3:23 ESV 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 6:23a ESV 23a For the wages of sin is death, • Death in this life (the first death) is 100%. • Even Jesus, the one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life to pay the penalty for our sins. • The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second death explained in Revelation 21:8. Revelation 21:8 ESV 8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” Romans 6:23b ESV 23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 26. Romans 5:8 ESV 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Revelation 21:7 ESV 7 "The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.” • Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be conquerors. Romans 10:9-10 ESV 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Romans 10:13 ESV 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” If you have questions or would like to know more, please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-949-1900 or http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/