Week Two – Palm Sunday
Jesus often began His lessons with an opposite statement as a way to highlight His challenge of common thought. By studying the teachings of Jesus, we’re sometimes confronted with the idea that what we think is the right thing is actually not. Could some of our preconceived ideas be wrong?
- It’s not what you think.
Jesus was and is considered many things such as: prophet, healer, teacher, rebel leader, Messiah, etc.
After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, His fame had risen to an all-time high.
Even when faced with threats, Jesus did the unthinkable and entered Jerusalem.
Three things you need to know from the Old Testament and the cultural background of Jesus’ time to understand the significance of Palm Sunday.
1. Everyone was required to walk into the city on Passover.
2. Solomon, the last great king of Israel, was anointed king and rode through the East Gate of Jerusalem on a donkey. 1 Kings 1:38-40
3. There was a prophesy in the book of Zechariah that said a different sort of King would come to rule the whole world, and he would come not on a war horse but on a donkey.
Two things you can consider when making a decision about following Jesus.
1st – Something is already sitting on the throne of your life. Any king besides Jesus makes a cruel master.
2nd – Jesus is a different and better kind of King.