Palm Sunday

PALM SUNDAY – KING OF KINGS

“Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you…”

(Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 21:5, John 12:15)

THE BIG IDEA: God’s for His people is .

“Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah… So there was great joy in that city..”

Acts 8:5, 8

“The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.”

II Samuel 23:3-4

1. Jesus is a king.

“Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous.”

Zechariah 9:9

“This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.”

Hebrews 4:15

“For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.”

II Corinthians 5:21

“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”

Romans 3:23

1. Jesus is a king.

“Look, your king is coming to you… He is victorious.”

Zechariah 9:9

“There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 15:11

“Then God put him in the place of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior. He did this so the people of Israel would repent of their sins and be forgiven.”

Acts 5:31

“Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.”

Hebrews 7:25

1. Jesus is a king.

“Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am… gentle at heart…”

Matthew 11:29

“When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. “Don’t cry!” he said.”

Luke 7:13

“I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 7:47-48, 50

1. Jesus is a king.

“Yet he is humble, riding on a donkey riding on a donkey’s colt..”

Zechariah 9:9

“Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble…”

Matthew 11:29

“Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.”

Philippians 2:6-8

THINK ABOUT THIS: 

• Creator of ALL… trough for the animals for his brith
• Ultimate Lawgiver…. Became subject to the law
• Should have been magnified… but was mocked on while he died on a cross
• He deserved our worship…. but was thrown to the wayside

1. Jesus is a king.

“I will remove the battle chariots from Israel and the warhorses from Jerusalem. I will destroy all the weapons used in battle, and your king will bring peace to the nations.”

Zechariah 9:10

“Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in highest heaven!”

Luke 9:38

“The Lord will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.”

Isaiah 2:4

“On that day I will make a covenant with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the animals that scurry along the ground so they will not harm you. I will remove all weapons of war from the land, all swords and bows, so you can live unafraid in peace and safety.”

Hoseah 2:18

1. Jesus is a king.

“His realm will stretch from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.”

Zechariah 9:10

“The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him.”

Psalm 22:27

“He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:6

Jesus is the kind of king that will make the daughter of Jerusalem, the offspring of Zion, leap for joy. Children will sing hosanna. Old men will dream dreams. Slave girls will prophesy. The blind will see. The lame willwalk. The deaf will hear. The lepers are cleansed. The poor have good news preached to them and the lost are declared FOUND! (NOT A SLIDE)

IS JESUS YOUR KING?