Part Two: The Way of the Cross [ch 12-21]
The Kind of King we Need
[John 12:12-19]
John 12:12-13 12
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was 13 coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"
John 12:14-15 14
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat 15 on it, just as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"
John 12:16 16
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
John 12:17-19 17
The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."
John 1:49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
The Kind of King we Need 1)
The King we Need (v. 12,14-15)
2)
The King we Want (v. 13,16-19)
The Kind of King we Need 1)
The King we Need â–ª Choosing the way of the Cross (12)
Matthew 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
John 12:12-13 12
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was 13 coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"
Psalm 118:19-20 19
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give 20 thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
Psalm 118:24 24
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:25-26 25
Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we 26 pray, give us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Luke 19:37 As he was drawing near- already on the way down the Mount of Olives- the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen.
The Kind of King we Need 2) The King we Want â–Ş The crowds welcomed him as conqueror (13,17-18)
John 12:12-13 12
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was 13 coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"
Mark 11:10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"
John 12:17-18 17
The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
The Kind of King we Need 1)
The King we Need ▪ Choosing the way of the Cross (12) ▪ Clarifies what He has come to do (14-15)
John 12:14-15 14
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat 15 on it, just as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"
Zechariah 9:9 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.
Zechariah 9:10 10
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 9:11 11
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Psalm 118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
The Kind of King we Need 1)
The King we Need - Suffering Servant
2)
The King we Want - Powerful Victor
The Kind of King we Need 2) The King we Want â–Ş The crowds welcomed him as conqueror (13,17-18) â–Ş The disciples only viewed him naturally (16)
John 12:16 16
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
The Kind of King we Need 2) The King we Want ▪ The crowds welcomed him as conqueror (13,17-18) ▪ The disciples only viewed him naturally (16) ▪ The religious leaders were driven by self-interest (19)
John 12:19 19
So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."
Revelation 7:9-10 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"