April 14, 2019

A Different Kind of King

Pastor: Jeff Bedwell Series: Easter Topic: Easter Scripture: John 12:12–36

Palm Sunday

A Different Kind of King

John 12:12-36

Jesus didn’t meet everyone’s expectations, but He did fulfill the Father’s purpose for His life!

A Glimpse Into The Heart Of A King

  1. A Broken Heart (12-13)

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” (Luke 19:41–42)

Does my heart break over the things that Break The Heart Of God?

  1. A Humble And Obedient Heart (14-19)

What gets my attention, the Shout of the crowd or the Voice of God?

When I am experiencing triumph do my actions say look at Me or look at God?

  1. A Sacrificing Heart (20-26)

Jesus would fulfill His kingly role by dying and thereby reproducing His life in others.

Principle: Life comes only by Death and Denial of Self

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” (Luke 9:23–24)

Am I willing to do whatever Christ calls me to do?

  1. A Troubled Heart (27-28)

Am I more interested in being Comfortable or in being Conformable?

Into every one of our lives will come times when we must choose between one of two prayers.  Either:

  • Father, save me from this hour
  • Father, glorify your name

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:20–21)

  1. An Attracting Heart (31-33)

The Cross is the divinely ordained dividing point in all of human history!

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:20–25)

Each of Us Must Decide How We Will Respond To This Different Kind of King!

We Will Either:

  • “Believe In Him” and Seek to Use Him
  • Resent Him and Reject Him
  • Trust Him and Follow Him

 

Making It Personal:

  • How are you responding to King Jesus?
  • Does my heart break over the things that break the heart of God?
  • What gets my attention, the shout of the crowd or the voice of God?
  • When I am experiencing triumph do my actions say look at me or look at God?
  • Am I willing to do whatever Christ calls me to do?
  • Am I more interested in being comfortable or in being conformable?
  • Who can I share these truths with?

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Surprised By Easter

Pastor: Jeff Bedwell Scripture: Acts 3:11–16 Series: Easter