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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday. Matthew 20: 17-28; 21:1-11 (p 909, 910). Palm Sunday. Takes us back to an event 2,000 years ago A huge crowd was cheering and waving branches We are remembering this day What relevance does this have for us?. P - Purpose A - L - M - . P – Purpose .

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Palm Sunday

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  1. Palm Sunday Matthew 20: 17-28; 21:1-11 (p 909, 910)

  2. Palm Sunday • Takes us back to an event 2,000 years ago • A huge crowd was cheering and waving branches • We are remembering this day • What relevance does this have for us?

  3. P - Purpose A - L - M -

  4. P – Purpose • Jesus predicted what would happen – • He intended to give his life “as a ransom for many” • God is a rescuing, saving God • John 3:17 “... To save the world though him” • The people hoped he would usher in a new age.

  5. P – Purpose . . . • Jesus had spoken of God’s love • He acted to heal and bless • He treated people according to how open they were to God. • He offered light in the darkness, comfort in the drudgery.

  6. P - Purpose A - Appeal & Acclamation L - M -

  7. A – Appeal & Acclamation • “Hosanna” – an Aramaic word meaning “Please Save” • Salvation belonged to God (e.g. Isaiah 25:9; Jeremiah 17:14) • Jesus: radical teaching about the Love of God • Had compassion on the outcasts of society • Amazed everyone with his miracles

  8. A – Appeal & Acclamation . . . • What does this mean? • John 10:10 “I came that they might have life, ... to the full”

  9. P - Purpose A - Appeal & Acclamation L - Life M -

  10. L – Life • Expectation – God was moving in the world. • Life would be better • The new king from the line of David • There would be a new wonderful world (Isaiah 65:17-25) • Participation required turning to God (Isaiah 65:11-12)

  11. L – Life . . . • Life would be better, God would be closer • They hungered for this better world.

  12. P - Purpose A - Appeal & Acclamation L - Life M - Meaning

  13. M – Meaning • Jesus came to usher in a new life in a new world • This would happen in 2 stages: • Jesus offers fullness of life and gave his life as a ransom • Jesus came to establish a new heaven and a new earth • A delay so that people can turn to God (2 Peter 3:9)

  14. M – Meaning . . . • Jesus presents a radical new way of relating to God • Not based on rituals or a religious elite • Based simply on Faith.

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