3.25.18 // PREPARING FOR EASTER

PREPARING FOR EASTER

Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE

 

“Six Days Before Passover … ” (John 12:1)

 

1. Focus On Jesus

John 12:3 - Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

 

2. Believe For Better

John 12:12 – 13[12]The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”

 

3. Share The Good News

John 12:17 - So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to tell others about Him. John 12:19 - The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO JESUS

 

- Some People Hear Something Else

John 12:28 -29[28] Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, “I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again.” 29 When the crowd heard the voice, some thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him.

 

- Some People Worry About Others

John 12:42 -43[42] But many believed in Jesus, even many of the leaders. But because of the Pharisees, they did not say they believed in him for fear they would be put out of the synagogue. 43 They loved praise from people more than praise from God.

 

- Some People Believe And Walk In The Light

John 12:44 -46[44] Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.