King of Peace

King of Peace
Luke 19:28-46

Focus on the King
The Triumphal Entry
Psalm 24:7-10

• Matthew 21:1-17
  
• Mark 11:1-10
  
• Luke 19:28-48
  
• John 12:12-15

Triumphal Entry ~ Background ~

• The Event
  
• The Environment
  
• C.S. Lewis was right when he said that "Jesus either was and is who he said he was, the Son of God, or else a madman or worse."
  
  • Lord – Liar – Lunatic
• The Feasts!
  
• The Feasts were special times, appointed by God where the covenant people of God come together for a time of spiritual renewal and celebration.
• The Lulov
  
• John 12:12 – palm branches
  
• Matthew 21:8 – the tender branches of the willow
  
• Mark 11:7 – the leafy branches like the myrtle

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9

The King of Peace!

• Luke 19:42 “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace!
  
• “Fear is the dark room where our negatives are developed.”
  
• Ephesians 3:12 “In Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in Christ.”
• Three decisions are needed this Passion Week:
  
  • Accept God’s love for you
    
    • I John 4:18
      
  • Believe that Jesus died and rose for you!
    
    • Hebrews 2:14-15
      
  • Commit your fears and your life to Christ
    
    • I Peter 3:14-15

There are three kinds of people: those who have sought God and found him, and these are reasonable and happy; those who seek God and have not yet found him, and these are reasonable and unhappy; and those who neither seek God nor find him, and these are unreasonable and unhappy. --- Blaise Pascal