All Hail the King!

The unsuspecting crowd in A.D. 30 was unaware of the court proceedings that would take place within a week, but they were enthusiastic about this King Jesus.

Need Today:

We are really living in a “Hail Me” time in the west.

Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Trueman

How has the current highly individualistic, iconoclastic, sexually obsessed, and materialistic mindset come to triumph in the West?[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Mulvaney

Pastoral Question:

Which King will you hail with your heart, head, and hands?

Body:

I. The Scriptural King (John 12:13-15)

a. the Saving King (13) – Hosanna (save, we pray/now) (transliteration ill: amin in Albanian)

i. Jesus – name Jehovah is salvation

ii. a celebratory chant here.

b. the Sojourning King (13) – Blessed is He who comes

i. Origin John 6:38, 41 – I am the true bread that is come down from Heaven.

Ill: Frodo/Sam: Origin = Shire // Destination: Mt. Doom v. Mt. Calvary

ii. Destination John 13:1 – when Jesus knew his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father.

c. the Sanctified King (13) – the King of Israel

i. John 1:32-33 - Anointed by the Spirit the One on whom the Spirit descends

ii. John 12:7 - Anointed for death she hath kept it for the day of my burial

d. the Serving King (14) – on a donkey (Zechariah 9)

i. Serving differently – John 2:23-25 - He does not prevent what he’d previously prevented. Did not entrust himself to them because he knew what was in man…

Ill: Undercover Boss Reveal

ii. Serving approach-ably (15) – on a donkey

iii. Serving humbly (15) – on a donkey John 13:4 laid aside his outer garments, taking a towel, tied it around his waist

App:

i. Must hail the King as scriptures makes clear, not figment of our imagination

ii. Must hail the King as both warlike Lion and servant-like Lamb

“I want your docile nature but not your claim to be King!”

Ill: Undercover Boss – Season 2, Ep. 16, Mayor of Cincy, Mark Mallory (2011).

Jesus does not come in to be a partner, employee, or co-worker.

Alternative kings today: Comfort-king; Pleasure-king; Money-king; False-identity-king

Pastoral Question:

Which King will you hail with your heart, head, and hands?

II. The Sacrificial King (John 12:16)

a. this event is preparatory for the Cross (a voluntary act of the Son)

i. the [Cross] distinction of the salvation this King was bringing

ii. the deliverance from sin – Lamb of God takes away sin of the world (John 1:29)

what is sin in John? it is the refusal of the King whom the Father has sent.

what is deliverance in John? it is the reception of the King whom the Father has sent.

b. this event is blurry (16) – when Jesus was glorified.

Ill: Foggy Goggles/Glasses

i. the deliverance through death (John 12:23-24) if it dies brings forth much fruit

Ill: Sam’s self-sacrificing pursuit of Frodo’s body, makes you love Sam.

App:

i. The sacrifice of Jesus is incomparable to that of any other person in human history. To receive is to believe.

ii. To reflect, you must wear the lens of Christ.

iii. To reproduce, you must be a new produce (life and power)

Ill: the palms, cloaks, exclamation is model of Christians today

Pastoral Question:

Which King will you hail with your heart, head, and hands?

III. The Separating King (John 12:17-19)

Polarizing figure

a. the sign-following crowd (17-18) – they heard he’d done this sign

b. the scandalized Pharisees (19) – the whole world has gone after him

c. the seekers who were uncommon (20) – We would see Jesus!

Ill: still the same today. John MacArthur Interview with Ben Shapiro.

d. App:

Ill: Top three reasons why people hailed Johnny Depth’s arrival to the court?

Your motive? How are you hailing this King today? (Privately, publicly, economically, congregationally…etc?)

Conclusion:

Pastoral Question:

Which King will you hail with your heart, head, and hands?

[1] Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020), 36.

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