The Four P's for the King

12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.” 14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” 16 These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. 17 So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him. 18 For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”

CSB Study Bible: Notes Chapter 12

Jesus’s triumphal entry, with people waving palm branches to greet him, is celebrated in Christian tradition as Palm Sunday. Jesus’s riding into Jerusalem on a donkey fulfilled OT Scripture (Zch 9:9; see Ps 118:25–26). The waving of palm branches, a symbolic act celebrating victory over one’s enemy and/or reception of a king, may indicate that the people thought Jesus would take Israel’s vacant throne and deliver the nation from Roman occupation and suppression. Yet Jesus’s popular acclaim would not last; some people who now hailed him as victor called for his crucifixion only a few days later.

Today we are going to look at the John’s record of what is know as the Triumphal entry as found in . What we are going to look at it how it applies to our live today so I will be providing you with what is called an alliteration. An alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Today I will use an alliteration for the four P’s that I want to give as the application of the text that are wrapped in questions. The P’s will be as follows: prepare yourself for the King, position yourself before the King, persevere for the King and lastly pursue the King.

Prepare yourself for the King (12-13a)

Prepare

How do you prepare yourself to meet with the King?

How do you prepare to meet with Him prayer?

How do you prepare to meet Him in the Bible?

How do you prepare to meet with Him on Sunday?

Position yourself before the King (13b)

How do you present yourself to the King?

How do you present yourself in prayer?

How do you present yourself to your brothers and sister in Christ?

Persevere for the King (19a)

How will you persevere for the King?

How will you persevere for you family?

How will you preserver for your brothers and sisters in Christ?

How will you persevere for the Kingdom of the King?

Pursue

How will you pursue the King?

How will you pursue your loved ones?

How will you pursue your brothers and sisters in Christ?

How will you pursue building the Kingdom of the King?

How will you pursue the the un-pursuable, the unlovable, the unworthy of the world?

In conclusion we are all called to:

We are all called to:

prepare to meet with the King

position ourselves before the King

preserver for the King

and to pursue the King

Alter Call

Come and pursue the King

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