John 12:12-26<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12 The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors 13 took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They shouted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPraise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD! Hail to the King of Israel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14 Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said: 15 \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, people of Jerusalem. Look, your King is coming, riding on a donkey\u2019s colt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16 His disciples didn\u2019t understand at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into his glory, they remembered what had happened and realized that these things had been written about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, and they were telling others about it. 18 That was the reason so many went out to meet him\u2014because they had heard about this miraculous sign. 19 Then the Pharisees said to each other, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing we can do. Look, everyone has gone after him!\u201d 20 Some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration 21 paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, \u201cSir, we want to meet Jesus.\u201d 22 Philip told Andrew about it, and they went together to ask Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23 Jesus replied, \u201cNow the time has come for the Son of Man[l] to enter into his glory. 24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels\u2014a plentiful harvest of new lives. 25 Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. 26 Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark 7:36<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 31 Jesus left Tyre and went up to Sidon before going back to the Sea of Galilee and the region of the Ten Towns. 32 A deaf man with a speech impediment was brought to him, and the people begged Jesus to lay his hands on the man to heal him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 33 Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man\u2019s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man\u2019s tongue. 34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, \u201cEphphatha,\u201d which means, \u201cBe opened!\u201d 35 Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 36 Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news. 37 They were completely amazed and said again and again, \u201cEverything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark 8:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark 9:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was time. It was time for Jesus to do what He came to do. In verse 23 we see that “the hour has come.” God was determining the timing . . . .not man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n God\u2019s plan did not end with the coming of Christ. This world in which we live is not running out of control. God is not surprised by what is taking place in our society today. God may not be pleased with what is happening in the world today but he isn\u2019t caught off guard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John 12:12-26 12 The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors 13 took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They shouted, \u201cPraise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD! Hail to the King of Israel!\u201d 14 Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said: 15 \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5351","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/5351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/5351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5355,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/5351\/revisions\/5355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=5351"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=5351"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=5351"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=5351"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=5351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}There are about twenty more instances where he obviously avoided the spotlight.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2. This event was organized by God<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. God Has a Plan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n