If you would open up your Bibles to John chapter 12.
It's on page 1068 of your pew Bible.
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We've got something controversial here.
Let me just pray for us one more time.
Father, would you pour out your Spirit upon us that Jesus would be magnified now.
Cause all hearts in the room to rise to the King.
In Jesus' name, amen.
You know, there are certain names of people that if you bring up in a conversation,
you're going to get an immediate response because they're controversial.
Do you remember the whole Bad Bunny situation in the Super Bowl?
Controversial.
If you bring up Anthony Fauci's name in conversation, it's going to be controversial.
If you bring up Donald Trump's name in a conversation, it'll be controversial.
But the most controversial person that has ever walked on the planet is Jesus Christ by far.
You bring his name up in a conversation.
And you're going to get a variety of responses.
And Jesus is controversial because of who he claimed to be and what he has claimed to do.
He claimed to be God in the flesh.
And he claims to be the only way by which a sinner can be saved.
And the question is, is that true?
Is he the King?
Is he your King?
Two weeks ago, when we were in John 10, there was controversy over these two titles that Jesus had claimed for himself.
The Christ or the Messiah, this long-awaited king, and the other title, Son of God, which means he's fully God.
And last week, after he raised Lazarus from the dead, in great controversy, the religious leaders started to plot his death.
They wanted to assassinate him.
And so here's John 12.
And John 12 is a bit of a pivot in the entire gospel of John.
Because John 12 is essentially Jesus' last call for people to believe in him.
It's his last public engagement of the crowds.
Next week, we'll start in on John 13, where Jesus will be interacting with his disciples.
And from there on out, we're going to have smaller interactions in more private settings between Jesus and people.
So this is a pivot.
This is a last call.
And there are a variety of reactions we're going to see in chapter 12.
We're going to first see an extravagant response.
It's going to be shocking.
And we're also going to see a response of false pretense, of some people who are trying to make the savior of their own making.
We're going to see unbelief of various kinds.
We're going to see the unbelief that's the result of loving money.
We're going to see the unbelief of fearing man.
All sorts of different responses.
Jesus is controversial.
Is Jesus the king?
Let me show you how we're going to walk through the passage.
We're going to look at his anointing.
We're going to look at his arrival into Jerusalem.
We're going to look at him and say, it's go time.
And then we have an explanation for why the Jews are not believing.
And then there's the last call.
The last two scenes of unbelief and the last call, I'm just going to touch on briefly.
So, is Jesus the king?
Is he your king?
And how do you respond to him?
So, let's look at verses 1 through 11.
Because of the amount of scripture we're going to be getting through, I'm just going to be summarizing as we work through the passage.
And in this passage, scene 1, this anointing, we see something unforgettable.
It's in verses 1 through 11.
Last week, we learned that after Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead, the Pharisees wanted to kill him.
And so, he left the area into the wilderness.
It was not his time to die.
But here, in chapter 12, it's now six days before the Passover.
And the Passover is this huge feast the Jews would observe in Jerusalem,
where they would remember God's deliverance of them from Egypt,
and they would kill lambs.
So, now Jesus, who had left the Jerusalem area because it was not his time to die,
is now comes back to Bethany because he's invited to come to a feast,
because he's the honored guest, because he's raised Lazarus from the dead.
And so, he goes back to Bethany, which is just under two miles away from Jerusalem,
and they gave a dinner for him.
Martha is there, and she's doing what she's known for.
She's serving.
Lazarus is there, who was raised from the dead.
He's reclining at the table next to Jesus.
And then the focus falls on Mary.
Mary, therefore, took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair.
The house was filled with fragrance of the perfume.
If you were in the room at this moment,
my guess is you'd be saying, this is extraordinary.
This, this is, it almost feels over the top.
The perfume, the nard, estimates have it in modern day money as around $45,000.
This is one of her prized possessions.
They would have been a wealthy family.
But, but in order for her to pour the nard onto his feet,
that means she had a certain posture.
Where do you think she was?
She was at his feet.
So not only is she offering her most prized possession,
her posture is one of at his feet.
And then the pride of women in the first century was their hair.
And what is she doing?
She's using her hair like, like a towel you clean somebody's feet with.
She's, she's, it's all submitted to Jesus.
It's, it's, it's the posture.
It's the prized possession.
It's, it's how she is anointing and spreading this perfume upon his feet.
It's, it's a picture of extravagance.
It's a picture of, this is extraordinary.
It's a picture in which, oh, she's all in.
It's a picture of full surrender.
She's all in.
All that she is, all that she has at the feet of Jesus.
She knows something.
This is the man who raised her brother from the dead.
This is the man who is the Christ, the son of God, the son of man.
This is the one who had healed a man born blind.
She knows who this is, even though he, she, he hasn't died.
And he hasn't been raised from the dead.
She has enough knowledge to know this is her king.
And so she's responding in kind.
What we see next is Judas in verses four through six.
Judas is like, hey, wait a second.
We're told here in verse four that he was the one who betrayed Jesus.
He's one of the disciples.
And in verse five, he says, why was this ointment not sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?
Sounds godly.
It sounds merciful, but it's just full of pretense because he's really a thief.
If you see in verse six, he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief.
And having charge of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put in it.
Here's the thinking.
You know, we should sell this to the poor.
Put that 45 grand into the money bag and I'll help the poor.
You see what's going on there?
You know what it's a picture of?
It's the opposite of Mary.
It's selfishness, self-serving.
And so here we have at the outset of chapter 12,
a contrast between Mary's selfless devotion, extravagant,
and we have Judas's self-delusion.
And he's a disciple.
This goes on.
Something else happens in Bethany in verses nine through 11.
A large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was in Bethany.
They came because not only they want to see Jesus,
they want to see this guy who's been raised from the dead.
And then the Pharisees respond.
They're like, oh no.
People are going away and believing in Jesus.
And so you know what they do?
Look at verse 10.
They expand their murder plot to now include Lazarus.
So the evidence gets lost.
This is controversial.
People are willing to kill over this guy.
It's all revolving around Jesus.
We see extraordinary devotion.
We see this extraordinary delusion.
A disciple who's pilfering from the money bag.
And this extraordinary death making.
There's no question that the appropriate response being presented here is the Mary response.
And so maybe the question that you need to be asking yourself right now is,
what is keeping you from responding to King Jesus like Mary?
Full surrender.
All in for Jesus.
Posture.
Prize possessions.
The pride of your life.
All for him.
The second scene we come to is Jesus' arrival.
And that takes place in verses 12 through 19.
It's John's triumphal entry.
John's version of Palm Sunday.
And note, it's now the next day.
So five days closer to Passover when these lambs would be killed.
And now Jesus is entering Jerusalem.
Do you remember how John 11 ended?
There are these people from all over the countryside coming to Jerusalem.
And they were like, is Jesus going to show up?
Is he going to come?
And here he is.
Jesus is no coward.
He is on mission to bring glory to God his Father through his death and resurrection.
Well, he is met by a crowd.
And you can see that crowd.
12, the next day, the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
And if you look at 17 and 18, this large crowd had heard about Jesus from the people that actually saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead.
Word has spread.
The sign, verse 18, has gone out.
And now this huge crowd comes to welcome Jesus into Jerusalem.
And look what they're saying.
Hosanna!
Verse 13, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
Our King has come.
Our King is here.
It's Psalm 118.25.
The thing is, they're missing why he has come.
There's a Hebrew word here.
Hosanna.
It means save us.
It means deliver us.
Save us.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Our Savior is here.
Even the King of Israel.
Our Deliverer has come.
The King has come.
What do you think they are planning this King to deliver them from?
Roman occupation.
To make Israel great again.
To cause Israel to stand on its own two feet.
To bring back glory to Israel.
But that's not why Jesus is riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Jesus isn't coming into Jerusalem to deliver this people militarily or politically.
He's not on a war horse.
He is on a donkey.
Look at verses 14 and 15.
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it.
Just that it is written, fear not, daughter of Zion.
Behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt.
That's Zechariah 9.9.
Humble.
Seated on a donkey.
Coming into Jerusalem.
Bringing salvation with him.
Zechariah 9.9.
You see, Jesus is coming into Jerusalem.
Not to deliver people from the enemy of Rome.
He is coming into Jerusalem to deliver a new people from a greater enemy.
Sin and death and the devil.
That's why he's coming into Jerusalem.
He brings eternal life with him.
And so the misunderstanding is the crux of it is in the word Hosanna.
Save us.
They had made Jesus into a Savior King of their own making.
Make us great again.
You're the guy.
It's kind of like when someone claims to become a Christian
because they think that Jesus is going to, quote unquote,
make them the best version of themselves.
And what they have in mind in that is that Jesus is the means
to accomplish their appointed end.
This is what I want to do.
Jesus is going to get me there.
Jesus, you're great.
You're the King.
But the reality is when Jesus comes,
he takes over.
He doesn't exist for us.
We exist for him.
He's the King.
So in 14 and 15, Jesus finds the young donkey,
goes in,
and what we learn is that the disciples,
in verse 16,
they did not understand what was going on here at first.
But it wasn't until after Jesus was glorified,
after that he died,
that they remembered
and that these things had been written about him
and had been done to him.
It wasn't until after he was glorified
that they had the aha moment.
They were a little slow on the uptake.
We have a bunch of people who totally miss.
They want Jesus to be something that he wasn't.
And then we have these disciples
who are kind of slow on the uptick.
And the Pharisees again,
in verse 19,
said to one another,
you see that you are,
they're talking to one another,
you see that you are gaining nothing.
Look, the world has gone after him.
They're seeing Jesus entering into Jerusalem
to great fanfare.
And they're like,
we've lost the crowd.
Everybody,
the whole world is going after him.
It's like, oh no.
There's a variety of responses
to King Jesus coming into Jerusalem.
You have misunderstanding,
a distorted view of Jesus as King,
that he has come to make me what I want to be.
He's seen as a threat by the Pharisees.
There's confusion among the disciples
of what this really means.
And so, let's ask this question.
Like the misunderstanding crowd,
are you seeking to make Jesus
a King of your own making?
Are you wanting Jesus to make America great again?
Is that how you're seeing him?
To that end?
Or are you seeing Jesus
as a King of his own kingdom?
And when he calls people to himself
from every tribe, tongue, and nation in the world,
he doesn't call them to become Americans.
He calls them to become citizens of his kingdom.
That's what he died for.
I like to think of myself as a monarchist first
and as an American citizen second.
These disciples
who eventually realized
that Jesus is coming in humble
to establish a spiritual kingdom,
to bring spiritual salvation.
These men were eventually radically changed.
Radically changed.
They realized that Jesus came
to establish a kingdom
that will never end.
It's indestructible.
It's the Daniel 7 kingdom
given to the Son of Man.
Jesus' arrival.
It's controversial.
Who do you say he is?
Is he the King
who's come to take over?
To take everything over?
Scene 3.
Go time.
This starts in verse 19.
So the Pharisees said to one another,
you see that you are gaining nothing.
Look, the world has gone after him.
And then look at verse 20.
Now among those who went up
to worship at the feast,
Passover,
were some Greeks,
some Gentiles,
some non-Jews,
people from very different nations
than Israel.
They are coming into Jerusalem
and look what they do.
They came to Philip
and then Philip went and told Andrew,
verse 22,
and Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus
and they told them
that these Gentiles are like,
sir, we wish to see Jesus.
The whole world is going after him.
Gentiles are now seeking out Jesus.
And what Jesus says next
is the king speaking.
And Jesus answered them,
the hour has come.
It's go time.
The hour has come for the son of man
to be glorified.
The son of man is that title
from Daniel 7
in which God the father,
the ancient of days,
gives a kingdom
from every,
of people from every tribe,
tongue, and nation.
He gives them
to this son of man
who will establish a kingdom
that will last forever.
And he's saying here,
the hour has come
for the son of man
to be glorified,
to be exalted,
to be revealed.
And now the question is,
how will he be glorified?
God,
which makes verse 24
very interesting.
Here comes another
truly, truly.
We've seen this before.
It's Jesus saying,
hey, let me set the record straight.
Let me set the record straight
in what it means
for the son of man
to be glorified.
And he says,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth
and dies,
it remains alone.
But if it dies,
it bears much fruit.
Well, that's really interesting.
When I think of
someone being glorified,
I don't think of death.
And what Jesus is saying,
I am going to be glorified
in my death.
I am going to be
like a grain of wheat
that falls into the ground,
dies,
and then brings life,
fruitfulness.
See what he's doing here?
The son of man
is going to be glorified
in a surprising manner.
This king,
who's coming in
on a donkey,
is saying that
he's going to be glorified
through his death.
And then he says,
verse 25,
whoever loves his life
loses it.
Now remember,
he's speaking to both
Jews and Gentiles here.
It is a crowd,
verse 34,
who's listening to him.
It's a mixed crowd.
He's like,
anyone who would come after me,
whether you're Jew
or Gentile,
whether you are
red, yellow,
black, or white,
you are precious
in his sight.
Anyone.
He says this,
whoever loves his life
loses it.
Wouldn't he?
I tend to think
if you love your life,
you're going to preserve
your life.
But that's not what
Jesus is saying.
Let's go on.
What else does he say?
Whoever loves his life
will lose it,
and whoever hates his life
in this world
will keep it
for eternal life.
What is going on?
Whoever hates his life
in this world,
he's the one,
she's the one
who has eternal life.
What?
This is how the kingdom works.
You see,
the way you enter
the kingdom of God,
how you're saved,
is informed
by how the king
established his kingdom.
Jesus died
in order
to gather
a people
for himself,
and now we,
his people,
come to him
not saying,
I'm going to live
my life my way.
We come to him saying,
I am all yours.
This is,
this is a revisit
to Mary.
This is,
this is,
I'm laying my life down,
posture,
price,
possessions,
the pride of my being.
It's all yours.
I am coming to you.
You,
you're the controlling center
of my life.
You've always been
the controlling center.
Now I,
I gladly come under you.
I gladly lay my life
in full surrender
to you.
That's what he's talking about.
Here,
here's,
here's another way
to say it.
You cannot
be fully devoted
to yourself
and fully devoted
to Jesus
simultaneously.
You got to choose
one or the other.
And the,
and in order to become
fully devoted to Jesus,
you need to hate yourself,
which is another way
you need to die
to yourself.
You need to die
to saying,
I'm in charge.
You need to die
to saying,
I'm living for my own glory.
You need to die
to saying things like,
I'm going to control
everything.
You got to die
to these things
and release them
to Jesus.
This is quite,
quite a way to say
it's go time.
Jesus is just days away
from dying on the cross.
And he says,
the hour
has
come.
And then,
he says,
if anyone serves me,
the father will not honor,
will honor him.
That's,
do you want to honor God,
the father?
Devote yourself
to Jesus Christ
and all that you are.
He delights in it.
Jesus is glorified.
God is glorified.
There's a couple other words
I want you to notice.
In verse 24,
excuse me,
in verse 23,
the hour has come
for the son of man
to be glorified.
Verse 27,
now
is my soul troubled
and what shall I say?
For,
father,
save me from this hour,
but for this purpose,
I have come
to this hour.
This hour,
this hour,
now.
It's,
it's go time.
And what Jesus is saying
is,
I am feeling
the weight
of what is about
to happen.
He's like,
what am I going to do?
Ask my father
to deliver me from that?
He's like,
no.
It's for this very purpose
that I have come
to this hour.
And the purpose
is to lay his life down.
To give his life for us.
That's why the king
has come.
It's go time.
And then we read
in verse 28,
Father,
glorify your name.
Then a voice
came from heaven.
I have glorified it
and I will glorify it again.
This is one of three spots
in the Gospels
in which God the Father
audibly speaks
with Jesus the Son
and present.
His baptism,
his transfiguration,
and hear.
And what do the crowds hear?
Did you hear that thunder?
Or other like,
there's an angel
speaking to him.
And what Jesus says
is extraordinary.
He's saying,
this voice has come.
This is verse 30.
This voice has come
for your sake,
not mine.
It's for our sake
that this voice
of God the Father
spoke.
And here's why that is.
It assures us
that what is unfolding
before our eyes
is the plan
of God Almighty.
This is no accident.
This is right
according to plan.
God is sovereignly
carrying out
his plan
for the fullness
of time
in which he will
be glorified
with Jesus
at the center
of it all.
It's for us.
We hear this voice.
And then comes
another now.
Jesus is going to die.
The time has come.
The hour is here.
It's go time.
Now is the judgment
of this world.
The death of Jesus
is a judgment.
God pours out
his wrath
in judgment
upon all
of the sin.
The penalty for sin
on all who would believe.
It is judgment
at that moment.
Good Friday
which is just days away
from Jesus speaking this.
God would pour out
all of his wrath
for all of our sin
for one time
done.
Judgment.
Now will the ruler
of this world
be cast out.
When Jesus dies
on the cross
you can read this
if you want
in Revelation
chapter 12
the devil gets
cast out of heaven
thrown down.
Victory.
Victory over the devil.
He no longer
is able to
make any kind
of accusation
against the brethren.
It's victory.
This king
on a donkey
coming into Jerusalem
it's go time.
he's going to die
and his death
is going to
bear God's judgment
for all who would believe
and it casts
down
casts out
the devil.
And then he says
in verse 32
and when I'm lifted up
from the earth
I will draw
all people
to myself.
That lifting up
is him referring
to his being
lifted up on the cross.
and that
is the thing.
His death
is the thing
when those
who hear
and understand
is what draws
us to Christ
because
his death
for our sin
is the greatest
news you can ever hear.
John said
he said this
to show
by what kind
of death
he was going
to die
but
it's met
with confusion
in the crowd.
The crowd
is like
we've heard
from the law
that the Christ
remains forever.
What do you mean
you're going to get
lifted up?
How can you say
that the Son of Man
look at what they're doing
they're saying
the Son of Man
and the Christ
are the same person.
How can you say
that the Son of Man
must be lifted up?
What do you mean
lifted up?
When the Christ
comes
he's going to
stay forever
he's going to
establish
a kingdom
that will never
end.
Who is the Son
of Man?
They're asking
Jesus.
And what Jesus
says is
I'll condense
it for you
I'm the light
of the world.
If you believe
in me
if you walk
in the light
you will not
you will no longer
be in darkness
but if you do not
walk in the light
you're going to
walk like one
walks in the dark
you're not going to
know where you're
going.
And so he says
while you have
the light
while you have
me here
because I'm just
days away
from my death
believe in the light
that you may
become sons
daughters
of light
to those who
received him
to them he gave
the right to
become children
of God
children of light
pulled out of
darkness
brought into
the light
delivered
from the domain
of darkness
transferred into
the kingdom
of his beloved
son.
What we have
going on here
is
is Jesus
just
saying
I'm here
for all people
I am the king
who's come
into Jerusalem
and if you
believe in me
regardless of
your background
I am happy
to be your king
I will pay
for your sins
I will give you
eternal life
it's go time
Jesus has come
into the
to Jerusalem
it's go time
to die
it's go time
to glorify
his father
it's go time
to judge
it's go time
to cast out
the devil
it's go time
for those who
would believe
to become
children
of the light
are you a child
of light
do you know
that Jesus
went into
Jerusalem
to die
for you
the son
of man
the king
had to be
lifted up
that's scene
three
scene four
is a surprising
explanation
for unbelief
in verse 36
we read
while you
have the
light
believe in
the light
that you
may become
sons of
light
and then it
goes on
when Jesus
had said
these things
he departed
and hid
himself from
them
even though
it's five
days out
he says
these things
and then
he departs
and hides
himself
his time
to die
his moment
of death
has not yet
come
but look at
verse 37
though he
had done
so many
signs
before them
they still
did not
believe
in him
they still
did not
believe
and so
what John
does here
the writer
of the
gospel
of John
is he
then explains
their unbelief
why they
wouldn't
believe
and he
does so
by quoting
two passages
from Isaiah
the first
is Isaiah
chapter 53
so that the
word spoken
by the prophet
they did not
believe so that
the word spoken
by the prophet
Isaiah might
be fulfilled
their unbelief
fulfilled
what I'm about
to read to you
you ready
the first
verse may
not be
familiar
but the
second and
third will
who has
believed
what he has
heard from
us
and to whom
has the arm
of the Lord
been revealed
for he
grew up
before him
like a
young plant
and like a
root out
of dry
ground
he had
no form
or majesty
that we
should look
at him
and no
beauty
that we
should
desire
him
he was
despised
and rejected
by men
a man
of sorrows
and acquainted
with grief
and as one
from whom
men hide
their face
he was
despised
and we
esteemed
him not
that's
why they
weren't
believing
that
the
suffering
servant
the
Christ
had
come
and
they
rejected
him
he came
to his
own
and his
own
his very
own
did not
believe
him
and
they
are
personally
responsible
for
their
unbelief
they
still
did not
believe
they
didn't
believe
they're
responsible
for
their
unbelief
they
have
rejected
the
one
bringing
salvation
but then
we have
further
explanation
in
verse
39
and now
we get
into the
deep
end
of the
pool
listen
to what
he
says
therefore
they
could
not
believe
not
only
did
they
not
believe
and
they're
responsible
for
that
they
could
not
believe
why
couldn't
they
believe
listen
to where
he goes
this is
out of
Isaiah
chapter
6
he has
blinded
their
eyes
and
hardened
their
hearts
lest
they
see
with
their
eyes
and
understand
with
their
heart
in
turn
and I
would
heal
them
Isaiah
is
saying
the
reason
why
they
don't
believe
is
because
they're
responsible
for
that
but
underneath
that
all
God
has
hardened
their
hearts
it's
God
behind
this
that
can
make
you
uncomfortable
if
that
makes
you
uncomfortable
it's
actually
good
that
makes
you
uncomfortable
we're
seeing
God
sovereignty
operate
on a
level
that
we
tend
to
not
think
about
and
so
what
we
have
here
what
John
is
showing
us
is
both
human
responsibility
and
God's
sovereignty
when it
comes to
people
believing
in
Jesus
and
what
John
is
showing
us
it's
not
either
or
it's
both
and
it's
called
compatibilism
we
believe
that
it's
compatible
for
people
to be
fully
responsible
for
their
own
decisions
and
yet
God
is
completely
sovereign
over
all
things
it's
mysterious
we
don't
get
it
let me
ask
you
this
question
or
let me
make
this
point
if
human
beings
this
is
John
Piper
point
if
human
beings
!
are
able
to
turn
a
life
threatening
virus
into
a
life
protecting
vaccine
think
of
polio
then
I
think
God
can
figure
out
this
whole
thing
between
human
responsibility
and
his
sovereignty
I
think
he's
got
it
covered
we
come
up
short
in
being
able
to
understand
it
but
God
doesn't
what's
even
more
amazing
is
what
John
says
next
Isaiah
said
these
things
because
he
saw
his
glory
and
spoke
of
him
contextually
he's
talking
about
the
vision
of
Isaiah
chapter
6
where
Isaiah
sees
these
angels
crying
out
holy
is
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
whole
earth
is
full
of
his
glory
and
the
foundations
of
the
threshold
shook
at
the
voice
of
him
who
called
and
the
house
was
filled
with
smoke
and
I
said
woe
is
me
for
I
am
lost
for
I
am
a
man
of
unclean
lips
and I
dwell
in
the
midst
of
a
people
of
unclean
lips
for
my
eyes
have
seen
the
king
the
Lord
of hosts
this
humble
man
riding in
on a
donkey
into
Jerusalem
is
is the
God
of
Isaiah
6
and
then he
points to
a particular
type
of
unbelief
it's
crazy
verse 42
nevertheless
many even
of the
authorities
believed
in him
think of
the word
believed
in quotes
but for
fear of
the
Pharisees
they did
not
confess
it
so that
they
would
not
be
put
out
of
the
synagogue
for
they
love
the
glory
that
comes
from
man
more
than
the
glory
that
comes
from
God
were
they
genuine
followers
of
Jesus
no
they
weren't
these
authorities
who
believed
in
Jesus
they
would
say
yeah
I
believe
in
Jesus
but
they
would
not
publicly
before
man
say
it
and
so
their
real
God
was
what
people
thought
of
them
that's
who
they
were
serving
and
what
John
says
here
is
that
keeps
you
out
of
the
kingdom
if
you're
not
willing
to
confess
Jesus
the king
of kings
before
man
you know
what I love
about this
afternoon's
baptism
whether it's here
or by
Eichelman
we have five
people who are
going public
with their
confession that
Jesus is their
king
they're not
fearing man
what we have
here
is an
explanation
of
people's
unbelief
in
verses
44
through
50
there's
a
last
call
in
publicly
Jesus
saying
believe
in me
he goes
to his
death
inviting
these
Jewish
people
and you
and me
to believe
in him
here's the
point of
this
passage
Jesus
is the
king
he's the
king who
has come
and the
question
is
is it
true
or not
is this
the real
king of
all
who
would lay
down his
life
so that
you could
live
eternally
there's a
variety
of responses
the one
that should
stand out
in your
mind
is Mary's
response
it was
extraordinary
her posture
giving of
her
prized
possessions
wiping
his feet
was the
pride
of her
being
her
hair
that's
how we
should
respond
and the
question is
why aren't
you responding
that way
what's keeping
you from
that
is it
love of
money
Judas
is it
losing
control
Pharisees
is it
saying
silent
like these
authorities
who wouldn't
confess
Jesus
or is
it
like the
crowds
making
this
king
into a
king
of your
own
making
is that
what's
keeping
you
from
going
all
in
for
Jesus
for
complete
surrender
remember
you
can't
simultaneously
be fully
devoted to
yourself
and fully
devoted to
Jesus
the king
you can't
have two
kings
and so
let me
urge you
this morning
bend your
knee to
king
Jesus
if
you're
not a
Christian
this is
the last
call
you don't
know what
tomorrow
holds
bend your
knee to
Jesus
today
you've
got
everything
you need
to know
and if
you are
a
Christian
bend
your
knee
to
Jesus
today
confess
him
again
as
your
king
of
kings
and
lord
of
lords
Jesus
is
the
most
controversial
person
in
human
history
and he
should
be
because
he's
God
in
the
flesh
and
he's
made
one
way
one
and
only
one
way
to
be
saved
through
his
death
he
calls
for
an
extraordinary
response
there's
this
verse
in
psalm
96
for
great
is
the
lord
and
greatly
to
be
praised
we've
got
an
extraordinary
king
and
we
gladly
give
him
an
extraordinary
response
do
I have
an
amen
let
me
pray
God
in
heaven
we
thank
you
so
much
for
these
words
of
Jesus
and
John
12
we
thank
you
for
what
you're
going
to
do
in
the
balance
of
this
day
we
commit
our
way
to
you
in
the
name
of
Jesus
amen