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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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The Triumphal Entry and Jesus' Proximity 0:01 Amen. How's everyone doing tonight? You excited to dive into the word of God this evening? I will ask that 1 more time. You're0:13 excited to dive into the word of God this evening. As we we have been in our Mark series all year long, I hope that you have been enjoying it just as much0:24 as I have. We have gone through 10 chapters of the book of Mark, and we are about to dive into chapter 11 this evening. And, you know, in chapter 11,0:37 Mark, it takes a little bit of a turn. It there's a little bit of a shift that happens in Mark chapter 11. The first 10 chapters of Mark really describe and0:48 emphasize Jesus as the servant. The servanthood of Jesus and who he was and how we are to be the same type of servant. But1:00 in chapter 11, he's not just a servant, it turns into the suffering servant. It turns into the sacrificial servant. We're gonna read1:13 about the triumphal entry of Jesus this evening. We're gonna study chapter 11 verses 1 through 11. This is recorded in all 4 gospels. And how do you1:24 know if if something is repeated in the bible multiple times, it's something that we definitely should be paying attention to. And as this is recorded in all 4 gospels, it's important for1:36 us to understand exactly what is happening. God wants us to listen and learn through the story of the triumphal entry of Jesus. So I'm gonna pray, and then we are going to1:48 start reading. Heavenly father, we thank you so much for this evening. We thank you for the servanthood of Jesus, and we thank you as we dive into the sacrificial2:00 servant of Jesus, how we can learn to be more like Jesus. Move me out of the way, Lord. Speak to your children this evening. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.2:12 If you have your Bibles, we're gonna open it up to Mark chapter 11. If you have your Mark study guide, we can open it up. If you have if you don't have either of those, you can either look at the screens or look at your2:22 Bible app. But let's all stand for the reading of the word of God. Let's all read chapter 11. I'm gonna start in verse 1. It says, now when they drew near to2:34 Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent 2 of his his disciples and said to them, go into the village in front of you, and immediately as2:46 you enter it, you will find a colt tied on which no 1 has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, why are you doing this? Say, the Lord has2:57 need of it, and we'll send it back here immediately. And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those that were standing there said to3:09 them, what are you doing untying the colt? And they said to them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it,3:21 and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting,3:33 Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest. And he entered Jerusalem3:45 and went into the temple, and when he had looked around at everything as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the 12. You may be seated.3:58 Now if you are like me and maybe you didn't grow up in church and you haven't read this text your whole life, you you read the heading, the triumphal entry, and you might have a picture4:10 in your head that looks a little bit different than what we just read. Or if you were a Roman reader and you have that reference to you, it is gonna look a little bit different when you're thinking about the4:21 description of what a triumphal entry looks like. See, back in ancient Rome, if a king went into battle and managed to kill 5000 soldiers, then4:33 he was entitled to a triumphal entry. So he would be brought into a golden chariot, paraded in front of all the people,4:45 soldiers would march. It's very, very grandiose. And back then, they had these things called these triumphal arches. In in Roman times, there were arches4:57 like the Arch of Titus in Rome or the Arch of, I can't remember the other 1 that I was Constantine, the Arch of Constantine. And then modern5:08 day, we have 1 in Paris, 1 of my husband's favorite city, called the Arc de Triomphe. And so this is like an example of a modern day, triumphal entry and5:20 parade that would happen through 1 of these arches. So imagine reading this text and and thinking, this doesn't really come off as the pomp and circumstance5:33 of what I imagine a triumphal entry would be. But the reality is that this is the most triumphal entry and significant entry that Jesus has because he doesn't just5:45 come to triumph over man, but he came to triumph over sin. And Jesus has saved far, far more than the 5000. Spoiler5:57 alert, this Sunday that we are studying is known as Palm Sunday, and we celebrate it every single year, but it's the beginning of our holy week. It's the beginning of 1 week6:09 that is that honestly a big chunk of chapter mark is dedicated to this 1 specific week. But it begins on this Sunday and6:20 it will proceed. And on Friday, which we call Good Friday, Jesus will die on a cross, and he will be resurrected on Sunday, and that we call that Easter.6:33 And this week, our Holy Week, is such an important week. But we look through these 11 verses that we read, and there's no miracles or healings.6:45 It's just Jesus on a donkey. But it's a very significant beginning to the greatest miracle of all time to which anyone, anyone can6:57 accept and benefit from. The text that we just read was fulfillment of prophecy in the old testament. In Zechariah 9 9 it says, rejoice greatly, oh daughter of Zion.7:08 Shout aloud, oh daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king is coming to you, righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a7:20 donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Their king was here. As we explore the text tonight, there's 2 questions that I want you to ask yourself.7:33 Every time I read any of the gospels especially, I always ask these 2 questions, As Christians, our goal7:45 every single day is to be more like Jesus. So whenever I read any type of text, I want to ask myself, who is Jesus? Primarily, what is7:56 Jesus teaching us about his character so that we can be more like him as Christians? And who are we? I challenge you to find yourself in the characters of the8:08 Bible. The interactions that he has can always teach us about ourselves and the relationship that he wants to have with us. Tonight, we will learn about the proximity8:20 of Jesus, where he is in proximity to us. And if you're taking notes, we will discover 3 positions of Jesus8:35 give them to you right at the front, and then we will go through them. Jesus is ahead of us. Jesus is with us, and Jesus is for us. I want you8:47 to repeat, Jesus is ahead of us. That's our first point. So in the first few verses that we read, Jesus sends these 2 disciples8:59 to the next town. And he says, right when you get into town, you're going to see a colt tied up. Untie the colt and bring it back to me. And if somebody asks you9:11 why you're untying the colt, tell them the Lord has need of it. And they will let you go and you bring it back to me. And so what happened? They went out,9:23 they went to the next town, they saw a colt, they untied it, people said, what are you doing untying the colt? They said, the Lord has need of it and they let them go. Exactly9:36 how Jesus said it would happen. Jesus knew exactly what they needed, exactly where to get it, exactly what pushback there would be, exactly how to9:48 respond to it, he prepared the disciples perfectly for that entire interaction. He prepared the disciples with everything that they10:00 needed to get the job done. I imagine that they were a little nervous to borrow a donkey, but they did exactly what was asked of them. They did10:11 it exactly the way that Jesus told them to do it. In Deuteronomy 31 verse 8, it says, it is the Lord who goes before you. He will be10:23 with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Jesus orders our steps because he has taken those steps. There is no10:35 path that he is unaware of. Just like he prepared these disciples, he prepares us as well. I'm a big fan of the website10:47 Yelp. Are there any Yelp fans out here? Now if you don't know what Yelp is, it's an app or it's a website where people can leave reviews of businesses. And so anytime10:58 I go to a new business, like a new restaurant, I go to Yelp because I wanna know what to expect. This is new for me, I have never gone there. So I go to Yelp11:10 and I look at how many stars they have, but most importantly, I read the reviews. And I will read a review and I will decide after reading the reviews whether or not I am gonna11:22 go to that place. Because sometimes a restaurant can put the most beautiful pictures of the ambiance, the most beautiful pictures of the food. They can make these cool videos on11:34 social media, but then you go to Yelp and somebody says, yeah, I got the burger, take a look at my burger, and it doesn't look anything like what the website says. And11:46 so, I don't know for you ladies, if you get your nails done like I do, I look at the Yelp review for the nail salon if I'm going to go try a new nail salon, and I will look11:57 at the pictures. And if a picture of the nails kind of look like this, guess what? I'm not going. And gentlemen, maybe for you, if you're going to12:09 a barber, and you look at the Yelp reviews, and you see a picture like this, probably not gonna go. And if I go to Yelp and I wanna have a trusted12:22 plumber come to my house, I wanna make sure that I can trust plumbers like these. And so I will go and I will look because these are the people that12:34 are writing the reviews, are people who have gone before me to a place that I am unfamiliar, and I wanna know what to expect. So I am trusting the experience of the people who have12:45 been before me. But here's the thing, I don't know these people, these are absolute strangers, but I take into account what they say. How much more can I12:57 trust what Jesus has said, what Jesus has prepared for me, what Jesus has planned and has ordered my steps? This is the man who knows me and who knows13:09 and who I can trust because He has my best interest at heart. Jesus goes before us because he cares for us. He prepares us because13:21 he knows what's gonna happen because he has been there before. So when it comes to Jesus being ahead of us,13:34 that we can trust even when we cannot see the whole picture. Jesus has seen, he has been, and he has experienced. He is our trusted guide. And13:46 who are we? We are simply to be like the disciples who followed, who did what Jesus told them to do, who did not13:58 do things based off of their own understandings. Their own understandings would not have told them to borrow a donkey. But Jesus told them to do it, and they trusted Jesus,14:10 so they did it. You know, there's plenty, plenty of scripture where Jesus says the words, follow me. Lots and lots of scripture where he says, follow14:22 me. So when we talk about Jesus being ahead of us, it is the proximity and the position of Jesus to be ahead of us is so that we can be behind him to follow14:34 him. Matthew 4 19 says, follow me and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 8 28 says, follow me. Lord, let me go first and bury my father. He says, follow me and let14:45 the dead bury their own dead. In Matthew 9 9, after he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth, he said to him, follow me. He is14:57 constantly, constantly telling you, follow me. That is not by happenstance. It's because he has been, he has seen, and he has ordered your steps.15:09 So you know if you are in the shadow of Jesus, you are on the right path. You do not have to worry. If Jesus is ahead of you, then you are in the right15:21 position. Jesus should always be ahead of us and he should always be guiding us as we follow him. The second position of15:33 Jesus is that Jesus is with us. See, Jesus can do all things on his own. He can do everything by15:45 himself, but he chooses to co labor with us. His ministry is built on the principle of partnership.15:58 Notice that he borrows a donkey. In verse 3, it says, if anyone says to you, why are you doing this? Say, the Lord is in need of it. This is Jesus.16:10 He don't need nothing. Jesus could snap his fingers and get whatever it is that he wants, but he asks the disciples to go and borrow16:22 a donkey. He says, well bring it back, but I need to borrow something of yours. What is it that he can do with what is borrowed? Jesus chooses to do ministry this16:34 way. He borrowed some water and he turned it into wine. He borrowed a boat. Jesus walked on water. He didn't need a boat, but he16:46 borrowed a boat and there was a purpose behind borrowing a boat. He borrowed a room and later on this week, he's gonna borrow a tomb. He borrows things16:58 so that he can co labor with us so that we are a part of his ministry. He does he does this for us because Jesus doesn't need17:10 anything. Jesus is the 1 that we need and he invites us in to co labor with him. But in this text, He borrows a17:21 donkey. So let's ask ourselves again, when it comes to Jesus being with us, who is He and who are we?17:33 Jesus is the co laborer. He is the 1 that wants to be with us, and we are the donkey. I'm sorry. I didn't17:45 mean to call you a donkey. You know, there's another name for a donkey, but I won't say it because I'm a lady.17:57 But I'm so grateful that Jesus doesn't look at me and say, I don't want that because that's just a donkey. He still wants18:09 to co labor with us even when we are being a big donkey. So the question is, does Jesus18:21 need the donkey or does the donkey need Jesus? Jesus does not want to do ministry alone. First Corinthians 3 9 says, we are God's fellow workers.18:33 You are God's field, God's building. Do you remember back in high school when you would do group projects? Nobody likes a group project.18:45 All of a sudden you go into your classroom in high school and the teacher says, we're gonna do group projects, and they start picking people, and you got 1 overachiever like pastor Nathan, who's very type a,18:57 and is just very upset because he does not want anyone having to, you know, sway his grades, so he just wants to do everything. And then you19:09 have people like me who's here for the ride because this is probably the only A that I'm gonna get because I got a partner doing all the work. But there's always, you know, the19:21 people who don't do as much and then there's the people who get frustrated because they're doing all of the work, and so nobody likes a group project. You know who loves a group19:33 project? Jesus loves a group project. And what's crazy is that Jesus is the 1 that's doing most of the work. He just wants to be with us as we're doing it. He19:45 just wants you to be willing. He wants to be chosen for the group project. He said, I'm gonna put my part portion in. I'm gonna do what I need to do. Just invite me in. I wanna be with19:57 you. So imagine that you always have a partner that you could walk through life with. Jesus designed it this way,20:08 on the principle of partnership. I love it because I'm a donkey. Jesus doesn't look at me and say, you've gotta do as20:20 much as I do. You've gotta put in as much as I put in. He just wants me to be with him and follow him. He's like, I I I got all the answers, you just gotta come with me.20:34 First Corinthians 1 27 through 29 says, but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise. God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God chose what is low and despised in20:45 the world, even things that are not to bring nothing, things that are so that no human being might boast about the presence of God. I wanna read that to you in the good news translation. It says, God20:57 purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.21:10 He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks nothing in order to destroy what the world thinks is important. This means that no 1 can boast in God's presence.21:22 He is taking he is taking this thought process of I can do it all by myself, and he says let me show you. I can use a donkey.21:34 And in the moment, this is the triumphal entry of Jesus. You know, the first 10 chapters of the book of Mark, he would perform these miracles, but he21:46 wouldn't want all the attention on him. He would do it and just say, okay, go your way. But in this moment, the triumphal entry, he wanted all eyes on him.21:58 But he didn't just want all eyes on him, he wanted all eyes on him and the donkey, because he cares for us so much and he cares for the low things. And it's okay to be22:10 a low thing because it means that God loves us and that Jesus still chooses us and still has a plan for us and still can co22:22 labor with him and still be with him. God chooses us. Rejoice today that Jesus chooses us and that we're undeserving, yet22:34 he wouldn't wanna have it any other way. Say, he chose me. He chose me. Even though I'm a donkey.22:47 It sounds really good. The third and final point is that Jesus is for us. Jesus tells the 2 disciples to go into the village22:59 and borrow the colt and bring it back to him. And in verse 7, it says, and they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on23:11 the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the field. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of23:23 the Lord. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest. I wanna focus on the words that the crowds were chanting, Hosanna, blessed23:35 is he who comes in the name of the Lord, blessed is the coming king of our father David, Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna means save us. Now23:47 the original intention was for them to be saved from political enemies, but Jesus knew that they needed a whole lot more than that. That they needed to be saved from their own23:59 sin. These people were quoting Psalm 1 18 singing and celebrating Jesus, but as they were trying to make him into the kind of hero that they24:11 wanted him to be. Be. So that as this entire week plays out, the same people that are singing and praising Jesus would soon reject him. Back to the prophecy that we talked about24:23 in Zechariah 9 9. Says, behold, your king is coming to you, righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey.24:34 Righteous, humble, bringing salvation. You put this together with the timing of Jesus entering Jerusalem, Passover week, the time where God's24:46 people traveled from all over to Jerusalem to celebrate the day that God saved his people from slavery in Egypt, when God brought his people salvation through the blood of a24:58 spotless lamb, Jesus is entering the city with no sin on him. In fact, choosing a colt that had never been sat25:10 on before so that he too was spotless. This was very intentional. But 5 days after this, on Good Friday, he would go on a25:22 cross to pay the price for our sins. He is for us. Everything that Jesus did had purpose.25:34 Everything that he did was for us. So why was he riding a donkey? You know, if a king was going to war, he would ride on a war horse.25:46 It's a picture of power, but when he was not at war, he would ride on a donkey as a picture of peace. When Luke tells this story of the triumphal entry, he says in Luke 1925:58 38, blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. The rest of Zechariah's prophecy in verse 10 says that he, speaking26:10 of the coming savior, shall speak peace to the nations. In 5 short days, it wouldn't quite feel like peace. But in John 14 27, it says, peace I leave26:22 with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. These people thought Jesus was 1 thing, but he was so much26:33 bigger than that. It was by the blood of Jesus in 5 days that our identity would be reborn. You know, Middle26:45 Easterns, they're an interesting group of people, I say this because I am 1. You you can't say it, but I can. We put a lot of emphasis26:58 on our ancestral blood. So there is a huge pride that comes with being a pure blooded Middle Eastern, and my whole27:10 life it was drilled in me. You are a pure 100 percent Iranian woman. And so that's what I had been told my whole life.27:21 I'm a hundred percent pure. I'm I'm a I'm fully fully Iranian, and that is something to be proud of. So when the ancestry dot coms and all of those things came into play,27:34 I had no desire to even try to get an ancestry dot com. What do I need it for? I am pure 100 percent Persian, and so I wouldn't do it. Well, as my27:46 parents were getting a little bit older and they were having some health issues, 23 and Me in particular, you can do some tests to find out if you're you have any genetic predispositions27:58 to health issues and whatnot. So I got 1, and I wasn't I was honestly not concerned about what the blood was gonna tell me. But28:11 imagine my face when all of a sudden I look and I am in fact not a hundred percent Iranian. I am, I think it's 86 86 percent.28:23 I can't believe it, I'm only 86 percent Persian. Okay. And so, what is the rest of me I have? Listen, you think that I'm I know you think I'm a sister, but I'm not. I know.28:36 But I am, from Mumbai, and I am also a little bit from Mongolia. That's what I found out. Can you believe it? And the interesting fact about28:47 this is that I I I was I was absolutely shocked because I had been told my whole life, there's just absolutely no way you are you are pure blooded person. So I called my mom. I said,28:59 hello, 1 of your grandmas just lied to you about something. And she said, absolutely not. You are 100 percent Persian. This is a lie,29:11 they lied to you. And so I got off the phone with her and I have to tell you, I know it seems really silly right now, but there was a part of me that was really sad because29:23 I thought that there was a certain amount of blood running in me that proved my identity. And so I I just was having a little bit of a pity party. So on29:35 23 and Me, they have this on the app, they have where you can go and learn about your culture. So me being all sad that I'm only 86 percent Persian, I go over to the app to learn about the Persian people29:47 as if I don't know anything. And what they do is they tell you a little bit of information, but then they also write down a phrase or a word that's common in that culture. And really big it29:58 said, Gorbunet Bedam. Now I I lost a lot of my ability to speak Farsi when I married a non Persian, and moved away from my family,30:10 but Gorbunet Beram is something I actually say every single day to my children. We even have a song that we sing about it, and it is a term of endearment. When you30:22 love something so much, something is really, really cute with a kid and you just go, You know, it's just like a sweet, I love you type of thing.30:34 But it was so crazy because in that moment, I was so sad because my identity was questioned because of the blood.30:46 But then I realized what means. Means may I be sacrificed for you. And in that moment,30:58 Jesus had to remind me that my identity is not found in a 23 and me telling me I'm 86 percent Iranian. My identity is found in the31:10 blood that was shed on the cross for you and for me, that it does not matter what the blood of the 23andMe or what the blood of what my parents had said that I was,31:22 that Jesus who stood on a cross and died for my sin and went to hell and rose again and lives in heaven alongside the heavenly Father,31:34 that is the blood that my identity runs with. So when he said to me, Gorbune Beram, I happily accept31:46 that my identity is found in Christ because Christ is the 1 that is for me. And everything that he did31:57 for me is because I, because I am his child and because his blood was a sacrifice for32:09 me. And Jesus says to you today, Gorbunet Veda. He says to you Gorbunet Veda, may I be sacrificed for32:21 you. We learned tonight that Jesus is ahead of us, and that we are simply to follow, and he will never lead us astray. We32:33 learned that Jesus is with us, and that he wants to co labor, and we never have to do life alone. In fact, we are not meant to do life alone, and that he is for us.32:45 That the blood shed on the cross was so that you can live in freedom. And if you have never accepted Jesus as your Lord and savior,32:58 I want you to know that he's telling you, accept the sacrifice that I had for you, that I did for you. I did it33:09 for you. And all you have to do is to be a willing donkey who says, I wanna be with you Jesus. I believe33:21 that you died on a cross. I believe that you rose again. And I wanna live the rest of my life knowing you, being with you, following you, trusting you.33:34 Are things gonna be easy? No. Are they going to be worth it with Jesus? Yes. So with every head bowed and eyes closed, we're going to all together33:46 say this prayer. And if you are somebody who tonight you feel like Jesus is calling out,33:57 allow my sacrifice to pay for your sins. Be with me and co labor with me. Accept Jesus as your Lord and savior.34:16 Series, something's been tugging on your heart to just come back, and you just needed that invitation from Jesus to say, I want I want to do this with you. I want to be I want to34:28 be with you. I want you to follow me. I want to be I want to do this for you.34:42 Say this prayer together. But if you believe that with your heart, I want you to believe it in your heart. So everybody repeat, dear Lord Jesus,34:54 I thank you for dying on the cross for me. Want35:12 to be with you. I want to follow you because of what you're doing. I want to be with you. I want to follow you because of what you've done for me. I believe in Jesus.35:24 In Jesus name we pray. Can we give a round of applause for those of you who prayed that prayer for the first time, or you meant it with your heart, or35:36 you came back to Jesus? I want to let you know that as we're going through the book of Mark, we're entering holy week, so it's going to get it's going to get really you're going to really learn35:48 about what that sacrifice truly, truly was. I encourage you to keep coming back. But if you answer that altar call, I would love for you to visit w36:00 w w dot grow dot faith, and there, you will be able to download some information written by our senior pastor, pastor Diego, and it's just gonna tell36:12 you, okay, so you gave your life to Christ, now what do I do? This is gonna be able to help you with that information. And if you need a home church, patria means family, and we36:24 would love to have you a part of our family. And so you absolutely are welcome here to keep coming back Sundays and Wednesdays to just learn more about the word of God.36:36 And I just wanna thank all of you guys, for diving into the book of Mark. And before we leave, I will pray us out, but if you are in need of additional help, prayer,36:48 that there are going to be a prayer ministry up here that can pray with you for your specific needs. And so we just want to offer that to you before we leave. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I37:00 thank you for tonight's word. I thank you that Jesus is ahead of us. I thank you that he is with us, and I thank you that he is for us. Let that resonate with your children this week as we leave37:12 here and that we get tested, that you are with us, and that you will guide us, and ultimately that you sacrificed yourself for us. We thank you for all that you have37:24 done. We thank you for you in our lives. In Jesus name we pray, Amen. Have a great night, everyone.In this video 0:00 The Triumphal Entry and Jesus' Proximity
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