The Tragic Tale of the Triumphal Entry

At the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday Jesus is rejected:

1. By Judas Iscariot through _________ because of greed and ambition –

John 12:4–6 – But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

2. By the Jewish leaders through _________________ because of fear and tradition –

John 12:19 – So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

3. By the multitudes through __________________ because of unbelief and unfulfilled expectations –

John 12:37–38 – Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

4. By the secret disciples through _____________ because of the desire for man’s approval over God’s approval –

John 12:42–43 – Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the

synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

5. By the open disciples through __________ because of loving their lives –

John 12:25-26 – Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

So…What’s it to me?

John 12:44 & 48 & 50 – And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me…The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day…. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”