Sermon Notes March 20, 2016
“The Man Who Would Be King” (Matthew 21:1-9)
I. The King was _______________ Jerusalem.
A. The Old Testament ___________ the king would
come. (Zechariah 9:9; Jeremiah 23:5; Luke 1:32-
33)
B. Jesus ____________ His Kingship.
II. Jesus wasn’t the kind of King the Jews
_______________.
A. They expected Him to reign over a time of perfect
____________.
B. They expected Israel’s ____________ would be
restored.
C. They expected God’s ____________ would rule
the world. (John 6:14-15)
III.What ______________ of King was (is) Jesus?
(Luke 19:41-42)
A. Jesus was ____________ over the utter
destruction of the city that was coming and the
utter ____________ of its people.
B. Jesus was saying that He will be your King, but He
will be King only on His ____________, not
yours.
C. The relationship God is offering to all men is not a
covenant between two ____________.
“On his robe and on his thigh
he has this name written:
King of kings and Lord of lords.”
(Revelation 19:16)
Response Questions …
In what ways does your life demonstrate that you are
truly living in submission to Jesus as your King?
In what ways are you trying to mold the demands of
Jesus to fit what you want of Him and what you want
to do with your own life?
In what ways do you see the church trying to fit the
rule of Jesus into a mold that is more acceptable to us
and to the world around us?