The Offer
April 13, 2025
THEME:
Jesus is alive! He is risen and reigning. And he has made an offer—he has invited you to be a part of his kingdom – to leave death behind and embrace life, to be forgiven of all your sins, and to see him transform you. Sadly, many in Jerusalem rejected the Lord’s offer as King. Will you?
KEY SCRIPTURE:
Matthew 21:1-3
Matthew 21:1-3
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”
Map of Jesus’ Path Palm Sunday
Image from Mt. Of Olives
Looking at Mt. Of Olives from the Kidron
Matthew 21:6-9
The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
Christ’s offer of eternal life is only good if you receive it and act on it
Matthew 21:15-16
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, “ ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”
Mark 14:10-11
Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
Jesus was in total control because the offer of salvation had to be made
Matthew 26:39
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
Will you live out your faith so others can receive what’s been offered to you?