Think About This on Palm Sunday

This Sunday is Palm Sunday. This is the day we remember Jesus coming into Jerusalem riding a donkey while the people spread palm leaves and their cloaks. This is also the day we kick off Passion week as we begin to remember what God did through Jesus on the cross in our place.

Here is what I want to think about whether you are sitting in a Sunday School class, small group gathering, corporate worship gathering, or even at the table with your family;

The one and only Son of God came to a city where some people loved Him and some hated Him. He came knowing He was going to be betrayed. He came knowing His disciples would desert Him and one of them would even deny knowing Him. He came knowing people would lie about Him. He came knowing He was going to put on a cross between two thieves. He came knowing He was going to suffer the wrath of His Father for the sins of the world. He came knowing He was going to die. He came knowing this has been the Father's plan since the beginning of time. He also knew that that the Father would raise Him up from the dead to seal our justification.

That's the gospel. That's the good news of Palm Sunday. Jesus came knowing what was coming His way. He did it to honor His Father, demonstrate the Father's love toward us, and to being us near to the Father.