So Now the Whole World is After Jesus?

Signs and Sayings in John  •  Sermon  •  Submitted   •  Presented   •  29:34
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So Now the Whole World is After Jesus?

John 12:10-23
Jesus’ Ministry Gains Ground In the World

Losing Loyalty over Lazarus

John 12:10–11 ESV
So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
The Plot Against Jesus Now Includes Lazarus
We Can’t Have the Dead Walking Around
Too Many Are Turning to Jesus
They Believe the Son of Man Has Come

The Crowd Celebrates Jesus

John 12:12–13 ESV
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”
The Crowd Heard Jesus Was Coming
Jesus Acts Out a Prophecy
On a Donkey, Not a War Horse
The Palm Banners Were Raised
Lord, Save Us! Psalm 118:25=26
Jesus is “The One Who Comes”
Hope Springs About The King of Israel

Jesus Acts Out A Prophecy

John 12:14–16 ESV
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
Zechariah’s Humble King Is Here 9:9
Jesus Accept His Role As Rightful Ruler
He Comes As the World’s Messiah--Zephaniah 3
He Comes As Isaiah’s Suffering Servant—c. 53
His Kingdom Will Come Through His Death

The Crowd, the Sign, the Pharisees

John 12:17–19 ESV
The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
Witnesses Spread the Word
Jesus Can Even Raise the Dead
The Seventh Sign Drew Them
This is What the Pharisees Feared
A Prophecy From the Pharisees

“The Whole World” Prophecy is True

John 12:20–23 ESV
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Greeks at the Feast
Gentile God-fearers
In Jerusalem, After the Grand Entrance
Already the World is After Jesus!
The Clock is Now Running
The Hour of Jesus’ Glory is at hand

Jesus Was Never Just for the Jews

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