No Other King

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14 April, 2019Pastor Mark SchultzNo Other

What's the colour of your bus? Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Blue and Orange? What placards are you waving? What team are you getting behind? That's the question that will be on everyone's lips over the next six weeks as we head to the polls to elect the next Prime Minister. Who is best to lead our country? Who will bring peace and prosperity to the nation? Who is best placed to serve us as we wrestle with all the global and personal issues we face? How committed are you to supporting the cause? The questions are not new. It's the very question that disciples of Jesus were confronted with back then and the very questions we need to address ourselves as we begin this Holy Week.  Whose cause will you commit to and back? Whose placard will you wave high? Whose campaign feels like a threat for you? Which King will you follow? The stakes are high and the ramifications eternal. Today Jesus steps up the journey that by the end of the week will demonstrate that there is no other King.

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THEME VERSE

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself

    by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! Philippians 2:8


REMEMBER THIS WEEK

No other king…

Sees his people

Cares for his people

Weeps for his people

Suffers for his people

Defeats death for his people

No other King but Jesus


FAITH TALK

1.  What part of the Holy Week journey is most meaningful for you and why?

2.  What does it mean to you to say that Jesus is King of your life?

Bible Reading

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God 

something to be used to his own advantage;

rather, he made himself nothing

    by taking the very nature of a servant,

    being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a man he humbled himself

    by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place

    and gave him the name that is above every name, 

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,

    to the glory of God the Father.


28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”[a]

“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”

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No Other Life

21 April, 2019 Pastor Mark Schultz

There are days in our lives which are difficult

There are occasions in our lives that are confusing

There are times in our lives we'd rather forget.

There are moments that are simply unbelievable

But not today.

There are days when the darkness surrounds us

And the night appears to be endless

But not today

Because today is a sunrise that resurrects It all

Today is a light that breaks every darkness

And shines brighter than any sun

Today is a day like no other

Because the tomb that once held the body of Jesus

Is now, by the power of God, empty.

Today the stones that hold life at bay are rolled away

Today the staleness of decay meets God's breath

And new life springs forth.

Love has won Death is defeated Peace is real

Today the unbelievable is believable,

the impossible is possible

Because Jesus lives.

READINGS: Colossians 1:19-27; Luke 24:1-12

THEME VERSE

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Luke 24:5-6a

REMEMBER THIS WEEK

No Other Life

Awakens hope

Renews

Endures…Than the life of Jesus for you.

FAITH TALK:

- If you had to pick three words which come to mind when you think of Easter morning,

2, Where in your life do you need new hope?

3. How has the risen Christ revealed himself to you?

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