"The Hour Has Come" | John 12:12-36a

About this episode

Dr. Brian Thomas delivers a sermon on John 12:12-36a for Palm Sunday, focusing on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.

This Sunday for Palm Sunday, Dr. Brian Thomas lead us through John 12:12–36a in his sermon titled, “The Hour Has Come.” You can preview the text here: The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 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!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion;behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!” 16 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. 17 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. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.” 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Kevin Dibbley

Guest: Dr. Brian Thomas

Topics covered

• Palm Sunday
• John 12
• Jesus' entry into Jerusalem
• glorification
• crowd reactions

Keywords

• Palm Sunday
• John 12
• Jesus
• sermon
• crowd
• glorification
• disciples
• Lazarus
• Philip
• Andrew

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Waterbrooke Church

Places: Jerusalem

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