Hosannah or Sacrifice?

Pastor Kenny's Good Friday Message

Isaiah 52:13–14 (NIV)


13 See, my servant will act wisely; 

      he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 

14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him— 

      his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being 

      and his form marred beyond human likeness—

Jesus knew He faced the sacrifice of ___________________.  


Isaiah 53:3 (NIV)


He was despised and rejected by mankind, 

     a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. 

Like one from whom people hide their faces 

     he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 

Jesus knew He faced the sacrifice of ___________________.  


Isaiah 53:4–6 (NIV)


Surely he took up our pain 

     and bore our suffering, 

yet we considered him punished by God, 

     stricken by him, and afflicted. 

But he was pierced for our transgressions, 

     he was crushed for our iniquities; 

the punishment that brought us peace was on him, 

     and by his wounds we are healed. 

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, 

     each of us has turned to our own way; 

and the Lord has laid on him 

     the iniquity of us all. 

Jesus knew He faced the sacrifice for _____.


Isaiah 53:7 (NIV)


He was oppressed and afflicted, 

     yet he did not open his mouth; 

he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, 

     and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, 

     so he did not open his mouth. 

Jesus knew He faced the sacrifice of _________________.


Isaiah 53:8 (NIV)


By oppression and judgment he was taken away. 

     Yet who of his generation protested? 

For he was cut off from the land of the living; 

     for the transgression of my people he was punished. 

Jesus knew He faced the sacrifice of __________________.


Isaiah 53:9-10 (NIV)


He was assigned a grave with the wicked, 

     and with the rich in his death, 

though he had done no violence, 

     nor was any deceit in his mouth. 

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to      

     suffer,

Jesus knew He faced the sacrifice of His Father’s will to __________ _______.


Luke 19:28–44 (NIV)


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!” 


   “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.”