Thoughts of Josh Dryer

John 12:27-50 “Passover Lamb Pt. 3” Proclamation Introduction Jesus continues speaking to the folks gathered around Him. At this time, Jesus clearly proclaims His role as the Lamb of God, who God sent to take away the sins of the world. The Purpose of the Lamb (:27-36) 27 “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. The hour of which Jesus speaks is his hour of suffering and glorification. Isaiah 53 is an OT passage written by the prophet Isaiah about the Messiah whom God would send for His people. This passage perfectly describes the sacrifice that Jesus, the Lamb of God, would make in the next few days. Read Is 53. When Jesus considered this tremendous sacrifice and the things that He would endure on our behalf, it troubled Him. This is the kind of gut-wrenching, emotionally disturbing feeling that makes us sick to our stomach. Jesus’ statement reminds us that He is both God...

 “Passover Lamb - The Presentation” John 12:12-19 Introduction This is the day each family selected the Passover lamb 4 days later, they sacrificed the lamb. They kept it 4 days to remember being saved from God’s wrath. Is Jesus your Passover Lamb? The Presentation of the Lamb (:12-18) 12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Jesus leaves Bethany after Mary anoints his feet with oil and travels to Jerusalem, which John reports was very that close a “large to Bethany. crowd” also traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover feast. Scholars report that the crowd probably grew to hundreds of thousands of people during the city the of week Jerusalem of Passover was crowded celebration. and the land was cluttered with families who These set hundreds up camps of for thousands their stay of in people the city gathered for Passover. together to greet Jesus as He entered Jerusalem. That’s a lot ...

John 11:47-57 “Atonement" In last week’s miracle, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. " 45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in  Him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done."  John 11:45-46 - The road to hell is paved with good intentions. (:47-48) 47 Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs. 48 “If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”    Have you ever heard this quote: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”? This is an English proverb. A proverb is a short, memorable phrase that presents a deeper truth. According to Grammarist, “the proverb means that trying to do something good often has consequences which make things worse. For instance, kudzu is a beautiful vine f...