Jesus’ faithful obedience creates the only doorway into God’s Kingdom, but only failures are admitted.
Not every failure, though.
The account of Jesus’ crucifixion pauses as we given insight into the fact that it is not our lack of failure that makes us a disciple of Jesus, it is how we respond to our inevitable failure that demonstrates whether we are His or not.
Our worship at mgpc will also remember the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We’ll prepare by singing Saviour, Like A Shepherd Lead Us, and Hosanna. The setting of Psalm 24, Ye Gates Lift Up Your Heads On High will begin our service.
The prayer of adoration and confession will recall our bravado and pride which causes us to think God is our helper instead of the reality of our complete dependence upon Him.
Nothing Between Us will express our thankfulness for Christ’s atoning work, which we’ll further proclaim with the words of the Nicene Creed and Worship, Honour, Blessing, Glory.
Jeremiah 18:1-23 reveals the metaphor of the potter and the clay, while Jeremiah’s adversaries plot against him.
Another song with a Palm Sunday theme, Hosanna, Loud Hosanna will be our response, and then we’ll hear from Matthew 26:69-27:10.
The building drama of Jesus’ arrest, trial and crucifixion seems to take a break as we hear about Peter’s denials and consider Judas’ later actions. In one respect the narrative does not need what seems to be interruptions, but what we are being shown is both a contrast with Jesus’ faithfulness, and also a demonstration of his uniqueness. Both Peter and Judas fail, but we see the key elements by which Peter’s failure is not the means by which he falls away, but rather by which he becomes useful in the kingdom.
After we’re led in prayers of thanksgiving and for others, we’ll give our tithes and offerings before concluding our worship singing All My Days (Beautiful Saviour).
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