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Passion/Palm Sunday
Mark 14.1-15.17 March 27, 1994
This morning marks the beginning of Holy Week. We began by waving Palms and
celebrating the Passover trek to Jerusalem, not quite like they might have 2,000 years
ago. Children danced along the way that Jesus was travelling as Jews made their way
to celebrate the time when the death angel passed over them saving their first-born
during their bondage in Egypt. The passover marked the beginning of their long
trek to deliverance, the crossing of the Red Sea, the forty years in the wilderness
eating manna, following a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, and receiving
the covenant. The covenant was God's promise that God would be their God and
they would be God's people.
Jesus and his disciples like so many others would make their way into an upper room
in which the passover meal became what Christians would later call Jesus' last
supper. Easter week begins with Holy Week. It was the time long ago when
Christian converts were baptized and then asked to tell the Christian story in public.
It is a story that every Christian should know by heart. I say, "by heart". What
we know "by heart" is what is in the heart that shapes the character of a life. A
Christian should know by heart the story that is at the heart of one's faith.
This morning we tell almost all of the story - all except the end. The end and the
beginning of the story we will continue next Sunday. And even though next Sunday
is the day that the churches will be filled, it is this week that tells the story of what
makes Easter a unique experience in the history of our world, and its hope for the
future.
"Jesus Christ is the human face of God." The passion of Jesus is the passion of God.
There is no greater love than this. We are going to hear that story this morning.
There is no other story like it in the annals of human history. No other religion on
the face of the earth tells this story. There are many stories about redemption and
rebirth, but no stories that deal with the human condition and its conversion to new
life.
This is the Sunday for listening and hearing this story with our hearts and minds and
spirits. Let these words paint pictures in our minds, and instill truth in our hearts.
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Object Description
| Title of Sermon | Passion Palm Sunday 1994 |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Palm Sunday, Last Supper |
| Date of sermon | 1994-03-27 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 1 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | Mark |
| Verses | 14.1-15.17 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 307 Passion Palm Sunday 1994.pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | Passion/Palm Sunday Mark 14.1-15.17 March 27, 1994 This morning marks the beginning of Holy Week. We began by waving Palms and celebrating the Passover trek to Jerusalem, not quite like they might have 2,000 years ago. Children danced along the way that Jesus was travelling as Jews made their way to celebrate the time when the death angel passed over them saving their first-born during their bondage in Egypt. The passover marked the beginning of their long trek to deliverance, the crossing of the Red Sea, the forty years in the wilderness eating manna, following a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, and receiving the covenant. The covenant was God's promise that God would be their God and they would be God's people. Jesus and his disciples like so many others would make their way into an upper room in which the passover meal became what Christians would later call Jesus' last supper. Easter week begins with Holy Week. It was the time long ago when Christian converts were baptized and then asked to tell the Christian story in public. It is a story that every Christian should know by heart. I say, "by heart". What we know "by heart" is what is in the heart that shapes the character of a life. A Christian should know by heart the story that is at the heart of one's faith. This morning we tell almost all of the story - all except the end. The end and the beginning of the story we will continue next Sunday. And even though next Sunday is the day that the churches will be filled, it is this week that tells the story of what makes Easter a unique experience in the history of our world, and its hope for the future. "Jesus Christ is the human face of God." The passion of Jesus is the passion of God. There is no greater love than this. We are going to hear that story this morning. There is no other story like it in the annals of human history. No other religion on the face of the earth tells this story. There are many stories about redemption and rebirth, but no stories that deal with the human condition and its conversion to new life. This is the Sunday for listening and hearing this story with our hearts and minds and spirits. Let these words paint pictures in our minds, and instill truth in our hearts. 1 |