“The Emotions of Lent:
Joy”
Patuxent Presbyterian
Church, California, Maryland
Sunday 5 April 2020
Rev. Robert Bayley,
Interim Pastor
PALM SUNDAY
Old Testament: Zechariah
9:9
Gospel: Matthew
21:1-11
Epistle: Hebrews 12:1-3
It happened in Matthew
21:1-11, was prophesied in Zechariah 9:9, fulfilled in Hebrews 12:1-3.
Key text: Hebrews 12:2
“Let us fix our eyes on
Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set before him
endured the cross, scorning the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.”
A PALM SUNDAY WORD
STUDY
JESUS “THE AUTHOR…
OF OUR FAITH” ON THE CROSS
Author – literally ‘to begin’ + ‘to lead’
JESUS “ENDURED THE CROSS,
SCORNING THE SHAME” OF THE CROSS
Endured – the preposition ‘under’ + the verb ‘to stand, to
remain’ to remain under the cross.
Scorning – the preposition ‘against’ + the verb ‘to
understand/to judge,’ judge against the cross.
Shame – from the verb ‘to dishonor, to make ashamed.’ It was
here He reversed the entrance of shame into human existence at the fall in
Genesis 3:10.
JESUS DID IT ALL
BECAUSE OF “THE JOY SET BEFORE HIM” ON THE CROSS
Joy – from the verb ‘to rejoice, to be glad, to be
favorably disposed’: a joy found in …
1. the basis of joy, the birth
of Jesus -“….good news of great joy…” Luke 2:10
2. the salvation of a soul
-“…rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents…” Luke 15:7
3. the security of our
salvation – “…rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20
4. the Holy Spirit gives
it to us – “…the fruit of the Spirit is…joy…” Galatians 5:22
JESUS BECAUSE OF THE
CROSS “SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD”
Sat down – from the verb ‘to be seated’ i.e. because He had
completed His work He now could take a seat – “It is finished” He cried
from the cross – John 19:30.
JESUS IS “THE
FINISHER OF OUR FAITH” BECAUSE OF THE CROSS
Finisher – ‘to complete, to perfect, to finish i.e. as in a
race’- 2 Timothy 4:5.
Our lives of faith are
framed by Jesus who began something in us that we have yet to experience being
completed in heaven: “…Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”
MONDAY MORNING
Q: Has Jesus begun to
author faith in you, to lead you in a relationship with Him? With what
adjectives would you describe it?
Q: With which of the four
locations of joy, above, do you most identify? Why?
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