The Pledge

We’ll be taking a break from 1 Peter as Pastor Ken, Pastor Luke and Pastor Ben lead us through Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday services. Even Justin will jump in to teach the Sunrise Service at 6 AM on Easter. This Holy Week mini-series is titled “The Pledge, The Turn, The Prestige.” Some of you may know that these are the three parts of a magic trick. “The Pledge” is the part of a trick when an object is shown to the audience to be ordinary. The presenter then causes the object to disappear in the next part of the trick called “The Turn.” The audience is left wondering in bewilderment and confusion what has happened and where the location of the object is. During the final step, “The Prestige,” the object is then presented again through a seemingly impossible action, and sometimes the object is better than it was before. This first weekend of the series, Palm Sunday, we will be looking at the Triumphal Entry of Jesus, God’s selected Lamb for the passover sacrifice, and the peoples’ acceptance of Him as a savior from their political oppression. Had the people known God’s Word, they would have known that “The Turn,” Jesus’ death, was coming, and He would be hidden away in a tomb for a time. They also would have known that Jesus would then return in an astounding “Prestige” by raising from the dead. Our real need isn’t a situational savior who delivers us from hardships here on earth but rather a Savior who can redeem us from our sin into eternal life and restored relationship with God Himself! The Pharisees rejected God’s selection for the Sacrificial Lamb. Will we accept or reject God’s selection: Jesus? For Scripture, notes, upcoming events, & more: http://bible.com/events/49210936