{"id":33905,"date":"2021-04-04T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T17:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=33905"},"modified":"2021-04-06T20:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:16:51","slug":"jesus-humble-servant-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jesus-humble-servant-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus &#8211; Humble Servant King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jesus-Humble-Servant-King.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33905-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jesus-Humble-Servant-King.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jesus-Humble-Servant-King.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jesus-Humble-Servant-King.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Ross Ward<\/p>\n\t<p>Text: Mark 11:1-11<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The king of the Jews enters Jerusalem\n<ol>\n<li>Mark 11:7-11 &#8211; on a colt donkey<\/li>\n<li>Zechariah 9:9-10 &#8211; fulfilling prophecy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Significance of Donkey\n<ol>\n<li>Horse symbol of war\n<ol>\n<li>Size<\/li>\n<li>Strength<\/li>\n<li>Speed<\/li>\n<li>Chariots &#8211; Zechariah 9:10<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Donkey symbol of peace\n<ol>\n<li>Jesus was not a conquering King taking his kingdom by force<\/li>\n<li>Zechariah 9:10 &#8211; Jesus was a King seeking peace<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jesus is King\n<ol>\n<li>Mark 11:9 &#8211; save us!<\/li>\n<li>Mark 11:9 &#8211; with the authority of God<\/li>\n<li>Mark 11:10 &#8211; heir of David<\/li>\n<li>Mark 11:10 &#8211; God of Heaven save us!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not of this world\n<ol>\n<li>John 18:33-40 &#8211; to Pilate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not to judge\n<ol>\n<li>John 3:16-17 &#8211; not to judge but save<\/li>\n<li>Luke 19:10 &#8211; seek and save the lost<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Humble servant King\n<ol>\n<li>Meek and humble\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew 11:28-30 &#8211; Jesus was meek and lowly in heart<\/li>\n<li>John 13:1-20 &#8211; washing disciples&#8217; feet<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 2:21-25 &#8211; evidenced by his suffering<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jesus our King\n<ol>\n<li>Not of this world\n<ol>\n<li>Kingdom citizens &#8211; Luke 13:22-19:28\n<ol>\n<li>Luke 14:1-6 &#8211; heals the man with dropsy<\/li>\n<li>Luke 14:7-14 &#8211; humility when going to a wedding<\/li>\n<li>Luke 14:15-24 &#8211; the parable of the great supper, poor, maimed&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Luke 14:25-35 &#8211; loyalty to Jesus over family<\/li>\n<li>Luke 15 &#8211; the parable of the lost sheep, coin, son<\/li>\n<li>Luke 16:16-31 &#8211; the parable of the rich man and Lazarus<\/li>\n<li>Luke 17:3-4 &#8211; forgiving a brother<\/li>\n<li>Luke 17:12-19 &#8211; heals 10 lepers, Samaritan returns<\/li>\n<li>Luke 18:1-8 &#8211; widow is heard<\/li>\n<li>Luke 18:9-14 &#8211; prayer of a tax collector<\/li>\n<li>Luke 18:15-17 &#8211; accepts children<\/li>\n<li>Luke 18:35-43 &#8211; heals blind men<\/li>\n<li>Luke 19:1-10 &#8211; eats with Zacchaeus, a tax collector<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not of this world\n<ol>\n<li>Rejected citizens\n<ol>\n<li>Luke 14:15-24 &#8211; the parable of the great supper, those first invited<\/li>\n<li>Luke 16:1-13 &#8211; &#8220;children of light&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Luke 16:14-15 &#8211; those who are esteemed among men<\/li>\n<li>Luke 16:16-31 &#8211; the parable of the rich man and Lazarus<\/li>\n<li>Luke 17:5-10 &#8211; those who boast of works<\/li>\n<li>Luke 18:9-14 &#8211; self-righteous prayer of the Pharisee<\/li>\n<li>Luke 18:18-30 &#8211; the rich young ruler<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>God in heaven saves us!\n<ol>\n<li>God has responded<\/li>\n<li>Salvation has been offered to men\n<ol>\n<li>Luke 24:46-49; Acts 2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/portraits-of-gods-leaders\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPortraits of God&#8217;s Leaders\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ross Ward Text: Mark 11:1-11 The king of the Jews enters Jerusalem Mark 11:7-11 &#8211; on a colt donkey Zechariah 9:9-10 &#8211; fulfilling prophecy Significance of Donkey Horse symbol of war Size Strength Speed Chariots &#8211; Zechariah 9:10 Donkey symbol of peace Jesus was not a conquering King taking his kingdom by force Zechariah&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[463,73],"class_list":["post-33905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-humility","tag-jesus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33868,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/portraits-of-gods-leaders\/","url_meta":{"origin":33905,"position":0},"title":"Portraits of God&#8217;s Leaders","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A series of lessons presented by Ross Ward of Des Moines, Iowa, April 4-9, 2021 King Saul - An 'I' Problem Saul relies on his own will and ability, ultimately refused to accept responsibility for his actions (I Samuel 8-16) Jesus - Humble Servant King Jesus is King but not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32791,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/hostile-fulfillment-of-prophecy\/","url_meta":{"origin":33905,"position":1},"title":"Hostile Fulfillment of Prophecy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. 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