This series is based on the idea that we desperately need “new” and that new is available to us through Jesus.

Jesus surprises us.
Consider the triumphal entry when they thought they were welcoming a mighty warrior king, but instead they were ushering the suffering savior to death on a cross!

We don’t expect that sequence of three words to describe a king:
righteous…victorious…lowly

He came in peace to give the people peace. They preferred salvation from taxation to salvation of their souls – and so in a few days they would prefer Barabbas to be freed instead of Jesus. Jesus could see that this was their mindset, and so in the midst of this praise, with people waving the palm branches like a national flag, Jesus wept." - Paul Wallace

Are we guilty of treating Jesus like those who welcomed him to the city on the first Palm Sunday?

Verses for further study/reflection:
John 12:12-16
John 3:3
John 3:5
Romans 10:9
2 Corinthians 5:17
Lamentations 3:23