43.

Winning Souls with wrong expectations

John 12: 12-26

  • Session: 43
  • Week: 7
  • Day: 3
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Introduction

In the previous session, we saw Jesus visiting a home of his friends in Bethany where some people worshipped him while others dishonored him, currently in this session of John 12:12-26, we observe Jesus visiting the city of Jerusalem and some of the people worship him while other dishonored him. The crowd that followed him had wrong expectations, that Messiah would save them from the current Roman slavery immediately. The chorus… Hosanna means, “Lord save now”.

Objectives

By the end of this session, the learner will have:

  • Understood the principles of worship when Jesus visits us by looking at Jesus visit to a home, visit to a city and his visit to the temple.
  • Realized the misplaced expectations people had on Jesus as he entered the city.
  • Appreciated Jesus final journey to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice for us

Outline

  • Jesus entered a city and a temple
  • Worship from the Greeks,
  • Jesus’ hour has come
  • Crowds misplaced expectations

Group Study Time

John 12: 12-26

Connecting

  • Gather with two or more people for a community discovery bible study session.
  • Start with a heartfelt prayer, inviting God to guide and bless your understanding.
  • Explore the passage by reading it at least twice, using different Bible versions if available, then retell the story together as a group.
  • Reflect and share the challenges and blessings you experienced from the previous study.

Comprehending

  • Read John 12: 12-19. How did Jesus enter Jerusalem? What do we learn about Jesus? Who are the people mentioned in these verses? How did the people respond to his coming? What does this tell you about people?
  • Read John 12: 20-26. While visiting a new church, who do you consult about worship? Why? Why did the Greeks wanted to see Jesus? List 5 truths Jesus revealed about his coming death.

Committing

  • Engage with the Bible—read, study, memorize, meditate, pray, listen, and live it out.
  • List three lessons you have learnt as an agent of change that you would like to put into practice and teach others about.
  • Take time and worship Jesus with the attributes revealed about Christ.
  • Use the SPACEPETS model, to assist you in putting God’s word into practice. Look for:
    • Sin to confess
    • Promise to claim
    • Attitude to change
    • Command to keep
    • Error to change
    • Prayer to make
    • Example to copy
    • Truth to obey and
    • Something praiseworthy

Communicating

  • Identify one person you can connect with and share the valuable insights and lessons you gained from this session.
  • Reach out to a new believer—either in person or by phone—and pray with them to support them through their challenges, including any concerns about attending church.
  • Create a new group and guide others through this study to help them grow in their understanding.