Key Verse
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
—Luke 9:51
Key Verse Thought: Read today’s Key Verse. Recognize that Jesus understood He only had a set amount of time to do what God sent Him to do. He knew it was time that He should be “received up.” Received up means “the act of taking up (only found in Luke 9:51).” And steadfastly set means “to set fast or to fix firmly.” In other words, Jesus set forth with fixed purpose. Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem with a particular purpose in mind – He knew it was time to pay the penalty for mankind’s sin by laying down His life, and then taking it up again (“15. … and I lay down my life for the sheep… 17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father” John 10:15-16). Jesus understood that He was on the way to Jerusalem to die.
Emphasis: We are to understand why Jesus came. Jesus said, “I lay down my life” (John 10:15 and 17). Knowing that, we are to understand the importance of Jesus going to Jerusalem that final time – and the obedience to His Father that took.
Lesson Summary: In our last lesson, we learned of many personal encounters Jesus had with different people. Some believed in Jesus. However, a few refused to believe.
As we begin this lesson, we find that although many believed in Jesus after Lazarus was raised from the dead, there were some who went and reported to the religious leaders what had happened. They began to spread word that they wanted someone to tell them where Jesus was. They made a plan to take Jesus by subtlety and kill Him. In this lesson, we will learn of one of Jesus’ own disciples who met with those religious leaders, promising to deliver Jesus to them.
As Jesus made his final trip to Jerusalem, there were many who received Him, declaring Him as “the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord” and throwing palm branches down in His path. During Jesus final supper with His disciples, He had much to teach them. Jesus was preparing them for His death – but they did not understand. As they went to the Garden of Gethsemane after that dinner, Jesus took three aside to watch with Him as He prayed. Shortly thereafter, Judas led the religious leaders to Jesus, betraying Him with a kiss. Jesus was arrested.
There was an illegal trial by night where the religious leaders declared Jesus was guilty of death. When they took Jesus before Pilate, Pilate declared that he found no fault in Jesus. Nevertheless, the religious leaders insisted upon Jesus death, and Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified.
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If you are teaching this to children, the following is a craft idea to help them remember what you learn in this lesson:
One time we added stickers and a verse to a large foam palm leaf.
Another time we cut out palm leaves from construction paper, glued verses on them, then attached them to straws to wave as palm branches.
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