Park Cities Baptist Church Sermons

Day 1: Palm Sunday: Walking with Jesus Through Holy Week

Palm Sunday: Walking with Jesus Through Holy Week

with Dr. Jeff Warren 

Zechariah 9:9-17; Matthew 21:1-11


As we embark on this Holy Week journey, we're invited to walk alongside Jesus in His final days. The prophecy from Zechariah 9, fulfilled in Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, sets the stage for a week of profound spiritual significance. We're challenged to look beyond the surface celebration and recognize the true nature of Christ's kingship - one of humility, sacrifice, and redemption. The contrast between the world's expectations of a conquering king and Jesus' humble entry on a donkey serves as a powerful reminder of God's upside-down kingdom. As we reflect on this, we're encouraged to examine our own expectations of God and how we might need to realign them with His divine plan.


Reflection questions: 

  1. How does the contrast between the Roman triumphal processions and Jesus' humble entry into Jerusalem challenge our expectations of power and leadership?
  2. In what ways might we, like the crowd on Palm Sunday, misunderstand or misinterpret Jesus' mission and identity?
  3. What significance do you find in Jesus weeping over Jerusalem even as the crowds praise him?


All Sufficient Merit

All sufficient merit

Shining like the sun

A fortune I inherit

By no work I have done


My righteousness I forfeit

At my Savior’s cross

Where all sufficient merit

Did what I could not


In love He condescended

Eternal now in time

A life without a blemish

The Maker made to die


The law could never save us

Our lawlessness had won

Until the pure and spotless

Lamb had finally come


It is done it is finished

No more debt I owe

Paid in full, all sufficient

Merit now my own


I lay down my garments

Any empty boasts

Good works all corrupted

By the sinful host


I’m dressed in my Lord Jesus

A crimson robe made white

No more fear of judgement

His righteousness is mine


All sufficient merit

Firm in life and death

The joy of my salvation

Shall be my final breath


When I stand accepted

Before the throne of God

I’ll gaze upon my Jesus

And thank Him for the cross


Yes I'll thank Him

For the cross