TODAY’S “GOOD NEWS” – March 9, 2003  

MESSAGE:  “GOIN’ JESUS’ WAY:

…Straight As You Go!”

SCRIPTURE:  Luke 9:51-56

KEY VERSE:  v. 51  “And it came about, when the days were approaching for His ascension, that He resolutely set His face to go to Jerusalem.”

FOCUS:  Jesus followed through on the greatest assignment ever given.

INTRODUCTION:  “Christ had been condemned in the council of the nation; but there were plenty of hiding places among the Galilean hills.  Knowing that, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, and, if I might use the expression, went straight into the lion’s mouth.  Why?  Because He chose to die.”                                                                              ~ Alexander Maclaren

I.      JESUS KNEW THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

 II.    JESUS DETERMINED TO FULFILL HIS DESTINY

 III.     JESUS OVERCAME THE TEMPTATION TO TURN ASIDE

CONCLUSION: “After the confession of the disciples and Jesus’ prediction of His death, there was one thing which loomed above everything else and took precedence over everything else – the journey to Jerusalem where death awaited Him.”                                                                          ~ Ray Summers

PREACHING:  Pastor Holland Lewis