Who’s Your Ride or Die?

The son of man will be killed. After three days, he will rise. And he rides into Jerusalem as king, and now we see that he is the son of man from Daniel's divine council vision and the king who rides in to die and rise. And he's doing that with the confidence, right, so that that we can have the confidence in him that even our deaths are meaningful. The precious in the eyes of the father are the death of his saints. Like, even that is just a welcome home to be with your father. That's why we grieve differently. [00:32:22] (33 seconds)  #SonOfManRises

Before there was a parade, there was that prediction, and that's what we just need to remember. The son of god son of man must must suffer, be killed. After three days, rise. And so if you're gonna ride with this king, you're riding with someone who's absolutely planning to die and rise. It is the pattern of his life. It's the pattern of following Jesus. You wanna follow Jesus? Does that mean die and rise? Like, yes. Sooner than later. [00:24:15] (32 seconds)  #DieAndRisePattern

Everyone needs it. Right? A ride or die. But Jesus is the king who rides to die and rise so that you can die with confidence and rise with him. There's two kinds of life. There's life before Jesus. There's life after Jesus. There's two kinds of death. There's death with Jesus and that symbolized by baptism. I'm pointing to our tub over there, a baptismal. There's that that death with him and raised to new life so that you can live a life of eternity now as we anticipate what he's gonna do later. [00:05:54] (30 seconds)  #DieWithJesusRise

And they say, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna and that means save us. Please come save us. And and of course, some of you know, the salvation that Jesus brings is disruptive but it's good. He saves us from our sin, he saves us from powers, he saves us from other authorities, he he gives us proper worship, he teaches us how to love him and he saves us from ourselves too. Some of you need a rescue. Some of you need, like, save me from myself. I'm my own worst enemy, sometimes we say. Jesus, lord, hosanna, hosanna. Save us. [00:29:08] (35 seconds)  #HosannaSaveUs

So here's one way to just Okay. Jesus, I want you to be my ride or die. I want you to be my king. I want you to take my life and and do whatever you want. I wanna entrust my life and my death to you. And and Jesus, what do you what needs to die here so I can rise with him daily? Now now we know that there is a death and there is a resurrection. We're waiting for the resurrection, which is the reestablishment of heaven and earth and our own bodies, and we will be like Jesus' bodies and stuff like that. But in the meantime, he says, this is the life of the ages that's interrupted history now, [00:36:07] (41 seconds)  #SurrenderToRise

And I wonder if I wonder if you just you could just say, Jesus, what what needs to die? Where have I revived something that you put to death on the cross? Where have I frantically called in the paramedics to, this this is my part of the life. I gotta have it. And just say, need to let that die too. Which is why I'm telling you everything and everyone I just give to Jesus, just do it. Just say, give everyone and everything to you. And he's like, really? Really? You want life. You really want life. This is a good exchange. I die daily and receive the life of Jesus. [00:36:56] (38 seconds)  #DieDailyReceiveLife

But without Jesus, death simply becomes an end. But you want you wanna transform your humanity? That's a better transhuman, you know? You wanna transform your humanity? Join your life with Jesus because he has life of the ages that's right here available right now. And and if that's a wrestle for you, if that's a struggle for you, have it out face to face with him. Do you want his life or do you want your life? And he offers his life to us. He's already gone through it. [00:40:00] (32 seconds)  #TransformThroughChrist

Because if you strike the shepherd, the sheep will scatter and this is just kind of this experience they're walking through. It must be terrifying because when Jesus becomes your ride or die, he walks you not into comfort but into something costly and purposeful. And some of you know that the things that cost you the most are the most most powerful things in your life. The things you had to earn, the things that you had to work for, the things you had to suffer for become the most costly and most precious things. And Jesus is inviting them into that. [00:10:43] (38 seconds)  #CostlyPurposefulFaith