Friends Church Sermons

This morning I would have you peer back through time with me – we take up the lens of scripture to watch events unfold that have been planned from the moment of God’s first creative word spoken into the void. We find Jesus kneeling in an olive grove alone. His face covered with the sweat mingled with drops of blood. So fervent has been His time of prayer that as He bows with His face to the ground capillaries in his skin have ruptured and blood has mingled with His tears and He cries out “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me…” Just five days earlier the scene was much different. Jesus is riding on a colt (a donkey) from Bethphage to Jerusalem passes by this same spot. The hill above him that day was lined with people laying palm branches on the road and crying out “Hosana, blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord”. Jesus entered the city to the fanfare of the people. The week would be a time of preparation – cleansing the temple, teaching in the streets, and preparing for the P