Welcome to deepen with Pastor Jobi Martin.

The Church of 1122 is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ.

And we're praying this message helps you deepen your relationship with him.

Now let's dive in.

Hey church family, welcome back to the Deep and Devo.

This past weekend, we had the privilege of just

diving into the gospel. As we're in John chapter 12, what we kept seeing is that people kept

coming to Jesus on their own terms. It started out with Palm Sunday. Jesus is on a donkey to fulfill

scripture. He's coming into Jerusalem. He will never leave. And then the crowds gather and they

cut palm branches and they lay down their cloaks and they say, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes

in the name of the Lord. And that phrase, Hosanna, means save us.

But we know that the crowd was emphasizing the us part.

In essence, what the Jewish people were saying is,

Jesus, we are glad you are here.

We have been waiting on you, but we have been waiting on you to do what we want you to do.

In other words, they were coming to Jesus on their own terms.

A part of the way we know this to be true is in a few chapters, we'll see that that same

crowd is going to gather on a Friday night and you'll crucify him.

They praised him on Sunday, Hosanna, and then you'll crucify him on Friday.

Also, some Greeks showed up, and they grabbed Philip and Andrews said, hey man, we want to see Jesus.

And ultimately, the Greeks wanted to see more miracles, more signs. They were interested in Jesus,

but they too were coming to Jesus on their own terms. And also there were many officials that heard

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