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Apologetics 101 Thursday’s 6:30pm-8pm

Why are there so many denominations? Is Christianity responsible for millions of deaths?

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Luke 19:28-31 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

Luke 19:32-36 32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.” 35 They brought it to

Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on

• it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on

the road.

Luke 19:37-40 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones

will cry out.”

Luke 19:45-48 45 Then he entered the temple area and began driving

• ut those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to

them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ” 47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

“ ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!’ ” Luke 19:38

Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot—yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— Isaiah 11:1,2

Prophet Isaiah 6th Century B.C.

From now on you and the woman will

be enemies, as will your offspring and

• hers. You will strike his heel, but he will

crush your head.” Genesis 3:15

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The %me for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out. John 12:31

“Teacher, Rabbi, rebuke your disciples.” ...Jesus says, “I tell you, if they keep quiet the stones will cry out.” Luke 19:39

“Then the mountains and the hills will burst into song before the Lord, and all of the trees

• f the field will clap their hands.”

Isaiah 55:12.

Prophet Isaiah 6th Century B.C.

“Then the trees of the wood will sing for joy before the Lord. For he comes to rule the earth.”

Psalm 96 Verse 12

“Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no

• ne has ever ridden.”

Luke 19:30

“Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me. Matthew 21:2

“Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to

• you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble,

riding on a donkey—riding on a donkey’s colt. Zachariah 9:9

Prophet Zachariah 6th Century B.C.

“In the midst of this excited crowd, an unbroken animal remains calm under the guidance of the one who also calmed the sea. Thus the event points to the peace of the completed kingdom.”

“In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, ...‘” Isaiah 11:6

Prophet Isaiah 6th Century B.C.

“Do you know when you get near animals why they bark at you and growl at you and scream at you and then run away? Because they know you have a quarrel with their Master.”

George Whitfield 18th Century American Anglican Preacher

Apostle Paul writes in his Book of Romans:

If God is for you who can be against you?

Becky Pippert "Jesus is the only one in the universe who can control you without destroying you."

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"It is clear that Jesus is always in control

• f the events that effected his life.

Only His omniscience could have allowed him to know that the donkey and her colt, would have been where they were waiting to be found.” Pastor John MacArthur

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"It seems totally inappropriate that any king, much less the King of kings, should make his triumphal entry mounted on a donkey's colt rather than a beautiful stallion. But this is what God's prophet predicted and this is what God's Son did, because that was the divine plan." Pastor John MacArthur

45 Then he entered the temple area and

began driving out those who were selling.

46 “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My

house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ” Luke 19:45,46

Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill

• him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it,

because all the people hung on his words. Luke 19:47,48

“He throws out the old way of meeting God and He teaches there smack in the middle of the temple. Why? Because he’s demonstrating that He is the real temple. He is the ultimate priest who makes you acceptable to

• God. He is the ultimate sacrifice that puts away your sins."

Author Tim Keller

(Christ) did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an

• animal. 26 If that had been necessary, Christ would have had

to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now,

• nce for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to

remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice. Hebrews 9:25,26

“Teacher, Rabbi, rebuke your disciples.” ...Jesus says, “I tell you, if they keep quiet the stones will cry out.” Luke 19:39

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If we allow him to go on like this, soon everyone will believe in him. Then the Roman army will come and destroy both our Temple and our na%on.” John 11:48

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So from that %me

• n, the Jewish

leaders began to plot Jesus’ death. John 11:53

Luke 19:47,48

47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But

the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

48 Yet they could not find any way to do it,

because all the people hung on his words.

“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. John 12:27

“My %me has not yet come.” John 2:4 Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no

• ne laid a hand on him, because his %me had

not yet come. John 7:30 But he was not arrested, because his %me had not yet come. John 8:20

Jesus Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. John 12:25,26

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:20