Remembering, Teaching, Pointing to Truth

John 12:12-27

John 12:12-16

12 The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:

“Hosanna!Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord—the King of Israel!”

14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

15 Do not be afraid,Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming,sitting on a donkey’s colt.

16 His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

John 2:18-22

18 So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.”

20 Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and will you raise it up in three days?”

21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

Cleansing the Temple

“Destroy this temple and I will raise it up in three days...”

The Triumphal Entry

“Hosanna!”

“I beg you to save us!”

“...Look, your King is coming sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

John 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.

Remind

Teach

Holy Spirit

Remind- maintains the connection with the past, with what Jesus said and did during His ministry. We are pulled into the message we've already received. 

1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

1 Corinthians 15:3-5

3 For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

Teach- opens new insights into the legacy of Jesus

“If reminding anchors the life of the community in what it has already received from Jesus, teaching ensures that the message continues to speak to the changing contexts in which Jesus’ disciples live.”

–Craig R. Koester

1 Corinthians 15:3-5

3 For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

John 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.

The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit reminds us of what Jesus said and did by keeping the tradition alive.

• The Holy Spirit teaches us by moving us beyond the repetitive nature of tradition towards a profound understanding of its significance.