“Eyewitness” is our series at Fusion Christian Church about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the people who saw it happen. These were real people, in real moments, who had real encounters with Jesus. In Part 3, Pastor Zac talks about the crowd that saw Jesus enter Jerusalem on a Donkey. Some of those same people would call for his death only a few days later, so what changed?

Let Jesus be the Savior of your soul—not just the solver of your problems.

When Jesus came riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, many recognized that he was fulfilling a prophecy as Messiah. The problem for them is that they were looking for Jesus to fulfill their vision of the Messiah. They expected the Messiah to be an earthly king who would fight off the Romans. Ruling their own kingdom again was all that this crowd had in mind when they waved Jesus into Jerusalem. They celebrated him while they thought he would solve their immediate problems. When they realized he wasn't going to do that, they turned on him.

What these people needed was to trust in Jesus as their savior. They needed to realize that Jesus' kingdom is not of this world, and that his mission was greater. He did not come to merely give them a hope in this life, but a hope in the next. We, too, must be careful not to treat Jesus like a genie who fixes our problems. We must see him as Lord and Savior of our lives.

Passion starts when Jesus is first—no matter the cost.

The crowds in Jerusalem were only interested in what Jesus could give them short-term. They weren't interested in the promise of eternal life. As Christians, we choose to put Christ first in our lives no matter what happens. A true believer will not abandon God when the promise of temporary gains seems to vanish. A true believer in Christ follows him at all costs and does not let anything take priority over Jesus. Are you living this way? Do you treat Jesus like number one all the time? Or do you do it only when he gives you good things? How can you make Jesus a priority in all circumstances in your life?