Trapped in False Freedom - The Rev Dr. Herschel Wade

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Jesus wasn't that kind of king. The crowd shouts praise, not because they understood everything, but because they knew something was happening. They sensed God at work. There's no security, no VIP section. Just a radically open and welcome procession.

 

A moment where heaven touched earth. Where peace was promised, not just on earth but in heaven to, but left to the human imagination, Jesus would've had a gold crown and a world robe. Instead, he gets a ring of thorns, a mocking coronation, and a wooden throne. The cross. He doesn't establish peace through domination, he becomes our peace through suffering.

 

He defeats death, not with force, but with the most powerful weapon against darkness, and that is love. So I ask you, do we believe Jesus is king? Do we really believe that he is our savior? Then why do we keep placing our hope in political parties and flawed leaders who chase power over principles? Why do we identify more with ideology than our identity in Christ?

 

Why are we so trapped in fear, self preservation and false freedom, and how is that working out for us?