When Failure Looks Like Success

1. The Story

Luke 19:29–44

John 12:12–19

Matthew 21:9–17

2. The Prophecies of the Story
   1. The Prediction of a Victorious King (Zechariah 9:9–13)
   2. The prediction of national praise for this King (Psalm 118)
   3. The prediction of a national compulsion to praise the King (Psalm 8)
3. The Point: Sometimes what looks like success is actually failure