John 12:1-50 Scheduled Tasks/Commands

John 12:1,3,7,8,10-15,20-23,27-30,32,35,37-38,49-50
Acts 10:13-15
Daniel 6:8-18

-God has determined what he would like to have done in your life long before you do it.
-There are many reasons God has given you a task
-Once God has given you a command, he cannot reverse it.
-When God gives us a task, he gives us the ability to do it.
-Sometimes we'd like to hurry up and do a command, but it is scheduled
-We of ourselves will not obey God's commandments.
-He has to drive us, so we must ask God to drive us to do his will, it is not that it intellectually will make sense.
-when we issue commands, we need to be assured there are good reasons to do what we have said
-some things are trying to command us that we need to resist (go steal, then you'll be rich)

John 12:1-50
-Mary was under command to anoint Jesus, it was for his burial that was coming up
-The fragrance of Jesus' resurrection drew admirers from Israel and Greece. the met him with palm branches. He sits on an ass according to scripture which we fulfill by following God's command and schedule.
-Jesus asked the crowd if he should ask the Father to spare him going through the crucifixion.But he said no, the crucifixion is why I was born.
-The a voice from heaven came to show others that Jesus was real and his mission real.
-Jesus marvels that many still don't believe but even that was fulfilment of scripture found in Isaiah.
-At the end of the Chapter, Jesus gives credit for his ministry and mission to the Father, alerting people to the fact they are really rejecting God when they reject him. He finishes by stating that what the Father commands leads to eternal life (thus comforting Jesus concerning his death.

*the Daniel scripture is to highlight how God's commands cannot be reversed, but God can still help us with the commandment.
*The Acts sripture is to highlight how God's commands can be distasteful to us, and that even so they a timed perfectly to save people.