The Messiah We Want: The Messiah We Need

Throughout his ministry, Jesus has made his identity abundantly clear — he is the promised Messiah.
But as he continues the journey in John 12, that leads to the cross, the question is — Is the messiah the people want actually the messiah they need?
Often people imagine they can rewrite their script, according to the own preferences, and when this happens, when it comes to the messiah, we risk creating a messiah in our own image. But in John 12:12-36, Jesus draws a sharp comparrison between the saviour the people imagined they wanted, and the one they actually needed, the messiah he came to be for them. We compare this, as we begin to explore the final chapters of John’s gospel, the last week of Jesus life and earthly ministry.