Sermons About Fig-tree
"Overturning Tables"
Christ's Triumphal entry....The Fig tree....overturning the tables of money changers and those selling doves...
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Can This Church Live?
WAKING THE DEAD "Can This Church Live?" Scripture: Matthew 21: 12-22 In what way was the Temple Church a "den of robbers?" 1. By cheating the poor. 2. By squeezing out the immigrants, women and children. 3. By exploiting people in the name of religion for profit. 4. By having empty forms of religion, but no Jesus. Jesus takes action to revive His Church! 1. He confronted the religious power systems and "unseated them" 2. He turned the tables on injustice. 3. He called for His church to be known as a House of Prayer for "all nations". 4. He created space in His church for safe places of ministry. 5. He protected the priority of spontaneous worship. What upset Jesus about the fig tree? (Verses 18-22) 1. The fig tree like the church was to hold out the promise of "spiritual fruit" to the world but what Jesus saw was a church (like the fig tree) appearing nice on the outside with lots of activity but no 'spiritual vitality'! 2. How does our personal temple need cleansing this morning?
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Parable Of Those Entering The Kingdom, The First Will Be Last And The Last Will Be First, Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen
Continuing in his parables teaching about the faith of a mustard seed. Jesus corrects the Pharisees on marriage and divorce. Parables on entering the kingdom, the first will be last (the many), the last will be first (the few), many are called, few are chosen.
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Jesus and the Temple
As Jesus finally makes his way into Jerusalem, he intentionally orchestrates a procession that fulfills the messianic prophecy of Zecheriah 9.9. Jesus wants to be clear about his identity and his mission, and the incident in the Temple serves to illustrate that he has come to be the final sacrifice, the end of the Temple system. The challenge for us 2000 years later is to remain fruitfully connected to Jesus as our Temple, a living faith in God that dynamically impacts our world.
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The Triumphal Entry of the King (Mark 11:1-26)
Jesus is king. He is not like us, and doesn't come as we expect. He is greater than we expect -- Lord over all. The only sane response is to approach him in faith and worship.
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