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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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