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 My name's Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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 and it's my joy to bring God's Word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here, and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good,

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 they don't need God's grace, and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in His Word.

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 We are continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark, and we've come to this point.

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 We started last Sunday or two Sundays ago with the triumphal entry.

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 Jesus makes His way on a Sunday into Jerusalem, and He has no longer keeping the secret about His identity.

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 In fact, His conflict with the religious establishment is coming to a head.

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 We saw that last time with the fact that He was being praised as the King coming into Jerusalem,

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 and He'll continue that conflict this week with the famous passage of Him clearing the temple

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 as He has this confrontation with the religious establishment.

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 We're not only going to see that famous passage, though, we're also going to look at the strange passage,

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 often misunderstood part about the fig tree that Jesus curses.

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 And we're going to understand Jesus is using that as an illustration to deal with religion that has an outer ritual

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 but no inner substance, religion that exploits people rather than healing them.

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 That's the flashpoint of Jesus' confrontation with the rulers of the temple.

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 And so it's with that, I invite you to turn with me in the Gospel of Mark.

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 We're in chapter 11, starting with verse 12.

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 You can turn with me in your Bible.

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 You can turn in your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's Word.

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 In Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5, tells us that every word of God proves true.

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 He's a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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 And so that's why we read now, starting at verse 12.

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 Verse 15.

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 And they came to Jerusalem.

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 And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple.

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 And He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

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 And He would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

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 And He was teaching them and saying to them,

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 Is it not written,

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 My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations.

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 But you have made it a den of robbers.

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 Verse 18.

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 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy Him.

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 For they feared Him, because all the crowd was astonished at His teaching.

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 And when evening came, they went out of the city.

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 I invite you to join me in prayer as we come to this portion of God's Word.

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 Our Father in Heaven, we thank You again for giving us Your Word, for speaking to us,

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 for not leaving us alone to figure out things by ourselves.

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 And we ask that You would do that this morning.

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 You'd show us Jesus and His passion, His heart, His zeal,

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 for us to have access and intimacy with God,

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 that You would grow our love and affection and our reverence and our awe for Him.

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 We ask all of these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We continue the story of Holy Week this morning with a little bit of a strange incident

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 with Jesus encountering this fig tree that He seems so frustrated with.

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 And it's actually not just the tree that we need to focus on,

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 but in fact, the whole situation.

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 All the little details in this story matter for us.

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 And so, track closely with me as we go.

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 Remember here that Jesus is commuting into Jerusalem from Bethany.

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 Bethany is this suburb that's to the east.

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 And so, they're traveling in every day along with all these other pilgrims.

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 And it turns out as He's coming in here on Monday, verse 12,

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 Jesus must not have eaten breakfast.

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 So, Bethany was not apparently a bed and breakfast,

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 but instead Jesus encounters this fig tree.

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 Verse 13, he's hungry and he sees this chance for him to be able to eat.

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 It's important for us to note that he sees this tree in the distance.

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 It looks like this tree is exactly what he needs.

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 It looks like this tree is going to offer Jesus what it desires.

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 It is going to fill him up where he's empty.

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 It's going to make him full where he's hungry.

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 Why?

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 Same verse, because Jesus sees that it is in leaf.

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 In other words, everything looks great and attractive from a distance.

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 And yet, Jesus is in for a great disappointment.

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 Again, verse 13,

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 He found nothing but leaves.

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 And the point is this, that the tree is involved in false advertising.

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 The tree is offering from a distance what it cannot deliver.

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 We might say that the tree is all sizzle, no steak.

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 The tree is all foam, no beer.

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 The tree is all hat, no cattle.

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 The tree is all leaves, no figs.

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 The tree offers one thing, but the reality is very, very different.

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 Now, some people are frustrated with verse 13 because it tells us it was not the season for figs.

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 And so they believe that Jesus here with this tree is somehow being stupid or unfair.

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 Yes, Jesus knows it's not the season for figs.

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 Jesus is not an idiot.

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 That is not, in fact, the point.

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 Jesus is acting out an illustration for his disciples in the same way that an Old Testament prophet would act something out

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 before God's people to help it cut home to their hearts.

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 Jesus is trying to tell them the temple looks good, verse 13, from a distance.

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 It looks good if you're far enough away.

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 If you get up close, it cannot, it will not feed you.

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 And in fact, that's the point.

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 Verse 14, his disciples heard it.

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 The point of all of this is that he can demonstrate and teach his disciples what is actually going on with the temple.

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 And so what's been foreshadowed with this first episode now happens as he comes to the temple in verses 12 through 19.

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 Jesus is prepping his disciples for the same point.

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 The temple is involved in false advertising.

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 The temple offers something that it cannot deliver.

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 If you're familiar with the Old Testament, you know fundamentally the temple is about God's presence with his people.

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 As Israel was traveling in the desert, they had the tabernacle, the precursor to the temple.

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 And the tabernacle was in the center of God's people, and they would be camped all around it

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 to make this point clearly for them that God's presence was in the very center of their community.

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 The temple continues that same point as the tabernacle, but instead, this time, it is not temporary, but permanent.

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 It's not a tent that can be moved, but a building that cannot.

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 And so this is the place where they're supposed to meet with God and have their spiritual needs filled.

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 This is the place for forgiveness and healing and meaning and belonging and significance.

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 This is the place that God's people are coming to be with him.

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 This is the place where their spiritual needs are supposed to be met.

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 And yet Jesus here encounters something very different in verse 15.

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 He's already done his recon, by the way.

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 You may remember from last time, verse 11, the very end of Sunday, Jesus went to take a look around the temple.

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 So when he comes to this fig tree, he already knows what he's setting up.

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 He's already seen these vendors.

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 He already knows the temple courts are being abused.

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 And so it's not a surprise here when he comes, verse 15, and finds that there are those who are selling and buying.

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 And he drives them out.

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 He overturns the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

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 Now, many of these things that are going on in the temple are actually necessary in some way.

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 Jesus has traveled to Jerusalem over the last few passages, much as Jews would do from around the world.

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 This was the high holy day of Passover.

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 And so it's actually a convenience that they're offering here.

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 It would be great as someone coming to Jerusalem to know that you don't have to bring your pigeon with you.

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 You can bring your money.

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 You can buy it on the way.

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 It's great to be able to exchange money because the temple tax would have to be paid with a Tyrian coin, which is different than Roman money.

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 And so what they're offering here is actually in some ways necessary and important for God's people as they travel to Jerusalem.

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 The problem is not what they're doing.

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 The problem is the location.

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 They have camped out the outer portion of the temple, which had one purpose.

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 This outer portion was the only place that Gentiles, that non-Jews, could come to experience God's presence.

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 If they were a Gentile, they could not proceed into the inner portions of the temple.

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 And so this was a precious and sacred space for them, for it to be filled up with these folks who are selling and changing money.

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 For those who are using it as a furrow fair is to say, we don't care about the Gentiles.

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 We're not actually concerned with whether people can have access and fellowship and communion with God.

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 That is not something we are worried about.

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 And so they've lost the meaning, the importance of the entire event.

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 Verse 16, there's something even worse going on.

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 It's not just that these folks are selling in the space where people are supposed to access God, but they're actually using it as a traffic point.

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 You know, sometimes when you enter a neighborhood, there'll be a sign telling you there is no outlet.

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 You can't get anywhere from here.

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 And yet you'll see drivers often trying to find a shortcut.

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 Someone comes to a stoplight next to a gas station, and they'll pull into the gas station and pull around so they can make a right turn, skipping the traffic light.

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 That's the same thing that's going on here.

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 People are using this outer court, this place that's sacred for Gentiles to access God's presence and experience communion with him as a shortcut for their traffic.

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 As a way to get from point A to point B much faster.

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 And so that's why Jesus comes down so hard.

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 That's why he's flipping over tables and driving people out.

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 Because verse 17, he gets to the heart of the matter.

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 Is it not written, my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?

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 Those who are running the temple have missed two important fundamental things.

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 First of all, they've missed the very purpose of the temple.

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 They've missed the fact that it is there for relationship with God.

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 They've missed the fact that it's there for God's people to experience God's presence.

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 They've missed the point that it is for God's people to worship him and hear from him.

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 And so they have all the show, they have all the trappings and none of the substance.

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 But they've missed something else as well.

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 They haven't just missed its purpose, they've missed God's heart.

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 A house of prayer for all nations.

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 They've missed what we've been told throughout the entire Old Testament,

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 which is that the promise that was made to the Jews is ultimately meant for all the nations.

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 They don't care about the Gentiles.

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 They don't care about non-Jews having intimacy with God.

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 And so ultimately they end up serving greed rather than God.

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 They like the appearance.

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 They don't care about the substance.

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 They are fascinated by the outside.

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 They are uninterested in the heart.

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 And so we can understand Jesus' anger here.

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 What could be worse than to treat God's presence,

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 his love for his people, as nothing more than a commodity?

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 What could be worse than treating access to God, fellowship with God,

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 as a sporting event?

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 They are vendors here to make a buck rather than those who care about God's people.

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 Now we still have a little bit more to unpack with this fig tree.

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 Why is it so important?

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 Why is Jesus so offended?

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 Why is he so frustrated by the fact that this tree has no fruit to offer him?

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 It's very simple.

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 It's because Jesus is hungry.

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 Jesus is making a point here.

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 The fig tree refuses to meet Jesus' physical needs, his physical hunger.

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 But how much worse is it that the temple refuses to meet God's people's spiritual needs,

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 their spiritual hunger?

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 In other words, Jesus is filled with anger because the temple has left his people to starve.

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 This is the place where they have communion with God, and it is blocked by vendors.

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 The temple is supposed to be a place where people are restored and not exploited.

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 It's supposed to be a place of reconciliation and healing and forgiveness.

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 And here they're given a counterfeit.

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 God's people are robbed.

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 They take not just their money, but their opportunity for relationship with God.

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 Remember that the Passover is the celebration of God's great deliverance of his people from Egypt.

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 It was him bringing them out of slavery and giving them freedom.

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 It was their first step on the way to the promised land.

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 And so that's why pilgrims are coming from all over to be at Jerusalem for this celebration.

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 And so we understand how bad our things are when this celebration of God's deliverance has become simply an economic event.

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 It's one thing to withhold figs from a hungry person.

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 It's quite another thing to withhold the very presence of God.

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 Now, we don't have to look far in our own culture to find holidays that can become about profit rather than healing.

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 So think with me for a minute about Valentine's Day.

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 By the way, I'm a big fan of Valentine's Day.

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 I have nothing against it.

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 It's this holiday that's meant to be about expressing love and vulnerability and intimacy and self-sacrifice.

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 And it can become just another economic extravaganza.

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 It can become just another hallmark holiday meant to build the bottom line.

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 And so you can imagine Jesus coming home, right?

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 Maybe imagine him as a spouse coming to this dead and lifeless marriage.

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 And the home is filled with roses.

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 It's full of wonderful, expensive roses.

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 And Jesus comes in and throws them all in the trash.

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 And he says, look, I don't want your roses.

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 I want your heart.

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 This can't make up for what's lacking in this relationship.

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 In fact, it's a slap in the face that you think you can buy your way out of the troubles of this marriage.

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 And that's what's going on in this passage.

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 You won't give what's truly important.

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 You won't give your time and energy and investment.

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 All you're willing to give is your money.

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 You give many flowers, but your heart is somewhere else.

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 We could say, all roses know love.

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 That is why Jesus is so frustrated in this passage.

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 That is why he set the stage with the illustration of the fig tree to point out how empty and fruitless and exploitative and damaging the system has become.

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 And so as we understand all of those things, as we get a sense of Jesus' frustration and his anger, there's two things simply that I want us to take from this passage.

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 And the first is this, that it is possible to completely miss the point.

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 It is possible to engage in ritual with no heart and not to even realize it.

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 This is the father who is proud of the Bible studies he attends and the doctrine he knows.

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 But he has no compassion or grace towards his spouse or children.

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 Loves the ritual, misses the heart.

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 It's the congregant who is proud of her service in the church and at the same time lacks the fruit of the spirit.

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 She's busy, but there's no love, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, or self-control.

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 Loves the appearance, misses the heart.

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 It's the church that's proud of its ministries and its activities.

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 And it burns through people rather than taking part in their healing.

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 Loves the appearance, misses the heart.

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 It's the leader who uses the manipulative tactics of the world and justifies it because he's doing God's work.

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 Loves the appearance, misses the heart.

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 And so the question for us in all of that is this, in all of the busyness,

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 in all of the religious activity that we take part in,

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 are we actually bringing others to know God?

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 Or are we simply getting in the way?

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 In the busyness and activity of religion, are we actually showing fruit?

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 Are we growing in love, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control?

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:18.460
 Or are we all hat and no cattle?

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:22.740
 All leaves, no figs.

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:28.519
 Jesus here is giving us a warning and a reminder

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:35.400
 that it is possible, it is easy to have fruitless religion.

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:41.879
 It is easy and possible to be full of activity

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:47.779
 and also to simply follow the desires of our own hearts.

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:54.940
 Fruitless religion is a real and present danger.

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:58.279
 Now I told you there were two things

00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:00.460
 that I want us to take from our passage.

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.299
 That is the first.

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:03.140
 The second is this.

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:08.500
 None of what I have said this morning

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.519
 matters

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:12.860
 unless we see

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.640
 Jesus.

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:17.640
 What is Jesus' heart

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.820
 and his passion here?

00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:21.420
 What is it that gets Jesus fired up?

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.240
 What is it that drives him

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.839
 to turn over tables

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:26.779
 and get people out?

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.740
 Jesus' passion here

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:30.180
 is that you

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.480
 would access

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.940
 his presence.

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.200
 Jesus' anger

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.900
 is because

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.900
 his people

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.200
 are being starved.

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:41.120
 Jesus' action here

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.779
 is because

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.640
 God's people

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.460
 are hungry

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.839
 for God's presence

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.720
 and his healing

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.940
 and that there are men

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.660
 who are getting

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.640
 in the way.

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:52.079
 And so more than anything else

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.399
 we have to see

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.980
 Jesus' love

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.539
 here for these people.

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.299
 His love

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.279
 for the Gentiles.

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.159
 His love

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.720
 for those

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.859
 who are being blocked

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.699
 from God.

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.799
 His love

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.199
 for you.

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:11.439
 Jesus is passionate

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:12.399
 that his people

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:13.339
 would experience

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.299
 the healing

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.220
 and forgiveness

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.359
 and reconciliation

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.759
 the purpose

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.039
 and the significance

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.059
 that comes

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.559
 and only comes

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.939
 from his presence.

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.639
 He is angry

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.639
 on behalf

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:27.459
 of someone else.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.399
 He is angry

00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:29.259
 on behalf

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.979
 of his people.

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.819
 He's angry

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.979
 on behalf

00:23:31.979 --> 00:23:32.959
 of you.

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.359
 Jesus'

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.419
 passion

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.159
 is that

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:38.139
 his house

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.339
 would be a house

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.039
 of prayer

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.139
 for all

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.879
 nations.

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.959
 What makes

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.279
 Jesus upset?

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.779
 Jesus is upset

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.640
 when you

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.559
 are blocked

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.600
 from him.

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.920
 Jesus is upset

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.220
 when rote

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.860
 and ritual

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.500
 religion

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.600
 get in the way

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.200
 of you

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.059
 experiencing

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.960
 the beauty

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.480
 and the glory

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.360
 of knowing

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.360
 his love

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.579
 and his forgiveness

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.500
 for you.

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.640
 He is upset

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.460
 when people

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.299
 miss out

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.180
 on the glory

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.180
 of worshiping

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.519
 him,

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.640
 singing to him

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.120
 and hearing

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.759
 from him

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:13.400
 words of life.

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:16.000
 that is

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.120
 what gets

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.680
 Jesus

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.620
 going.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.740
 He's upset

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.180
 when you're

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.579
 kept

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:24.759
 from forgiveness

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.340
 and healing

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.960
 and meaning

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.759
 and wisdom

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.940
 and belonging.

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.440
 And so

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.920
 the same

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.440
 question

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.180
 that we've

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.559
 been looking

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.400
 at for a few

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.720
 weeks

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.759
 comes to us.

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.420
 Hast thou

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.980
 seen him,

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.600
 heard him,

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.259
 known him?

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:42.660
 is not

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.059
 thine

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.680
 a captured

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.299
 heart?

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.799
 Captivated

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.319
 by his

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.680
 beauty

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.079
 worthy

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.680
 tribute

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.099
 haste

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.619
 to bring,

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.519
 let his

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.940
 peerless

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.299
 worth

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.039
 constrain

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.420
 you,

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.420
 crown him

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.879
 now

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.000
 unrivaled

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.420
 king.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.539
 Yes,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.559
 be careful

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.480
 about fruitless

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.940
 religion.

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.559
 Yes,

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.200
 be careful

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.940
 about blocking

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.539
 people from

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.240
 God's presence.

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.960
 Yes,

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.819
 watch out

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.140
 for the

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.640
 way in

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.480
 which religion

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.079
 becomes

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.799
 about the

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.279
 appearance

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.960
 rather than

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.640
 the substance

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.299
 and,

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.240
 most of

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.500
 all,

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.240
 more than

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.180
 anything else,

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.599
 see Jesus'

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.480
 heart.

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.140
 Jesus has

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.960
 come to

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.480
 Jerusalem

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.559
 so that

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:26.940
 he can

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.299
 die.

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.039
 Jesus has

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.700
 come to

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.160
 Jerusalem

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.740
 so that

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.740
 any barrier

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.559
 between people

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.920
 and him

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.240
 would be

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.980
 broken down.

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.859
 Jesus has

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.420
 come so

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.440
 the temple

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.839
 and its

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.400
 sacrificial

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.920
 system

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.600
 would not

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.220
 be needed

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.860
 anymore.

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.640
 Jesus has

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.120
 come so

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.560
 that we

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.220
 every year

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.580
 are not

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.259
 making a

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.580
 pilgrimage

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.380
 to Jerusalem

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.779
 to be

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.080
 in his

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.500
 presence,

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.080
 but we

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.420
 can be

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.740
 in his

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.100
 presence

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.920
 now fully

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.620
 and finally

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.600
 because of

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.039
 the work

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.519
 of Jesus

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.060
 Christ.

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.800
 Jesus

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.940
 came so

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.360
 that his

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.900
 people

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.880
 could be

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:57.300
 in his

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:58.019
 presence.

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.940
 I can

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.340
 tell you

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.920
 all sorts

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.360
 of things

00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:01.840
 about the

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.480
 abuse of

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.900
 religious

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.779
 systems

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.259
 and none

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.600
 of it

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.220
 matters if

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.759
 we don't

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.940
 see this

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.420
 Jesus

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.120
 and grow

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.600
 in our

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.039
 love

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.340
 for him.

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.940
 Captivated

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.120
 by his

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.600
 beauty.

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.880
 See the

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.620
 beauty of

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.299
 Jesus in

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.860
 his love.

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.580
 See the

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.299
 beauty of

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.740
 Jesus in

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.500
 his anger.

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.080
 There are

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:28.140
 stories that

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.400
 have been

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:31.880
 told of

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.259
 folks who

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.440
 have

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.200
 experienced

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.840
 horrific

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.360
 things

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:37.559
 and there's

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.240
 many things

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.519
 that are

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.960
 upsetting

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.460
 about that,

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.120
 many things

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.360
 that are

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.960
 haunting and

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.340
 traumatic.

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.039
 One of the

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.140
 things that

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.720
 haunts people

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.100
 in those

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.980
 situations is

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.360
 this.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.380
 No one

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:50.019
 was angry

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.680
 for me.

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.259
 No one

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.019
 was upset

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.820
 for me.

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.420
 My parents

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.019
 or my spouse

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.779
 or my friends

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.860
 didn't fight

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.740
 for me

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.460
 in that.

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.380
 More than

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.240
 anything else

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.660
 in this

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.200
 passage, I

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.700
 want you to

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.400
 see this.

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.839
 Jesus angry

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.960
 for you.

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.700
 Jesus angry

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:16.120
 for anything

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.819
 that blocks

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.279
 you from

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.880
 his presence.

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.160
 Jesus angry

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.960
 for those

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.579
 who keep

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.720
 you from

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.279
 him.

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:24.720
 that is

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.279
 his beauty

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:27.079
 and his

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.440
 glory.

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.819
 Now Jesus

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.299
 gives a

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.879
 curse here

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.259
 in verse

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.779
 14.

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.359
 It's a

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.619
 curse that's

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:35.980
 for the

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.359
 tree.

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.279
 Remember I

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.740
 told you all

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.319
 the details

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.899
 matter and

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.259
 there's a

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.420
 parallel for

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.960
 the temple

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.960
 as well.

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.680
 The temple

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.440
 in a sense

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.299
 is a lame

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.819
 duck at

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.339
 this point.

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:46.980
 It is

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.539
 almost

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.460
 obsolete

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.220
 because the

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.899
 temple is

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:51.160
 doing a

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.099
 performing a

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.879
 function that

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.459
 will no

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:54.259
 longer be

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.099
 needed after

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.500
 Jesus'

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:55.919
 death.

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.500
 When we

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.980
 get to

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.319
 Mark

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.419
 chapter 14

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.240
 and Jesus

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.859
 dies, one

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.240
 of the things

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.579
 we're going

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.139
 to see is

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.419
 that the

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.119
 inner curtain

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.740
 within the

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.240
 temple that

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.079
 protects people

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.719
 from the

00:28:04.719 --> 00:28:05.539
 very greatest

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.219
 and intense

00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:06.879
 point of

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.579
 God's presence

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.459
 is going to

00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:09.059
 be ripped

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.759
 from top

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.240
 to bottom

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.839
 in half

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 because there

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.219
 is no

00:28:12.219 --> 00:28:13.099
 longer a

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.559
 need for

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.980
 the temple

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.699
 to mediate

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.419
 God's presence

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.819
 with his

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.679
 people because

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.500
 Jesus has

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.299
 come to be

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.859
 Emmanuel,

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:19.759
 God with

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.139
 us.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.299
 Jesus is

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.740
 God's

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.140
 presence,

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.160
 not the

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.480
 temple.

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.180
 Jesus is

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.620
 going to

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.200
 make it

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.039
 no longer

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.759
 necessary.

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.500
 What he

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.200
 does in

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.960
 part here

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.620
 in clearing

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.799
 out this

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.480
 narthex for

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.120
 God's people

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.700
 to access

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.180
 him, he's

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.519
 going to

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.859
 do in

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.500
 full in

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.000
 the cross

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 because when

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.279
 he's on

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.700
 the cross

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.339
 he is going

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.900
 to die

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.440
 the death

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.880
 that we

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.359
 deserve

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:43.200
 even though

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.819
 he lived

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.319
 the life

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.759
 that we

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.400
 should have.

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.720
 He's going

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.259
 to take

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.259
 the punishment

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.980
 we deserve

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.720
 on him

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.140
 so that

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.839
 we can

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.519
 have

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.079
 access

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.700
 to

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.539
 God.

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.740
 Not as

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.480
 pilgrims

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.220
 making our

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.839
 way to

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.460
 Jerusalem

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.539
 but as

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.220
 those who

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.799
 can pray

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.700
 anytime,

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.079
 anywhere.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.660
 Jesus is

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.460
 so passionate

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.019
 that you

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.759
 have fellowship

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.319
 with him,

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.620
 that you

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.240
 have access

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.039
 to him

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:11.000
 that he

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.759
 dies.

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.079
 That is

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.700
 his ultimate

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.200
 clearing of

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.680
 the temple.

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.019
 In John

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.640
 chapter 4

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.460
 Jesus meets

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.440
 a Samaritan

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.779
 woman.

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.960
 There's lots

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.400
 of things

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.819
 that happen

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.120
 there and

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.500
 they talk

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.819
 about but

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.160
 one of the

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.460
 things they

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.980
 talk about

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.259
 is this,

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.860
 she asks

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.500
 him to

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.220
 resolve this

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.840
 debate for

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.259
 her about

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.799
 where the

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.259
 appropriate

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.019
 place of

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.700
 worship is.

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.220
 Are we

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.779
 supposed to

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.360
 worship in

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.980
 Jerusalem or

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.180
 are we

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.600
 supposed to

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.140
 worship here

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.700
 in Samaria?

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.519
 And Jesus

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.880
 says,

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.620
 look,

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.440
 that's not

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.059
 going to be

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.819
 even an

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.720
 issue soon.

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.600
 The time

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.299
 is coming

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.920
 when you're

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.519
 not going to

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.339
 worship here

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.180
 or there,

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.400
 you're going

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.099
 to worship

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:50.240
 in spirit

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.400
 and in

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.839
 truth.

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.420
 Meaning

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.079
 that this

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.619
 system is

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.059
 coming to

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.420
 the end,

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.920
 the temple

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.700
 is obsolete

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.359
 because of

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.180
 me and

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.139
 my work,

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.980
 you will

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.859
 come to

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.940
 God in

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.819
 my name

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.859
 wherever

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.420
 and whenever

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:07.299
 you need

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.079
 to.

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.379
 Mark

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:14.039
 chapter 11

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:16.740
 verse 17

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.960
 my house

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.359
 shall be

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.879
 called a

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.639
 house of

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.839
 prayer for

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:23.000
 all the

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.480
 nations.

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.839
 And now

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.559
 we look not

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.980
 to the

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.500
 temple but

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.059
 to Jesus

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:30.259
 himself who

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.379
 is God's

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.859
 presence.

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.420
 That's why

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.079
 we pray

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.740
 in Jesus

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.579
 name.

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.079
 And so

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.379
 let's do

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.799
 that now.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.960
 Our

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.399
 Father in

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:41.599
 heaven,

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:41.980
 we