Passage: The Triumphal Entry, Jesus Clears the Temple, The Withered Fig Tree, The Authority of Jesus Questioned
Memory Verse: "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." -Romans 8:18
Notes: (v.1-11) Jesus told two of his disciples to go into the village and untie a colt there and bring it to him. If anyone asks what they are doing, they were to tell them that the Lord needs it, and will send it back here shortly.
When the colt was brought to Jesus, many people spread their cloaks and branches on the road, and shouted "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!" (ref. Psalm 118:25-26)
-(v.12-19) The next day, Jesus was hungry and saw a fig tree in leaf. When he reached it, there was nothing but leaves, so Jesus said to the tree, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again."
When he reached Jerusalem, Jesus began driving out those who were buying and selling in the temple area and overturning tables of the merchants. He said, "Is it not written: My house will be called a prayer for all nations? (ref. Isaiah 56:7) But you have made it a den of robbers (ref. Jeremiah 7:11)"
The teachers of the law began looking for a reason to kill him, for they were afraid of him.
-(v.20-25) In the morning they passed by the fig tree that Jesus cursed. He told them to have faith in God, for if anyone does not doubt but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
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