• Jesus' Up-Close Inspection (Mk. 11:11-18)

  • Feb 20 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
  • Podcast
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Jesus' Up-Close Inspection (Mk. 11:11-18)

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  • Jesus’ Up-Close Inspection

    Mk. 11: 11-18

     

    Bible Talk outline

     

    ◊ Jesus sees the Temple practices up-close (v. 11)

    ◊ Jesus sees the tree’s potential from a distance (vv. 12-13a)

    ◊ Jesus sees the tree’s barrenness up-close (vv. 13b)

    ◊ Jesus sees the Temple’s impressiveness from a distance

                                                                                   (vv. 14, 15a implied)

    ◊ Jesus cleanses the Temple abuses up-close (vv. 15b-17)

       ◦ Up-close greed rather than righteousness (vv. 15b, 16, 17d)

       ◦ Up-close unscriptural, rather than scriptural, practice (v. 17a)

       ◦ Up-close prayerlessness rather than prayerfulness (v. 17b)

       ◦ Up-close elitism rather than inclusion (v. 17c)

       ◦ Up-close power-hunger rather than repentance (v. 18)

          - The leaders fear Jesus’ revolutionary power (v. 18a)

          - The leaders fear Jesus’ teaching-power (v. 18b)

    Dr. Jim R. Coleman

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