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What we're going to do is dive in this morning to what we traditionally look at as Palm Sunday.

When Jesus enters into the city, I want you to see what Mark tells us happened right after Jesus entered into the city.

It came in in this triumphal entry, and that night he goes out and he stays in Bethany.

Then he comes back to the city, and that's where we pick up in Mark chapter 11.

Look with me at verse 15.

The Bible says that on reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those

who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables and the money changers and the

benches of those selling doves and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple

courts. And as they taught them, he said, is it not written, my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of robbers.

The chief priest and the teacher of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

When evening came, they went out of the city.

Dear God, we pray during our time in your word,

you would show us what it means to truly worship you.

And I pray more than anything else that you would be honored

and you would be glorified during our time together.

And God, that in that process, you would show us what it means to not only sing songs of worship,

but to live lives of worship. Help us to understand this passage by the power of your Holy Spirit.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

What you've got to realize when we come to this passage of scripture when we see Jesus coming

into the temple and doing what honestly is a bit out of character we see Jesus turning all these tables

over we got to realize the significance of the temple this is not just any place of worship this is

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