Only Leaves, No Fruit

Only Leaves, No Fruit
The Gospel of Matthew 21.18-22

            Things are not always what they appear to be.
            Sometimes more is promised than is really there.

A. WHAT IS JESUS DOING?

            1.  The healing of two blind men

            2.  The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

            3.  The cleansing of the temple

B. WHY A FIG TREE?

            1.  Deuteronomy 8.7-10

            2.  Zechariah 3.10

            3.  Habakkuk 3.17

C. WHY IS JESUS HUNGRY?

D. WHAT IS JESUS HUNGRY FOR?

            1.  Faith

            2.  Inside the temple

            3.  Among the religious

E. WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US?

            1.  Our Bibles

            2.  Our public worship

            3.  Our prayers

            4.  Our commitment to the Doctrines of Grace

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            5.  Our love for others

John Olson