Sermon Summary: Focuses on the events of Jesus' final week in Jerusalem, particularly His cleansing of the temple and His confrontations with religious leaders. Pastor Joe emphasizes that the Gospel writers dedicated significant portions of their writings to this crucial week—Matthew 25%, Mark 33%, Luke 20%, and John 50%. Jesus is presented as the Passover Lamb undergoing examination by religious authorities, ultimately proving Himself spotless and blameless. The message draws parallels between Jesus cleansing the physical temple and the Holy Spirit cleansing believers who are now temples of God. The sermon challenges believers to maintain childlike faith, be people of prayer, remain in God's Word daily, and let their light shine in a world that still persecutes Christians. Throughout, Pastor Joe emphasizes that Jesus passed every test with divine wisdom, demonstrating He is the perfect sacrifice for humanity's sins.

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A Week in Jerusalem | What Jesus Did His Final Week on Earth | Jesus Drove Out the Sellers & Money Changers from the Temple | Cleaning the House | 4 Courts in the Temple | Court of the Gentiles - Outer Part | To Reach Out to Foreigners & Pray for Them | Court of the Women | Gentiles Couldn't Go to Inner Courts Under the Penalty of Death | Court of Israel Only for Ceremonially Clean Jewish Men | Court of Priests | Holy of Holies ‐  Priest Only Once a Year | Every Male Required to Bring Half a Shekel Annually | Roman Currency Had to Be Exchanged but They Overcharged the Rates | Sacrifices Were to Be Spotless | They Only Allowed "Approved" Sacrifices Purchased from the Temple | Ripping Off the People | Like Today's Prosperity Gospel Churches Focusing on Money | It Made Jesus Angry & He Drove Them Out | Jesus is Our Focus | My House Shall be Called House of Prayer | We Are the Temple of God | Jesus Wants to Cleanse Us | Don't Make Excuses | Let the Power of Holy Spirit Make Changes in Your Life | We Have Free Will - Will You Allow the Holy Spirit to Rule You? | Convicting Us of Sin | No Condemnation | Sanctification Process from Glory to Glory | Refining Process | Until the Day We Die We Are Under Construction | Holy Spirit Works in Us Both to Will & to Do for His Good Pleasure | Den of Thieves Instead of House of Prayer | Jesus Was Upset with the Perversion of Temple | Misleading Foreigners Who Were Seeking True God | We Are to Pray Without Ceasing | Power of Prayer - Fixes Impossible | Stop & Pray when Things Go Wrong | God Will Show Us Great & Mighty Things We Don't Know | Call to Me & I Will Answer | Joy from the Lord's House to Foreigners | House of Prayer for All Nations | After Cleaning the Temple Jesus Ministered to Those Needing Help - Blind & Lame Healing Them | Spiritual Eyes Opened Reading His Word - Holy Spirit Makes Sense Out of Scripture | When Priests & Scribes Saw Jesus Healing People It Made Them Angry | Persecution | Nigerian Christians Massacred on Palm Sunday | Syrian Christians Decimated from 2 Million to 300 Thousand | Many Slaughtered | Basketball Star Fired for Speaking for Jesus and Pointing Out Unrighteousness | Hosanna = Save Now | People Called Out to Jesus | Upset Religious Leaders | Childlike Faith | Jesus Quoted Psalm 8 - Perfect Praise Out of Mouth of Babes | Silencing the Enemy & Avenger | Simple Faith | Awe of God | Holy Spirit Changes Our Sight | There is No One Like Our God | Teaching Daily the Word of God in the Temple | All the People Listened Eagerly to Jesus | The More Envious Were the Religious Leaders | Ask God to Change Your Heart to Desire God's Word | Meditate on His Word Day & Night | Then Your Way Will Be Prosperous | Analyzes of Bible Proves it Was Written by God | Elders Confronted Jesus in the Temple | Passover Lamb to Be Examined for 4 Days | Jesus Was Tested | Wanting to Know Under Whose Authority He was Doing This | Jesus Answered with a Question | With Great Wisdom | Was Baptism of John from Heaven? | But They Wouldn't Answer Him Scheming | Neither Jesus Would Answer Him | They Sent Spies After Him to Trap Him so They Could Deliver Him to Authorities | Beware of Flattery | Question of Paying Taxes to Caesar | Jesus Saw Through Their Craftiness | Both Answers Would Condemn Him | Jesus Got Out of the Bind by Looking at a Coin with Cesar's Image | Render to Caesar what Belongs to Him & to God What's His | All Marveled on His Answer | Lamb Without Spot or Blemish | Wisdom from Above | Jesus the Perfect Sacrifice for Sin of the World | Be Continually in Awe of Who God Is | World is in Need of God | Shine for Jesus in the World | Jesus Christ Conquered the Grave | Don't Be Dismayed the Lord is With You Wherever You Go | Jesus Christ Takes Away the Sin of the World | Gift of Eternal Life Through Him | Ask for Forgiveness & Receiving Jesus in Your Life

Matthew 21:12‐ | Exodus 30 | 1 Corinthians 3:16 | Philippians 2:13 | Isaiah 56:7 | Jeremiah 33:3 | Isaiah 56:6‐7 | Psalm 8:2 | Luke 19:47-48 | Joshua 1:8 | Luke 20:1-8 | Luke 20:21-26 |