Sunday Sermon - Sunday October 4, 2026 - Gospel of Mark 11:20-33 - The Challenge
Jesus has come into Jerusalem and started some mess. First he comes into the city as the Messiah the king, as the crowds shout Hosanna Save us now, and then on the very next day he goes into the temple and drives out all the commerce, he has put an end to the transactional sacrificial practices taking place in the temple, but we remember right at the beginning of that day, Jesus came to a fig tree that had no figs. The tree was bare of fruit, but it was not supposed to have fruit at that time of the year, and yet Jesus curses the tree that no one will ever eat from it again. This rather odd circumstance seemed out of place, until we came to the next day. Mark 11:20 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. Mark 11:21 And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” Now was the fig tree cursed because it did not have any fruit and Jesus stayed hungry? No, the fig tree is a symbol, when Jesus...