Transcript Jesus Entering Jerusalem - St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church

Preparing for the Pascha Week
JESUS ENTERING JERUSALEM
FIND THE COLT
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“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the
LORD!” (Mark 11:9)
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Next day Jesus went into the temple in
Jerusalem. What did he see?
IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
JESUS DRIVES OUT THOSE WHO
BOUGHT AND SOLD
Then He taught,
saying to them, “Is it
not written, ‘My house
shall be called a house
of prayer for all
nations’? But you have
made it a ‘den of
thieves.’”
(Mark 11:17)
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What you should do and should not do
WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO
WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH
WHERE IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Jerusalem, Israel
Athen, Greece
Cairo, Egypt
Ottawa, Ontario
None of the above
1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17
Do you not know that you are the temple of
God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If
anyone defiles the temple of God, God will
destroy him. For the temple of God is holy,
which temple you are.
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YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY COMMUNION
What is Holy Communion?
 It is Body and Blood of our LORD Jesus Christ
 We are temple of God and our hearts are the
holy of the holies
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BE AN EXAMPLE
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Let no one despise your youth, but be an
example to the believers in word, in conduct, in
love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
(1 Timothy 4:12)
WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN
Or do you not know that your
body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you, whom you
have from God, and you are not
your own? 20 For you were
bought at a price; therefore
glorify God in your body and in
your spirit, which are God’s.
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(1 COR 6:19-20)
WE FAST BECAUSE . . .
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The body belongs to God, and everything is
relevant to the spiritual life. Therefore, dealing
with sin means controlling our bodies. This is
why we fast from foods as the first discipline of
the fast, which also includes prayer and
charitable giving.
HOW CAN I BE GOOD?
For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the
evil I will not to do, that I practice.
(Romans 7:19)
23 But I see another law in my members, warring
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into
captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me
from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through
Jesus Christ our Lord!
(Romans 7:23-25)
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When He comes into your heart,
does He find a place that is a mess or clean?
Do you have dirty laundry?
LET’S CLEAN OUR HEART
… Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me…
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY…
 Psalms
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26:2-3
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my
mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness
is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your
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truth. Alleluia