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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution When will Jerusalem fall and when will Jesus return?

  Here Jesus lets them know that some of them will still be alive when Jerusalem falls. As far as when Jesus returns, only God knows. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution When Jesus returns

  Here Jesus is giving a description of what it will look like when he returns. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution The fall of Jerusalem

  Here Jesus describes what it will be like when Rome destroys the temple and crushes Jerusalem. Then Jesus warns people not to believe everyone who will use major events to proclaim that they are the messiah. For example every time something bad happens some people claim it is the end of the world. Also some will use it to their advantage and try to set themselves up as a prophet, or the voice of God, or something else. Don't believe these people. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution What is going to happen?

  Here Jesus is telling that just because you follow Jesus doesn't mean nothing bad will ever happen to you. In fact Jesus tells what will happen to many of his followers as they spread the good news across the world. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution A prediction

  The temple in Jesus' day was an awesome looking building. But Jesus is letting the disciples know that one day the building was going to be destroyed. THis came true about forty years later. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Give what you have

  Here Jesus shows us that God looks at giving based on what you have not how much you gave. God is more happy with someone giving 5 bucks when they only have 5 bucks than someone giving 10 million when they have 100 million. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Be real not fake

  Here Jesus shows what kind of people the teachers of the law were. They liked power and fame but never helped anyone. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Jesus has a question of his own

  Here Jesus quotes the old testament to show that hundreds of years ago King David had predicted that the messiah would be his lord yet also be descended from him. This is a prediction that shows Jesus would be both human and God. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution What it all comes down to

  Here Jesus sums it all up. Actually this is a quote from the old testament. When you love God with everything you are and love others as yourself you are going to love a Godly life. This is the main point. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Another trick question

  This time another group of religious leaders, the sadducees (there were a lot of different religious leader groups back then weren't there?) was trying to trick Jesus. Here Jesus gives us a glimpse of heaven. Apparently in heaven we will not be married but will instead be like angels who don't marry. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution A trick question

  If Jesus would have said it was ok to pay taxes, the jewish people would have been upset because the Romans were taking huge taxes from everyone and the jewish people were not happy about it. If Jesus would have said it was ok not to pay taxes, he could have been arrested for going against Roman law. So Jesus shows that God is above human rules and that God is supreme over everything. So sorry you can't trick Jesus. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution A story that proves the point

  Here Jesus tells a story. In the story, the owner is God. The servants are all the prophets God sent to warn the people in the past. The renters are the people who reject God. The son is Jesus. Then Jesus quotes the old testament to show that he would be rejected by the chief priests. THe teachers of the law and the chief priests were of course furious that Jesus was calling them out like this. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution The enemies of Jesus

  Obviously, the leaders at the temple were not happy about JEsus trashing it the day before. So they ask who gave you the authority to do this? JEsus knew they only cared about their own power and didn't really care about God. So JEsus turns the question around on them. He knew they didn't believe what John the baptist had said about Jesus. So he asked them about who John followed. The teachers of the law didn't want to upset the crowd because if the crowd turned against them,… Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution What this means

  Here JEsus is not saying if you wish for something hard enough, you'll get it. Instead Jesus is saying that when what you want lines up with what God wants, it will happen. Faith is about believing that God is who he says he is and that he will do what he says he will do. Nothing more, nothing less. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Clearing out the temple

  Back in Jesus' day people would make sacrifices at the temple. Because some people had to travel from far away, it was easier to buy a sacrifice at the temple then to try and bring one with you. Well some people began to take advantage of this and started selling sacrifices at crazy prices. Because the people had no other choice they had to buy them. Jesus was mad because they were taking advantage of people and saying God wanted them to do it. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution The fig tree

  To understand this look at this link.. http://www.rationalchristianity.net/fig_tree.html Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution The entry into Jerusalem

  Here Jesus is entering into the Jerusalem. The whole story about the donkey is fulfilling a prophesy from the old testament. And once Jesus enters into the city all of the people who recognized him as the famous miracle man cheered for him. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution How badly do you want Jesus?

  Here is a blind man who won't let anyone stop him from getting to Jesus. Even though a lot of people told him to shut up he didn't. If he would have listened to everyone else he would still be blind. Are you pursuing Jesus or listening to the crowd? What might you be missing out on by listening to the crowd? Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Once again how to be great

  Here Jesus is again explaining how someone becomes great in God's eyes. Someone becomes great not based on who they know or how many famous people they've been around. Instead greatness is found in serving others. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Another prediction of his death

  Once again, Jesus is trying to prepare his disciples for what is going to happen. He wanted them to understand, but they were confused about it and afraid. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution There are rewards

  Jesus lets us know that following Christ does have rewards both in this life and in the next. What those rewards are vary from person to person, but the result is that Jesus is much better than what we leave behind. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution What do you love most?

  Here we see Jesus having a conversation with someone who by all accounts is probably a pretty good person. The only thing Jesus could see that was holding him back was that he was in love with all of his stuff. So here is what Jesus tells him, "in order to become truly good, give your stuff away and follow me." Jesus knew that the mans love of his stuff was having a negative effect on him. The man walked away because he would rather have his stuff than Jesus. And here is the lesson. Y… Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution All people are important

  Here Jesus is showing that people, regardless of age, are important to him. So whether you are a child, a teenager, or an adult, you matter to God. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Divorce

  Here we see what God's plan for marriage is. When two people get married the best result is that they would be together forever. No sometimes it doesn't work out that way. But God is very clear that marriage should be forever and that both the man and the woman should do everything in their power to make it work. Read more »

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  northsidemiddle added a text contribution Sin isn't a joke

  Here Jesus describes just how serious sin is. Jesus is basically saying that there is nothing worth going to hell over. So whatever causes you to sin, get rid of it! No matter how much you like it, it isn't worth going to hell for. Read more »

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