In today’s sermon we continue our series The Final Week: The Days That Changed Everything by following the story right after Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The passage looks at two connected moments from Matthew 21. First, Jesus enters the temple and confronts the corruption that had taken over a place meant for prayer and worship. Then we see the unusual moment where Jesus curses a fig tree that looked healthy but was not bearing fruit. Together these events reveal a deeper lesson about the danger of empty religion and the difference between simply looking spiritually alive and actually producing fruit in a life that follows God.