FOCUS TEXT: Mark 11:12-26

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Malachi 1:1-14; Matthew 21:12-27; Mark 11:12- 33; Luke 19:45-48; 20:1-8; John 2:13-22

DEVOTIONAL READING: Mark 11:27-33

KEY VERSE: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth (Philippians 2:10).

CENTRAL TRUTH: Christ has all authority over the world.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to name three ways God's power and authority affect them.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Cursed Tree (Mark 11:12-14, 19-26)
II. The Cleansed Temple (Mark 11:15-18)
III. The Challenged Authority (Mark 11:27-33)