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Jesus Cleanses the Temple |
Matthew 21:12-14; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46
Jesus went into the temple of God to
worship.
The people were selling gift offerings there.
The people were selling gift offerings there.
Jesus didn't like what they were doing in the temple
of the Lord, so he turned over the tables and seats of those taking the
money and drove out everyone who was buying and selling in the
temple. Jesus would not let anyone carry what they were selling
through the temple.
Jesus said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house
of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" After this,
Jesus healed those who came into the temple and were blind or
couldn't walk.
CONCLUSION: If Christ
came today, would He find us practicing
things in the church or worship service that He would not
approve? Jesus did not like it when the Jews sold things in the
temple. They were selling things and probably charging more for
them then they should. So, Jesus compared them to thiefs.
He told them that the temple was to be a house of prayer. Should
we also be careful and not make the church a place to sell
things? When we come to worship service, we should make it a time
for the Lord, to praise Him, listen to His Word, to pray, and to give
to His church. If we want to sell something, we should do it
outside of the worship service.
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