Flipping Tables in the Temple
John 2:13–22 NIV
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
Mark 13:1 NIV
As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”
Flipping Tables in the Temple
1. The Temple was CORRUPTED
John 2:13-16 NIV
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
What Made Jesus SO ANGRY?
* Corrupt Leaders Exploiting the People
* The Disrespect of Worship
* Hindering Outsiders from Faith
What STILL Makes Jesus SO ANGRY?
* Corrupt Leaders Exploiting the People
* The Disrespect of Worship
Matthew 15:8 NIV
These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
“Christians don’t speak their lies; they sing them.”
* Vance Havner
* Hindering Outsiders from Faith
Flipping Tables in the Temple
1. The Temple was CORRUPTED
2. The Temple Had to Be CLEANSED
Ephesians 4:26 NIV
In your anger do not sin.
Numbers 25:11 NLT
“Phinehas son of Eleazar... has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being as zealous among them as I was.”
1 John 2:15-17 NIV
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
Flipping Tables in the Temple
1. The Temple was CORRUPTED
2. The Temple Had to Be CLEANSED
3. The Temple Would Be RECONSTRUCTED
John 2:18-21 NIV
The Jews then responded to him, “What SIGN can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
Matthew 12:6 NIV
“I tell you that something greater than the Temple is here.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV
Do you not know that your bodies are TEMPLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
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