Cleansing the Temple
“Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a ‘den of robbers.’’” Matthew 21:12,13.
Here Jesus is cleansing the temple. At that time there were money changers exchanging coins with pagan symbols on them for coins with acceptable symbols on them that would be used in the temple. In doing so they were charging a premium. There were those also who sold doves at top prices all inside the temple. The people doing this were doing it for pure profit with wrong motives. They were essentially taking true believers money for wrong reasons. This should not have been so. The chief priests and scribes should have seen this and done something about it but didn’t. Thus Jesus became very angry and drove out those who bought and sold.
Someone once noted to me rightly, that such a thing is happening today, especially it seems among those who call themselves evangelical Christians here in North America.
There are those who from their pulpit in the media and elsewhere that are selling lotions, potions, how to books, and other things that are little more than secular products, that may or may not work, with Christian sounding names attached, at a premium price.
There are those out there promising Christians God will give them a high return for there money if they give to their ministry, as if God is some kind of cosmic banker providing super interest on their money. This should not be so. That is not the purpose of the Church.
Jesus said,
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20.
This is the sole purpose of the church. To make disciple of all nations, to baptize them in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. To teach those converts all Jesus taught until the day he returns.
As I write this A. D. 2016 has but a few days to go. Let us take stock of what we as Christians are doing. Let us resolve to do as Jesus said,
“...go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19,20.
Please think about it.
“Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a ‘den of robbers.’’” Matthew 21:12,13.
Here Jesus is cleansing the temple. At that time there were money changers exchanging coins with pagan symbols on them for coins with acceptable symbols on them that would be used in the temple. In doing so they were charging a premium. There were those also who sold doves at top prices all inside the temple. The people doing this were doing it for pure profit with wrong motives. They were essentially taking true believers money for wrong reasons. This should not have been so. The chief priests and scribes should have seen this and done something about it but didn’t. Thus Jesus became very angry and drove out those who bought and sold.
Someone once noted to me rightly, that such a thing is happening today, especially it seems among those who call themselves evangelical Christians here in North America.
There are those who from their pulpit in the media and elsewhere that are selling lotions, potions, how to books, and other things that are little more than secular products, that may or may not work, with Christian sounding names attached, at a premium price.
There are those out there promising Christians God will give them a high return for there money if they give to their ministry, as if God is some kind of cosmic banker providing super interest on their money. This should not be so. That is not the purpose of the Church.
Jesus said,
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20.
This is the sole purpose of the church. To make disciple of all nations, to baptize them in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. To teach those converts all Jesus taught until the day he returns.
As I write this A. D. 2016 has but a few days to go. Let us take stock of what we as Christians are doing. Let us resolve to do as Jesus said,
“...go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19,20.
Please think about it.
