Read John 2:13-22
13 It
was almost time for the Passover Festival, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14There
in the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and also the
moneychangers sitting at their tables. 15So he made a whip from
cords and drove all the animals out of the Temple, both the sheep and the
cattle; he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their
coins; 16and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, “Take them out
of here! Stop making my Father’s house a market place!” 17His
disciples remembered that the scripture says, “My devotion to your house, O
God, burns in me like a fire.”
18 The
Jewish authorities replied with a question, “What miracle can you perform to
show us that you have the right to do this?”
20 “Are
you going to build it again in three days?” they asked him. “It has taken
forty-six years to build this Temple!”
21 But
the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body. 22So when he was
raised from death, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they
believed the scripture and what Jesus had said.
Think
"Stop making my father's
house a market place." Is not about
selling cakes after the service. I think
it is about 'transactional' religion. Our attempt to make deals with God.
Pray
Lord, help me to realise that
your love and favour is not conditional.
I can not buy it or earn it, I can never deserve it. I just need to receive it from you - by your
grace.
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