For Tuesday, April 12, 2022:
Matthew 21:13 NIV: Jesus told the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”
To say Jesus was upset would be an understatement. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. He drove out all those doing business in the Temple. The human side of Jesus rose to the surface! This is one time you could say that Jesus just lost it!
Having solved that problem, Jesus went back to what he usually did, healing the lame and blind and teaching about the Kingdom. Children sang, “Praise God for the Son of David!” Everyone celebrated the many miracles, everyone that is except the religious leaders who were angry, furious and indignant.
You see, Jesus was filling the people with hope, something the religious leaders couldn’t deliver. No one likes their power usurped, and these guys were no exception. Think about it - anyone aligned with Jesus was no longer following the Temple leaders!
But isn’t following Jesus the way things should have been all along?
Pastor Norton Lawellin
Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406
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