John 2:12-23

Just a few things

+The people misused the temple of the Lord as it became a marketplace rather than a sacred place of worship. We saw Jesus' reaction to this as He displayed his righteous anger. Ok, so we don't exactly sell sheep and cattle at church today (at least I hope not) but this is something to heavily consider when we do go to church. The primary purpose of the church is to worship God, not to socialize.

+Notice Jesus' anger in this passage. I never specifically cited this passage but I used to use Jesus' anger as a justification for my own. I'm called to be like Christ and Christ got angry. Good deal, right? Not really. There was a difference between my own anger and that of Christ's. My anger was often personal. So and so did this and I don't agree with it so I will be angry at that person. So and so and I hold different and opposiing views on how to handle this situation so I will therefore be angry at this person until we resolve it. Stuff like that. It is important to note that Jesus got angry in the passage but His anger was over sin. The Lord was not being praised in the temple.