Title: Temple Cleaning/Matt 21:12-17
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Subject: Temple cleaning
Verse: Matthew 21:12-17
What was the first thing Jesus did when he entered Jerusalem?
it will clean He drove out the merchants around the temple.
He shouted and drove away in anger. There are changers and cows
I, those who sell sheep or doves, sell to those who come to worship.
was doing business Jesus did not leave them alone. they are there
it shouldn't have happened
Originally, there were no merchants in the temple. and they brought
It was a place that could not be defiled by cattle and sheep. How can the temple of God use money?
How could the eyes be filled with naked men and littered with the filth of cattle and sheep?
end! But in reality they were in the temple. Sona from another province far away
Can you come up with a sheep? So, what is the convenience?
What do you mean wrong?
What we are showing here is that there is nothing that should be in the temple and nothing else.
the fact that it is filled. At first, for the convenience of worshipers,
What used to be a business later became a business in itself. okay
What about the priests in the west and those who do business and those who are taxed by them?
It was ringing and forming a huge organization. Worship in spirit and truth is convenience
it became intentional.
The same thing happens to us today. In our temple, this
It can be filled with various miscellaneous things like At first, for convenience, one two huh
When we use it, it becomes the master and rushes to dominate our lives.
So there is nothing in the temple. In the original temple, God
The worshipers offered sacrifices in spirit and in truth with fear and trembling.
to avoid death.
But gradually people expect to be blessed by offering cattle and sheep.
did. The merchants take the best animals and sell them at a high price.
it was They made a lot of money, and the sacrificers were the best.
You will have a reward mentality with pride by giving the victory. rich is good
You are blessed by offering a silver beast, and the poor are not able to receive it.
understood in a way
He sacrificed an animal in place of a broken spirit and killed the beast to make atonement for his punishment.
The meaning of doing it disappears somewhere. Originally, people slaughtered sheep.
Before he died, he laid his hands on it and prayed that he would die in fear. "God
Take the place of my iniquity with the sheep. This is the way the Lord has commanded you. sheep
God forgive me." Then he killed the sheep with a dead heart.
will be.
What is shown here is the faith of the sacrificer. A fat cow or sheep
How can sacrifices offered without faith reach God even though they have brought so many people?
Could this be, what God told them to offer because they were hungry for cattle or sheep?
This is not the case, nevertheless people continue to do God's
burst into anger It's like asking for a special blessing because you gave the best beast.
How can you endure it?
Christ came to teach proper worship. Only then is right with God
Because the relationship is restored. To do this, the unclean sacrifices must be removed.
And we have to get rid of the human greed behind it. God to us
What the crab demands is a broken spirit. And offering sheep is a broken spirit.
comes out of expression. What is more important than the value of the sacrificial sheep
Lee is the human spirit.
Realizing his sin, he felt his incompetence, and fell on his face before God,
What we do, that is worship. With a trembling heart, set the sheep
to sacrifice That is, they kill animals as if they were self-sacrificing. we are god
The same goes for what you give in front of you. The same is true of giving. small
Don't be proud of something important, don't tremble as if you were giving yourself away
It will be given as a sound.
At this time, what God sees is not the value of the sacrifice. the sacrifice
You see the faith of those who give it. and God believes that
you receive Even if a poor person offers a small dove, he gives it with the same heart.
Otherwise, God will receive the same. That is, looking at the heart of the poor
By accepting the sound, you show that you value it more than the size or value of the sacrifice.
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Now, the true sacrifice in us as the temple is Jesus. he is the master of the temple
He is my sacrifice. He is made the supreme sacrifice by faith.
So check it out now. Jesus Christ is my only class
Is it a stone? Or is it a beast that money can buy? and on Jesus Christ
I stake all my pride and all my hopes on he made me to God
do you connect?
What will be in it? There is only one Jesus Christ, and he
A true sacrifice of the ship. Still not offering sacrifices with stinky cows and sheep
G? I am content with giving in a formal way, obsessed with the law in the old fashioned way
will produce the same result. So always check every time you worship
have to see Because the sinful nature of our hearts is free from spirit and truth.
because there is a tendency to
You must never come to the temple in a way that believes in Buddhism and believes in the living spirit.
beliefs are not accepted. Always before God with fear and trembling
stand up At the same time, confirm that we have the perfect Lamb, Christ.
Take him as a sacrifice and stand before God, but stand proudly. our offering
It is perfect that pleases me. nevertheless rely on him
must come by faith.
Now, let's drive out all the merchants from within us, and prepare the sacrifice with all our heart.
character. And let us stand before God with joy. So holy and fragrant
Let's fill our heart temple with water and always rejoice and praise. in this temple
I can't hear the voices of the merchants, but I give thanks with the sound of prayer, hymns, and the Bible
And let it always be filled with the sound of blessings. Worshipers always have a heart
Clean the temple first.