Topic:REVIVE US AGAIN
Text: John 2:12-25
2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
2:13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2:14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.
2:15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.
2:16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”
2:17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
2:18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”
2:19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
2:20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
2:21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
2:22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
2:23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.
2:24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men,
2:25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
STUDY:
Jesus went up to Jerusalem to attend the Passover of the Jews. He observed that people were selling animals for sacrifices and exchanging money for visitors. These people had turned the Feast of Passover into a means of doing business, making money, and feeling relevant. They were exploiting people coming to the Passover from far distances, by making them part with their hard-earned resources. This did not go down well with Jesus Christ who made a whip of cords and drove them out of the temple because they were not honouring God with theiractions.
What started out as “the Lord’s Passover” (Exod.12:11,27), had now become the Jews’ Passover”(v.13). If the Lord of the Passover made a whip of small cords in those days, He would certainly make same for this generation. Today, we have made merchandise of the grace of God, and cannot be trusted with His precious pearls. Are you part of those who steal church money entrusted to your care? Jesus will come one day for you. Do away with religion that is void of the fear of God! Arise with fervency in
pursuit of God until streams of His refreshing flow over you, overwhelmingly. Ask God for self-revival today!
Prayer:
Father; let thy kingdom come and may the fear for your Name overwhelm us.
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