John 2: 13-25- Reverence God’s House

Throwing out the money changers- This really ticked Jesus off.  Chapter 2:17, “Then His disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures, “Passion for God’s house burns within me.” We have a bookstore in our church.  I have wondered on occasion is Jesus is really okay with that or not.  I know the purpose of the store is to provide Christian materials to the people who attend there and is different from what the moneychangers were doing in the Temple when Jesus decided to create a disturbance.  Those people were basically cheating the people while the church bookstore is providing Christian material.  I get that but I also see people frequently come to the church to sell their books.  It’s a book signing.  Again, good material but is that the proper place for book signing?  I’m not sure when I read that Jesus felt the Temple should be a house of prayer.  

All of that being said, since we are in a period of grace following Jesus’s time on earth, we don’t even have to be in a church to worship or celebrate Him.  We can be at home or sitting on a mountain or sitting in a boat on a lake.  The location really doesn’t matter.  We do need to be sensitive to what kind of activities are being held at our churches.  We do not need to be having activities that distract for why the building is there.  We need to continue reverence and respect the church building itself.  

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