Luke 19: 45-48
Jesus at the Temple
45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’, but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
Even in the time of Jesus, abuses such as buying, selling and money exchanging had crept into the Temple. He found it unfitting and rightly took action. His boldness is stark and shocking, but it he not right? His Father's House of Prayer had become a den of thieves; he took it upon himself to do something about it and set the bar high for us. We have seen many abuses in the church over the centuries and reformer have appeared when needed. There is much going on publicly and behind the scenes now that needs addressing, and some of it is being addressed. Let us pray.for continued reform and ask for guidance in whatever role we can play in helping the Church and its leaders remain faithful to the mission of Jesus, not their own.
Bro. Rene
Dear God help us all to work for the good of the Church and help drive out abuses as Jesus did. Amen.
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