This is not a word for 2000 years ago–although it is history.

 

It is not a word about Jesus and His perfect life–though He did live one.

 

It is not about religious leaders ripping people off–though they can and they do.

 

It is not about politics and how the political climate can rule over common sense, basic human needs, or even truth.

 

It is not about Jesus having a bad temper.

 

This word today is about you.

 

John 2  12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!”

17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18 Then the Jews demanded of him, “What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

20 The Jews replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. 25 He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.

 

This word is about you.

 

All of us have been overlooked or ripped off or cheated.

 

All of us have worked hard for something that has disappeared in a fleeting moment–only to see our hard work completely become irrelevant.

 

All of us have tried to reach out to God and then felt that He was simply not there for us.

 

But Jesus would never have us believe any of that.

 

The enemy’s influence on a man’s evil heart can never be understated.  Men will steal, kill, and destroy because they are influenced by a spirit who is all about doing those three things.  And when the enemy is successful in converting men to evil, the outcome is not bearable.

 

But Jesus is not about that.

 

Jesus is about Justice, Mercy, and Power.

 

And He wants Justice, Mercy, and Power for YOU.

 

He wants Justice over you for all the times that you have been ripped off.

He wants Mercy over all of your stupid choices, your evil choices, and your selfish choices.

And He wants Power over your life so that you can make a difference in the people around you.

 

And He is willing to give everything to offer those to you.

 

Many say His first public act was to turn water into wine as He did in the beginning of John 2, but only the servants saw that act.

 

And much like many of Jesus acts, they were not seen by people if they were not serving Him.

 

But clearing out the temple was a move as bold as the day is long.

 

No man would dare do what He did without giving His life in return.

 

And, indeed, He did.

 

But before He did He made it abundantly clear to you that He was all about one thing:

 

Making Sure That Those Who Ripped You Off Were Held Accountable

 

So if you have ever wondered where He might be working in the broken part of your life……

 

Be rest assured of this…….

 

The man who cleared the temple has seen you from on high.

 

He has seen your broken and jacked up situations.

 

And He is well able to come and put life back into things that you thought were dead and gone.

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J