John 2:13-22

Our Fathers House

John 2:13-22

Exodus 12:14

You must celebrate this day as a religious festival to remind you of what I, the LORD , have done. Celebrate it for all time to come. (use)

Standing at the Passover Seder, I see in my mind's eye the Israelites marching out of Egypt, the miracles at the sea, and the pillar of fire leading them through the fearful night. I feel an enormous gratitude to God. For although we cannot know exactly how God has saved our people, we have been saved. Despite unimaginable odds and opposition, the Jewish people have seen nation after nation buried under the debris of history while our nation lives.

Wolpe, D., 2016. Did the Exodus Really Happen? Beliefnet. (use)

Exodus 23:17

Every year at these three festivals all your men must come to worship me, the LORD your God. (use)

...the worshipers have been made to think that they are there to be an audience rather than to worship...

Larson, C., 2019. Wear Down Worship. (use)

Psalm 84:1

How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty! (use)

Habakkuk 2:20

The LORD is in his holy Temple; let everyone on earth be silent in his presence. (use)

John 2:16

and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, "Take them out of here! Stop making my Father's house a market place!" (use)

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that the scripture says, "My devotion to your house, O God, burns in me like a fire." (use)

Matthew 7:1-2

"Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you, for God will judge you in the same way as you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others. (use)

He never used force to drive any into the temple, but only to drive those out that profaned it.

Henry, M., 1896. Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible. (use)

1 Corinthians 14:40

Everything must be done in a proper and orderly way. (use)

John 2:18

The Jewish authorities replied with a question, "What miracle can you perform to show us that you have the right to do this?" (use)

John 2:11

Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. (use)

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

Lewis, C.S., 1920. God in the Dock. Fount. (use)

Malachi 3:1

The LORD Almighty answers, "I will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger you long to see will come and proclaim my covenant." (use)

John 3:2

One night he [Nicodemus] went to Jesus and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him." (use)

Acts 2:22

[Peter preaching] Listen to these words, fellow-Israelites! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him. You yourselves know this, for it happened here among you. (use)

This is Christ the King

Dix, W., 1865. What Child Is This? (use)

John 2:19

Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again." (use)

John 4:21

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the time will come when people will not worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem. (use)

The two biggest lies our culture believes today are that we are good people and that, because God is loving, he will not punish sin.

Chan, F. (use)

1 Samuel 15:3

Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys. (use)

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made. (use)

This doctrine of god's judgement should not be an embarrassment to the church. It is not simply a negative doctrine. It is profoundly positive.

Wells, D.F., 2008. The Courage to be Protestant. IVP. (use)

2 Peter 3:13

But we wait for what God has promised: new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will be at home. (use)

the main things are the plain things and the plain things are the main things.

Begg, A. 2004. The Perfected Kingdom, Part Two. (use)

John 2:21

But the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body. (use)

Matthew 26:61

...and said, "This man said, ‘I am able to tear down God's Temple and three days later build it up again.’ " (use)

The ceremonial system, like the original tabernacle, was a collapsible structure. When the temple curtain was torn in two from the top to the bottom God was de-consecrating the temple and its liturgy. They were no longer needed—full and final propitiation had been made for sin. Jesus Christ has folded up the entire collapsible temporary arrangement and carried it away. (179–180)

Ferguson, S.B., 2016. Devoted to God: Blueprints for Sanctification. Banner of Truth. (use)

Colossians 2:16-17

So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath. All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is Christ. (use)

One of the key tenets of Christianity is not to judge. That judgement will come from a high authority in due course.

Rees-Mogg, J. 2019. Interviewed by Channel 4 News, 12 June 2019. MPs reject Labour motion to prevent no-deal Brexit. (use)

The eternal and immutable law of God still stands, like the proverbial elephant in the room, as it has since the beginning of human existence.

Tompsett, D., 2015. Religion and Spirituality: Paul: The Man at the Intersection. (use)

Ezekiel 3:17

"Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a watchman for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you. (use)

Psalm 69:5

My sins, O God, are not hidden from you; you know how foolish I have been. (use)

Romans 3:12

All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong; no one does what is right, not even one. (use)