Jesus Cleanses the Temple | A Sermon on John 2:13-22

What makes you ANGRY?

John 2:13-15

DROWN THE ONE WHO HURTS A CHILD!

Matthew 18:6

I BRING A SWORD TO DIVIDE FAMILIES!Matthew 10:34

WOE TO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS!

Luke 11:37-54

John 2:16

John 2:17

John 2:18-22

Garden of Eden

Genesis 2-3

Tabernacl

e(tent)Exodus

Temple

1(house)

1 Kings

Temple

2(house)

EzraOriginal

Creation

1250 B.C. 968-586 B.C. 515 B.C. – A.D.

70

Newly freed slaves

Samaritan Woman

Sick and Blind

The Hungry

The Outcasts

When people with POWER abuse, exploit,

or ignore the weak.

1. POLITICAL – manipulation of POWER

2. ECONOMIC – manipulation of MONEY

3. RELIGIOUS – manipulation of THEORY OF GOD

THREE KINDS OF CULTURE IN OUR WESTERN WORLD

-Richard Rohr

1. POLITICAL – manipulation of POWER

2. ECONOMIC – manipulation of MONEY

3. RELIGIOUS – manipulation of THEORY OF GOD

THREE KINDS OF CULTURE IN OUR WESTERN WORLD

-Richard Rohr

Challenging the status quo is unpopular. Jesus was killed for opposing the religious and

political powers of his time.

When people with POWER abuse, exploit,

or ignore the weak.

- because -

That’s where God

ABIDES.