John 2:13-25 – Jesus Clears the Temple Courts
- “Trust issues”
- After the first miracle at Cana, thins seem to pick up pace.
- Jesus enters the Temple and His zeal for His father kicks in.
- The Temple courts had become a place of business for bother merchants in livestock because pilgrims would buy their sacrifice worthy animals there plus the money changers because the Temple would not accept Roman coin and so they changed it into Tyrian.
- The Jews wanted to know on what authority He did this.
- Trust lesson number 1
- Jesus always spoke obliquely to those He knew had little faith.
- Oddly, He only spoke plainly to those He knew had enough trust to understand.
- It’s as though He is trying to build the faith of those who have too little to believe by getting them to wrestle and do some spiritual gym.
- Trust lesson number 2
- The disciples believed in the Tanakh’s words [the Jewish word for the Old Testament].
- Trusting in Jesus has to be holistic. We have to trust not just in Jesus Himself but in what He trusted in.
- Verse 23 shows us that many believed in His name but few believed in Him. It is believing in Him that saves us and trusting in Him means trusting in what He trusts in.
- We cannot cut and paste Jesus in and out of Scripture.
- Trust lesson number 3
- Jesus did not entrust himself to men.
- As leaders we should never do that either. They are far too fickle.
- Winston Churchill was asked if it thrilled him when so many people came out to hear him speak. He replied “not really because I am aware that if it was my hanging there would be twice as many people in the crowd”.
- Trusting in God is complex and yet simple.
- Embracing all of Jesus means we have less space to trust in things that exclude Him.
- Praying my trust will be less narrow.
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