Lesson 831

(Lesson 831)(12-05-13) Today's lesson if from Matthew 21:12-13;

"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there"

Today's lesson is very appropriate to this "Christmas" season. Jesus, when he entered the temple of God, and saw it being used as something similar to one of today's Wal-Mart stores, He turned over the tables whereat the men were operating their businesses and He threw out the money merchants and those operating retail shops.

Now the temple is gone but, again this year, many "Christians" will willingly, and probably unknowingly, defile the very name of Jesus Christ by attaching it to a season that has virtually lost its original meaning. A season that has very little, or nothing to do with actually celebrating the birth of our Savior, and instead just as the operations inside the temple, has everything to do with vanity, avarice, and greed.
There will be a time when Jesus returns to this earth to re-establish His kingdom, and Just as He did in the temple, He will cull out those who abuse and defile His holy name from those who truly adore and worship Him. When, and only when that happens, will His honor and glory be restored.

"Even though Lord Jesus, come soon."~