Palm Sunday - Clearing out the Temple - PDF

Sunday, April 10, 2022 - It's a glorious Palm Sunday. The title of the message today is "Clearing the Temple". We like to think about the day Jesus is finally given his due recognition of being the Son of God and the Messiah as He was heralded on this day. Even though many if not most truly didn't understand what this meant. But I can be pretty sure that none of us like to think about what it was like and what it means for us today when Jesus cleared out the temple in righteous anger. This had to have been one of the most awkward and uncomfortable moments in the life of His disciples, because they, along with everyone in the temple saw Jesus get angry - very angry. You have to listen to the message to get to this point, but for sake of time, let me just say, that today - if you are a true follower of Jesus, then you are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Let me ask when Jesus walks thru your temple - is He pleased with what He sees? Is it a "place of prayer" or is the whip of holy and righteous anger coming out because you have made it a "den of thieves"? I encourage us all to examine our hearts and clear out our "temple" so that He would be pleased as He visits us...