Surprise Inspection (2 of 31)
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
John 2:13-25
Turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of John. We’ll be in chapter two this morning, as we continue in our series looking at this Gospel. In the process, we are learning what it means to meet Jesus, what it means to learn and follow Jesus, what it means to trust Jesus. This morning we come to a passage of Scripture that gets us a bit troubled. We see a side of Jesus that maybe we don’t see so often, and as a result we can misinterpret what John is trying to tell us as God’s people-what we need to know about Jesus and what we need to know about ourselves. This is a passage where we see Jesus getting angry. He’s upset and frustrated by the state of spiritual affairs in the nation of Israel.
The question I want us to ask this morning is, ‘‘What would Jesus say of our spiritual affairs? What would Jesus say if He was a part of our lives? Would He like what He sees? Would He affirm the activities, thoughts and aspirations we have? Or just as He did in the temple, would He begin to knock over things in our lives and call out areas of sin, so there can be a cleansing in our lives as there was that day in the temple?’’ Surprise inspections. In the military, your commanding officer will show up unannounced and check how your barracks are, how your personal items have been stowed away as the army has required. In the classroom, the teacher will surprise you with a pop quiz, wanting to determine if you’ve retained the knowledge and information they have taught you over the past few days. In the government world, whether it’s banking or other areas of government work, regulators will come and audit the books. They’ll want to make sure everything is in its proper place. In my second job as a caterer, the health department will come from time to time, unannounced, to inspect and make sure everything is being done properly so the public safety is not in peril. You see, surprise inspections in ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
John 2:13-25
Turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of John. We’ll be in chapter two this morning, as we continue in our series looking at this Gospel. In the process, we are learning what it means to meet Jesus, what it means to learn and follow Jesus, what it means to trust Jesus. This morning we come to a passage of Scripture that gets us a bit troubled. We see a side of Jesus that maybe we don’t see so often, and as a result we can misinterpret what John is trying to tell us as God’s people-what we need to know about Jesus and what we need to know about ourselves. This is a passage where we see Jesus getting angry. He’s upset and frustrated by the state of spiritual affairs in the nation of Israel.
The question I want us to ask this morning is, ‘‘What would Jesus say of our spiritual affairs? What would Jesus say if He was a part of our lives? Would He like what He sees? Would He affirm the activities, thoughts and aspirations we have? Or just as He did in the temple, would He begin to knock over things in our lives and call out areas of sin, so there can be a cleansing in our lives as there was that day in the temple?’’ Surprise inspections. In the military, your commanding officer will show up unannounced and check how your barracks are, how your personal items have been stowed away as the army has required. In the classroom, the teacher will surprise you with a pop quiz, wanting to determine if you’ve retained the knowledge and information they have taught you over the past few days. In the government world, whether it’s banking or other areas of government work, regulators will come and audit the books. They’ll want to make sure everything is in its proper place. In my second job as a caterer, the health department will come from time to time, unannounced, to inspect and make sure everything is being done properly so the public safety is not in peril. You see, surprise inspections in ...
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