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Matthew 21
Jesus at the Temple
12Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"
14The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.
16"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him.
"Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read,
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise'?"
17And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
As Jesus nears his destiny we see the divergence in responses to him grow even greater. As he confronts the religious leaders and their hypocrisy, those who should recognize Him as the Messiah, are the most hostile. While the blind, lame and children; all those with little power, are the most receptive to Jesus and His power.
The “haves” are revealed to not have very much, and the “have-nots” are shown to be very wealthy. The children intrinsically sensed who he was and unabashedly showed their enthusiasm. This made the leaders even more indignant, showing them to be more interested in their place of power than being true “worship leaders”. The best worship leaders do their best to get out of the way, so they can be a conduit to others connecting with God.
Throughout the rest of the chapter Jesus will confound logic and give examples of things that were supposed to do something but did the opposite. The fig tree was supposed to bear fruit. The son who said he would go and then changed his mind. And finally, the tenants of the vineyard who gave no share of the crops to the landowner. The result in each case was that the opportunity was taken from the one who didn’t use it and given to someone else who would.
Bottom line is God has designed us to bear fruit for him that lasts. We each have a different role but we are all to be fruitful and multiply.
Prayer: God thank you for the opportunity to bear fruit. As we are obedient to your call on our lives we will like a vineyard that bears much fruit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Matthew 21
Jesus at the Temple
12Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"
14The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.
16"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him.
"Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read,
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise'?"
17And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
As Jesus nears his destiny we see the divergence in responses to him grow even greater. As he confronts the religious leaders and their hypocrisy, those who should recognize Him as the Messiah, are the most hostile. While the blind, lame and children; all those with little power, are the most receptive to Jesus and His power.
The “haves” are revealed to not have very much, and the “have-nots” are shown to be very wealthy. The children intrinsically sensed who he was and unabashedly showed their enthusiasm. This made the leaders even more indignant, showing them to be more interested in their place of power than being true “worship leaders”. The best worship leaders do their best to get out of the way, so they can be a conduit to others connecting with God.
Throughout the rest of the chapter Jesus will confound logic and give examples of things that were supposed to do something but did the opposite. The fig tree was supposed to bear fruit. The son who said he would go and then changed his mind. And finally, the tenants of the vineyard who gave no share of the crops to the landowner. The result in each case was that the opportunity was taken from the one who didn’t use it and given to someone else who would.
Bottom line is God has designed us to bear fruit for him that lasts. We each have a different role but we are all to be fruitful and multiply.
Prayer: God thank you for the opportunity to bear fruit. As we are obedient to your call on our lives we will like a vineyard that bears much fruit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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