Tossing Out the Money Changers

Matthew 21:12-13

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."

It is our duty as Christian be knowledgeable about truth. We have been entrusted to keep the purity of the gospel. This is something that we often times neglect. We think if someone says the name of Jesus Christ in a sermon then they must be okay. This is not the truth. Just turn on your TV.

The televangelists on TV are not very different from the money changers that Jesus found in the temple. All you hear is toothy grinnin' preachers asking you to send in some money so that you can get your miracle water. I see stadiums packed with people hearing the quote “positive messages” of these preachers. I feel sad for these preachers on judgment day. They will have the blood of millions on his hands. They will all be looking up to the preachers from the fires of hell asking, "Why preacher did you not preach the saving grace of Jesus Christ? Why?" They knowingly preach a gospel absent of sin or redemption. Without sin there is no need for Jesus Christ, because we have nothing in our lives that needs to be forgiven. To borrow a line from one of these famous preachers...You better live your best life now because hell is going to be pretty eternal and hot without the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

It is time to throw out the money changers...

As believers we have a duty to clear the temple of God so that no defilement will enter it. When we hear anything besides the Gospel of Jesus Christ being preached in any circumstance we must stand for truth. Some of these preachers inhabit local pulpits. Do not sit under any preacher that does not preach the full counsel of God. Sprinkled references to the Bible are not enough. Mentioning the name of Christ in passing is not enough. Gospel preaching must be all or nothing. Never back down from a commitment to demanding the whole counsel of God.

Toss them out...Godspeed!