CLEAN HOUSE

~Reflect~
Read Mark 11
Key Verses Mark 11:15-17

15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: "'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

Here we see Jesus upset. He has come to Jerusalem and immediately sets out to the temple. He probably was going to go to the temple as usual to pray some; maybe teach a little something and maybe on the way heal a few sick souls, but when he gets there he is angered at the scene before him. He saw some buying and selling, he saw moneychangers or bankers and he was outraged. I mean the purpose for the temple was prayer and not for personal business! So what does Jesus do? He kicks them all out, in other words he cleans house. He went in there and turned over some tables and told them that this is to be a house of prayer for all nations.


~Direct~
The bible teaches us that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and we all know that the Holy Spirit and Jesus are one, along with God the Father right? Right! So imagine what Jesus is saying about our temple. All the junk in our lives that fill our minds, our hearts and our very souls, do you honestly think that it pleases Him? He must be in outrage but God in his love and mercy doesn’t want us to stay that way. He wants to come into our life and CLEAN HOUSE. He wants to come and kick everything unholy and impure from our life and restore us to himself and create in us a temple of prayer. A pure and holy place for His Holy Spirit to dwell in and abide in, all we have to do is let Him. Let him make all the wrong in your life right, let Him clear all of the filth and dirt that fill us and with all of Him. Don’t you want His Holy Spirit to live in you? I know I do. I need His Spirit everyday. Without him I can’t do anything but with him I can conquer all. So what do you say?? CLEAN HOUSE!!!!