Jesus ran the money changers
out of the temple because they were doing business IN the temple, not because they were doing business however wrong.
Remember that He whipped the moneylenders
out of the temple because they desecrated His Father's house by ripping people off in it?
Not exact matches
But until we come to the end
of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired
of being sick and tired
of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient,
because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these
temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins
out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word
of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man
of sin within: For
out of the abundance
of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words
of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead
of Christ, one has become a teacher
of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man
of sin: Many who have come
out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right»
of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left»
of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down
of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man
of sin (Adam) through theses valleys
of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word
of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria
Suicide not
because he ratted Jesus
out for silver, but routine interaction
of paying taxes and getting permits to enter the
temple meant he was followed, resulting in Jesus» death which he held himself responsible?
15Then another angel came
out of the
temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, «Take your sickle and reap,
because the time to reap has come, for the harvest
of the earth is ripe.»
But I still have a lot
of trouble with the whole violent view,
because Jesus did some stuff that we would see to as violent, just thinking about taking the whip and kicking the money tables and sales men
out of the
temple.
Jeremy have been asking the holy spirit for his help with this and in regards to the lame man that Jesus healed I do nt believe that sin was the issue for him just like the blind man was it his parents or did he sin the answer was neither but so that God would be glorified.What was the sin that may have been worse for him.The two situations are related
of the woman caught in adultery the key words being go and sin no more only two references in the bible and will explain later the lame man we see at first his dependency on everyone else for his needs he cant do it he is in the best position to receive Gods grace but what does he do with it.Does he follow Jesus no we are told he goes to the
temple and Jesus finds him now that he has his strength to do things on his own what his response to follow the way
of the pharisees that is what is worse than his condition before so he is warned by go and sin no more.We get confused
because we see the word sin but the giver
of is speaking to him to go another way means death.Getting back to the two situations
of the woman caught in adultery and the lame man here we see a picture
of our hearts on the one our love for sin and on the other the desire to work
out our salvation on our terms they are the two areas we have to submit to God.My experience was the self righteousness was the harder to deal with
because it is linked in to our feelings
of self worth and self confidence so we have to be broken so we are humble enough to realise that without God we can do nothing our flesh hates that so it is a struggle at first to change our way
of thinking.brentnz
It would be more realistic if we would practice our «faith» by getting
out of the «holy
temple» and stoping crimes, injustice, death, famine, hunger, child molestation, etc, that we are all witness to but
because there is no promise for individual reward
of a eternal paradise accompanied with the beautiful scenery with candles and dim lights with magnificent ceilings and mosaics, we turn away from the real cruelty
of our world and our specie.
I wear a hat when invited to the
temple out of respect not
because I am a Jew.
Only after the Old Testament canon was complete and in 70 A.D. the
temple was destroyed by the Romans, was Jewish thought, as a whole, finally cast
out of its local matrix, and even then the legal system, with its particularistic minutiæ, was the more insisted on
because the sacrificial cult was gone.
This bread was the only thing that kept me from googling «what happens if I hit my head on the
temple»,
because we all know Youtube would pop up and THAT scene from Simon Burch would pop up, and then I would cry, and then I would call my husband and freak
out, and then I would probably eat the whole loaf
of bread in the corner
of my closet watching the movie... crying.
Hiring a driver to stay with you is actually the easiest way to see the Angkor
temples from Siem Reap,
because it takes the hassle
out of getting back to your hostel at the end
of the day.