Topic: A Righteous Indignation [Tuesday May 12, 2015]

Text: John 2:17-25

Key Verse: “And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up” (John 2:17).

In the earlier portion of the chapter, we saw the extent to which the Lord went against those desecrating the holy temple of His Father. Christ had to take exception to such desecration as a mark of the extent of His pain to what the unbelieving Jews were doing. They left where they ought to sell doves and oxen, or the appropriate places to do their moneychanging business and invaded the temple of God. Of course, Jesus could not tolerate such excesses. He had to practically whip the dealers out of the place.

The seventeenth verse must be considered most instructive to all saints, for it reveals how a true believer in Christ can and should go to protect the sanctity of the true worship of God when it faces the threat of being profaned by unbelievers. We saw a similar zeal in the life of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, when he could not behold the evil of a fellow Israelite. While the whole congregation was weeping over the anger of God determined against them as a result of their whoredom, one of them brought in a Midianitish woman and still had the courage to wade through the crowd and went in to commit evil. Phinehas went after him and the woman and killed them both with a javelin. Commending Phinehas, God said: “He was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy” (Numbers 25:11).

Believers must not tolerate sin and must speak out against sin no matter who is involved. A believer who sits still when God’s name is being blasphemed is not a worthy ambassador.

Your action when unbelievers are taking the name of God in vain shows who you really are. And your attitude to iniquities being committed right under your nose truly declares how fluorescent your light is and how tasty your salt is.

Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 1-3

Thought For the Day: Stand-up for God in every situation and be on the side of righteousness.

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.


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