Many years ago, we would never get phone calls at home from rude Telemarketers (especially at dinner time) trying to sell us things we didn't want or need. There was a certain amount of respect for homes, and family time. Telephones were used for communication between family and friends, not for sales.
Recently, this intrusion into my home by Telemarketers really upset me and for some reason I thought of Jesus in the temple.
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 money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 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."
- Mark 11:15-17.
Just like we don't like the intrusion into our homes from Telemarketers, Jesus didn't like the intrusion of the marketplace into God's house.The temple was a house of prayer. Jesus stood up against its abuse.
What about our temples?
Don't You know that you yourselves are God's temple, and that God's spirit lives in you?
- 1 Corinthian 3:16.
Also see 1 Corinthians 6:19.
What merchandise is being carried through your temple? What do you need to drive out and overturn in your life so that the Holy Spirit can reside fully in you?
Where do you draw the line?
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