I was going over some stuff tonight with a buddy about a study on John, and some thoughts came up worth mulling over.  In John Ch2, Jesus cleanses the temple for one of two times.  I had never really studies the passage for any length of time until just recently, and this is what came to mind.

#1.  Christ had and still has such ZEAL (directly from scripture) for “His Father’s House”, which was the temple then, but now is US!  He went to such great lengths to cleanse the temple of all things that defiled it, and I believe He still desires the same thing.  What is in me that Christ would chase out with a whip?  What tables in my life would He toss!  How should I mimick His behavior here?

#2.  Although, I have gone over this before in my mind, and with others- it should be restated.  Christ is not passive when it comes to sin.  So often, the perception of Jesus is a that He was/is a passive savior.  Not SO!  Is the behavior in this passage, or any other related to sin, evidence of His passiveness??  Not a chance!  He was aggressive when it came to His dealings with sin.  He made it clear that it is something we should not take lightly.  Am I aggressively seeking to sin less and less??