Cleansing of the Temple

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 15 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Why did Jesus drive out the merchants and moneychangers from the temple? From his sermon series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul speaks on the holy regard that the Lord has for sincere worship.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	God is very, very particular about how he is worshipped.
0:05.9	And Jesus is saying to his contemporaries, hey, this is holy ground.
0:11.7	This is a place for prayer.
0:13.9	This is a place for adoration and for worship.
0:17.3	Take your animals, take your produce, go across the street.
0:22.6	This is my father's house.
0:25.6	One of the more dramatic moments in the ministry of Jesus is when he went up to Jerusalem,
0:35.6	made a whip of cords, and drove the animals
0:39.0	and money changes out of the temple. But why did Jesus do that? Stay with us as R.C. Sprawl will
0:44.9	explain on this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. We're presently in a short series in John's
0:51.9	Gospel, with only a couple of sermons left,
0:54.8	be sure to respond today while there's still time
0:57.3	to request your copy of Dr. Sproul's line-by-line guide
1:01.3	through the Gospel of John
1:02.8	when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:07.7	If you have your Bible with you,
1:09.6	open it to John chapter 2.
1:12.0	Here's Dr. Sproul.
1:15.6	Our scripture this morning, again, is taken from the gospel according to St. John.
1:21.4	We're presently in the second chapter, and we're going to begin at verse 12 and read through verse 25.
1:31.8	John chapter 2, verses 12 through 25.
1:39.3	After this, he went down to Copernium.
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