June 18th

June 18th -- John 2:1-25 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%202:1-25&version=NLT)

Please go and read the passage!

The passage about Jesus in the temple is one of my top passages in terms of the ones I like. Honestly, I just appreciate the fact that we see Jesus become angry. Everyone, I think, always goes, "No, he wasn't angry.. anger is sin so he could not have been angry." Here's the thing - he WAS angry. The key thing, though, is that it was a RIGHTEOUS anger. He wasn't angry because of any selfish reason -  he was angry because His father's house was being defiled. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BECOME ANGRY WHEN GOD IS WRONGED. Not when we are wronged - when God is wronged. When you really come into relationship with God, and you love Him, then it only makes sense. When you see people you love getting hurt, you get mad at the person(s) hurting them. So it should go with God. When you see Him being wronged, you should not be able to sit complacently and just accept it, but should instead be so moved that you feel the need to do something (within God's laws, of course). So yes, sometimes we are supposed to get mad - when that anger burns from a desire for righteousness that should reside in followers of God.

Well, that shall be all! God bless! Shalom!