Hear the messages that Father Jeremiah delivers each week
to the congregation of Grace Anglican.
When Jesus cleansed the Temple, he was pointing toward himself as the true and pure Temple. We, as his people through faith and baptism, are also the Temple which needs continual cleansing because of our sinfulness. Father Jeremiah explains this and how it affects out lives day in and day out.
Image: Theodoor Rombouts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Image Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodoor_Rombouts_-_Christ_Driving_the_Money-changers_from_the_Temple.jpg
Image: The Wedding at Cana, photo taken by Lawrence OP, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, no changes made. Image location: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/24409869186
When Jesus cleansed the Temple, it wasn’t out of anger, but out of his zeal for the purity of God’s sanctuary. He was consumed and eaten up with this zeal, so much to that he would die as the true Temple and through his resurrection, build an expansive temple that includes all believers. And now, that same zeal for the old earthly Temple is still a part of Christ and he is purifying us as well in his zeal and giving us the same zeal for the Temple and Body of Christ.
Image: Christ Expelling the Money Lenders, from The Small Passion, Albrecht Dürer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grace Anglican Church, Sundays @ 10 AM, 800 Robinson Rd, Gastonia, NC
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 551081, Gastonia, NC 28054
