Daily Guide 6th January 2024 || Scripture Union Devotional
Scripture Union Daily Guide 6 January 2024 (Saturday)
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TODAY’S TOPIC: WHY JESUS GOT ANGRY?
Opening Prayer: Grant me grace dear Lord to apply what you will teach me today as I read this passage.
SCRIPTURE: JOHN 2:13-25
Question(s) for Reflection
• Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
• Q8: Is there any other Biblical passage that can help me understand this passage better?
Outline For Scripture Union Daily Guide 6 January 2024
Some of the Jews who came to make sacrifices in the temple had come from distant lands (compare Acts 2:5-11). The currencies of their different countries needed to be changed to Jewish money. They also needed to buy sheep and cattle and doves (v.14) for their sacrifices. Therefore, the traders whom Jesus Christ drove out were rendering useful services with their foreign exchange businesses and the sale of sacrificial animals. Jesus Christ drove them out for turning the Court of the Gentiles, the only space allocated to Gentile worshippers (e.g. John 12:20), into their marketplace. And to make matters worse, they did not do clean business, (see Matthew 21:13).
It tells how some of our actions may have good beginnings and intentions, but economic considerations become our priority later. Consider fundraising in our churches today and the way we manipulate members to give more and more. How can we ensure we do not turn God’s house into a marketplace or a den of robbers?
How do we react to practices we consider unbiblical in the church: – quit and start a new congregation? Or, worse still, abandon church altogether? Notice Jesus’ reaction (v.15) and His reason (v.17). The zeal for our Father’s house from within should drive us to action. We need discernment and wisdom as well as knowledge of the authority we have.
Practice/Word Application
So what? Doing the right thing in the wrong place or in the wrong manner can make Jesus angry with us. Can you think of other examples? Check your own life!
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Deliver me, Lord, from serving mammon or allowing it to take over decency and decorum in my life.
Prayer for the week
• Thank God for His mercy over you, your family, the church, and the Nation and everyone around you. • Pray for faith to keep trusting and following God and His word. • Pray for grace to avoid doing anything that will make God angry the rest of your life.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Numbers 22:12
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 6 – Job 10-13
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN FOR 6TH JANUARY 2024
