“Purifying Worship”

Matthew 21: 12; 16b: “And Jesus entered the temple and cast out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who were selling doves … And Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have you never read, “Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have prepared praise for Yourself”?’ Today we see Jesus purifying the temple from those who would make money from worship, and from those who themselves refused to worship, and discouraged others from doing so, as well. He knew He was not to be on this earth much longer, and before His departure He had to demonstrate, in a most dramatic way, the importance of worship before God from a pure heart.