Sermons on John 2:21:

What's Eating Jesus?

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Mar 20, 2006

What consumed Jesus in the temple courts is what should consume all believers - love for God’s house and love for lost souls.

(The following will be said in a gruff voice to various people in the congregation.) “Move over. Put your bulletin down. Stop looking at me like that. Fold your hands and look at me.” If I was serious about the things I just said, you might wonder: “What’s eating Pastor?” The Disciples wondered ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Lutheran

The Joy Of Dumpsters

Contributed by Michael Trask on Mar 27, 2006

The cleansing effect of having a dumpster in your driveway is a amazing. You can get rid of a lot of clutter in your house. In a simlar way, "junk" can gather in each of us who are called to be the temple of the Lord. Jesus cleanses us.

Every so often, as you drive around the various neighborhoods in these parts, you will notice the presence of dumpsters. Sometimes they are there to collect the waste from construction; sometimes reconstruction; but other times, the dumpster seems to be just for junk. I find this ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Lutheran

So, What's The Point? Series

Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 26, 2002

Exegetical, evangelistic, expository verse by verse sermon on the sovereignty, person, and work of Jesus.

Our faith is sometimes questioned. What does it matter what you believe? Here are 2 or 3 things that Jesus cared deeply about. We should care also. 1) Day 7. John 1 has 3 “next days.” This is 3 days after. · Jesus went to the wedding at Cana. This implies his blessing on marriage. Marriage ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-25, Psalm 69:9-32

Easy Religion

Contributed by Howard Parnell on Oct 3, 2002

Too many people today are trying to substitute easy and convenient religion for Spirit led sanctification. How does Jesus feel about that?

EASY RELIGION Jn. 2:13-22 INTRO. The Bible records a visit by Jesus to the temple at age 12 (Lk. 2:42); and then again at age 30 (text). (See 2:12) The Passover was a commemoration of the Exodus. In N.T. times the Passover sacrifice was ritually slaughtered in the Temple. A company bound ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Baptist

Cleansing The Temple

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 28, 2005

As we see Jesus cleansing the Temple in Jerusalem, we learn that equally he is concerned to deal with the sin in our hearts

We have read of that dramatic moment in the Gospel of John when Jesus first cleansed the temple. Having called his disciples to a more permanent relationship with himself, he left with them for Jerusalem to celebrate the first Passover as the acknowledged Messiah, the Promised One to come. Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Zeal For Your House Series

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005

Do you have an excitement to have more of God in your life? Do you have a zeal for being in the House of God? Each of us should have a “Zeal” for the things of God, the House of God, the ways of God and the children of God.

The Life of Christ Series Intro: Tonight we continue our studies on the Life of Christ. We find ourselves in the early days of His earthly ministry. Up until now the details for our study has been somewhat limited. But from here on out there will be a lot of detail as we search the scriptures. ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Real Jesus Takes Charge Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003

The cleansing of the temple gives us a glimpse of Jesus’ character that is often overlooked or even denied. We see the Real Jesus in his confrontation with the money changers just as surely as in His compassion toward the weak.

The Real Jesus Takes Charge Fortifying the Foundations # 6 John 2:12-22 4-6-03 Intro: Please turn in your Bible to John 2:12. This morning we come the amazing story of Jesus cleansing the temple—driving out the moneychangers and those who were selling sacrificial animals in the Court of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:5-6, John 2:12-22

Denomination: Charismatic

The Church, The Mission, The Presidential Election

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 10, 2008

What shall the Church’s response be to the disaster of 2008?

Dedication of St. John Lateran Sunday, Nov 9 2008 In case this feast is somewhat confusing, let me just say that it has nothing to do with bricks and mortar. It has to do with being the Church. In the midst of the most divisive political season I have witnessed since the sixties, our Archbishop ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Catholic

Cleansing Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008

Discipline isn’t fun. It isn’t fun to receive it and it isn’t fun to give it out. But the fact is that discipline is necessary. Are you in need of a cleansing today? How will you react when it comes?

“This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.” How many of you have ever used that line on your kids? I remember when I got that line used on me. I didn’t believe it for one minute. As a matter of fact, I didn’t believe it until I had my own kids and used that line on them. Don’t you hate ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-22

Denomination: Baptist

What Is In Man? What Is In God? Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 18, 2008

God’s zeal guarantees the redemption of divided hearts and souls.

Introduction At the end of the world, where the Narnian sky meets the earth, Edmund and Lucy climb out of the Dawn Treader and begin to wade southward along the beach. But between them and the foot of the sky there was something so white on the green grass…they could hardly look at it. They ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Temple Of Christ's Body

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 15, 2008

An Easter message.

THE TEMPLE OF CHRIST’S BODY John 2:19-21 INTRO: The entire structure of Christianity rests mainly on two great facts, — the death and the resurrection of Christ. These are the two leading truths of the Gospel, — that Christ died according to the ...read more

Scripture: John 2:19-21

Denomination: Baptist

Decision Time

Contributed by Kevin Shelton on Aug 25, 2007

Easter is about a great choice between Life and Death, have you made a decision

What is it that draws more people to church on Easter Sunday than any other Sunday during the year? The answer is so simple that most miss it. Easter is a time of decision It is a time for most to make a final choice: much like our Savior did: to go all the way with GOD. East has a sense of ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Baptist

What Does God Think Of Our Worship?

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 13, 2007

Does our worship honour God by including by being devoted to his glory?

No source is known for a compendium of ’12 reasons why I don’t wash (or go to church), though it sounds as though it must have come from a small boy. It goes like this: 1. I was forced to wash as a child 2. I’m not dirty 3. I’ll wait until I’m older, then I’ll be dirtier 4. There are too many ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Jesus Is Angry Series

Contributed by David Smith on Jun 18, 2009

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the shee

We’re in John chapter 2 today, following the Lentern pattern of jumping around into different sections of the Gospels and landing upon passages that are appropriately sombre and challenging. And we’ve landed on a dousie this week - a passage that contains not one but two rather unique and entirely ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

A Passion For The House Series

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on Jul 12, 2009

God is looking for those who have a passion for His House, for those who have a zeal for His House, for those who are in love with His House - those who share His heart for His house.

Journeying with John, It’s a Trip (JWJ-12) A Passion for The House John 2:12-25 Before becoming president Teddy Roosevelt was a Sunday School teacher. One day a boy came in with a shiner, and Teddy asked him what had happened. He said another boy was tormenting his sister, so he took a swing at ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-25

Denomination: *other