Shady Church Business

“And He taught and said to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have turned it into a den of robbers.” Jesus is angry in the temple of God. It was righteous indignation totally justified in God’s eyes. Like we have in the churches today, chicken dinners for sale, church bake sales, etc. It will be for God to judge these activities in the churches. Being nonprofit organizations, we shouldn’t be selling anything in the church, but we receive offerings (money) as donations for an item when it’s given away, this is the law of the land. It’s ok to be angry and it’s not counted as sin. When we yield to some of the temptations of being angry like cursing, or physically fighting, then we have sinned. The Lord called the church that was selling products for profit in the house of God, a den of thieves. Using the temple as a meeting point for anyone to come buy and sell was a slap in God’s face of disrespect. The church or temple is a place for worshiping, praying and learning about God, and that only. It’s supposed to be a sacred place, only the Lord’s business should be going on there. It’s a place for all to come, or at least should be. God has said, “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” And that’s what He meant then and now.