Lent 3 | John 2:13-22 (with Jeff Sholar)

About this Episode

Opening Song:
Resurrender by Brooke Ligertwood and Chris Davenport

Lyrics:
You’re turning over tables
And calling for return
To our lives upon the altar
The things we did at first
You’re clearing out the temple
You’re cleaning out the dirt
For we are Your territory
Lord we are Your Church
We are Your people
You are our God
We are Your temple
Make us holy like You are

You see a holy nation
A flock to consecrate
A chosen generation
A people called to pray
So help us God to please You
Where only You can see
For every moment matters in eternity

We are Your people
You are our God
We are Your temple
Make us holy like You are
We are Your children
You’ve set us apart
God for Your glory
Make us holy like You are

Mark Your people with Your presence
Make us a place where You delight to dwell
May we heed Your hand’s correction
Oh Lord our Shepherd
You do all things well
Your love as firm as it is tender
Your law is perfect
And Your judgments true
As we run to resurrender
You will restore what we return to You
You are restoring as we yield anew

If You’re calling
We’re coming
We’re not walking
We’re running
God we need resurrender
So we resurrender

So we resurrender

Passage:
13 The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. 15 After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. 16 He told those who were selling doves,“Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace! ”

17 And his disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for your house will consume me.

18 So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things? ”

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.”

20 Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and will you raise it up in three days? ”

21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

-- John 2:13-22 (CSB)

Musical Reflection:
Harp Meditation No. 3 by Gretchen Kirby

Reflection Notes:
This harp reflection features rich, full chords with a strong melody. The tension between major and minor chords reflects the challenges and triumphs of life.

Prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.