Matt 21:12 And Jesus entered into the temple and cast out all those who were selling and buying in the temple.. (13) And He said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you are making it a den of robbers. (14) And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
When the Lord entered the city of Jerusalem, the first thing He did was cleanse the temple. It is the same in principle with us today. When we welcome the Lord into us as our King, He does not go immediately to the throne; rather, He goes to our spirit and cleanses it. When we received the Lord as life, we also received Him as the King. On the day He came into us to be our life and our King, He did not enthrone Himself, but cleansed God's temple, which today is our spirit, the habitation of God (Eph. 2:22). Our spirit should be a house of prayer, but because of the fall it has been made a den of robbers. But when Jesus comes into us He drives all the robbers away and cleanses the temple of our spirit. After the cleansing, the Lord healed the blind and the lame in the temple (v. 14). This indicates that His cleansing of the temple causes people to have the sight to see and the strength to move. Verse 15 says that the children were "crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David." This was after the healing of the blind and the lame. When our blindness and lameness are healed, we also shall praise the Lord as little children. [continued tomorrow]
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Matthew, pp. 664-665. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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