THE TEMPLE LEADERS' QUESTION: IMPUDENCE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Temple Leaders' Question
a) Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple. The temple leaders questioned his authority. (Matthew 21:12-15, 23-27).
2. Impudence
Matthew 21:14-15
14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant.
a) If they hadn't seen his miracles, perhaps we could understand their questioning his authority. But they would not acknowledge publicly the inevitable conclusion that one of them, Nicodemus, had earlier confided to Jesus: "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him" (John 3:2).
b) The question was impudent because Jesus had clearly shown by his signs and wonders that he had great authority from God. However, these religious leaders were jealous. Their own authority was being shown up as not from God.
The End ...
1. The Temple Leaders' Questiona) Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple. The temple leaders questioned his authority. (Matthew 21:12-15, 23-27).
2. Impudence
Matthew 21:14-15
14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant.
a) If they hadn't seen his miracles, perhaps we could understand their questioning his authority. But they would not acknowledge publicly the inevitable conclusion that one of them, Nicodemus, had earlier confided to Jesus: "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him" (John 3:2).
b) The question was impudent because Jesus had clearly shown by his signs and wonders that he had great authority from God. However, these religious leaders were jealous. Their own authority was being shown up as not from God.
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