David and Michael walk through John 2:12-25 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text.
Questions from the Conversation:
- Why was Jesus mad about the individuals selling goods and exchanging money in the Temple?
- How does John connect Jesus’s actions to Old Testament Prophecy? Why is that an important aspect of Jesus’s character?
- How does Jesus’s cleansing of the temple foreshadow the way he will cleanse us?
- What’s the significance of Jesus’s comment about tearing down the temple and raising it back up?
Big Idea:
Jesus purifies our access to God. → both the things we put between us and God AND the things innately within us between us and God.
Application:
What is something in your life that has been getting in the way of time with Jesus? How can we help keep each other accountable as a group to seek the unhindered presence of God in our lives?