Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 11:15-19
by: Gabrielle Watt.
Some people like to use this passage to justify their inappropriately harsh behavior. Jesus did lash out—but not to harm the people, but rather to teach a lesson about respecting the temple. The people heard this lesson loud and clear, because in the latter part of verse 18 says, “[A]ll the people was astonished at his doctrine” (KJV). The people had corrupted and violated the temple and felt the consequences of doing so when Jesus demonstrated His authority and executed justice. This is a reminder for us to revere the temple of God, which according to 1 Corinthians 6:19, is now our own bodies.