AN EXPOSITION OF JOHN 2:12-25
I. THE TIME OF THE CLEANSING – 2:12-13
The Passover was a festival instituted in to commemorated Israel’s from Egypt.
As the death angel passed over the homes on whose roof beam and doorpost the was applied so the of God passes over those who by faith have the blood of Christ applied to their hearts.
II. THE NEED OF THE CLEANSING – 2:14
Here comes Jesus (God ) entering Jerusalem’s temple noticing that the court of the Gentiles had been changed into what must have resembled a .
The feast of the Passover was at hand, when all must be removed from Israel’s dwellings. And there in the temple, were the animal vendors and money changers motivated by greed and practicing .
III. THE METHOD OF CLEANSING – 2:15-16
Notice that one man (the /Man), single handed, takes a whip and cleans house and the whole crowd flees in before Him.
The condition of the temple was a vivid of the spiritual of the nation.
IV. THE CAUSE OF THE CLEANSING – 2:17
God is as well as Love. God is inflexibly righteous as well as infinitely gracious. God is as well as merciful.
When Jesus cleansed the temple, He "declared " on the hypocritical religious leaders of His day, and this ultimately led to His . Indeed, His zeal for God's house did consume Him!
V. THE RESPONSE OF THE JEWS TO THE CLEANSING – 2:18
If the religious leaders would have known their Old Testament they would have known that what Jesus did was in fulfillment of the Messianic prophecy in .
The request for a sign not only showed their ignorance of Scripture but showed their unwillingness to admit their .
VI. THE RESPONSE OF JESUS TO THE JEWS DEMAND – 2:19-21
In raising Himself from the Jesus would furnish the final that He was Immanuel, “God with us.”
In this mysterious statement, our Lord actually predicted the end of the Jewish system. In Christ the legal system has ended. He is the new sacrifice and the new .
VII. THE RESPONSE OF THE DISCIPLES TO THE FULFILLMENT OF JESUS’ PREDICTION – 2:22
No doubt the disciples unwillingness to accept the fact that the Messiah would certainly and kept them from believing in the resurrection.
It wasn’t until the disciples saw with their own the resurrected Christ that they remembered what He said and
the Scripture and the word which Jesus
had spoken.
VIII. THE RESPONSE TO THE MIRACLES OF JESUS – 2:23
Because of the manner in which His was displayed many believed in His name but obviously did not understand who they were believing in nor did they their hearts to Him.
Signs are done in order to strengthen true, saving faith. Of themselves they do not faith. The Holy Spirit must do this. Moreover, once saving faith is present, one will believe in the word of Jesus even when there is no .
IX. THE RESPONSE OF JESUS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVED - 2:24-25
Jesus did not look upon all who believed in His name as true believers because he knew their .
They were fascinated and enthralled by the miracles but did not believe that Jesus was the , the Christ, the Son of the living God. That has to be from above.
