Gospel Reflections #31: Jesus Will Always Stand up for the Oppressed!

Mark 11:15. "Jesus entered the precincts of the temple and began to drive out the people who were selling and buying there, overturning the tables of the money changers and the stools of those selling doves."

This was the only violent demonstration in Jesus' public life.

Jesus could not stand that a place that God had designed to express His grace and welcome repentant people had become a blasphemous, self-centered, dishonest, commercial, and prideful institution.

The ultimate desecration was an empty, self-congratulatory, hypocritical religious institution masquerading as piety.

Jesus could not bear to see the weak people who come to worship Him with sincere faith always being oppressed.

Jesus is our shepherd. He protects us at the cost of our lives. He protects His sheep who know Him from everything and in every situation. Jesus knows all our weaknesses.

No matter what is going on around us, no matter what our circumstances are, we can go to Jesus with confidence. Because Jesus has already won the world!

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This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, a devoted student of the Bible who passionately embraces the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on the Gospels as a way to reach out to others and spread the message of Jesus. We're sharing her message here so that you too can experience the joy that comes from the Gospel that fills her heart