NADUMIHAN, PINUTIKAN O BINABOY KA NA BA?

a personal reflection on the Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Lent 2018

The soldiers arrested Jesus and beat Him up. They mock Him, spat on Him and crowned Him with thorns. They made Him carry a heavy wooden cross all by Himself. Finally, they crucified Him. But, in all these, Jesus did not show any violent reaction. Kahit konting galit wala. Ika nga ng iba "NR". No reaction.

Is there anything that can make Jesus react?

John 2:14 He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there.

There's the answer. When the temple is desecrated, Jesus reacts. He will do anything to cleanse it.

John 2:15 He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, 16 and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”

You too are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Ang Espiritu Santo ay naninirahan sa katawan mo. What desecrates your body?

SIN.

Sin destroys you. Para kang NADUMIHAN, PINUTIKAN O BINABOY. Yan ang epekto ng kasalanan. It's worst than how the vendors turned the temple into a market place. You also need cleansing like the temple. And as I wrote earlier - When the temple is desecrated, Jesus will do anything to cleanse it.

John 2:19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”

Jesus died to cleanse the temple. You are that temple. He died for you. But here's the Good News - Jesus conquered death! We are now called to believe and follow Him.

John 2:22 Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken.

Don't allow sin to destroy you. Go to Jesus now. Ask forgiveness. Reconcile & be cleanse. Don't hesistate to approach Him. "Paano kung grabe ang kasalanan ko? Paano kung paulit ulit ko siyang nagawa?"

It does not matter. Remember, Jesus will do anything to cleanse the temple. He will always be ready to forgive you - alvinfabella@yahoo.com

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