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What was going on in the temple? Why was Jesus offended by it? What action did Jesus take? Some people were not using the temple as place of worship, rather a marketplace to make profits from those needing animals to sacrifice. The purchase of those animals was not the sin, but rather the taking advantage of that to make large profits was. Jesus was offended by their lack of respect for God's house and their greed. Jesus had righteous anger....turning over tables, scattering coins and demanding they stop their thievery and leave. (Our pastor does not allow the selling of anything in our church for any reason and refers to these scriptures. We may give money to Lottie Moon and various other missions, but we may not sell anything. This, in my opinion, is very wise and prevents us from leaning toward profiting from the house of God.)

Rebellion is doing things my way not God's way. I sometimes try to figure out my problems first, get worried and upset . Then I turn it over to God and ask for His way. I'm really working on that right now...to pray first then rest and wait for His leading. Notice I just said I'm working on it!! NO! God is working to teach me to trust Him first! Praise be to God To me rebellion is like divination and witchcraft in the sense reading horoscopes "for fun" and taking it as guidance. For Christians that is rebellion in turning to the world...the stars, God's creation and not God Himself. Rebellion is arrogance in trusting ourselves rather than God with direction for our lives. We must admit our sin, pray for forgiveness and trust Him to move us forward in His leadership. If we do nothing, God will not force His will upon us, but rather allow us to suffer the consequences. We miss His best for us.