Trinity X: Jesus and the Moneychangers

Two weeks ago we heard Jesus warn of false prophets; today we see where they are: right in the midst of the temple, engaged in the commerce of this life rather than in prayer. So Jesus drives them out, a precursor of the fall of Jerusalem, which is a precursor of the Day of Judgment. So let us hold fast to him alone, and to his words of grace and life. And so shall we know the things that belong unto our peace, and the day of his visitation. Sermon for Trinity X.