Messiah Restores the Temple to What It Should Be (Mat 21:14-17).

Class Outline:

Thursday September 18, 2025

 

Main idea: Jesus cleanses the temple and the result is that God is properly praised.

 

Application: When your heart is cleansed experientially, you will be able to praise God.

 

Praising God is the outworking of inner joy over the discovery of who God is and what He does.

 

MAT 21:14-17

 

Introduction: The King cleanses His temple

 

The King enters His city and goes to His house and cleanses it. There is prophecy of this; MAL 3:1-5.

 

David’s Son makes the temple what it should be.

 

He is greater than David (PSA 110:1; coming up in Mat 22).

 

David’s comments on the blind and lame that they would not enter the temple (2SA 5:6-8). Jesus has them in and heals them.

 

House of prayer: the children pray and praise Him.

 

Hosanna to the Son of David - Messiah.

 

“Do you hear them?” “Yes.” indirect claim to Deity.

 

Quote: Psa 8, but which His “Yes” is claiming to be “O Lord, our Lord.” Deity. Messiah - King - God.

 

Still a problem in the cleansed temple - indignant religious leaders.

 

No perfect worlds until He remakes everything (2Pe 3; Heb 1).

 

No matter how mature in worship you become there will always be someone nearby trying to spoil it.

 

Lingering spoilers within (sin nature) and without (people who do not bow to Jesus as Lord).

 

MAT 20:24 And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers.

 

MAT 26:8 But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste?” (Mary’s costly perfume)

 

Solution - praise of the Lord like a child.

 

Praise came not from the learned and the wise but from the children.

 

Strength is often ascribed to God in a formula of praise (PSA 29:1; 59:16-17; 68:34-35).

 

This is why even a child can be strong.

 

MAT 11:25-26

At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.  26 "Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

 

God silences His enemies through praise; (Paul and Silas in jail; Act 16).

 

Do not fret about evildoers, ignorant who get mad and persecute, but praise God instead. MAT 5:10-12; PSA 37:1.

 

God will judge. You praise.

 

When your heart is cleansed experientially, you will be able to praise God.

 

2CO 7:1

 

The Corinthians had to repent of the filth they let accumulate in their hearts.

 

The ability to praise God comes from seeing His glory (who He is and what He does). “To the praise of His glory” (EPH 1:12, EPH 1:14; PHI 1:11).

 

Seeing the glory of God (2CO 3:17-18) results in praise, which is an outworking of inner joy over the discovery of who God is and what He does.

 

Jesus is King who has the power to remove thousands of the wrong people from His temple, invite in the blind and lame, heal them, and exact praise from them, bringing them into fellowship with Himself.

 

He has put you in His house if you are a believer. Now be cleansed of all things that do no good, are not for man, learn of Him and watch the praise flow.