Key Ideas
Faith Fact
I will leave my sin behind.
Faith Verse
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone: a new life has begun!
Question of the Day: Why does Jesus want us to be rid of sin in our life?
Read about It
Read: Mark 11:15–17
In the Bible, the temple was the sacred and holy place where God would be close to His people. The temple was built of the finest materials because God deserved that. In the temple, God wanted everything to remain sacred and treated with honor. Why? God is holy, pure, and without sin, and He wanted His people to know that where they came to worship Him should be pure and clean as well.
We can understand Jesus’ anger when He saw that people were using His Father’s house as a place to buy and sell. His Father’s house was meant to be sacred and honored. Like the temple in the Bible, our heart is a place where God lives. Just like greedy people buying and selling brought “dirt” into God’s house, sin is what makes our heart dirty. But when our heart is clean and pure, we can have the kind of home that God deserves. Our heart will be clean and pure when we ask God to forgive us for the wrong things we’ve done.
Talk about It
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Question 1. What did Jesus say the temple was supposed to be? Answer 1. A house of prayer for all nations (Mark 11:17)
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| Question 2. What does it mean that God is holy?
Answer 2. He is pure, clean, and without sin.
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Question 3. Why was Jesus angry at the people selling doves? Answer 3. They were using the temple as a marketplace. (Mark 11:16)
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| Question 4. How can we make our heart a more clean place for God to live?
Answer 4. By asking God to forgive us for the wrong things we’ve done. Answers will vary.
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| Question 5. Why does Jesus want us to be rid of sin in our life?
Answer 5. Answers will vary. |
Pray about It
Dear Jesus, You are holy and righteous. I repent of any sin in my life that is keeping me away from You. I want to be clean and pure in Your sight. Forgive me for the things I’ve done wrong against You. Thank You for Your forgiveness and help me to live for You. Amen.