A Prayer of Reward for the Righteousness of Jesus This Holy Monday
By Emma Danzey

“And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who offered and acquired within the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that offered pigeons. He stated to them, ‘It’s written, ‘My home shall be known as a home of prayer,’ however you make it a den of robbers’” – Matthew 21:12-13

We all know rather a lot about Palm Sunday and Good Friday, however what’s Holy Monday? Heather Adams from Bible Examine Instruments shares that on Holy Monday, Jesus went again into Jerusalem and cursed a fruitless fig tree, wept over town, and cleansed the temple.

Ponder this, the King of the World is available in using on a donkey in humility on Sunday. Then, our nice Excessive Priest enters the temple the following day and turns over the tables. Holy Monday reminds us of the worthiness of our Savior. He was faultless, and other people had taken His home of worship and made it about egocentric acquire. In fascinated with all the legalism and hypocrisy the Pharisees had been partaking in, it grieved Jesus. His folks had been supposed to like Him, however He was as an alternative ignored as Messiah and could be chosen over a murderous prison to take the cross a couple of days later.

There’s a clear verse in Ephesians 4:26 that claims, “Be indignant and don’t sin. Don’t let the solar go down in your anger.” Jesus was indignant, however his actions weren’t sinful. It’s onerous to imagine as a result of we frequently wish to take the love and compassion of Christ whereas ignoring His holiness and sovereignty. Ponder this, He has gone into the place that was imagined to be His dwelling, the place God resided within the Holy of Holies, and the folks had been making a enterprise out of His dwelling. They had been benefiting from God for private acquire. They made it a spot of theft. They took away the eye and objective on the Lord, they usually prevented the folks from connecting with Him and positioned a barrier in the way in which. 

We see this within the time when Moses introduced the Ten Commandments down the mountain, and the Israelites had crafted the golden calf to worship as an idol. Moses broke the commandments and went again up the mountain a second time. As we pray in regards to the righteousness of Jesus, we are able to thank Him for His holiness and his present of forgiveness to those that imagine in Him. We, too, have made His home about egocentric acquire. We’ve got sinned in opposition to Him, and we deserve His wrath eternally. Nevertheless, by grace, we have now been saved via religion. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Let’s pray:

Expensive Jesus,
We reward You for Your righteousness this Holy Monday. We couldn’t be obedient to the regulation. We failed miserably. We couldn’t even preserve one command. Nevertheless, You got here, and in your faithfulness to Your Phrase and to us, You gave us new life and hope. As we mirror on Your anger that was excellent and righteous, assist us to take our sin significantly. Allow us to be intentional to consider the ways in which we have now sinned in opposition to you by sins of omission and sins of fee. 

We’ve got not adopted You. We’ve got turned to our personal fleshly methods. We’ve got dedicated religious adultery in opposition to You as our Groom. Please forgive us. Please assist us to not keep there. Give us the conviction by Your Spirit, the muse of Your Phrase, and the assist of group to propel us into lives that totally honor You. Assist us to look extra like You, Jesus. Thank You for turning the tables that day. For giving us an everlasting reminder that You flip our legalism and our deceptions on the bottom and every part is leveled by the cross. All have sinned and fall wanting Your glory. All deserve loss of life and hell. However You got here in Your holiness, and Your righteousness grew to become our personal. Thank You for Your nice mercy on us. Thank You for being righteous for us after which inserting it upon all who imagine in Your identify. Amen.

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Emma Danzey’s mission in life stems from Ephesians 3:20-21, to embrace the extraordinary. One in every of her best joys is to journey with the Lord in His Scriptures. She is spouse to Drew and mother to Graham. Emma serves alongside her husband in ministry, she focuses most of her time within the dwelling, however loves to offer articles on the Bible, life questions, and Christian way of life. Her article on Interracial Marriage was the number one on Crosswalk in 2021. Most just lately, Emma launched Treasures for Tots, (Scripture reminiscence songs) for younger kids. Throughout her ministry profession, Emma has launched Wildflower: Blooming By way of Singleness, two worship EP albums, based and led Polished Convention Ministries, and ran the Refined Journal. You’ll be able to view her articles on her weblog at emmadanzey.wordpress.com and take a look at her Instagram @Emmadanzey.

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