When Christ Cleanses Your Temple - Pastor J. D. Howell 3-29-2026

I want to preach a message the Holy Ghost titled

when Christ cleanses your temple, Brother Nathaniel, Leviticus chapter number

fourteen Versus number thirty three through fifty three, and Brother

jesse John chapter number two, versus number thirteen through seventeen.

Brother Nathaniel, would you read that, Leviticus fourteen thirty three

through fifty three.

And the Lord spake under Moses and on the Aaron, saying,

when ye be coming to the land of Canaan, which

I give you for a possession, and I put the

plague of leopardsy in the house of the land of

your possession. And he that owneth the house shall come

and tell the priest, saying it seeming to me there

is at it, where as it were a plague in

the house. Then the priest shall command that they empty

the house before the priest go into it to see

the plague, and that all that is in the house

be not made unclean. And afterwards the priest shall go

in to see the house, and he shall look on

the plague and behold it. The plague be in the

wall of the house with hollow strakes greenish or reddish,

which is in the side at the lower than the wall.

Then the priest shall go out of the house to

the door of the house, and shall shut up the

house seven days. And the priest shall come again the

seventh day and shall look and behold of the plague

be spread in the walls of the house. Then the

priest shall command that they take away the stones on

which the plague is, and they shall cast them into

an unclean place without the city. And he shall cause

the house to be scraped within around about, and they

shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without

the city into an in an unclean place. And they

shall take other stones and put them in the house

of those stones in the place of those stones, and

he shall take other mortar and shall place the the house.

And if the plague come again and break out in

the house, after he after that he hath taken away

the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and

after it is plastered, then the priest shall come and

look and behold that the plague shall be spread in

the house. It is a fretting leoprosy in the house.

It is unclean. And he shall break down the house

and the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and

all the mortar of the house, and he shall carry

them forth out of the city into an unclean place. Moreover,

he that goeth into the house all the while that

it is shut up, shall be unclean until even and

he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes,

and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

And if the priest shall.

Come in and look upon it, and behold, the plague

hath not spread in the house after the house was placed,

and then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because

of the plague is healed. And he shall take, and

he shall take to cleanse the house two birds and

a cedar wood, and scarlet and hissop. And he shall

kill the one bird in the in an earthen vessel

over running water. And he shall take the cedar wood

and the hissop, and the scarlet and the living bird,

and dip them in the blood of the slain bird

and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of

the birden with the running water, and with the living bird,

and with the cedar wood, and with the hissip, and

with the scarlet, but he shall, but he shall let

go the living bird out of the city into the

open field, and make an atonement for the house, and

it shall be clean.

Amen, all right, sir, remember this. I believe Christ's actions

of cleansing the temple that day were rooted or seeded

in this particular instance. Leviticus, chapter number fourteen, verses number

thirty three through fifty three. This instance and this example,

Christ was attempting to cleanse or purge the temple, just

as these priests had done. Christ is the high priest,

and he was trying to clean their temple. Amen, cleanse

the father's house. Brother Jesse John chapter number two, Versus

number thirteen three seventeen.

Brother and the Jews.

Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

and he found in the temple those that sold oxen,

and sheep and doves, and the.

Changers of money sitting.

And when he had made a scourge of small cords,

he drove them all out of the temple, and the

sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changer's money,

and over threw the tables. And he said unto them

that soul does take these things. Hence make not my

father's house a house of merchandise, and his disciples remembered

that it was written the zeal of thine house.

Hath eaten me up? All right?

So John recorded a temple cleansing which took place at

the beginning of Christ's ministry. I don't think very many

of you in this building this morning know that Christ

attempted to cleanse the temple twice. Okay, So, brother Jesse,

just read where John recorded a temple cleansing which took

place at the beginning of christ ministry. You all know

we'll soon be celebrating Easter. Just before Christ came into

Jerusalem and became the sacrificial lamb for us, he attempted

once again to cleanse the temple. So Matthew recorded a

temple cleansing at the end of christ ministry. Okay, Matthew

recorded a temple cleansing at the end of Christ ministry.

Let's stand.

Matthew, chapter number twenty one, verses number twelve through seventeen.

The Bible says, and Jesus went into the Temple of

God and cast out all of them that sold and

bald in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the

money changers and the seats of them that sold doves,

and said into them it is written, my house shall

be called the house of prayer. But she had made

it a din of thieves. And the blind and the

lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

Immediately after the temple cleansing, miracles of healing began to

take place. How important is it that our personal temple

and the local assembly where we attend worship services be cleansed.

It's very important.

If the miraculous power of God is to be manifested,

our temple must be cleansed. And the blind and the

lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

And when the chief priest inscribed saw the wonderful things

that he did, and the children crying in the temple

and saying Hosannah to the son of David, they were

sore displeased, and said, unto him, hearest thou what these say?

And Jesus said, unto them, yea, have he never read

out of the mouth of babes and sucklings? Thou hast

perfected praise. And he left them and went out of

the city into Bethany, and he lodged there. Let's pray,

Heavenly Father, we love and we praise you. We thank

you for the opportunity to be in the House of

the Lord this morning. I thank you for this precious people,

people who are called.

By your name.

God.

We pray that you.

Would speak to each one of us, Lord, people that

have chosen to forsake sin, to depart from iniquity, as

they call upon your name, annoying this thy servant. I

know I'm nothing, Lord. I cannot preach without you, Lord.

I do know that you called me, and I need

your help right now. Preach through me. Say to guard

at my mouth and help me to say the things

you would have me to say. Nothing more or less

anought the ears of this thy people, that they might

hear what the spirit of God says. Or to the church,

what may we hear in heed? And may we depart

this place joyfully and not sorrowtly in Jesus' name. And

the Church said, hey, man, look at your neighbor and say, hey, neighbor,

it's time for a spring cleaning.

Amen.

Our text is found in a New Testament Book of

the Holy Bible. Saint Matthew's Gospel is the first of

four Gospels, in fact that it's the first book of

the New Testament. This past Wednesday night, the Holy Ghost

led me and urged me to preach a message titled

are You Revolving or Evolving? In that message, I encouraged

each believer, our child of God or member of the

Family of God, to examine themselves to see if Christ

alone is the centerpiece in their Christian experience. And I

believe it should go without being said that Christ be

the centerpiece of every believer's life. But unfortunately, today we

can tell that people are evolving into something other than

the Bride of Christ. Our world ought to revolve around Jesus,

and I hope that there are people in this building

that change the way they looked at Jesus Christ after

this past Wednesday Night's service. Since you profess to be

the bride of Christ or the member of His body,

you should understand that there's a great demand placed upon

you for holy conduct and consecrated living. I believe in

this holiness way, and I believe without it, no man

shall see the Lord and Brother Nathaniel read to us

a little while ago twenty or twenty one versus of

scripture from the Book of Leviticus in the fourteenth chapter

that spoke of the importance of keeping things clean of

disease and filth. And it was the priest responsibility to

keep things purged of those things that would defile them

or their dwelling or their house of worship. And I

feel it's your responsibility as an individual to sanctify yourself.

The Bible used that exact expression in terminology, sainctify yourself,

cleanse yourself from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit.

How can you do that?

You can only do that by washing yourself with the

water of the Word. You can only do that by

building up your most holy faith in praying in the

Holy Ghost. You can do that by worshiping God in

spirit and in truth. And I want to ask this

group of believers this morning again, how consecrated are you?

How closely are you living to the bridegroom? And is

the way that you're living offensive to the bridegroom? I

certainly don't believe it is the intention of any bride

in this building this morning to be offensive to their bridegroom. Today,

in our scripture, reading Matthew twenty one and verses number

twelve through seventeen. We find Christ going to church, just

as you and I have done today. And when he

went to church, he went to the temple, which is

supposed to be the house of prayer, and he went

with much anticipation and expectation, as he had done early

on in his earthly ministry. A lot of people do

not understand that Christ attempted to cleanse the temple twice,

the first time being early on in his ministry and

the second time being towards the very end of his ministry.

So these temple cleansings are literally bookends of the ministry

of Jesus Christ. In the beginning of his ministry and

at the end of his ministry. He wanted the parishioners

of such a place to know that God wanted the

services to be conducted the way God had told them

to be conducted, and he wanted the priest and the

parishioners to be holy, and he wanted them to worship

the Lord in spirit and in truth, because there was

no problem at all with people understanding they needed together.

In fact, this temple would have been the epicenter of

most Jewish people, even gentile believers that had converted to Judaism,

those that without hesitation or reluctancy, were glad to embrace

the law of Moses. Gentiles like you and I, people

that were supposed to be the offscouring of the world,

or the tongue of the earth, so to speak, they

had gladly embraced the ceremonial sacrifice. They had gladly embraced

the idea that if they were going to belong to

this religion, that when they made their pilgrimage to the Temple,

they would have to remain in the outer courts. Some

Jews and gentiles alike would have been gathering at this time,

and people would have been excited about being in the

house of God. And there's no doubt the strangers passing

by would have noticed the law of activity in that vicinity.

At times they would have noticed people gathering at the

temple during certain festivities.

Other times they would have noticed people.

Just gravitating towards that particular building and just trying to

get as close as they could to that house of

worship where they felt like the presence of God was

in residency. And then of course the strangers would have

noticed some were going there. As Sister Hill said she

had done with alterior motives in her past. She had

alterior motives, and so Sister Hall, I'm sure there were

sounds that besides conducting religious practices and rituals and services,

they were gathering together to socialize. And nearly twenty something

years of pastoral ministry, I have noticed there is always

that element in any crowd that has gathered together for

religious service. They just want to socialize. But there are

those thatgether, that want to worship the Lord and the

beauty of holiness and worship him in spirit and in truth.

And we know that Jesus Christ did not go to

the temple with ulterior motives. He went to church for

the right reasons. He went to church to pray. He

knew his ministry was about to begin, one of the

first times that he went, and here towards the end

of his ministry, and there's no doubt he feels like praying.

And he went there for.

A cleansing, not that he himself, who was sinless and spotless,

needed a cleansing, because he was God, he is Deity

at this time. He's impeccable, right, He's sinless. But he

knows that the people at the temple and the temple

itself needs a cleansing. And ironically, this time of year

is spring time, and you women here, you know what

it is, the spring clean Already our daughter in last

Sister Rachel has told Sister Howell that she has begun

that process.

And you tell us that.

When your spring cleaning, when it comes to that sort

of cleaning, it is a deep cleaning. So the Lord

Jesus Christ felt like early on in his ministry the

temple needed a deep cleaning, and then later on in

his ministry, after three and a half years, the temple

needs a deep cleansing. He didn't need a cleansing, but

the majestic temple that Herod had refurbished, that Herod had

restored and needed a good cleansing. Brother Samuel Howell, the

Jewish Temple needed more than people would have supposed it did.

I dare say more than ninety five percent of the

people that had gathered there felt like everything was being

done decent hand in order. I doubt anybody had any

complaints at all. For the most part, the tempo had

plenty of offering plates where people could put in her

monetary gifts and those offering plates were full of money.

It didn't lack any furniture.

Harry the Great had sawt to it that they were

rich and increased with goods, and they needed nothing. In fact,

every garment that they needed for religious purposes and practices

would have been there in the house. Everybody would have

been dressed appropriately and accordingly to the schedules of service.

Brother Nathaniel Howell, I doubt very many things were missing.

I'm sure that there was something no out of place

and out of order. When Jesus Christ wrapped that corner

and he looked in there and saw what was going

on there, out he saw those that were of the

same persuasion of the ludocee in church. In the Book

of Revelations, chapter number three and verse number seventeen, John

the Beloved spoke the words of Jesus concerning the Church

of Leddiceum, and he said that they were saying, I

am rich and increase with goods, and have need of nothing.

And I know not, and know us not that thou

art riches and miserable and poor and blind and nked.

The leedousy in church people were like these Jewish worshipers

who frequented to temple. Both groups of people felt they

had everything they needed and everything was perfectly in its place.

In fact, they told people about their self sufficiency. Her

state of affairs was that that we have taken care

of ourself. I don't know about it every person in

this building today, but sister howl and I can.

Tell you that we are needy people.

We are in need of a saving on a daily basis.

Even though He saved his people from their sin, we

need the Lord to help preserve us from this untoward generation.

I'm sure that there were some saints of God who

were devout saints that when they walked into the temple

they blushed because of the prideful proclamations of those that

were saying, Look, our religious leaders, the Sanhedrin, and even

here the Great have made sure that we have a

beautiful place to worship.

Our God in.

Look at the furnishings of this place. May I say

that when a person no longer sees her need of

a savior to sustain him, those same individuals we'll feel

there is no need to pray and to plead to

God for provision and protection multiple times each and every

day and every night, I asked God to supply all

of my needs according to his riches in glory. In fact,

the Jewish people at times would address God as Jehovah,

and then they would tag it with something like Jirah,

which mere Jehovah was their provider. I'm telling you there's

so many names of God that describes him in different

facets and characteristics and attributes that it can be almost confusion.

A mother of Israel in this place asked me a

couple services agirls.

She said, why is it so many.

Christian believers are so big towards posting signs in the

church of that say Jehovah, Jirah, Jehovah, Salona, Jehovah Nisi,

and the list goes on and on and order or

come on now, She said, why do people do that?

There's so many different names of God. And she's right,

I said, sister, don't you worry about having a good

understanding and agrippa on all of that, because when you

say the name, Jesus said, you have said it all,

and her Bible told.

Us to pray him the name of the Lord.

But I want to point out to you that these

people felt like they were self sufficient, and I doubt

they called on the name of the Lord as Jehovah Jirah.

We know the members of the church at Lrd of Seal.

Were not speak in the name Jehoagyrah at all. I mean,

when you make a priple proclamation and you boldly state

I am rich, I am needless, I don't need anything.

You are in a terrible state of mind. Lord, since

the how will pray for me here tonight? I know

that the people or the Church of Lad of Seal

had developed a cornal mindset, just as the Jewish worship

person at the temple where at this time and a

carnal state of mind. Jesus comes in now and he

does not fire true worship person worshiping.

God and Spirit and in the truth.

And they have ulterior motives, and they were participating in

something we call lip service, and they have impure hearts.

And this reminds me of the Church Corinth. And it

could be any other church of today. It could be

in other places. It could be here if we're not careful.

It is a church where the people of God have

assembled for services. And yet this church at Cricta had

communication coming out of their mountain that was corrupt. And

I want to warn somebody in this building this morning,

you be careful with corrupt communication. I woke up praying

in the spirit very early this morning, and I was

thinking about that good disciple name Nathaniel, that Jesus cities

and the Israel latter indeed, and in him is no goal.

And then behind that it was coming to me letting

no corrupt communication proceed.

Out of thy mouth.

And the members of the Church of Crict had got

so carn minded her and so divided in their spirit

that people were talking to one another, either dering before

after the servicesm and some were saying, I am a Paula,

and the others were saying I am of apol listen,

while others are saying I am a Peter. Where some

were saying, as I am that of that apostle paul,

one that was born at of due time, one that

understands the gentiles have a place. And somebody could speak

up and say, well, I prefer I prefer a more

eloquent orator. I am of Apolo. I prefer a teaching style.

While somebody else would.

Say, oh not me.

I was somebody whose coat tell his own fire.

I want an apostle for the Holy Ghost and eye

bowl is say, I am a Peter.

You're listening to me and apostle Paul.

Let them know you should not have partiaality here. You

should not have favorites. And he says, we are of Christ.

That is who we are of Christ is to be

the situal focus of every worshiper assembled in every house

or prayer today. Winning where Christ is that the central

focus for corruption will be found. Back to our golden text,

the scripture reading Matthew, chapter number twenty one, verses number

twelve through seventeen. In a time of prosperity, brother was

taking advantage of brother. In a time of much increase,

merchants were selling are you listening sacrificial animals at exorbitant pricess.

Here is no doubt in my mind whatsoever. The people

that were making their pilgrimage did not expect this at

the door or at the point of entry. Anybody that's traveled,

you know, to make the journey can be quite expensive.

In fact, it can be more than costly. It can

be treacherous. And after they've made their journey to the

House of God, smacking them in the face. He is

these exorbitant pricess for ritual sacrificial ritual animals. Sister, how well,

that is what happens when we come to the house

of God. But Jesse, if I marry him with only

water without bread. These people had come carrying up as

little as they could.

They did not want to carry a wholem. They did

not want to carry a whole animal.

And so they thought when they got there after their

leity journey, they would just buy what they needed. And

these greedy merchants and they took them over there to

the table the money changers, and they exchanged their currency

for that that the temple would allow. There's stuff to

be purchased with, and they would charge attacks on that exchange,

Brother Nathan, you after they walked away from being taken

advantage of for exchanging currency, when they stood at the

boot or the stable or.

The sacrificial animals.

They realized they would pay up to twenty times more

than what the animal was worth on the street up

the road for somebody's family farm. And that is what's

going on in a lot of churches today. They wait

until they get her church. And you can tell God

knew he took a shortcutter.

All week long.

God knew they were coming with a cane sacrificer instead

of an able sacrificer. And God said, you know, water,

you're gonna pay more for it. You're gonna work harder

for it. And I wanna tell every person her drags

are had the last minute, it would make sense that

you gotta worship had a greater capacity.

It would make sense that you gotta pray longer, had.

To alter because you feel like you hear him so much.

That's the way you feel when you're cheating there in

the weaker. I said, that's exactly how you feeling when

you're cheating there in the leaka. And because of the

unwillingness to pay for it, to carry it here in

the weak, the Lord that when they got there, they

had to pay.

More for it.

I'm here to tell you this morning, are you willing

to pay for it? Are you willing to prepare or not?

If you're not, you will pay. The supposed sacrificial lamb

was set apart for a sacrificial altar, but Brother Jesse,

they paid so high they could not afford it.

They paid so much they could not afford it. But

you know what.

They couldn't afford to leave there either without offering sacrifice,

because them being forgiven dependent on it. They were depending

on that sacrifice. That take a go away being redeemed,

that take a gold way being forgiven. And sister, how

I suspect some gave their last pennies, and some gave

the last of their coinage, and some will we have

what we need to get home? That'll preach right there.

Will you have what's your need come monday? Will you

have what's your need come tuesday? Are you going to

be right here in the house of God begging somebody

else to give you her sacrificial creature? Begging off somebody

else to give you? Hey, come on, now, there's some

people around here. They're like greedy merchants. You can tell

they have taken everything God has given them. They will

take everything that God will give them, and they will

take your blessing if you will allow them to. One

of them being sister room, and she said it timing again.

If you don't want your blessing, I'll take it. If

you don't want to yield to him and so render

to him, I'll take your blessing. And there were greedy

merchants that said, if you don't want to carry it, oh,

come on. His yokis easy and his burden is light.

This house as a host of people as saying I'm rich,

there's a host of people saying I don't need anything.

There's a host of people over there just saying, you

know what, brother ness Haanuel, I've.

Got the world by the terror, I've got it all

under control.

And then you've got these genti believers that have come

from distant pagan lands and they're empty in their pockets,

and they're probably saying, you know what, if this is

what it's about, I don't wrote any part of it.

And as I was praying this morning, I thought about

how many new converts turned on.

Their heels and said, I don't rode any part of them.

Merchants being greeting, have them merchants taking advantage of her people.

I've been their churches like that.

If your last name was not a certain last name,

if you didn't have a certain pedigree or a road cap,

you just turned on your heels and knew need and

offered me to be in that building. I don't believe

there ever be a time when somebody will pull up

in our parking lot with a different name than wrote

Caper or Howl, where they'll feel like they need to leave.

I don't care what your rals name is. I don't

care who favorite preacher he is. I don't care what

you got. Come with our money, Come with our prier,

so hard experience for blessing of God.

Oh Come.

My prayer is that nobody would be turned away.

Since the root.

And as I prayed this morning, and as the Holy

Ghost fell upon me, it seemed as though I could

see gentile believers that really did want to become part

of the family God turn and walk away, and you

know where, because they did have enough to pay for

what had been jacked up.

That price had been jacked up. Brother.

I'm telling you what, I've never seen Brother Justin Rouap

try to serve somebody a jacked up gospel where he

has just inflated the price so how that nobody could

get at Brother Caleb. I've never heard Brother Caleb Rocat

preach a jacked up gospel. Oh my God, I've never

heard Brother Nathaniel Howell preached a.

Jacked up gospel.

Something that's out of reach, something that nobody can get

a hold of. I mean, you got people in the

building so greedy. They're walking around saying, look what Herod

the Great built us. Look at the garments of the priest,

look at the robes of the choir, look at the

fire burning, look at the curtains. Have you seen anything

greater at the temple of Herod the Great? And you've

got them pour outsiders that's wanting.

To get in. And they realize their church is corrupt.

I'm on my message now.

They realize what they're trying to get into is no different.

And the world they're trying to get out of. And

they say, what's so use and trying to go to church?

And it cost him me so much and me paying

the prist so much. I want this to be a

church where people say, you know what, he ain't like

it was out there in the world. It ain't like

it was in their church.

Of what the world? What? These people they don't have

a form.

These people, they don't deny the power of God. They

are the bride of Christ who are in love with Jesus.

He is the situal focus of their services. Amen, So

now you understand a little better Jesus' frustration and anger

why he did what he did, Brother Nathaniel. Some of

these individuals forgot who those offerings were for.

My praise is it's not for you. I love you.

I passed a beautiful church family. I'm telling you what

the cream of the crops as to howell. You and

I both know what. We say it every day. I

look at her and I say, boy, it is good

to be these people.

Shepherd.

We have a stack of gift cards this thick, and

it doesn't matter if y'all give us gift cards or not.

I'm telling you what we love you. You're good to

us by the way you worship. You're good to us

by the way you get in. You're good to us

by the way you respect us. You're good to us.

And I want you to know I ain't been a

sheep stealing, a thief. I haven't tried to pull for

any of you to come here. We haven't paid for

any of you to come here. Brother Dylan Wallace, you're

the latest to come. And you and Sister Mollie could

tell us Pastor didn't pay our fuel bill, Pastor didn't

rent our U haul. Brother Sam and sister Denise, y'all

were before them a few months back. Pastor didn't give

me an offering to bring me here. Pastor didn't pay

my U haul bill. Pastor didn't drive my U haul.

But they're coming. And you know what, when they come,

since the Howl, they fit in when they come, since

the root, and they fit in when they come.

They're happy with the offerings that are being offered up

to God.

It's because we know it ain't Jeremy Howell's offering. We

know it ain't Charity Howl's offering. We know it ain't

Nathaniel Howell's offered. We know who the offering belongs to.

And I want you to know here tonight. I'm not

asking you to offer up praise the leadership best on

I'm not asking you to offer up praise.

To our musicians on these instruments.

But I am asking you to offer up thanks of

praise to Almighty God. It is true the greedy merchants

had forgot humor. The offerings belong to. They were the lords.

I feel like saying it again, they.

Were the lords.

God not only owns the cattle on a thousand, he

owes every sacrificial lamb as well. He owns every tonal

derive as well. For earth is the Lord, and the

food is there of right, read everything up but half

birth phrase the Lord.

That's what Jesus expected to find in the temple.

That's the church being the church, Hey, God being the

set your focus on all the offerat Oh.

For God, Amen, Amen, whoo oh, I feel it. You

go ahead. You want to praise him, you go ahead.

While the church at krints trying to figure out who's

the best preacher, while they're trying to figure out who's

the most satisfying speaker, while they're trying to figure out

who's got the best idea an interpretation of scripture, Paul saying,

it's all about Jesus. Let's give him some honor. That's

all about Jesus. Let's give him some praise. And Peter

will say that's right, Paul, that's wrong.

As we get another it. That's all that matters is

how we bring growing to God. And you know what,

brother PAULA is what's say, praach, preacher, preach, preacher.

It's all about him.

Here's all about Jesus. Give him some honor. That's what

Jesus was looking for. Had the beginning of us ministry,

had the end of us ministry. He was looking for

perfect praise. In John chapter number two, verses number thirteen,

three seventeen, we read of Jesus making a whip of cords,

and with such an instrument of correction, he chastised and

cleared the temple, an instrument for chastisement, an instrument for chastisement,

probably leather.

And it's stung. It's stung every lamb. Oh, come on now.

He overturned the tables of the money changers, those that

were charging too much to exchange currency, and he drove

out them. Come on, overturned the tables in the chairs,

brother Nathaniel. He got sick of the exorbitant prices, about

as sick of some of you have got over the

gas prices of late. Somebody got to clean up to corruption,

I said, somebody's got to clear out some things and

clean up the corruption. I'm preaching a Missus the Holy

Ghost titled when Jesus cleanses the Temple. You see that

marshmeller right there. I was thinking it would do more

than that. That marshmeller right there has contaminated the House

of God, Brother Philip, go around and contaminate our always

contaminate our hallways, contaminate our temple, those marshmallows who represent leaven.

Jesus said, know, ye, not that that loven, just a

little bit of nature relving the entire love. He wasn't

talking about Grandma put some loving in the biscuits. He

went talking about a priest to accidentally give some loving

in the unloving bread. He was talking about the religion

of the doctrine how describes him and the Pharisees. He

was letting it be known they ain't cleansing the temple.

In the book of Lebticus, whose guys were supposed to

cleanse the house he was supposed to cleanse it of

the plague?

Who was supposed to cleanse it? For the lef say,

who are supposed to cleanse it?

And that's what Jesus was letting them priests know when

he went that day at the beginning of his minister

and he looked around and he said, you guys ain't

doing your job.

He's no.

In the book of Leviticus, you can clute the scripture.

You know what it says, you're supposed to be cleaning

this mess up. I said, we clean right mess up?

And and with a scourge of correction.

At the end of his ministry, he's about to be

sacrificed as high priest.

And he walks in again and he busts up the party.

Oh no, here's Thomas staring again, standing at the corner

of eighty and Joe Boulevard. Oh no, it's Jeremy how

again standing out there at such and such church. Who

does he think he he's ficing to go in there

and preach. It's time we clean this house up. You know,

that's why a lot of people don't like Jesus knocking

at the door. He said, behold, I stand at the

door and knock. You know what he said, if any

man ill let me in, I'll come in. Let him say,

I'll sup with you, man, I'll sit in there with you.

Or what we found out here. He will not sit

in the field. He will not sit in the corruption.

He will not sit in the contamination. This tells me

right here that Martha had a clean kitchen, Martha had

a clean house. Oh come on now, and I'm telling you, God,

who's gonna expect a clean church? Who's gonna expect her

a clean tamlet, A consecrated man, a deponing woman a

clean church house.

In that church house, they won't be picking their chicken

off the bone. Amen.

So we see Jesus making a whip of cords and

he drove it out. He cleaned up the corruption. The

second time, which took place near the end of his ministry,

he's again saying, boys, clean this mess up, Clean this

mess up. And you know what in the book of Leviticus,

when they couldn't get it the Early Purge, what happened,

Brother would destruction.

They tore it down. They tore it down.

Them priests weren't gonna allow it because God wouldn't allow it.

And says to how they raised it to the ground.

And that's what Jesus was doing. You've never heard a preacher,

miss minister say this. I've never heard it. I'm pretty something.

Years on he was letting them know, this has been

your last warning to clean up the mess because he

is the high priest. He is the high priest and

says to how he knew what them levitical priests I

had been told to do. Are y'all listening to them?

Them priests will leave how we're told to do? And

Brother Aaron Wood just said it they'd tear it down destruction,

and Jesus said, you destroy this temple, you destroy this temple.

He literally said, destructions coming, and you're gonna think that

you're destroying me. But I want you to know this

temple is going to be destroyed, and one stone shall

be left upon another. In a d seventy Titus rolled

in and he did not leave one stone upon another.

This is the prophecy. I hold on too.

I don't believe the wailing wall over there is part

of the temple. I don't know why they're praying to

that wall. The Bibles either writer or it's not. Jesus

said there shall not be one stone left upon another.

Titus was feeling inspired to destroy because when Jesus said

cleaning up, they would not clean it up.

And that's what's happening in the churches.

Unfortunately, revival came and the Holy Girls say clean it up.

Revival came the families and the Holy girl set it

cleaned up, and everybody wondered why the destruction, Well, it's

not because Jesus didn't trial to clean up the temple.

It's not that Jesus didn't trial to clean up those hearts.

Clean it up.

Well, he cleared the corruption the second time. He tried

his best, just like these brothers have been doing around

here where they're preaching and their teaching.

I love what brother Roquat taught on this morning. Are

you a fan?

Are you a follower? There were plenty of fans in there.

There were plenty of fans in there and only a

few followers. The fans stayed while the real followers went out.

But this is what I love.

After Jesus began cleansing, after the cleansing had taken place,

the blind the lame knew. Now we're having church the

way we should be having church. Now, the pastors not

avoiding certain scriptures. Now we're sanctifying ourselves and cleansing ourselves

from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. Now the

word sanctification is not a cuss word. Now we're promoting

holiness and the beauty of us. We're living. And brothers

there at Jesus done what a lot of them preachers

would not do, and revival ensued. I want to tell

our young preachers shouldn't be And brothers stare at some

of these older preachers dying. Go old, y'all, don't forget this.

Revival comes on the heels of sanctification. Revival comes on

the heels of cleansing. Revival comes on the healing up

for the heels of purification.

That's why I wish.

Somebody go through this church house looking high and lord

like them priests were to do, looking for the plague,

looking for some contamination looking.

I'm I telling you I'm looking right. There had a

whole batch of little marshmallows a need to be cleaned up.

After that cleansing, Jesus began healing people. After that cleansing,

Jesus began healing. So when they go to tell your

brother Philip years from now, Dad's death and gone, just

remember discermon. Oh no healing and holy ghost outbreak came

after the cleansing and since the how for those that

were rich, they said, I'm rich, I'm increased with goods.

That's offensive for somebody to stand in church and stand

up and say, I'd like to testify.

I'm rich.

I don't need a thing. You don't need Jehovah, iiver,

you don't need Jesus. I'm a needy person. And when

them little kids realize what Jesus had done, after the cleansing,

healing's taking place, and the little children realized, now we're

having revival. Then the Bible said, out of the mouths

of babes and sucklings, this is the instance thou hast perfected.

Praise the little boys and the little girls are said,

hos Annah to God in the heists Annah.

Oh, come on now, hit bo. Count right there in

the courtyard on the temple. Who's hand it to God

in the highest Hey, man, let's stand right here praise

the Lord.

I don't know if you're at the beginning of your

Christian experience or at the end. There's always an opportunity

for cleansing, there's always an opportunity for a healing. Praise

the Lord. Amen, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. That ought to be

the number one word in your vocabulary when you say

the name Jesus. You said it all, Brother Jeremiah, this

message today. I started to name every name of God,

and I thought half dis sermons is going to be

the names of God. If I name every name of God, yeah,

waih hellohum. I just start going down to all of

that stuff. And I said, you know what, like I

told that sister a couple of weeks ago. When we

say Jesus, we said it all. You do say Jehovah, Jirah.

When you say Jesus, you do say Jehovah, my peace, Jehovah.

Stall On, when you say Jesus, Brother Nathan On, twenty

years from now, there will be some nut try to

get you to get up and post on every one

in the church all the names of God, and somebody

that's ignorant. They're going to walk in and say, man,

these people must be polytheistic. They got about fifty gods here.

There's no other name under heaven wherein we might be saved.

The name of the Lord, not the names. The name

of the Lord is a strong tire. These Jews may

have said Jehovah, but I say Jesus. Acts two thirty

eight is not intended to be the motto or the

anthem of the one that's Pentecostals. It wasn't intended to

be the theme scripture of their movement. Peter was letting

everybody know that stood on the hillside just before baptism.

Forget about all the pagan deities, forget about polytheism. I

just want you to know that man had just cleansed

the temple, the one that preached the gospel to the poor,

the one that healed the lame and the blind, the

halt and the withered. Jesus, you know, the one John

looked for and said he refused to look for another.

He found him.

Peter was saying, it's in him we baptize. And that's

why I know the Gospels it says in the name

of the Father, the Son, and the holy ghosts. Because

when it comes to the of the two thirds of

the Godhead, all you got do say Jesus. Your prayers

hit that ceiling until you say Jesus, and suddenly that

prayer bursts through the universe like rocket fueled and power

punches a hole through the sky. And in your name

we pray Jesus at Bethel. It doesn't matter who the

preacher is, as long as he's preaching Jesus and him

Chrus the fight. I'd love to be in heaven right

now with Peter and a Paulus and Paul and them

correcting church members who sometimes dipped and delved into carnality.

I'd love to walk by mall and say, there's your

three boys. But wasn't it all about him?

Anyway?

There's Paul, there's a Paulus, and there's Peter, but there's Jesus.

People are getting in trouble today in their farm, following

every every doctrine blown with every wind of doctrine, and

they're evolving into something that's different than what I would

expect the church to be. And that's what Hereared the

Great had done since to how he created a circumstance

for these Jews that deserved nothing but destruction.

And he knew that.

He knew in their self sufficiency, they would no longer

have a God dependency. He knew they wouldn't be in

there crying out to Jehovah. He knew as long as

they were well taken care of and had everything they need,

there wouldn't be anybody singing there's no God like Jehovah.

I've heard it said before, I'd given million dollars to

witness Jesus doing that or Jesus doing this. I'd love

to see him pray for a blind man and then

be able to see. I'll see that one day, I'll

see the blind receive their sight. Brothers, there I will

be an eyewitness to that I have seen in this lifetime,

the dead race to his glory is a dead raiser

amen the restore of life. But there's something that'll be

impossible for me to see, and that's him, brother Caleb,

taking a leather skirt and wearing out the church. If

I could empty mine in your bank accounts to get

him to come one more time and go to make

a church and wear it out, I would gladly do it.

But you know what, if he wanted to do it,

he'd do it already without being paid to do it.

But I would like to be an eyewitness of him

cleansing the temple. In fact, he keeps heaven so clean

he won't let any uncleanness be there. Holiness is cleanliness,

it is. The walls are clean, the floors clean. They say,

God looks at the outside and inside. That's exactly right.

Let's bow our heads right here, if you would please.

Is there anybody in this building today? You know there's

some work for him to do in your life. He'll

cleanse it. Is there a place in your heart where

even you won't go. You got some things hidden there

you don't want anybody to know. Here this morning, the

Lord's handing you the key, and that look of love

is upon his face, and he says, I want to

make you clean. Just let me go in that secret place.

Brother Nathaniel Jesus cried and said, my father's house should

be a house of prayer. Prayerlessness is what gets us

into uncleanliness. Prayerlessness is what throws us into filthiness of

the flesh and spirit. Is there anybody this building today

is say preacher, I'm not a filthy person, and I

don't reckon that I'm unclean, but there's some things that

I know I need to have taken out of my life.

Would you come at this time and kneeling these altars

and pray? What are the works of the flesh? What

are the works of the flesh? I don't believe it's

just these great men of God and these preachers. It's

got to be moms and dads and boys and girls too.

Right before I preach to you, I knelt down and

I say, God, I hand you my heart. Would you

look at it?

Would you turn it upside down inside out and search

me and try me and see if there be any

uncleanliness in me? And would you please clean me up

it mattered to Jesus that day.

It broke his heart.

My father's house is supposed to be a house of prayer,

but you have made it a din of robbers.

You have made it a den of thieves.