John 2:13-22 Reformation Day Sermon

Paul in his first letter to Corinthians (3: 16) tells the members of the church that they are the temple of God. People are the Temple of God. The temples that raised of stone or marbles smell the exploitation of the poor which are detested by God. To find glory and satisfaction in such magnificent edifices built up at the expense of the poor is devilish and no stones of such a temple “ will be left on one another, [but ] all will be thrown down (Mark 13:1-2). Invest not in buildings but on people, is the exhortation of Paul. God’s temple is God’s people. God starts counting God’s people beginning from the lost and the least; God starts building God’s temple from the stone that was thrown away by builders, making it the corner stone. The primary concern of any church must be God’s concern for the world which God so loved and others rejected or exploited. Any movement will turn to an institution with in fifty years has become an accepted maxim. God wanted the Great Day of Atonement to be proclaimed in every fifty years, the Jubilee year (Lev. 25, Deut.15). Atonement is the restoration of people’s right and dignity, liberation from their slavery, restoration of their land rights, and liberation of those who are imprisoned.

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