If you'd like to find your place in Matthew chapter 21, Matthew chapter 21, the title of the message is, What is in your temple? What is in your temple? Matthew chapter 21 in verse 10, it says, And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. I'm glad I know who Jesus is. And Jesus, verse 12, went into the temple of God and cast out, and underline those words, all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, it is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer. But ye have made it a den of thieves. In verse 14, it says, and the blind and the lame came to him in the temple. and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna, the son of David, they were sore displeased, and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yea, have ye never read out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected? Praise. Jesus went into the temple and he did not approve what he found in the temple of God. Hey, I wonder today, I wonder what Jesus would find in your temple. Well, you may say, Preacher, what do you mean by that? Well, what do you mean my temple? Well, how many of you are saved today? If you raise your hand and you're saved, 1 Corinthians 3.16 says, Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Oh, the day that you got saved, your body became the temple of God. Jesus moved in. The Holy Ghost moved in. God moved into your life. Oh, the day that you got saved, Jesus cleaned house. He, just like He cleaned out the temple here, Jesus cleansed you of all sin and He moved in. Hey, when Jesus went into the temple, He found things that He did not approve of. Oh, the money changers were theirs and those that were selling this and selling that and those that were selling doves. Can you just imagine the chaos that was in there? Can you imagine the sound that was going on inside the temple and the feathers and the bird dung that was there? Oh, it was a disgrace for what was inside the temple that day. And Jesus did not approve of those who had perverted the temple. Why? Because there was no worship going on. There was no humility. There was no singing. There was no praising God. There was no one giving themselves to prayer and meditation. And Jesus told them in verse 13, He said to them, It is written, My house, shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves." Boy, I wonder. I can't help but to wonder what have we robbed God of in our temple. I wonder if Jesus was going to walk in our temple today and look inside of our heart and our minds and our thoughts. I wonder if he said, man, what a den of thieves in here. Well, I wonder what have we allowed in our temple that Jesus would not be happy with. I wonder what have we allowed to take preeminence in our temple instead of Jesus having the number one spot. Oh, Jesus mentioned that his house was a house of prayer. Boy, how many times have we robbed God of our prayers and our worship and our praise because we've allowed other business to preoccupy our minds and hearts. Oh, did you notice that as soon as Jesus cleansed the temple? Do you know what took place? I mean, it's right there in our passage. What took place? As soon as the temple was cleansed, what took place? Healing took place. Lives were changed. As soon as the temple was cleansed, praises to Jesus was heard. Oh, in 1 Corinthians 3.17 it says, If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Boy, I wonder today if there's any sins in our life that Jesus would not be happy with. And as a matter of fact, that's every sin. He's okay with some and he's not okay with others. No, he doesn't like any sin. God's temple is holy. In 1 Peter 1 15 it says, But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation, because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy. You see, to be holy is a commandment of God. God commands us to be holy. What does it mean to be holy? That means there can't be no sin. in our life. I wonder if our conversation, our manner of life, the things that we allow in our life, the things that we listen to, the things that we give ourselves to, the things that we allow inside of us that's going to manipulate our thoughts. I just wonder, do they please the Lord? I'm talking about what we listen to and who we listen to and what we say and what we think, what we keep inside of us. I wonder today if there's any hate inside of us. I wonder if there's any bitterness or anger or unforgiveness in our heart. Hey, Jesus is passing by. and he's coming through your temple and the Holy Spirit is searching the heart. He's searching your temple today for anything that should not be there, for anything that you're robbing God of in your life because you've replaced what belongs to him with something else that he does not approve of. I just wonder, I wonder what do we watch on the internet? Oh, Jesus had to cleanse the temple. before worship could happen. Oh my, no wonder so many people go to church, but they never worship. They never worship God. Why? Because there's things in their temple that shouldn't be there. Before wonderful things in our passage could happen in the lives of people, the temple had to be cleansed. Oh, I wonder today what needs to be cleansed in our temple. I wonder who Jesus would love to help through us. Oh, but because we've allowed so many things into our temple that don't belong there. We're keeping Jesus from using us, from helping others. All these money changers that was in the temple, they were in it for themselves. Those dove sellers and those that sold and bought things there, they were in it for themselves. None of those things benefited anyone that needed healing. None of those things benefited the children who were in the temple. All the chief priests and the scribes, they were offended at what Jesus did. Oh, but those wonderful things that they saw, it caused others to praise Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 6, 19 it says what? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? What did Jesus say in verse 13? And he said to them, it is written, my house, my house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. How many of you heard someone say or you saw it on the news or in a headline or heard people demonstrating and saying things like this, it's my body. It's my choice. Well, according to God, if you're saved, then your body does not belong to you. It belongs to God. Oh, that slogan, it's my body, it's my choice. All that is is nothing but rebellion and sin against God. God said that all things were created for his pleasure. Oh, whether a person is saved or not, they were created for God's pleasure. So for somebody to say, it's my body, it's my choice, all that is is rebellion against God. It's rebellion against the reason why they were created. Most of the time that slogan is used to advocate the taking of life. It's used by people who believe it's okay to kill babies, those who say that abortion is justified. A baby is alive at the moment of conception. to abort an unborn child is to take that baby's life. God said in Exodus 20, 13, Thou shalt not kill. It is a sin to abort a child. In 2 Corinthians 6.16 it says, And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God. As God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. The day that you get saved, Jesus moves in to his house. We belong to Him. The day that you get saved, you hand over the keys to your house. But here's the problem. When we decide to do things our way and to go against God's commandments and His will for our life, then you know what we do? We're trying to take the keys back. Jesus does not have the same access he once had. Now the house still belongs to him. We still belong to him. But he doesn't have the same access as he had before. Jesus had to clean the temple. I wonder if there's anything that Jesus needs to clean in our temple today. Let's go to Matthew chapter 21. In verse 15, it says that when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were sore displeased and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea, have ye never read out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Boy, the chief priests and the scribes, they tried to find fault with Jesus, receiving praise from children. Oh, you see, it wasn't the wonderful things that they saw that bothered them. It was the fact that children were praising Jesus. And Jesus calls the priests and scribes and He calls them out and He refers them back to Psalm chapter 8 and verse 2. It says, "...out of the mouth of babes and sucklings, hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest steal the enemy and the avenger." Psalms 8-2 was fulfilled right before their eyes. And look at their response. They got sore, displeased. Jesus tells them that Psalms 8-2 was all about Him. Oh, they knew. Psalms 8 was messianic. They would not believe on Jesus as the Messiah. They would not believe God's Word. You see, the children, they had no problem believing. But that religious crowd was blinded by their own pride and self-will. Jesus is here today and he's convicting of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. Can I ask you, what's in your temple? Is there any sin in your life that Jesus would not be happy with in His temple? If there is, you need to confess that to Him. You need to get right with Him. Maybe you're underneath the sound of my voice and you've never trusted Jesus as your Savior, and you still claim yourself as being on your own. But can I remind you, you were created for God's pleasure. You know what would bring Him pleasure? It's for you to believe on the only begotten Son of God, that He died on the cross, that He was buried. and that He rose again for your justification. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh unto the Father but by Him." Would you call on the Lord and be saved today?