I love the stories where Jesus drives the merchants from the temple. It goes complete against our passive idea of Jesus, the really nice never angery guy. He got mad, when it was right to do so.Jesus is not a one dimensional figure... he is complex and defy's simple catagoreis.
I think it is really cool to think about Jesus as a truly passionate man who was not afraid to upset people when the situation was right.
I wonder if we ever allow ourselves to picture him angry... passionate... mad... upset... sad... nervous... worried... etc. The Bible seems to indicate these were all emotions he experienced.
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We had a thoughtful discussion last night in our God Squad group about whether or not Jesus sinned by his anger and actions in this passage...we talked about God's "righteous anger" (like in Exodus 32:10), and that Jesus didn't actually hurt anyone...
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