What’s Wrong With Us?

CLEANING THE TEMPLE

Pastor Hope Flask

March 1, 2026

Main Scriptures: Luke 19:45-20:2

Additional Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 14:33, James 3:16, Isaiah 30:15

POINTS:

• Sin is our warped appetite for things that will destroy us.

• Sin is addictive by nature because it destroys our tolerance, perpetuates denial, and drains willpower.

• The temple in Jerusalem was unique because it was the only place where you could encounter God face to face and where sacrifices were offered for the atonement of sin.

• The sacrificial system was incomplete because it always reminded you what a terrible sinner you are, and it only provided a temporary provision.

• Jesus is cleaning the temple because He is after a deeper and truer spiritual reality than what His people have settled for.

• Jesus wants depth; a depth that cannot be found in chaos, confusion, or disorder.

• Satan brings confusion by telling us that our worship is about us.

• Self-worship is the sin of idolatry.

• You can identify the sin of idolatry within yourself by the presence of chaos.

• Depth of worship takes concentration.

• To concentrate on worship on Sundays, you must concentrate on worship every day.

• Do you pray or do you just say your prayers?

• Jesus wants us to look at ourselves and see the places where we’ve made His house of prayer a den of thieves, and we can tell by the chaos.

• Have you made Jesus King of the church building, but not King of your heart?

• The rulership of Christ is not a temporary one.

• We should feel encouraged in the struggle because the King is in the temple, rearranging the furniture.