John 2:13-25

Disruption

• When Jesus comes on the scene, life-as-usual cannot continue (true in ch. 1, 3, 4, etc.)
  • He is not mean or capricious but acts so that we may believe
  • His target: a life marked by eternity and not just existence
• Religion that gets in the way gets disrupted
  • The noise of church – caLle, sheep, birds, money vs. laughter, singing,
    declaration, kids, weeping, silence, prayer, music, reading, encouragement,
    surprise, teaching, conversa8on / roar, blessing
  • The business of church
    • Product is people not profit – generosity, not sales
    • Values are delivered, not discovered
    • Practices are interrupting, instilling, and ingraining, not innovating
      (contextual expressions are fine, but innova8ons tend toward the
      problematic)
  • Disruption invites re-prioritization (presence and participation)

Zeal consume...reproach (Ps. 6999) – look to the Scriptures to understand God, what He’s doing

Different

• Atoning sacrifice vs. annual sacrifice
• Worship of a person vs. worship in a place (visible, vital, central, imposing)
  • Don’t be surprised if religious people get flabbergasted and angry
• Settled issue vs. lingering fear
• Difference invites recalibration

Flimsy faith won’t get it done – that which is based on what God is doing that aligns with what I
wish He would do (in that moment, you prove yourself untrustworthy because you make
yourself the arbiter of what’s right and good)