And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: "'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" (Mark 11:17)
Jesus quoted 7:11, “But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” Jeremiah rebuked their hypocritical faith. They said “We are safe” by doing all evil things, steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods they had not known. It was a detestable thing. (Jer. 7:10)
Even in those days Jerusalem temple diligently practiced a traditional sacrifice. They were fervently and earnestly eager in religious performance greater than any other times. However, all these were hypocrisy. Problem here is that they never thought it was hypocrisy. Though some people felt authenticity but it was nothing but hypocritical authenticity.
Whether did they practically make the temple into a den of robbers or not also is not easy matter to certify. People are not able to notice such thing easily. If everybody knows it then solution for the problem can be easily made. That is problem. In the time of Martyn Luther’s religious reformation, many Catholic fathers and scholars regarded the indulgence and infallibility of Pops as granted.
Can Korean Protestant church today boldly say that they didn’t make a church as a den of robbers? For someone it is hidden for there is their own authenticity in a den of robbers. They have their own fidelity. A cook or a sweeper may be truthful. However, a den of robbers is still a den of robbers and it cannot be a temple. The criterion of such status is, according to Jeremiah’s teaching, discordance between one's faith and one's life. In order word, it is religious hypocrisy.
Jesus quoted 7:11, “But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” Jeremiah rebuked their hypocritical faith. They said “We are safe” by doing all evil things, steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods they had not known. It was a detestable thing. (Jer. 7:10)
Even in those days Jerusalem temple diligently practiced a traditional sacrifice. They were fervently and earnestly eager in religious performance greater than any other times. However, all these were hypocrisy. Problem here is that they never thought it was hypocrisy. Though some people felt authenticity but it was nothing but hypocritical authenticity.
Whether did they practically make the temple into a den of robbers or not also is not easy matter to certify. People are not able to notice such thing easily. If everybody knows it then solution for the problem can be easily made. That is problem. In the time of Martyn Luther’s religious reformation, many Catholic fathers and scholars regarded the indulgence and infallibility of Pops as granted.
Can Korean Protestant church today boldly say that they didn’t make a church as a den of robbers? For someone it is hidden for there is their own authenticity in a den of robbers. They have their own fidelity. A cook or a sweeper may be truthful. However, a den of robbers is still a den of robbers and it cannot be a temple. The criterion of such status is, according to Jeremiah’s teaching, discordance between one's faith and one's life. In order word, it is religious hypocrisy.
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