“The Church That Gets Results” (Matthew 21:12-17)
Apostle Bernard Whaley | Faith in Action Kingdom Ministries

“And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, 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. 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 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? And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.” (Matthew 21:12-17)

What is causing churches to be ineffective? This week, Apostle Bernard Whaley uses the story of Jesus overturning the tables of the moneychangers in the temple to illustrate what pleases God – which attitudes He blesses – and which anger Him. According to Apostle Whaley, the problems with today’s church at large begin with the fact that “we have made churches a propagating experience, instead of a deliverance house.” Matthew 21:12-13 recounts Jesus’ reaction to seeing the temple turned into a center of commerce: “My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Listen as Apostle Whaley outlines the state of the church now, where it is called to be and the path for getting there.