John 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has eaten me up. I. The OBJECT of zeal — "Thy house." The Jewish temple as symbolizing — 1. The Old Testament Church. 2. The world of sinners. 3. Corrupted Christian communities. II. The NATURE of zeal. True and godly zeal, says Bp. Jewell, eateth and devoureth up the heart, even as the thing that is eaten is turned into the substance of him that eateth it; and as iron, while iris burning hot, is turned into the nature of the fire, so great and just is the grief that they which have this zeal conceive when they see God's house spoiled, or His holy name dishonoured. III. The MANIFESTATION of the zeal. 1. In rigidly expelling the defiling and the false. 2. In replacing and building up the pure and the true. Parallel Verses KJV: And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.WEB: His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up." |
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