Things were getting serious.
“When He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; and said unto them that sold doves, ‘Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.’”
– John 2:15-16 (KJV)
[2.Chronicles 1:1] And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
[Titus 3:5], R.S.V. He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit.
[2.Peter 2:15], Phillips. They have abandoned the right road and wandered off to follow the old trail of Balaam, son of Beor, the man who had no objection to wickedness as long as he was paid for it.
Sin will deceive you! “Exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” – Hebrews 3:13 NKJV
He sent a servant hundreds of miles! “You shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” – Genesis 24:4 (NKJV)
[Matthew 6:1] “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be…”