I've always loved that the writers made sure to leave us the accounts of how Jesus stormed into the temple and drove out the moneychangers. It makes me wrestle with the fact that Jesus was without sin but He still showed extreme amounts of anger and even reacted violently in certain instances. I don't think it's something we should do without a lot of thought and caution but I do want to be the kind of person that gets angry at the right things and takes extreme actions when it's the right thing to do. I know that God calls that out of me. But it's important to know the right time and place for it. I've been criticized before for taking hard stands and showing some angry emotions when I preach. And I'm not saying I've always been right. But the motivation behind it comes right out of what Jesus does here. In the end, I want what makes God mad to make me mad. I want to do the right thing even if it ticks people off.
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