Moral Courage

Moral Courage                     

 

The fact that the Christian life is hard, seldom witnessed and beautiful to behold indicates it is worthwhile. The standard for the Christian life is intimidating to everyday people. One of the most brilliant examples of a human life is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Some of the things that attract me to him are moral courage, and physical bravery. John 2:13-25 shows his moral courage. He found men engaged in changing money in a part of the Temple where they should not have been. They were there with the support of Annas, the High Priest. There is evidence that they were charging inflated prices for the animal sacrifices, and making excess profit in exchanging money for the temple money with which the sacrifices had to be bought. In any case, they were desecrating His Father's House, and so our Lord acted as in verses 15 and 16, not caring in the least what the people would think or paying the slightest heed to the risk he ran of being assaulted. Jesus Christ was completely unbound by the customs and public opinion of the day. We too require moral courage if we are not to be afraid of public opinion. Many people wish they had this quality, but a "wish-bone" can never take the place of a backbone. The service of God is for the brave and the bold; any fool can serve the devil.

 

John 2:13-25