John 2:13-22 Cameron Jungles 4-28-2013

“Jesus and God’s Temple” John 2:13-22 (Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/April 28, 2013)

John 2:13

When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 2:14

In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.

John 2:15

So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

John 2:16

To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a market!"

Zechariah 14:21

…And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.

Malachi 3:1, 3

…Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple…he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me."

1. Jesus demands that we approach God rightly in true worship.

John 2:18

The Jews then responded to him, "What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."

John 2:20

They replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"

John 2:21

But the temple he had spoken of was his body.

2. Jesus is the New and Greater Temple.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 14:9

Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Main Idea:

Jesus is the New and Greater Temple. Now, true and right worship of God is only through his Son, Jesus.

John 2:22

After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

John 20:31

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

John 5:24

"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

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Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Church April 28, 2013 Sun AM Unless otherwise noted, the verses are in NIV.