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Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Is There Such a Thing as a "Holy Place"?
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Rev. Paul J. Miller – Sermon Outline – February 3, 2019
Series Title: A Space for Worship
Today’s Title: Gathering Places for the People of God
Today’s Text: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18
Where do I go to Worship God?
- THE GARDEN & BEYOND - (Adam, Eve, and sons – Genesis 2-4)
- ALTARS TO GOD
- Noah (Genesis 8:20)
- Abraham (Genesis 12:7, 13:18, 22:9)
- Isaac (Genesis 26:25)
- Jacob (Genesis 33:30, 35:1-7)
- “GOD’S HOUSE” AT BETHEL
- Jacob’s Dream (Genesis 28:10-22)
- Jacob calls Bethel “God’s house” (28:22)
- God instructs Jacob to return to Bethel and build an altar (Genesis 35:1-15)
- MT. HOREB/SINAI
- “The mountain of God” (Exodus 3:1)
- God speaks to Moses through a burning bush (Exodus 3:2-6)
- God gives Moses the 10 Commandments and the Law (Exodus 19-31)
- God speaks to Elijah at Mt. Horeb (1 Kings 19:7-12)
- THE TABERNACLE
- Described by God in Exodus 26 & 40
- The radiant face of Moses (Exodus 34:29-35)
- God’s glory dwells there in the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 40:34-38)
- Used as the most holy place from Moses to Solomon (nearly 500 years)
- THE TEMPLE
- Built by Solomon (1 Kings 6) – 967 BC
- Destroyed by Babylonians (2 Kings 25) – 586 BC
- Rebuilt by Zerubbabel (Ezra 5) – 515 BC
- Rebuilt again by Herod – 19 BC
- This was the Temple of Jesus’ day
- THE SYNAGOGUE
- Meeting places in each town for those practicing Judaism
- Begun just before new testament times
Jesus Transforms Worship
- THE WOMAN AT THE WELL IN SAMARIA – John 4:19-24
- True worship is spirit and truth
- THE TRANSFIGURATION – Matthew 17:1-6
- Moses = The Law
- Elijah = The Prophets
- PROPHECY ABOUT THE TEMPLE – Matthew 24:1-2
- THE “CURTAIN” IN THE TEMPLE TORN WHEN JESUS DIED – Matthew 27:50-51
- Access to God is opened up to everyone
- FREEDOM IN THE SPIRIT – 2 Corinthians 3:7-18
- Moses face (Exodus 34:29-35)
- Set free from location (2 Corinthians 3:17)
- “being transformed” (2 Corinthians 3:18)
- Metamorphoo’
- Matthew 17:2
- Romans 12:2
- 2 Corinthians 3:17
- Metamorphoo’
God’s temple is not a matter of “where”, but “who”
- 1 Corinthians 6:19
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