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Monday and feeling good

I had a solid 6 hours or so and got this done (I'm expecting to be done with my sermon by the end of day tomorrow since I have all day):

Passage: Luke 19:45-48

Keyword: Dwelling Place

Main idea: Jesus, the true temple, is rejected and will be destroyed, so that through Him God’s dwelling and access to Him might be restored for His people and the nations.

Principle: God's dwelling place is for communion (vv. 46-47a, 48b; Is. 56:7)

We were designed to dwell with God (Gen. 3:8; Rev. 21:3): From Genesis to Revelation, the purpose of humanity is that God would dwell with us in communion.
Dwelling with God is expressed in prayer (v. 46a; Gen. 4:26): Living in communion with God is expressed through calling upon His name in dependence.
Dwelling with God is expressed in being taught by Him (v. 47a): Communion with God is not one-way; God communes with us through His Word as He teaches us by His Spirit.

Problem: We exploit God's dwelling place for ourselves (vv. 45, 46b, 47b-48a)

We naturally use God and others for our gain (v. 45): Like the sellers, we use God and others for profit rather than for communion.
We naturally corrupt what is meant for communion (v. 46b): Like the sellers, we turn what is sacred into a means of gain, robbing God of worship and others of access to Him.
We naturally resist God when He disrupts our desires (vv. 47b–48a): Like the leaders, we oppose communion with God when it threatens our control, comfort, or gain.

Gospel: Jesus was destroyed to make us God's dwelling place (v. 47; John 2:19-22)

Jesus is the perfect dwelling place of God (Luke 3:21–22; Luke 9:35–36): The Spirit rests upon Him, and He is declared to be the beloved Son in whom God’s presence fully dwells.
Jesus was destroyed so that we wouldn’t be (v. 47): His body was torn down on the cross, bearing the wrath of God for our using, corrupting, and resisting Him, so that we might be built up as God’s dwelling place.
Jesus was raised on the third day to make us God’s dwelling place (John 2:19–22): Though His body was torn down, it was raised up, and now He sends the Spirit to build us into God’s dwelling place.

Response: We live as God’s dwelling place in prayerful communion (v. 46; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; Eph. 2:19-22)

We are temples of the living God (1 Cor. 6:19–20): God dwells in us by His Spirit; we are His dwelling place.
Individually, God’s dwelling place is a praying temple (v. 46): As those in whom God dwells, we live in prayerful communion with Him.
Together, we are being built into a spiritual house (Eph. 2:19–22): United to Christ, the Spirit is building us into God’s dwelling place—a house of prayer for the nations.

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