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 You may be seated.

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 And kids, you may not be excused.

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 You are trapped in this room with the adults.

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 As you notice, you have a bulletin.

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!

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 13 through 25, it's on page 1054 of your Pew Bible.

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 Hear the word of God.

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 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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 In the temple, he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons,

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 and the money changers sitting there.

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 And making a whip of cords, he drove them out,

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 and brought them all out of the temple with the sheep and oxen,

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 and he poured out the coins of the money changers,

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 and overturned their tables.

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 And he told those who sold the pigeons,

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 Take these things away.

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 Do not make my father's house a house of trade.

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 His disciples remembered that it was written,

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 Zeal for your house will consume me.

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 So the Jews said to him,

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 What sign do you show us for doing these things?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Destroy this temple.

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 And in three days, I will raise it up.

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 The Jews then said,

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 It has taken 46 years to build this temple,

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 and you will raise it up in three days?

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 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

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 When therefore he was raised from the dead,

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 his disciples remembered that he had said this,

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 and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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 Now, verse 23,

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 Now, when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast,

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 many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.

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 But Jesus, on his part,

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 did not entrust himself to them,

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 because he knew all people,

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 and needed no one to bear witness about man,

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 for he himself knew what was in man.

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 May God bless the hearing of his word.

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 Imagine you and your extended family are at a holiday gathering,

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 a shared meal.

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 Your Uncle Richie suddenly stands up and announces that he is a she,

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 a woman trapped in a man's body.

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 He goes on to say that he has started hormone therapy two months ago.

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 Furthermore, he has filed divorce from your aunt,

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 your Aunt Peggy of 20 years marriage.

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 And then he says,

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 Oh, by the way, my name's not Richie, it's Rachel.

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 Shocked, you look at your Aunt Peggy,

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 tears streaming down her face.

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 She quietly gets up and leaves the table.

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 Do you know what you call that?

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 That's called a bombshell.

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 When someone makes this unexpected and disruptive announcement,

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 but not all bombshells are bad.

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 Your phone buzzes.

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 You don't recognize the phone number.

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 So you ignore it.

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 A minute later, you hear another ding.

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 A voicemail has been left.

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 And so you listen to the voicemail.

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 Let me get into character.

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 Hello, my name is Terrence Mayhew.

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 I'm the estate attorney of your distant relative, Aunt Edith.

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 Please call me at your earliest convenience.

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 So you call back.

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 And immediately, you hear from Attorney Mayhew.

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 He informs you that your reclusive Aunt Edith,

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 that you met once,

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 that she had died,

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 and that she had made you the sole beneficiary

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 of her $27.4 million estate.

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 Bombshell.

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 Unexpected.

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 Disruptive.

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 As in a $27.4 million disruption.

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 That's not that bad, is it?

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 This morning, you're going to see Jesus drop a theological bombshell.

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 A theological bombshell that changes the way we worship.

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 Unexpected.

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 Disruptive.

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 In the best sense.

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 It's good news.

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 And so this is how we're going to proceed this morning.

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 It's outlined in your bulletin.

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 We're going to answer three questions.

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 What happens?

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 What happens in the account?

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 We'll walk through that.

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 We're going to see the temple.

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 We're going to see the whip.

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 We're going to see the bombshell.

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 And we're going to see the x-ray knowledge.

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 And then we're going to ask,

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 what's the point?

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 What's this getting at?

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 And then we're going to ask,

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 to wrap things up,

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 so what?

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 What difference does this make for us now?

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 So, what's happening in this account?

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 Let's start with the temple.

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 The backdrop.

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 The first thing you need to notice about this passage

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 is that it starts and ends in verse 13,

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 and then in verse 23, it's framed.

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 Did you notice that?

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 With a reference to the Passover in Jerusalem in verse 13,

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 and then in verse 23,

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 we have the Passover feast in Jerusalem again.

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 It's framing the passage.

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 It's the backdrop for what this is happening.

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 The Passover was one of these annual Jewish feasts.

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 It was a high holiday among the Jews,

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 and they would pilgrimage to Jerusalem

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 to observe the Passover.

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 And if you're a little kind of rusty

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 on what the Passover is,

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 in Exodus chapter 12,

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 it's the 10th plague.

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 God makes this decree to Pharaoh,

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 and through Moses,

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 that he is going to send out the angel of death

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 as the 10th plague,

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 the final plague.

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 And what the Jews needed to do at twilight

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 was to sacrifice a lamb.

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 And they were to wipe the blood of that Passover lamb

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 onto their homes,

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 and when the angel of death rolled out

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 to kill the firstborn,

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 it would pass over the firstborn children of Israel.

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 It was the Passover.

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 And so it became a feast

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 in which the people of Israel

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 would observe every spring,

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 every April,

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 and they would kill a Passover lamb at twilight.

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 John the Baptist, remember,

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 referenced Jesus in chapter 1

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 as the Lamb of God.

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 So the Passover's going on.

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 It's a big deal.

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 And it's taking place in Jerusalem.

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 Zion, the city of David,

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 the central city of Israel.

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 It's where Jewish worship took place,

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 and during the Passover,

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 it would swell from 35 to 50,000 people.

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 It would swell up to about 150 to 250,000 people.

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 It was a big deal.

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 And so this passage begins and ends

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 with a reference to Passover in Jerusalem.

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 But there's a reason why

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 that we're being shown this.

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 Because the temple is in Jerusalem.

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 It's the central place of Israel's worship

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 because that's where God dwelt.

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 God would dwell in the temple

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 in the Holy of Holies.

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 He would be present with His people in the temple.

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 You could say that the whole Bible

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 is a story of God seeking to dwell with His people.

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 Remember back in Genesis,

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 Adam and Eve dwelling with God in the garden?

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 When Israel was delivered out of Egypt,

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 God dwelt with them with a pillar of cloud by day

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 and a pillar of fire by night.

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 After the giving of the law at Sinai,

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 they were instructed to build the tabernacle,

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 which was this very elaborate portable tent

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 made of animal skin.

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 And God would dwell with His people as they wandered.

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 And then there was the building of Solomon's temple

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 in 2 Chronicles 3.

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 And the cloud of God's presence

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 came and dwelt within the temple

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 in 2 Chronicles 6.

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 But that temple was destroyed

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 by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon in 586.

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 And then it was rebuilt in 516.

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 And that second temple,

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 which was not as glorious as the first,

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 that second temple was then expanded

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 by Herod the Great in 20 to 18 BC.

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 It started the kind of expansion

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 and the second temple,

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 the temple of Herod,

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 became this magnificent,

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 very elaborate structure.

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 It was not just the temple,

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 but it had courts and other structures.

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 It was incredibly impressive.

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 And what was believed is that God dwelt in the temple,

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 in the Holy of Holies.

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 That temple was central to Jewish worship in Jesus' day.

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 And Jews believed that the temple

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 was the dwelling place of God.

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 And so the temple is the backdrop of this account,

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 the dwelling place of God.

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 So now we move from the temple,

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 the backdrop, to the whip.

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 In verses 13 and 17,

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 Jesus comes into,

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 not just Jerusalem,

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 but into the temple.

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 You see in verse 14,

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 in the temple,

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 he found those who were selling oxen.

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 What I want you to see in this little section

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 is that Jesus finds something,

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 and then he makes something,

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 and then he says something.

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 What does he find?

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 In verse 14,

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 he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons

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 and the money changers sitting there.

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 Like, what's the big deal?

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 It's where he found it.

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 He found, basically,

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 the first century Amazon.com

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 in the temple complex.

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 It'd be fine if it was outside of the temple complex,

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 but it was in the temple complex,

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 where God was to be worshipped.

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 And so the selling of these animals,

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 oxen, sheep, and pigeons,

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 they were animals used for sacrifice.

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 And he also finds money changers sitting at the tables.

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 These money changers had set up shop.

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 They had booths.

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 This was a marketplace.

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 Do you remember

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 why Jesus is there?

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 He had come to Jerusalem for the Passover.

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 You may be wondering,

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 why are all these animals and money changers

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 in the temple to begin with?

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 Well, remember,

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 this is the Passover.

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 And it was big business

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 for certain people in Jerusalem

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 because people would make,

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 Jews would make pilgrimage

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 into Jerusalem from all around.

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 And think about it.

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 I know,

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 isn't it difficult to travel with toddlers?

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 Just give me an amen.

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 Amen.

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 Could you imagine traveling

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 with oxen and sheep and pigeons?

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 That'd be really tough.

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 And so what pilgrims would do

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 is they would come to Jerusalem

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 and buy their animals

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 to sacrifice in Jerusalem.

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 But the other problem that raises

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 is that they were coming with money

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 from the regions that they dwelt in.

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 And so they needed to exchange money

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 in order to get into the temple currency

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 in order to buy these animals to sacrifice.

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 And so you have money changers

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 who are making a buck

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 by exchanging money

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 from these different regions

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 into temple currency.

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 And so it's a whole operation.

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 And don't forget,

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 this city swells

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 to a quarter of a million people

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 during the Passover.

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 This is big business.

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 So this is what Jesus finds.

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 Those making pilgrimage

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 are buying animals

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 and needing to exchange currency

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 in order for them to

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 offer their Passover sacrifice.

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 How does Jesus respond?

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 He makes something.

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 And making a whip of cords,

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 he drove them all out of the temple

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 with the sheep and oxen

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 and he poured out the coins

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 of the money changers

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 and overturned the tables.

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 Verse 15.

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 A whip of cords.

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 He's using the whip

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 to drive out

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 all of those people

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 who are selling,

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 but he's also using the whip

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 to drive out oxen and sheep.

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 Have you ever tried

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 to push an ox before?

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 The whip is very helpful.

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 And so he is using the whip

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 in order to clear the temple,

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 to clear the temple courts

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 of what is happening.

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 And he doesn't stop

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 with clearing out

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 the oxen and the sheep.

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 He makes something else.

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 He makes an even bigger scene

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 is what he does.

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 He pours out the coins

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 of the money changers

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 and he overturns their tables.

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 Jesus isn't being nice.

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 This might be surprising to you.

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 This is more like anger.

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 This is more like being zealous.

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 Like he's saying,

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 this is not right.

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 This is wrong.

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 Maybe you're not used

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 to seeing Jesus this way.

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 Why is Jesus acting this way?

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 Well, he says so.

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 He explains to us

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 why he's doing this

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 in verse 16.

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 He says to those

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 who are selling the pigeons,

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 take these things away.

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 In the Michael J. Salvati

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 translation,

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 get out of here.

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 Get these things out of here.

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 And then he tells us why.

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 Do not make my father's house

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 a house of trade.

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 That's the reason.

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 Do not make my father's house

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 a house of trade.

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 You see,

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 these business people had

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 by their greed,

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 their desire to make up up,

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 but they had repurposed

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 the temple of God.

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 Instead of worshiping God

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 and praying to him,

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 it became a place

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 to line their pockets.

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 You see,

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 worship is about God,

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 not about us,

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 not about created things.

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 And so what Jesus does here

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 is he's very purposefully

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 in measured steps

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 clearing the temple

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 because he is jealous

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 for God's glory.

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 He's jealous that God

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 would be worshipped rightly.

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 This is a righteous zeal,

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 a righteous anger

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 in the Son of God.

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 Jesus is jealous for God

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 to be worshipped rightly.

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 And the disciples see that.

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 And it's not clear

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 whether they remember this

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 after he's been raised

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 from the dead

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 or they think about this

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 on the spot,

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 but we see in verse 17,

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 they remember what it was written

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 in Psalm 69, 9,

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 zeal for your house

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 will consume me.

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 This is,

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 it's a Psalm of David

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 and Jesus is David's

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 greater son.

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 And David in Psalm 69,

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 he is being ridiculed

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 and he's being scorned

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 because he takes God seriously.

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 He makes enemies

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 in Psalm 69.

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 And Jesus makes

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 some enemies here.

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 So what we have

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 with the whip,

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 this whole picture

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 in verses 13 through 17

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 is Jesus finding something,

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 making something,

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 and then saying something.

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 He is jealous

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 that God would be rightly worshipped,

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 which brings us

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 to the bombshell

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 in verses 18 through 22.

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 And in verses 18, 22,

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 we have a new set of characters

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 that come onto the scene.

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 So the Jews said to him,

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 now you might be thinking,

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 Jews, hold on a second.

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 Weren't all those people

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 in the temple

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 that Jesus kicked out,

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 weren't they all Jews?

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 They were Jews too.

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 These Jews are

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 a different set of Jews.

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 They are,

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 John uses this phrase,

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 by and large,

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 to describe

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 the Jewish religious authorities

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 in Jerusalem.

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 So these are the Jews

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 that Jesus is now talking to.

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 This is a group

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 that's representing

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 the Jewish establishment.

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 And they asked Jesus,

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 hey, what sign do you show us

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 for doing these things?

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 They're asking him,

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 on what basis,

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 what gives you the right

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 to do this?

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 They're asking for a sign.

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 You know,

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 when Moses before Pharaoh,

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 the staff,

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 became a snake,

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 serpent,

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 you remember that?

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 That's a sign.

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 I'm not sure if you know this,

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 but Isaiah walked around

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 naked for three years

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 as a sign.

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 Jeremiah wore an ox yoke

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 as a sign.

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 Hosea married a prostitute

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 as a sign.

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 It legitimized

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 that God's stamp

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 of approval

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 was on this prophet,

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 was on this representative

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 of his.

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 And so they're asking,

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 what's your sign?

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 They're not,

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 are you a Sagittarius?

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 Not that.

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 They're asking,

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 by what authority

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 are you doing this?

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 Are you legitimate?

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 And Jesus answers them.

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 He's like,

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 you want a sign?

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 And here comes,

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 here comes the bombshell.

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 He says in verse 19,

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 destroy this temple

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 and in three days

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 I will raise it up.

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 That's a theological

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 bombshell.

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 What Jesus is saying there

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 is incredibly profound.

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 He's not talking about

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 the temple of Herod

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 that's behind him,

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 while he's saying this.

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 He's referring to

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 another temple.

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 In fact,

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 in verse 20,

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 the Jews think that

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 he is speaking of

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 Herod's temple.

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 Look what they say.

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 The Jews said,

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 it has taken 46 years

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 to build this temple

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 and will you raise it up

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 in three days?

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 In other words,

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 wait, wait, wait, wait.

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 You're going to tear down

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 this temple

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 and rebuild it

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 in three days?

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 It's taken almost

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 50 years

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 to get this temple

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 to where it is right now.

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 It's all elaborate,

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 magnificent,

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 magnificent.

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 And so they're thinking

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 brick and mortar.

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 They're thinking

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 we worship God

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 in a place.

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 But that's not what

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.779
 Jesus was talking about.

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 And in verse 21,

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 John tells us

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 what Jesus was referring to.

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 But he was speaking

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 about the temple

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 of his body.

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 Bombshell!

00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:08.340
 That same word

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 for temple

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 being referenced

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 to Jesus' body

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 was being referenced

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 for Herod's temple.

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 What Jesus is doing

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 is he's reclaiming

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 the temple.

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 He's saying

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 the temple

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 is no longer

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 this magnificent structure.

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 The temple

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 standing before you,

00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:26.060
 the temple of God,

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 God's dwelling place

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 is now a person.

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 In John 1.14,

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 we read,

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 the word

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among us

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 and tabernacled

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 among us.

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 And we beheld

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 his glory,

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 glory as of the one

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 and only of the Father,

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 full of grace

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 and truth,

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 full of steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 You see,

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:57.279
 he is the greater temple.

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 New and better.

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.980
 This is a gospel bombshell

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:08.259
 because he describes

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.200
 the gospel

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.539
 in a beautiful way.

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 He describes

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.060
 his temple

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 being destroyed,

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:16.000
 which is a reference

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:18.200
 to his being put to death.

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 And then his being raised

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.100
 in three days

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.900
 is talking about

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:23.860
 his bodily resurrection.

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 That's at the heart

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.659
 of the gospel.

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.359
 This is a gospel bombshell

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.079
 that is saying,

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.500
 no,

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:31.019
 it's no longer

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.179
 about gathering

00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:33.819
 to meet God

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.059
 in that place.

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.219
 It's about

00:21:36.219 --> 00:21:37.379
 worshiping God

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 in this person,

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.699
 the person of Jesus Christ.

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:46.399
 It's a theological bombshell.

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:50.159
 After Jesus was raised

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:50.759
 from the dead,

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:52.179
 we see this in verse 22.

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 His disciples

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:56.059
 remember this

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:57.459
 particular episode,

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:59.419
 this particular account.

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 They remember

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:03.039
 that he said this

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.000
 and they believe

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.519
 the scripture.

00:22:04.699 --> 00:22:05.240
 They're talking about

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.879
 Old Testament,

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:08.399
 Old Testament prophecies

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.979
 concerning the death

00:22:09.979 --> 00:22:10.659
 and resurrection

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.500
 of the Messiah.

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 We find things like,

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.919
 regarding the resurrection,

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.839
 in Psalm 1610,

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.579
 Psalm 2222,

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.599
 Isaiah 5310.

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.519
 These are all

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.099
 kind of anticipations

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.219
 of this one

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:23.799
 who would come,

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 who would die

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.459
 and be raised again.

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.919
 But not just

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.899
 the scriptures,

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.699
 they see this

00:22:32.699 --> 00:22:34.959
 as fulfillment

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:35.879
 of what Jesus said.

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.799
 It's the sign

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.359
 that has come true.

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.799
 You want a sign?

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:43.440
 You want to see a sign

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.559
 that I have the right

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.099
 to cleanse the temple,

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.579
 to purify worship?

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.899
 Here's the sign

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.480
 that I am going to die

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.299
 and be raised

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.220
 on the third day.

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.799
 Gospel bombshell.

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:59.599
 He has the authority

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.599
 to cleanse the temple

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:03.259
 because he is

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:06.599
 God's temple incarnate.

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.799
 There's a new temple

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.299
 in town.

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:10.119
 His name

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 is Jesus.

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.359
 There's the bombshell

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.480
 and now we move

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:18.680
 to the x-ray knowledge.

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:21.480
 This is in 23-25.

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.240
 Again,

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.220
 this is the closing

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.500
 of this account

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.899
 and there's another reference

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:29.099
 to Jerusalem

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:30.139
 in verse 23

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.879
 and the Passover feast.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.599
 But what this has all

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.259
 now happened

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.500
 with Jesus making

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.659
 this bombshell claim

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.620
 that there's another temple

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.100
 in town,

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:41.759
 an incarnate dwelling place

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.220
 of God.

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.640
 God is with us.

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.980
 In verse 23,

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.880
 we are told

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:51.340
 that many saw.

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.300
 Look at verse 23.

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.880
 Now,

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.740
 when he was in Jerusalem

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.840
 and the Passover feast,

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:58.160
 many believed in his name

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.220
 when they saw the signs

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.019
 that he was doing.

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.420
 And so,

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.720
 apparently at this time,

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.700
 Jesus was performing

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.600
 all sorts of different

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.300
 kinds of signs.

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:06.279
 at the end of John,

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.279
 in John chapter 20,

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.359
 verses 30 and 31,

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.039
 John explicitly tells us

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.639
 he didn't write

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.500
 in this gospel

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.299
 all the signs

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.139
 that Jesus did.

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:16.139
 He left a bunch out.

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.680
 And so,

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.399
 we can be assured

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.319
 that there's other things

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.039
 that Jesus did

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.879
 and people are saying,

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.480
 we believe in you,

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:23.940
 Jesus.

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 We will follow you

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.859
 wherever you go.

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 We'll make you

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.460
 the king.

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 They are responding

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.120
 to him.

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:37.819
 They are accepting him.

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.620
 They are embracing him.

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 And you would think

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.819
 that this is a good thing

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:46.960
 until you reach 24 and 25.

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 But Jesus,

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.340
 on his part,

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.600
 did not entrust himself

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.019
 to them.

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.360
 He was being embraced,

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.079
 but he did not

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.880
 embrace them back.

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.880
 Because he knew

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.559
 all people

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.779
 and needed no one

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.339
 to bear witness

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.000
 about man,

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.019
 for he himself

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.399
 knew what was in man.

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 The key word

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:06.019
 in verses 23,

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.399
 24, and 25,

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.399
 it's repeated,

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.819
 one word repeated twice.

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.779
 It's the word knew.

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.000
 K-N-E-W.

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.599
 Because he knew

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.299
 all people,

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.240
 verse 24,

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.299
 and at the end

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.079
 of verse 25,

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.819
 for he himself

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:20.359
 knew what was in man.

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.159
 The knowledge

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.200
 that's being talked about

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:24.579
 is an X-ray knowledge.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.299
 Jesus knew

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.819
 what was going on

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.759
 in the inner workings

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.359
 of the people

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.899
 in Jerusalem

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.619
 at that moment.

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.279
 He's like,

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.099
 you're not going

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.899
 to get this by me.

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.059
 I know what's going on.

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.039
 I can see

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.000
 into your hearts.

00:25:39.439 --> 00:25:40.879
 This is a divine knowledge.

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.720
 This is the first

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.919
 Samuel 16,

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.460
 six and seven

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.599
 kind of knowledge.

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.259
 Do you remember

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.639
 that word?

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.179
 God sends Samuel

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.159
 to Jesse's house

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:52.419
 to anoint the next king.

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:54.500
 And the first

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:56.400
 son of Jesse

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.240
 that comes out

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.620
 is this guy,

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.100
 six foot four.

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:02.560
 He's got 2.0 BMI.

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.560
 Good looking.

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.779
 He's just oozing leadership.

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.560
 Samuel's like,

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.000
 surely,

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.240
 here is God's anointed.

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.960
 Look at him.

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.539
 And God says to him,

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.580
 no, no, no, no.

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.740
 It's not,

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.220
 it's not my anointed.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.620
 Where man looks

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:24.700
 at the appearance,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.839
 God looks at the heart.

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.400
 And what's being attributed

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.519
 to Jesus right here

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:32.579
 is that divine

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.980
 x-ray knowledge

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:36.220
 that he looks

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.839
 at the heart.

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.420
 Jeremiah 17, 9 says,

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.720
 the heart is desperately wicked.

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.680
 Who can understand it?

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:45.779
 Jeremiah 17, 10 says,

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.000
 the Lord searches the hearts.

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:52.279
 He sees into us.

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:55.039
 He's got x-ray

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:57.099
 divine knowledge.

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.319
 Here's what this means.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.799
 Jesus knows our hearts

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.279
 right now.

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.500
 Right now,

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.539
 he knows your heart.

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.500
 You can't hide

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.339
 your inner thoughts,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.099
 your desires,

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.039
 your motivations from him.

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.420
 All eight plus billion people

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.039
 on the earth

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.279
 can't hide

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.259
 what's going on

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.940
 in their hearts

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.380
 from him right now.

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:19.560
 He knows what you prize.

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.600
 He knows what you buy

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.400
 and sell

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.180
 and the courts

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.060
 of your heart

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.640
 to worship.

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.520
 You see,

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.280
 it was the sinfulness

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:30.120
 within the hearts

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.800
 of men and women

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.620
 that caused

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.760
 these buyers

00:27:32.760 --> 00:27:33.860
 and money exchangers

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:35.420
 to repurpose

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.340
 God's house

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.600
 into a house of trade.

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.440
 Our sinfulness

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.640
 in our hearts

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.600
 has the same effect.

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.919
 we repurpose

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:46.419
 created things

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:48.219
 to take the place

00:27:48.219 --> 00:27:49.199
 and be worshipped

00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:50.439
 instead of God.

00:27:51.719 --> 00:27:53.480
 He knows what's in man.

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:56.279
 He knows that we're idolaters.

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.879
 21st century idolaters.

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:01.120
 You see,

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.640
 Jesus couldn't be manipulated.

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.940
 He would not allow

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.500
 what people

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.600
 were saying

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.560
 and thinking

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:09.640
 and trying to get by him

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.760
 and convince him of

00:28:10.760 --> 00:28:11.980
 and give him

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.120
 all sorts of thumbs up.

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.140
 He knew what was in a man.

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:18.040
 He knew that these people

00:28:18.040 --> 00:28:19.220
 professing to believe

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.800
 in his name

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:21.820
 were not to be trusted.

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.040
 This faith,

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.680
 this belief

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.520
 was not genuine.

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:29.740
 He knows

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.639
 what's in man.

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.799
 He knows what's in us.

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.319
 He knows

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:36.579
 what are the inner workings

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.359
 of your hearts

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.139
 right now.

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.900
 And this all took place

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.400
 in the temple.

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.440
 In Jerusalem.

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.059
 During the Passover.

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.460
 There's the temple.

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.139
 There's the whip.

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.160
 There's the bombshell.

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:51.059
 And here is the x-ray vision.

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.579
 You can't fool Jesus.

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.680
 So what's the point?

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:57.299
 What's the point

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:59.140
 of these verses?

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:02.000
 Well, we've already seen it.

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:03.039
 It's the bombshell.

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:05.039
 It's this unexpected

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:07.560
 and disruptive announcement

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:09.720
 to show us

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.720
 that Jesus

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:12.340
 is God's new

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.660
 and better

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:15.680
 dwelling place,

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.759
 dwelling person

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.000
 with his people,

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.480
 which means

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.480
 God in Christ

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:22.000
 has provided for us

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.259
 a new and better way

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.579
 to worship him,

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.099
 to relate to him,

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.759
 to come into a relationship

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.980
 with him.

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.759
 It's new.

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:37.400
 This bombshell

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.579
 is Jesus saying,

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.779
 I have come

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.700
 to replace

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:44.720
 that temple of Herod.

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.440
 I have come

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.420
 to replace

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.700
 this brick

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.700
 and mortar temple

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:51.259
 with a

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.720
 flesh and blood

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.360
 temple.

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:56.400
 God's dwelling place

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.460
 incarnate.

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.759
 So worship

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.720
 is no longer

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.980
 at a centralized

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:04.079
 place,

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.039
 brothers and sisters.

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.720
 We no longer

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.440
 need to make

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.960
 pilgrimage

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:10.180
 to Jerusalem

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.819
 to worship

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:13.539
 at a building

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.439
 that's been

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:15.419
 raised and burned.

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:18.159
 We worship

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.839
 a centralized

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.799
 person

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:23.159
 who is alive

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:25.039
 and reigning

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.779
 today.

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.059
 The implication

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.039
 is that the old

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.200
 way of worshiping

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.960
 has now been

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.819
 made obsolete.

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:36.519
 Jesus is God's

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:38.019
 dwelling with us

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.659
 now,

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.679
 and it's taken

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.240
 place

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.640
 of the old

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.980
 way.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.680
 In 70 AD,

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.740
 the Romans,

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.519
 they burned

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.839
 and flattened

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.220
 the temple

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.819
 of Herod.

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.380
 You know why

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.000
 it doesn't really

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.720
 matter to us?

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.019
 Because our

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.460
 identity

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:57.259
 isn't in a

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.519
 building.

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.039
 Our identity

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.120
 isn't in some

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.640
 kind of brick

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.940
 and mortar

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.500
 structure.

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.759
 We worship

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.660
 a person,

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.839
 not a place.

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.359
 Because Jesus

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.879
 died and was

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.559
 raised,

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.539
 we worship

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.719
 a risen

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.740
 Christ.

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.139
 The dwelling

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:18.859
 place of God

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.939
 is with us.

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.159
 It's a new

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.539
 way,

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.579
 and it's a

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.159
 better way.

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.399
 Now,

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.059
 we can gather

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.719
 as a church

00:31:30.719 --> 00:31:31.599
 wherever,

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.099
 whenever,

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.619
 and with

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.099
 whoever.

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.679
 Because Jesus

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.339
 is the new

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.699
 and better

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.099
 temple,

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.819
 do you know

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.119
 that there

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.899
 are millions

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:41.220
 of churches

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.379
 worldwide

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.759
 that gather

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.959
 in multiple

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.659
 locations

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:47.079
 to worship

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.019
 Jesus?

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.639
 Right now.

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.000
 Do you know

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.859
 that because Jesus

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:54.119
 is a new

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.480
 and better

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.819
 temple on the

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.599
 Lord's Day,

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.839
 there are

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.879
 brothers and

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.319
 sisters

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.839
 worshiping

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.819
 God

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:04.179
 for every

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.899
 minute of

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.920
 every hour

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.400
 of this

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.519
 24-hour

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.300
 period we

00:32:08.300 --> 00:32:08.960
 call the

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.740
 Lord's Day.

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.620
 It's

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.320
 nonstop

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:11.780
 worship

00:32:11.780 --> 00:32:13.740
 among the

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.160
 nations

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.680
 around the

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.080
 world.

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.900
 Eric Tully

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.500
 was part

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.920
 of a

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.200
 worship

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.620
 service

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:18.840
 that

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.120
 probably

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.360
 happened

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.640
 four and

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:19.780
 a half

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:20.700
 hours ago,

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.240
 five hours

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.560
 ago in

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:21.960
 Monrovia.

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.640
 And then

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.040
 there's been

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.860
 worship all

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.300
 around the

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:25.680
 world.

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:28.060
 It's a

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.740
 better way

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.280
 to worship

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:32.960
 because Jesus

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.400
 is the

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.680
 new and

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.860
 better

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.240
 temple.

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.420
 You don't

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.700
 have to

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.120
 become a

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:39.920
 Jew in

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.259
 order to

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.500
 worship

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.900
 God.

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.140
 He has

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.299
 millions of

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.900
 church

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.860
 congregations

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.519
 all around

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.019
 the world

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.700
 that are

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.360
 made up

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:50.660
 of people

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.500
 from all

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.340
 sorts of

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.600
 different

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.759
 tribes and

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.799
 tongues and

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.440
 nations.

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.279
 All these

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.900
 Jews and

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.600
 non-Jews,

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.279
 Gentiles,

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.400
 who have

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.259
 come to

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.140
 faith in

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.700
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:02.960
 You don't

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.180
 need to

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.580
 become a

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.780
 Jew,

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.140
 but you

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.660
 do need

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.440
 to trust

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.080
 in the

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.360
 one and

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.960
 only Jesus.

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.560
 You need

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:08.920
 to believe

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.240
 in him

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.500
 alone for

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.360
 your salvation.

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.520
 You need

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:13.060
 to put all

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.380
 of your

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.920
 chips by

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.340
 faith onto

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:18.020
 Jesus in

00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:18.600
 order to be

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:18.920
 saved.

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.480
 This is the

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.900
 good news.

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.680
 You see

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.600
 that this

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.280
 new temple,

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.320
 he was

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:23.940
 destroyed,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.660
 he died

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:24.980
 and was

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.900
 raised so

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.660
 that you

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.840
 could enter

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.880
 a relationship,

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:30.220
 an eternally

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.000
 life-giving

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.600
 relationship

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.699
 with the

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:32.980
 God of

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.099
 the

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.539
 universe.

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.279
 It's

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.559
 better.

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.299
 More

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.819
 people giving

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.679
 more worship

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.319
 to God.

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.819
 And so the

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.959
 point of

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.759
 this passage

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.859
 is to show

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.419
 us that

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:46.159
 Jesus is

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.899
 God's new

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.799
 and better

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.939
 way of

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.659
 dwelling,

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.639
 of God

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.759
 dwelling with

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.500
 his people.

00:33:54.219 --> 00:33:55.119
 We have

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.579
 unlimited

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.199
 access.

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.219
 In fact,

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.039
 at the end

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.419
 of our

00:33:59.419 --> 00:33:59.740
 Bibles,

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.339
 in Revelation

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.519
 chapter 21

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.480
 verse 22,

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.279
 the new

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.919
 Jerusalem has

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.619
 come down

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.679
 and John

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.259
 shows us

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.740
 the same

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.279
 writer of

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.719
 Revelation

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.299
 wrote this

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:10.299
 gospel and

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:11.079
 he shows us,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.500
 hey, hey,

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.940
 by the way,

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.259
 there's no

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:14.719
 temple because

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.159
 God is

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.420
 there.

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.779
 God,

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.000
 our dwelling

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:22.039
 place with

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.559
 us.

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.599
 So let's

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.279
 apply this.

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.280
 God,

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:28.519
 so what?

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.260
 What difference

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.660
 does this

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:29.980
 make?

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.480
 Well, we

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.840
 have a whole

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.340
 new way of

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.880
 worshiping.

00:34:35.560 --> 00:34:36.300
 Well, let me

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.840
 just point to

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.400
 three things

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.920
 from this

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.840
 passage that

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:41.140
 may press

00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:42.040
 this truth

00:34:42.040 --> 00:34:42.340
 home.

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.640
 Jesus has

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.100
 x-ray

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.620
 knowledge,

00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:48.480
 and he has

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.980
 x-ray

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.680
 knowledge of

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.460
 your heart.

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.760
 we saw

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.639
 in verse 25

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.039
 for he

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.599
 himself

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.579
 knows,

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.579
 knew what

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.159
 was in

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.659
 man.

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.599
 He knows

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.079
 the inner

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.860
 workings of

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.420
 our hearts.

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.599
 There's

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.980
 nothing we

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.800
 can hide

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.679
 from him.

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.119
 That was the

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.500
 case in the

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.039
 first century,

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.539
 and it's the

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.460
 case now in

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.059
 the 21st

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.360
 century.

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.559
 He sees

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.019
 all.

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.679
 We see from

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.079
 the book of

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.480
 Revelation,

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.579
 he has fire

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.139
 eyes.

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:18.659
 Jesus is

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.000
 alive,

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.480
 because he's

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.879
 risen from

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.239
 the dead,

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.779
 he sees

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.420
 all now.

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.739
 He sees

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:22.980
 you,

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.019
 he sees

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.359
 all of

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.559
 you.

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.699
 He even

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.559
 sees what

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.699
 you can't

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.599
 see or

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.359
 you don't

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:30.019
 want to

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.219
 see.

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.839
 He sees

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.859
 it all.

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.440
 He sees

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.900
 your heart.

00:35:36.339 --> 00:35:36.659
 And the

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:36.940
 Bible,

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.559
 time and

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.819
 again,

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.739
 describes the

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.359
 heart as

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:39.859
 the control

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.440
 center of

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.920
 your life.

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:41.659
 And what

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.239
 controls your

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.759
 heart controls

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.259
 your life.

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:43.900
 You worship

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.639
 from your

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:44.940
 heart.

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.500
 You worship

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.019
 what you

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.480
 treasure.

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.099
 Does it

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.519
 make any

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.099
 difference to

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:53.019
 you that

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.780
 right now

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.320
 you are

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.280
 being watched

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:57.239
 coram

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.860
 deo,

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.000
 before the

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.500
 face of

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.820
 God?

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.599
 He has a

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.380
 clear line of

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.840
 sight into

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.280
 you.

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.059
 Does that

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.820
 make any

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.360
 difference to

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.559
 you?

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.820
 It should.

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.780
 He knows

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.639
 the depth

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.179
 of your

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.659
 sin.

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.840
 But here's

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.099
 the good

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.420
 news.

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:15.460
 He loves

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.200
 you still.

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:19.220
 He sees

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.760
 you as

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.420
 you are

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.119
 and He

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.800
 loves you

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.200
 still.

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.000
 So if

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.260
 you're not

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.680
 a Christian

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.019
 in the

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.240
 room,

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.680
 He sees

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.579
 your sin

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.480
 and He's

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.119
 done something

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.659
 about it.

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:32.400
 He gave

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.079
 His life.

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.480
 His temple

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.260
 was destroyed

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.019
 and He

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.780
 raised it up

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.460
 three days

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.300
 later in

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.740
 order for

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.099
 you to

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.500
 have all

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.760
 of your

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.019
 sins

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.420
 forgiven

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.440
 and to

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.800
 come into

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.420
 a relationship

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.920
 with Him.

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.480
 And if

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.800
 you're a

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.340
 Christian in

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.740
 the room,

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.480
 it's really

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.019
 good news.

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.720
 He loves

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:46.860
 you.

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.800
 He still

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.559
 sees the

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.200
 sin in

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.659
 your heart.

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.480
 He loves

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.119
 you and

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.500
 He wants

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.800
 to do

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.139
 something

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.700
 about it.

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.579
 He wants

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.159
 to purify

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.599
 your heart.

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.099
 He wants

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.420
 to make

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.159
 you clean,

00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.659
 make you

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:01.900
 holy because

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.059
 He loves

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.700
 you.

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:03.739
 people.

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:07.219
 So this

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.559
 x-ray

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.339
 knowledge of

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:09.839
 Jesus,

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:12.439
 it is as

00:37:12.439 --> 00:37:12.919
 true today

00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.699
 as it was

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:15.659
 two millennia

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:15.960
 ago.

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.719
 The second

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.279
 thing I want

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.500
 you to

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.779
 note is

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.079
 not only

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.559
 does Jesus

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.119
 know your

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.379
 heart,

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.039
 x-ray

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.419
 vision,

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.839
 Jesus is

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.379
 jealous for

00:37:24.379 --> 00:37:24.759
 your heart.

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:26.659
 He's jealous

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.699
 for what you

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.219
 worship.

00:37:29.419 --> 00:37:29.980
 Just as

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:32.460
 He found

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.320
 when He

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.099
 found

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:35.179
 this

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:37.320
 house of

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:37.800
 God being

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.240
 made into

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.659
 a house

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.280
 of trade

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.900
 and He

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.840
 was provoked

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:44.260
 and cleansed

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.360
 it.

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.639
 He wants

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.980
 to do the

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.320
 same in

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.599
 us because

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.119
 He loves

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.519
 us.

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.440
 He wants

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.740
 us to

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.159
 share in

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:50.440
 God's

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.780
 holiness.

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.099
 His

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.539
 jealousy

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.280
 seeks to

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.079
 drive out

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:57.940
 of your

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.360
 heart and

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.059
 life anything

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.119
 that is

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.800
 competing for

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.199
 the worship

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.599
 of God.

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.260
 He wants

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:03.860
 to release

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.220
 you from

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.480
 that.

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.099
 And if

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.500
 He's willing

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.800
 to make

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.240
 a whip,

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.900
 and if

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.720
 that's any

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.199
 indicator,

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.659
 He is

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.220
 willing to

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.619
 use discomfort,

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.400
 pain,

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.400
 to be stern,

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.220
 even to be

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:15.760
 angry from

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.099
 time to

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.300
 time,

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.699
 out of

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.099
 love,

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.699
 in order

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.179
 to rid

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.900
 us of

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.480
 the sin

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.300
 that holds

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.900
 us captive

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.659
 so easily.

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:23.159
 He's jealous

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.579
 for your

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.900
 heart's

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.260
 worship.

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.099
 He wants

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.360
 you to

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.139
 worship God.

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:29.539
 In God's

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.000
 plan of

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.519
 salvation,

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.360
 God is

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.820
 gathering

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.500
 worshipers

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.080
 for Himself

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:33.920
 from all

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.360
 the peoples

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.700
 of the

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.059
 world,

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.960
 a new

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.340
 people.

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.700
 It's called

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.460
 the church

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.320
 who were

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.300
 once dead

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.900
 living in

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.240
 darkness,

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:40.980
 and then

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.640
 by God's

00:38:41.640 --> 00:38:42.019
 grace,

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:42.420
 through the

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.820
 blood of

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.080
 Jesus,

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.620
 He makes

00:38:43.620 --> 00:38:44.180
 them alive

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.840
 to live

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.080
 in the

00:38:45.080 --> 00:38:45.460
 light.

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.080
 And so

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.400
 when He

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.100
 does that,

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.720
 He is

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.460
 seeking to

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.240
 make us

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:50.280
 holy as

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:50.740
 He is

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.240
 holy in

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:51.559
 a far

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.140
 better way.

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.920
 He changes

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:55.720
 our hearts.

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:55.799
 Christ.

00:38:58.939 --> 00:38:59.539
 So if

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.739
 you're a

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.179
 non-Christian

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.500
 in the

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.699
 room,

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.959
 Jesus

00:39:01.959 --> 00:39:03.480
 doesn't

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.000
 want just

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.559
 part of

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.759
 you.

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.980
 He died

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.779
 and was

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:09.000
 raised for

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.719
 all of

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:09.939
 you.

00:39:10.899 --> 00:39:11.659
 That all

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.199
 of you

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:13.099
 would love

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.500
 the Lord

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.919
 your God

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.379
 with all

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:14.639
 of your

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.139
 heart and

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.519
 all of

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.059
 your strength

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.799
 and all

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.039
 of your

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.419
 might.

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.179
 So if

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.419
 you're a

00:39:19.419 --> 00:39:19.819
 non-Christian

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.299
 thinking about

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.719
 becoming a

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:20.980
 Christian,

00:39:21.459 --> 00:39:23.159
 realize to

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:23.699
 commit to

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.179
 Jesus to

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.579
 put all

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.980
 your chips

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.639
 in means

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.339
 it's all

00:39:26.339 --> 00:39:26.799
 in.

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.439
 You are

00:39:28.439 --> 00:39:29.179
 now going

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.579
 to be

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.319
 transformed

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:32.079
 into a

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.359
 living

00:39:33.359 --> 00:39:34.899
 sacrifice

00:39:34.899 --> 00:39:36.179
 for God.

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.539
 And if

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.839
 you're a

00:39:39.839 --> 00:39:40.159
 Christian,

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.079
 can I

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.919
 just urge

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.159
 you,

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.579
 would you

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.519
 please stop

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:47.079
 putting limits

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:48.179
 on what

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:49.119
 Jesus can

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.879
 claim in

00:39:49.879 --> 00:39:50.319
 your life?

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:51.879
 Stop

00:39:51.879 --> 00:39:52.460
 putting limits

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.839
 on Him.

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:55.879
 give Him

00:39:55.879 --> 00:39:56.079
 full

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.339
 reign.

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.659
 Give Him

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:58.879
 full

00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.139
 reign.

00:40:00.919 --> 00:40:01.599
 Make us

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.879
 holy.

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.439
 The third

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:05.039
 thing I want

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:06.139
 you to see

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:07.519
 is that

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.980
 Jesus died

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.359
 and was

00:40:09.359 --> 00:40:10.980
 raised to

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.919
 purify your

00:40:11.919 --> 00:40:12.199
 heart,

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.960
 to cleanse

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.559
 your heart.

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.699
 The pain

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.039
 and the

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.439
 violence

00:40:16.439 --> 00:40:16.899
 and the

00:40:16.899 --> 00:40:17.179
 anger

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.639
 for your

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.159
 sin that's

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.599
 provoked

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:19.099
 in God,

00:40:19.419 --> 00:40:20.059
 it was

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.000
 poured out

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.899
 in full

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:23.059
 on Christ

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.139
 on the

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.519
 cross.

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.440
 And so

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.920
 when you

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.539
 believe

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.660
 in what

00:40:28.660 --> 00:40:29.160
 Jesus has

00:40:29.160 --> 00:40:29.519
 done for

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:29.760
 you for

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.099
 the very

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.820
 first time,

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.400
 here's how

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.900
 God thinks

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.340
 about it.

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.320
 He thinks

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.079
 about all

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.340
 of your

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.480
 sin placed

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.539
 on Christ's

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.240
 head and

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:38.000
 all of His

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:39.079
 wrath poured

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.579
 out on

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.320
 Christ so

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.720
 that there's

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.119
 no more

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.539
 wrath.

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:41.880
 You're

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.079
 fully forgiven,

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.480
 but it's

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.920
 just half

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.119
 of it.

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:44.720
 The other

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.340
 half is

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.360
 God thinks

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:47.340
 of Christ's

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.960
 righteousness,

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.840
 His holiness,

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:48.840


00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:50.380
 as being

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.640
 credited to

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:51.980
 you.

00:40:52.100 --> 00:40:52.539
 And now,

00:40:53.160 --> 00:40:53.780
 in His

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.280
 eyes,

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.880
 you are

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.320
 legally

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:56.220
 righteous

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:57.420
 in His

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.720
 sight.

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.180
 That's what

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.519
 God has

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.840
 done for

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:58.940
 you.

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.260
 It's a

00:40:59.260 --> 00:40:59.700
 far better

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:00.120
 way.

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.059
 Jesus

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.579
 died and

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.220
 was raised

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:04.019
 to make

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.700
 you holy,

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:06.140
 both legally

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.820
 and

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.960
 experientially.

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.820
 Have

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.320
 your way

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.740
 with us,

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.160
 O God.

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.820
 It's all

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.280
 by His

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.820
 grace

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:17.059
 to make

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.539
 us holy.

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.619
 holy.

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.840
 You see,

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.320
 the death

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:19.980
 and resurrection

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.759
 of God's

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.460
 holy,

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.059
 incarnate

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.480
 temple

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:24.480
 is what

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.119
 makes us

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.480
 holy.

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.059
 You can't

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.639
 make yourself

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.000
 holy.

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.599
 Only a

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.159
 holy God

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:30.480
 can.

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.420
 And so,

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.619
 when you

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:31.980
 become a

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.300
 Christian,

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:34.539
 you become

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.579
 part of

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.239
 God's new

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.900
 holy temple.

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:39.000
 Christian,

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.360
 you are

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.219
 part of

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.340
 God's

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.880
 holy temple

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.179
 now.

00:41:43.779 --> 00:41:44.340
 You are

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:45.380
 so identified

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.239
 with Christ

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:47.159
 that you

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.819
 that the

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:48.319
 New Testament

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.119
 will start

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.739
 talking about

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.659
 you as

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:51.059
 being a

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.779
 living stone

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.619
 in God's

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.480
 new temple,

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.519
 Jesus,

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.460
 indwelt by

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.759
 the Holy

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.139
 Spirit.

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:59.000
 It's

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.440
 extraordinary.

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.779
 So,

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:03.159
 we apply it

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:04.980
 knowing that

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.639
 Jesus has

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.559
 x-ray knowledge

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:08.399
 of our hearts

00:42:08.399 --> 00:42:09.500
 because He

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.079
 loves us,

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.319
 that He

00:42:11.319 --> 00:42:13.039
 has this

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:15.619
 loving

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.480
 jealousy for

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:16.960
 our hearts

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.320
 that we

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.900
 would worship

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.599
 God alone

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.920
 with all

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.239
 that we

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.519
 are,

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:21.579
 and that

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.079
 Jesus,

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.279
 His death

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.579
 and His

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.199
 resurrection

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:25.559
 is what

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.699
 accomplishes

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.380
 our holiness

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.340
 of heart.

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.940
 It's all

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.440
 by His

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:31.860
 love.

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.719
 John 2,

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.699
 13-25,

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.659
 Jesus drops

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.500
 a theological

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.159
 bombshell.

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:41.000
 And for

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.359
 the Jews

00:42:41.359 --> 00:42:41.679
 of His

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:41.980
 day,

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:43.319
 this cleansing

00:42:43.319 --> 00:42:43.659
 of the

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:44.179
 temple was

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.759
 just a

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.559
 preview of

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:45.920
 what would

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.839
 happen in

00:42:46.839 --> 00:42:47.759
 40 years to

00:42:47.759 --> 00:42:48.119
 Herod's

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.399
 temple.

00:42:48.759 --> 00:42:49.359
 It would be

00:42:49.359 --> 00:42:50.199
 raised and

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:51.199
 burned because

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.899
 of ultimately

00:42:51.899 --> 00:42:53.039
 their unbelief.

00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.739
 But for us

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:55.559
 and the rest of

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.940
 the world,

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:57.119
 this bombshell is

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.739
 good news.

00:42:59.819 --> 00:43:00.879
 Jesus is God's

00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:01.639
 new way of

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.339
 dwelling with

00:43:02.339 --> 00:43:03.480
 us, a new

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.139
 and better way

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.699
 to worship.

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:05.759
 He changes

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:07.019
 our very hearts.

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.380
 So now we

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:09.019
 gather together

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:10.539
 and we gather

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.119
 together with

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.460
 joy.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:13.440
 I mean, this is

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.940
 a magnificent

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:15.119
 building in one

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.900
 sense, but this

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.340
 is not the

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:17.960
 temple of God.

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.619
 Jesus is the

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:21.300
 temple of God

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:21.860
 and we have

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.300
 been made a

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.780
 part of Him.

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.539
 So now we're

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:26.480
 holy as He is

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:26.719
 holy.

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.179
 Let's pray

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:27.500
 together.

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:31.179
 God, thank

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:31.820
 you so much

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.300
 for Jesus.

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.440
 Thank you

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:36.259
 that we are

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:37.880
 now a part

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:38.840
 of something

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:40.700
 new and

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:42.620
 better and

00:43:42.620 --> 00:43:43.020
 there's no

00:43:43.020 --> 00:43:43.740
 going back.

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.980
 Jesus, thank

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.700
 you so much

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:47.160
 for willingly

00:43:47.160 --> 00:43:48.380
 dying in our

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.100
 place and

00:43:49.100 --> 00:43:49.880
 being raised

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.560
 three days

00:43:50.560 --> 00:43:51.520
 later and

00:43:51.520 --> 00:43:51.980
 that you are

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.960
 alive today.

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.400
 We welcome,

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.940
 we welcome

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.960
 your x-ray

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.580
 knowledge into

00:43:57.580 --> 00:43:58.180
 our hearts.

00:43:58.700 --> 00:43:59.360
 We welcome

00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:00.860
 your loving,

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:02.020
 jealous work of

00:44:02.020 --> 00:44:03.120
 purifying us.

00:44:03.560 --> 00:44:05.760
 We delight in

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.700
 that we stand

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:08.160
 on the ground

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:09.440
 of being

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.260
 forgiven with

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:10.880
 confidence

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:12.140
 because of

00:44:12.140 --> 00:44:12.620
 your finished

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:12.920
 work.

00:44:13.620 --> 00:44:13.960
 In your name

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.360
 we pray,

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:15.340
 amen.

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.340
 Amen.