The Temple of God God Dwells With His

The Temple of God

God Dwells With His People EDEN Genesis 3: 8 -9 2

God Dwells With His People TABERNACLE Exodus 25: 8 3

God Dwells With His People TEMPLE Deut. 12: 5 1 Kings 8: 10 -13; 9: 3 4

God Dwells With His People CHRISTIANS 2 Corinthians 6: 16 5

God Dwells With His People HEAVEN Revelation 21: 2 -3 6

The House of God • House of prayer, Matt. 21: 13 (Isa. 56: 7) • House of sacrifice, 2 Chrn. 7: 12 • House of holiness, Heb. 9: 1 -3 7

The Temple of God THE CHURCH OF CHRIST • The universal church, Matt. 16: 18; Eph. 2: 19 -22 – Holy temple in the Lord, Eph. 2: 21 • Holy priesthood, 1 Pet. 2: 4 -5 • Holy lives, 1 Pet. 1: 13 -16; 2 Cor. 6: 17 8

The Temple of God THE CHURCH OF CHRIST • The universal church, Matt. 16: 18; Eph. 2: 19 -22 – House of sacrifice, 1 Pet. 2: 5 (priests) • Acceptable worship, Jno. 4: 23 -24 • Acceptable behavior necessary, Amos 5: 21 -27 9

The Temple of God THE CHURCH OF CHRIST • The universal church, Matt. 16: 18; Eph. 2: 19 -22 – Dwelling place of God, Eph. 2: 22 • Ezekiel’s vision (Ezek. 40 -43) • The church, Ezek. 43: 9 -12 (Isa. 2: 2 -3) 10

The Temple of God THE LOCAL CHURCH • This congregation, 1 Cor. 3: 11 -17 – God’s building, 1 Cor. 3: 9 • Built on the foundation of Christ, 1 Cor. 3: 11 • Be careful how you build the local church, 1 Cor. 3: 12 -15 11

The Temple of God THE LOCAL CHURCH • This congregation, 1 Cor. 3: 11 -17 – Do not build carnally, 1 Cor. 3: 1 -4; 1: 10 -12 • Not like Diotrephes, 3 Jno. 9 -11 (1 Cor. 3: 21) • Not with false doctrines and compromise, Rev. 2: 14 -15 • Not with immorality, Rev. 2: 20; 1 Cor. 5: 1 -2 12

The Temple of God THE LOCAL CHURCH • This congregation, 1 Cor. 3: 11 -17 – Reasons to remember we are the temple of God: • The Holy Spirit dwells with us, 1 Cor. 3: 16 • Warned against defilement, 1 Cor. 3: 17 • Christ walks among us, Rev. 1: 13 (20); 2: 1 -2 13

The Temple of God THE INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN • Each Christian, 1 Cor. 6: 19 -20 – Fellowship with God • By obedient lives, 1 Jno. 3: 24 • By practicing brotherly love, 1 Jno. 4: 12 -13 14

The Temple of God THE INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN • Each Christian, 1 Cor. 6: 19 -20 – Body is a temple of the Holy Spirit • Bought at a price (blood of Christ) • Your body belongs to God – Instrument of righteousness, Rom. 6: 13 15

The Temple of God THE INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN • Each Christian, 1 Cor. 6: 19 -20 – Christian must be holy, 2 Cor. 6: 16 • Living sacrifice to God, Rom. 12: 1 (1 Pet. 2: 5) • Moral purity: – In mind, Rom. 12: 2 – In body, 1 Cor. 6: 15 -18; 1 Ths. 4: 3 -5 • Glorify God in your body 16

The Temple of God Heaven Christian Congregation 2 Cor. 6: 16 Church of Christ 17