Sermon Notes: i. Jesus Came to _______________ the _______________ (v 16) ruin run revere remember worship makes the worshipped (God) _______________, not the worshipper.
ii. Jesus Came to _______________ the _______________ (vv 18-19) right raise remember
Study: Have you ever know someone with an ironic name?
1. What did Jesus find at the Temple? What and who had ruined it (v 14)?
2. How did Jesus run the animals and people out of the Temple (v 15)?
3. Why did Jesus run everyone out of the Temple? Who’s Temple was it (v 16)?
4. Why may ‘cleansing the Temple’ be the wrong way to view what Jesus did (v 16)?
5. What did the disciples remember? Why did they remember (v 17)?
6. Why did the Jews ask for a sign (v 18)?
7. What sign did Jesus give? Why (v 19, Mt 12:39, 16:4)?
8. How was Jesus’ statement misused at his trial? What did he actually say (v 19, Mt 26:59-61)?
9. Was God’s glory and Spirit present in Herod’s Temple? Where were both (vv 19, 21, 1:14, 32)?
10. When did the disciples remember Jesus’ words? Why then (v 22)?
Apply
1. Has Jesus re-formed you? How? Follow the currency—who or what do you worship?
2. Does zeal for the Lord’s house / God’s honor consume you?
3. How much do you think about resurrection? Why is there no Temple in heaven (Re 21)?
Pray Pray we would be consumed by zeal for the New Temple of God.
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New Temple The Gospel of John Trinity Reformed Church
