Worship Lesson 5: Jesus & God's Temple

Temple, greedy, holy place, blood sacrifices, anger, destroy temple and raise it up 3 days, Jesus (WORD), God’s Place- temple- WORSHIP

Part 16 pg. Jesus Restores God’s Place 287-305

NT group by sections: Gospels, Letters, Jesus God’s Temple- New knowledge/confusion

Using the Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm

Aim:

·         to reinforce that we worship God with knowing who He is and bringing honor/glory and praise, thanks to Him. 

·         to learn about how Jesus responded to making the Temple not about God, but about man and $. 

·         To teach that the temple that will be rebuilt in 3 days is not this physical building but it’s Jesus!. And that the people in the temple had lost sight of God’s special house and it’s purpose.

Review:

·         Temple- God’s House, A Holy Place- in the Biblical times- the place to meet with God, offer sacrifices, built by Kings (Jesus called it His Father’s House)

·         Sacrifices- blood sacrifice for sin with a pure dove, goat, lamb

·         Sin- anything I think, say or do, against the Word of God

·         Worship- giving thanks to God- acknowledging His worth, value, and bringing honor and glory to Him. 

Concepts:

Read section 16 pg. 288-305- reinforce, explain these concepts.

·         People in the temple -were they showing honor to God? What were they doing? (making $ selling, bring greedy)

·         Jesus in the temple- observed, was angry (at the people who forgot the purpose of this special place, stopped the selling, and told them he’d rebuild in 3 days, and left)

·         What Jesus is sharing, when they think He is confused

·         But it’s those selling in the temple, those who think they are amazing- that are confused and forgetting who God is, and what should be given to Him (Honor/Praise/Gratitude)

·         Jesus IS the temple- God’s special place- a substitute- His body is God’s Holy Temple, His blood payment for our sins. 

·         But no one understood this at the temple.