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You Are God’s Temple
John 2:13 - 22

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary - Pure and holy, tried and true
With thanksgiving, I'll be a living - Sanctuary for You

Today I am going to share with you from the Word of God, that we are God’s Holy Temple.

John 2:18 – “ …the Jewish leaders demanded, "What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it."

(v..19) “Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.””

(v 22) “After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered He had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.”

This is a KEY for us this morning.
? Will we believe and accept what God’s Word has to say to us this morning?
? Will we believe it today – or will it have to wait for another day?

Glove Illustration
The power comes from what’s inside of it.

1 Cor 3:16 - Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

There are times when we really feel the need for a power greater than our own
– just to get through the day.

There are times when our bodies fail us – and we need a true resurrection – a resurrection that has to come from a power greater than ourselves.

Paul said, “That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

It was near the time of Passover when Jesus cleansed the temple of the money-changers and declared before the Jews - “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Today it is Christ in you that is ready to raise you up out of your struggles – out of your sickness – out of your depression – right now. Faith is NOW.

Christ in YOU, the hope of glory.
Do you believe and receive this HOPE today?

Romans 15:13 - "I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit."

Are you ready to overflow with confident hope today?

Hope is the seed – the starting place – for your breakthrough.

Hebrews 6:19 - This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.

This hope being described in Hebrews is the New Covenant – which is demonstrated in the sacrament of Holy Communion – the Body & the Blood.

You - (as a true follower of Jesus Christ) are God’s Temple.

His Spirit dwells in you. You already know that He put resurrection power inside of you. That power is released through faith is His Word and His promises.

YOU are God’s holy temple – and it is time to reclaim His Temple for His Glory.

Reclaim God’s Temple for God’s Glory – just like Jesus did when He drove out the money changers. The money changers represent your old carnal way of thinking and living that hinders the resurrection power of God from working in and through you.

“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Romans 8:10, 11: “And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”

You and I have to humble ourselves – submit ourselves to God – and admit our own weakness. Confess our need for God’s power.

Resurrection power is in you to raise you up to new life – because you are God’s temple.

“Christ in you – the hope of glory.”

1 Cor 3:16 - Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Eph 3:20 – “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”

Maybe you’ve been trying to do things on your own for so long you wonder if it’s even possible to live this other way – to rely on God’s strength and power?

To finally allow His mighty power to work in you – to raise up this temple?

Maybe you’ve rebelled against God – maybe you feel like the prodigal child this morning and think you don’t have the right to ask God for His help now?

Is it fair to fall on your face – trying to do everything yourself – and then run to God when you’ve made a mess of things?

Romans 2:4 tell us it is “the goodness of God that leads us to repentance.”

God knows where you’ve been – and He also knows what He could do in and through you if you will give Him back control of your life.

He knows how to heal and restore your life.

Jesus showed us the Divine will of His Father while He was here on earth.
Matthew 9:35 (all read)

You need the life of God working in and through you – because that is God’s will for your life. He wants to raise you up to a whole new level of wholeness and victory.
Jesus prayed in John 17:22 - "I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.”

“I am in them and you are in me.”

Col 1:29 – “For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.”

Today God calls us out of darkness and into His marvelous Light.
He is ready “to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us…”

Your body is God’s temple – and it should glorify God.

Jesus gave us power over the enemy and said “nothing shall by any means harm you.”

Nothing. No thing. Not viruses. Not disease. No affliction.
He bore our infirmities.

“No weapon formed against you shall prosper.”

That struggle you are going through is a weapon formed against you – but I declare in Jesus’ name it shall not prosper.

Today you’re breaking through and breaking out.

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses …”

You and I will glorify God and be His witnesses – even as our light shines brighter and brighter and gives witness to the life-changing resurrection power that is working mightily within us.

Mark 16:20 – “And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.”
“the Lord worked through them” “confirming the word with signs following”

One of the signs Jesus described was “they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.”

Today it is Christ in you that is ready to raise you up out of your struggles – out of your sickness – out of your depression – right now, right before Passover.

Christ in YOU, the hope of glory.

Do you believe and receive this HOPE today?

(v 22) “After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered He had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.”

Today it is our turn to Hear and Believe God’s Word and what Jesus said.

See the Living Word manifested in your life.

It is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance – to turn back to God for the answers we seek – the help we need – the healing we desire in our lives.

Let us have a New Testament Passover this morning.

A New Covenant of Healing and Salvation through what Jesus Christ did for us.

“He sent His Word and healed them…”

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Hillside United Methodist Church
3739 US 80
Phenix City  AL  36870
United States
Pastor: Mike J Koger

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