Palms Baptist Church Bible Study
Luke Theme- Temple
March 24, 2020
Luke Theme- Temple
March 24, 2020
Luke’s geographic emphasis leads the reader from Galilee to Jerusalem and in Acts leads the reader from Jerusalem to the end of the world
Luke’s emphasis on the temple communicates both and messages:
- Implicit:
- As the emphasis on women, the temple is present in many narratives but is not the point of the narrative itself
- As the emphasis on the Sabbath, healing, and the poor, the temple was less about its literal value and more about what it implicitly represented
- Explicit:
- Jesus tossed the money changers in the temple
- Jesus promises the destruction of the temple
Understanding Luke’s emphasis on the temple is essential for understanding Luke’s emphasis on:
THE ENTIRE MESSIANIC
What was Jesus focused on during this time?
Christ came to set the conditions and make a way to give us to our redemption and our mission!
The Beauty of the
- Gospel Emphasis:
- Healing
- Poverty
The Power and Privilege to receive the
- Joy
We take our privilege and the power of the Spirit .
- Witness
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- We are unqualified for the witness of God’s gospel, but God is qualified
- We don’t work for God, God works through us via the Spirit
- Acts 1:7-8
How does this make me a better man?
- We have direct access to the
- We have access to all we need not just to survive, but to
- More so, we have all we need not just to make it through, but to do so with joy
- We have access to the same power that, , and the priests in the temple, prophets, John the Baptist, disciples, and even Jesus
- We are not qualified for the task God has given us, but God is qualified.
- You don’t lead your family, God leads your family through you!
- Do NOT miss the
- It not just about the Mercy of what we do not receive (Hell), but the Grace of what we do receive (Access)