Religiosity
(How to Make Jesus Mad in Four Easy Steps)
Lesson 1: Religious Clubs
October 30 & 31, 2021
Ephesians 4:26 Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry. God’s Word Translation
Step 1: Make the Church a Club, not a Community
Mark 11:15 Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves; 16 and He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple grounds. New American Standard Bible
Mark 11:17 And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’ (Isaiah 56:7)? But you have made it a den of robbers.” New American Standard Bible
What was the Temple like in Jesus’ time?
What Jesus saw when He walked in the Temple
What is God’s Temple Today?
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For you are God’s temple, the home of the living God, and God has said of you, “I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.” Living Bible
1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? New American Standard Bible
Mark 15:37 But Jesus let out a loud cry, and died. 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them also to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and make them full of joy within my House ofPrayer. I will accept their sacrifices and offerings, for my Temple shall be called “A House of Prayer for All People”! 8 For the Lord God who brings back the outcasts of Israel says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel. Living Bible
We are all called to open our hearts and eyes to the non-believers
Matthew 9:36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” New American Standard Bible
We build bridges not barriers & No Perfect People allowed!