I. EXORDIUM:
If the old covenant temple received so much love and care from the LORD, how much more the believers as temple of the Holy Spirit?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show the advantage of the new covenant temple over the old covenant temple.
IV. TEXT:
1 Kings 9:3 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
"I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart."
V. THESIS:
CHRIST made a better new covenant temple in the New Testament and that is our body.
VI. TITLE:
Old Covenant Temple
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. 1 Kings - second in a series of three double books: 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles, originally they were single books Samuel, Kings and Chronicles, the Septuagint translators made the division
The Septuagint translators were the ones who made the divisions, and they did so more or less for the convenience of the reader.—Source:
J. Vernon McGee's Thru The Bible
B. Traditional writer: Prophet Jeremiah
C. Common expression: "as David his father" occurred 9 times
D. The word "temple" was mentioned 6 times in the book of 1 Kings. 6 is man's number, 7 is GOD's number. It gave clue that the temple of the Old Covenant or Testament is man-made. (1 Kings 6:37-38)
1 Kings 6:37-38 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
The foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.
The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
A. The temple is made holy by GOD.
We are made holy or separated unto GOD, or dedicated unto GOD by His CHRIST's Divine Efforts, not our weak human efforts.
"I have set this Temple apart to be holy"
1. House or Temple came from the Hebrew word:"bayith" meaning a house, temple, family
2. Hallowed or holy came from the Hebrew word:"qadash" pronounced clean, consecrated, dedicated, purified, sanctified.
1 Corinthians 3:17 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
1 Corinthians 6:19 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,
Ephesians 2:21 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
1 Peter 2:5 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.
We are the temple of GOD in the New Covenant, and like the Old Covenant temple we are made holy because GOD who is Holy dwells within us.
Isaiah 57:15 (New King James Version)
For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
3 Factors that made us the new covenant temple:
1. We are the new covenant temple of the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 3:16)
1 Corinthians 3:16 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
2. We are made holy by GOD thru CHRIST. (Ephesians 4:12, Colossians 1:22, Romans 8:10)
Ephesians 4:12 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.
Colossians 1:22 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
Romans 8:10 (New International Version)
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
3. Our body is an earthly tent and our heavenly eternal body was made by GOD. (2 Corinthians 5:1,Hebrews 11:10)
2 Corinthians 5:1 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
Hebrews 11:10 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.
B. The temple is where the name of GOD is honored forever.
What we do with this body honors the LORD's Name.
"this place you have built where my name will be honored forever."
1 Timothy 2:8 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.
Acts 19:17 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
The story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus, to Jews and Greeks alike. A solemn fear descended on the city, and the name of the Lord Jesus was greatly honored.
2 Thessalonians 1:12 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
We honor the LORD's Name if we keep our bodies dedicated to Him to do good works.
1 Corinthians 6:20 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
1 Thessalonians 4:4 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor—
C. The temple will receive care and love forever.
GOD so loved us that He gave His Son to die in our place. So much love and care has been given to us by GOD, the Father.
"I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart."
Jude 1:21 (New Century Version)
Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ with his mercy to give you life forever.
Romans 5:8 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Romans 8:35 (New Century Version)
Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death?
Ephesians 3:19 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Ephesians 5:2 (New King James Version)
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Galatians 5:6 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Ephesians 3:17 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Be holy, honoring the LORD's Name as we all grow in CHRIST's love and care because CHRIST has made this temple (our bodies) better than the old covenant.
Hebrews 7:22 (New International Version)
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
Hebrews 8:6 (New International Version)
But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.
Hebrews 12:24 (New International Version)
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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