Sermons on Pagan Temples:

Jesus And The Temple

Contributed by Geoffrey Foot on Mar 13, 2018

Why did Jesus lose His temper in the Temple when He saw the traders and money changers there? The context explains everything - they were on the take! Jesus was a danger to their profits and had to go.

The temple John 2:13-25 The reading we have just heard from John's gospel might seem rather strange especially as it is at the start of his gospel; but ironically the synoptic gospels have this incident in the temple at the start of His last week just after His triumphant entry into Jerusalem - ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25, Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17, Luke 19:45-46

The Corruption Of The Temple

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 28, 2018

Jesus is the Cornerstone of the New Temple of God

The Corruption of the Temple March 25, 2018 Morning Service Palm Sunday Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Jesus is the Cornerstone of the New Temple of God Focus Passage: John 2:13-22 Supplemental Passage: Leviticus 14:34-47, Mark 11: 15-18 Introduction: Can you ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Baptist

Building A Temple Series

Contributed by Neil Olcott on Jul 9, 2009

Today I want us to take a look at what God says is to be the way a true Temple for God should look like.

Date: May 24, 2009 Title: Building A Temple Bible Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 Subject: Complement: Main Idea: Intro: Building a temple is pretty serious work! People travel all over taking pictures of various temples and religious structures. They stand back and look at the architecture and say ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Temple Sermon Series

Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Dec 21, 2010

The Temple Sermon back then is the Temple Sermon we need today!

THE TEMPLE SERMON JEREMIAH 7:10 INTRODUCTION: Preach the word! Where? Jeremiah leaves the square (5:1) and now goes to the sanctuary (7:1). He exits the courthouse and enters the church house. A background study of this scene reveals two items. One, this was a festival time so there would ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Cleansing The Temple

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 31, 2015

We must realize that now, WE are the Temple of God!

Cleansing the Temple March 29, 2015 (Palm Sunday) Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must realize that now, WE are the Temple of God! Focus Passage: Matthew 21:12-13 Introduction: Relate a personal experience of seeing someone use something for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

Temples Of Praise

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 30, 2014

The Lord has given Christians their Spiritual gifts, talents and all the resources they need to be a temple of worship. One that expresses to all who see their lives that they are children of God sold out to the cause of Christ and enjoying the abundant life promised by Him.

Title: Temples of Praise Theme: Four Truths for Living for the Lord Introduction: Our opening text today is something that every born-again Christian should take to heart. (Thru the Bible) Everything Christians have come from God, therefore they should be bound in their hearts to use it for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Temple Theology Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 3, 2016

The way that the temple was used in redemptive history is a reminder of how easy it is for religion to become hollow, or for ritual to rplece a relationship with God.

You can listen to the full message here:- http://www.nec.org.au/listen-to-a-sermon-series/kings-series/ Message 1 Kings 8:22-53 “Temple Theology” How important is the temple in the life of the Israelites? We need to realise that Tabernacle (portable) = Temple (permanent) Expand Reminder of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 8:22-53

Denomination: Baptist

The Curtain In The Temple

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Apr 27, 2019

When Jesus died the curtain in the temple which separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place was torn from top to bottom. Through the sacrifice of Jesus the presence of God is made available to all but not all may enter.

The Curtain In The Temple Please stand as we read our newest memory Scripture together … 2 Timothy 4:3-4 “The time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19, Matthew 5:8, Psalm 73:1, Psalm 51:9-11, Psalm 24:3-5, Mark 15:33-39  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Nazarene

Cleanse The Temple

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jan 28, 2023

GOD placed the SPIRIT of JESUS into the heart of every believer. JESUS not only cleansed the Temple, but also defined the Temple. We are the Temple of the HOLY SPIRIT. Purify your heart today and allow HIS SPIRIT to cleanse you.

2023.01.29.Cleanse the Temple William Akehurst, HSWC Cleanse, purge, sanctify, purify BIG IDEA: GOD placed the SPIRIT of JESUS into the heart of every believer. JESUS not only cleansed the Temple, but also defined the Temple. We are the Temple of the HOLY SPIRIT. Purify your heart today and ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:6, John 2:13-22, 1 Corinthians 3:16-20, Ezekiel 36:27-29, John 15:1-4, Romans 8:11, John 16:13, Psalm 46:10, 1 Kings 19:11-12, 1 John 2:24-27, 2 Corinthians 7:1, 2 Corinthians 6:16-18, Philippians 1:9-10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Temple Completed Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Aug 6, 2022

For those of you who value preaching you will love these verses. It was the preaching of these, so called, “minor prophets” Haggai and Zechariah that the work flourished. The whole time, now under their preaching the people were working with diligence.

Solomon’s Temple was a major undertaking to complete. It was a multi-generational task. King David made so many preparations. His son Solomon worked to see the temple built and dedicated to the Lord. The temple, we call Solomon’s Temple, was destroyed and laid in ruin during the seventy-year ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 6:14-22

Denomination: Baptist

Temple Builders Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 21, 2022

If you want to build a lasting, vibrant church that perseveres, then start with the right foundation—Jesus Christ. Build a quality structure on that foundation—build up fully devoted followers of Christ. And maintain that structure with unity, godly wisdom, and teamwork.

A New York family bought a ranch out West where they intended to raise cattle. Friends visited and asked if the ranch had a name. “Well,” said the would-be rancher, “I wanted to name it the Bar-J. My wife favored Suzy Q. One son liked the Flying W, and the other wants Lazy Y. So we're calling ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-23, 1 Corinthians 2:2

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Cleansing Of The Temple.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 3, 2022

A Sign requiring a response.

THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. John 2:12-25. John 2:12 provides a link between the miracle (sign) of the water being turned into wine in Cana (John 2:1-11), and the cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem (John 2:13-22) = another sign of who Jesus is. In between these two signs, there was a brief ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Are The Temple Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 4, 2020

What does it mean that we are the "Temple of God?" Why would God refer to us that way and what can it teach us about how we should live our lives?

OPEN: In the heart of Kentucky is a facility dedicated to housing hundreds of bars of pure gold --- weighing more than 4,600 tons. Does anybody know what that facility is called? (Fort Knox) When we think of Fort Knox we often visualize it as being nothing more than the vault that holds that gold, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Water And The Temple Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 21, 2020

Those are the healing waters that can always save those who are soaked with them, precisely because this sacrament is the visible sign of the power of Christ, who is the real minister of every baptism.

Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent 2020 Water I always recommend to those who can make pilgrimage that they take a week or more with a Christian guide in the Holy Land–Israel and Jordan–so that they can understand the people and places we read about in the Sacred Scriptures. The Christians living in ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-16, Ezekiel 47:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

Fill This Temple

Contributed by Larry Grant on Nov 20, 2021

There are some in the Christian community that suggest that politics and religion should never work together. Some in the public square that suggest that religious leaders ought to stay out of politics and concern themselves with only the spiritual. But God has the final say on this matter!

In the passage today we take a second look at the people of Israel during the ministry of Haggai the prophet. As we learned last week, 70 years earlier, in the year 586 BC, the Babylonians invaded the Southern Kingdom, destroyed Solomon's beautiful temple in Jerusalem and had taken the people ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:2-9

Denomination: Baptist