Matthew 4:1-11

March 18, 2018

Matthew 4:1-11

Preacher: Bill Bottger

Series: Matthew

Passage: Matthew 4:1-11

Service Type: Sunday Morning

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The Jewish Temple that was in Jerusalem was built by Solomon as a place for the Ark of the Covenant, God’s “dwelling” place on earth. His people then had a place to offer sacrifice, worship, and commune with Him. When Jesus drove those who bought and sold out of the Temple He said, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves’.” The Bible says that we are now a temple of God (1 Cor. 3:16-17), and that Christ now dwells in our hearts through faith in Him (Ephesians. 3:17). If the literal temple was a “house of prayer”, how much more should we spend in prayer and communion with our Savior and drive out the things in our life that steal away our time from Him? Something to think about…