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The Spiritual Temple: God's Dwelling Within

Explore the concept of temples, from ancient architectural wonders to modern church buildings. Discover how God's temple is not made with hands, but dwells within believers, making them a spiritual house consecrated to God.

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The Spiritual Temple: God's Dwelling Within

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  1. Empty Temples Acts 17:24

  2. Temples • The Gentiles had many temples • Some were more famous than others • The Temple of Diana at Ephesus • The Parthenon, temple of Athena, in Athens • Temples to Apollos and Aphrodite in Corinth • Yet they were all empty

  3. The greatest temple of New Testament times was in Jerusalem • Only one the Jews ever had • Built by Solomon in 957 BC • Took 183,600 men 7 ½ years to build • Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC • Rebuilt by Zerubbabel in 516 BC • Remodeled and expanded by Herod the Great in 20 BC • Yet God did not dwell therein (2 Chron. 2:5-6) • What Paul said in Acts 17:24 applies to the temple in Jerusalem also

  4. The Modern Concept • Church buildings are temples • Believed to be the dwelling place of God • Yet Paul’s words hold here also • What about us? • Brethren sometimes get overblown on the building • It is a means to an end • God does not dwell in this building either

  5. What The NT Teaches • God does have a temple • A temple more glorious than any other before • “You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house” (1 Peter 2:5) • Saints are a habitation of God (Eph. 2:19-22) • Christians are the temple of God (1 Cor. 3:16-17) • A spiritual dwelling for a spiritual Being • Thus, it is “not made with hands”

  6. “Holy” • Dedicated (consecrated) to God • Notice use of word “holy” • Romans 12:1 • 2 Corinthians 7:1 • 1 Peter 1:15 • We are caretakers of the temple • What is it like? • Is it acceptable to God?

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