July 9, 2017 Teaching Outline

​Resonate - with the song of the resurrection…
“The Church as the Temple of God!”
 
“…In Him, you are being built together to become a dwelling place in which God lives by His Holy Spirit.”  Ephesians 2:22
 
 
In the NT, the Church is never viewed as a building. 
It is always a group of people gathered together to Worship God,
and to build each other up as a body of Christ.
 

 
 
The NT uses a variety of images to describe the church:
The people of God, the body of Christ, the bride of Christ, the believers, the saints,
the elect, & the field of God…
 
The NT speaks of the church:
 
                        as the Temple of God.
 
                        as a Dwelling Place for God. (Ephesians 2:22)
 

• If the Church is Gods home then…
  • God must be the host rather than the visitor.

 

• God must be comfortable in His church.

 

• The Church is built with people. (Ephesians 3:20)
  • On the foundation of the apostles and prophets.

 

• Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone of the church.

 

• It must be built in alignment with Jesus to remain stable and straight. It consists of living stones.

 

• Being living stones set together in the church is challenging.

 

• The Church is a holy Temple (I Corinthians 3:17)
  • It must be Holy because it is the Temple of a Holy God.

 

• A Church that is not Holy is false advertising for God.

 

• Becoming a Holy church allows the Sprit to form more and more of Christ In us, Among us, and Through us.

 
We Resonate with the song of resurrection when:
 
The Church is a people where God is at home and
where people know that He is really among us.
 
That happens only when we become a Holy People as well!