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Service Notes

The Elrods are with us this morning.

They are on furlough.

Tonight is Vision Night.

I believe it is going to be an important moment for us as a church.

I would like to ask you to come.

/ I know the services without Kids Ministry services are challenging but it will be really good for your kids to see how this church is in a fellowship of the Gospel

Call to Worship

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest;

to all who mourn and long for comfort;

to all who struggle and desire victory;

to all who sin and need a Savior;

to all who are strangers and want fellowship;

to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness;

we welcome you today.

We came here today with great expectation that we will hear from God from His Word.

Intro Bible Reading

Quick reminder that we are about a week out from the resurrection.

The crucifixion takes place on Thursday or Friday.

/ We will spend sometime on that issue as we get closer.

Right now we are 14 weeks out from Easter and looking at the passages concerning the resurrection.

Quick Overview of Luke

Orderly account of eye witness testimony Luke 1:1-4 “1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.”

Why: Luke wants to show how the story o Jesus fulfills the story of God & Israel and the whole world

Their is a great emphasis on the fulfillment of Scripture.

Unlikely promises of children with John the Baptist, the messenger, and Jesus, the Messiah

Anna and Simeon speak of their great anticipation for the day the Messiah would come

After baptism by John Jesus goes to the temple and reads from Isaiah.

Luke 4:18 “18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”

Deliverance: refers to the year of jubilee when all slaves were released and debts cancelled

Large block of stories (ch.4-8)

Jesus sharing good news with the poor (blind, prostitute, tax collector)

Preaches about the “upside down Kingdom” on the Sermon on the plain

Mount of transfiguration Jesus, Moses, and Elijah speak of Jesus exodus that will take place in Jerusalem

Ch. 9-19 was Jesus journey to Jerusalem

Jesus is coming to Jerusalem on the week of the passover.

The week they celebrate their great deliverance from captivity.

Write down Luke 24:47 - you will see that after the resurrection Jesus teaches the disciples how He was the fulfillment of Scripture.

Let’s Review Last Week

Jesus entered into town with upwards of 200,000 people

Jesus makes a statement while fulfilling Scripture

Some people rejoiced and others said “turn the music down I am trying to save myself over here”

This Week: Jesus’ estimation of the worship of His own people in God's temple

Next Week: Jesus’ estimation of the leading religious figures of His day

Luke 19:41–48 (KJV)

41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace!

but now they are hid from thine eyes.

43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

We come to the end of the day.

Mark 11:11 “11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.”

Look at the temple at night.

Went out onto Bethany to sleep

Home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus

Jerusalem was a “tent city” People were staying everywhere they could

In His mind, as He walked in the darkness, in His mind, as He went to sleep, must have been what He had seen in the temple.

45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the temple.

But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

Introduction

Let’s start out by playing some fill in the blank, ready?

Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello and? Michaelangelo, right!

Yes, they are the four most famous artists of the Renaissance, of course!

What, did you guys think I was talking about someone else?

Michelangelo painted Sistine Chapel.

Sculpted David.

Was known to be radically given to his cause.

Teacher to Michelangelo: So he gazed deeply into young Michelangelo’s eyes and said, “This will cost you your life!” Without a moment’s hesitation, Michelangelo responded, “Yes, I know, but what else is life for?”

We all love to hear a story of great zeal.

However, the direction of our zeal is much more important than the degree of our zeal.

Today we Jesus consumed, eaten up, with a zeal for His house.

We see zeal according to knowledge.

Zeal for thine house

Phrase not found in this passage or this story

Found the first time Jesus came into a Temple in this manner

John 2:17 “17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”

And His disciples remembered that it was written

Psalm 69:9 “9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.”

second time, not much has changed at the Temple

second time, His zeal had not faded

He didn’t go to the governmental houses to the Romans

He had paid his temple tax / remember his fish story

He didn’t go to the sin of the back aisle

Jesus walked into the place or worship and said this is completely unacceptable

There were things in that nation that only soldiers could make right.

There were things in that nation that only righteous leaders could make right.

There were things in that nation that only compassionate philanthropists could make right.

There were things there that demanded social reform if they were to be altered, but none of that matters.

That is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic – because what matters is a person's relationship to God.

As Peter put it, “Judgment must begin at the house of God.” -MacArthur

Jesus the refiner that the Old Testament had said would come

Malachi 3:1-2 “1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming?

and who shall stand when he appeareth?

for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:”

Refining meant removing what did not belong

John 2:13–16 (KJV)

13 And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,