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Jesus not only frees us from our sins but also provided us a path to encounter the fullness of God.

INTRODUCTON

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Series: Pathways to Freedom

Guided

by the ethos of our value of freedom

We are liberated through the person and work of Jesus to unceasingly experience the Spirit’s transformative power and presence, and as a distinct people marked by this freedom, we delight to behold and encounter the face of God as the Kingdom breaks in among us.

Exploring

Week 1: Free for Freedom

Week 2: Temple of the Holy Spirit

Week 3:

Week 4: Live by the Spirit

Main Point

As children of God, we believe that Jesus not only frees us from our sins, but also provided us a path to encounter the fullness of God.

Last Week

Prayer

Theological Dimension of Freedom

Relationship w/ God as a result of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ

Human Dimension of Freedom

Liberated to be what God wants us to be

and to do what God wants us to do.

What Do We Do With Freedom?

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers.

Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple.

For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

Pray

The Temple of God

The temple in its most basic sense symbolizes the dwelling place of God.

Paul writing w/ a Jewish perspective

The understanding of the Temple would be clear.

The church in Corinth is mostly Gentile converts

The temple in its most basic sense symbolizes the dwelling place of God.

The understanding of the Temple would be clear.

Pauls writings on the Temple would be understood

The temple in its most basic sense symbolizes the dwelling place of God.

The temple was foundational

The temple played a central role in Jewish society.

The temple played a central role in Jewish society.

It played a central role in Jewish society.

The temple played a central role in Jewish society.

Not only was it the worship center of Hebrew culture

the temple was not only the worship center of Hebrew culture but also the art gallery, concert plaza and poetry library

More over it is a symbol of the victory of God

but also the art gallery, concert plaza and poetry library

More over it is a symbol of

Communication w/ God

Communication w/ God

The Temple and Community

Community w/ the people of God

The victory of God

More over it is a symbol of

More over it is a symbol of

The Victory of God

The victory of God

The victory of God

God rejects David’s plan to build.

God rejects David’s plan to build.

The one who follows David in his dynasty will be the one to build the “house of God.”

This one of course is Solomon, whose name means “peace.”

The one who follows David in his dynasty will be the one to build the “house of God.”

This one of course is Solomon, whose name means “peace.”

The point is that the temple symbolizes victory over the enemies of God and peaceful settlement in the land.

David was the conquest completer, but he was also “a warrior” (); so the time was not right for the temple.

His son Solomon built it.

The point is that the temple symbolizes victory over the enemies of God and peaceful settlement in the land.

David was the conquest completer, but he was also “a warrior” (); so the time was not right for the temple.

His son Solomon built it.

Seen as the place of Justice as well as the place of peace.

The temple is an earthly archetype of the heavenly reality, 

The Temple and Justice and Peace

The temple is an earthly archetype of the heavenly reality, 

The Invisible God Made Visible through the embodied Temple

The temple is an earthly archetype of the heavenly reality, 

This temple is not made by human hands

The Invisible God Made Visible through the embodied Temple

The Invisible God Made Visible through the embodied Temple

This temple is not made by human hands

This temple is not made by human hands

“Heaven is my throne, 

66 Thus says the Lord:

66 Thus says the Lord:

and the earth is my footstool; 

“Heaven is my throne,

“Heaven is my throne,

what is the house that you would build for me, 

and the earth is my footstool;

and the earth is my footstool;

and what is the place of my rest?