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Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - Bible Class by Jonathan Jenkins

When Your Name Is Called...Twice

Lesson 9

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Jerusalem’s Desolate Temple: Exposing the Corruption of a Man-Centered Kingdom

Matthew 23:1-39

Jerusalem’s Temple Was Built on Hypocrisy - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites…” (v. 13, 15, 16, 23, 25, 27, 29)

1. The Hypocrisy of Elitism - “Shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (v. 13)
2. The Hypocrisy of Coercion - “To make a single proselyte” (v. 15)
3. The Hypocrisy of Legalism - “By the temple…by the gold…by the altar…by the gift…” (v. 16-22)
4. The Hypocrisy of Formalism - “You tithe of mint…and have neglected the weightier matters of the law” (v. 23)
5. The Hypocrisy of Self-Centeredness - “Full of greed and self-indulgence” (v. 25-26)
6. The Hypocrisy of Exceptionalism - “Hypocrisy and lawlessness” (v. 27-28)
7. The Hypocrisy of Traditionalism - “You build the tombs of the prophets” (v. 29-33)

Jerusalem’s Temple Was Decorated With Insolence (v. 23:37) - “…you were not willing”

Jerusalem’s Temple Was Destined for Destruction (v. 38-39) - “your house is left to you desolate”

God’s Temple Honors (Matthew 21:5-16)

1. Lowly Gifts Used in Praise
2. Broken People Seeking Help
3. Praise from the Simple

Jerusalem, Jerusalem - Made Its Choice

Christian, Christian - Make Yours Today and Forever