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AUTHORITY STRUGGLE (1 OF 6)
by Central Christian Church of Arizona
Scripture: Luke 19:45-48
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Authority Struggle (1 of 6)
Series: The Arrival
Jeremy Jernigan
Luke 19:45-48
1) Intro
a) What's up to the guys at the Men's Challenge!
b) Get out your journals to week 2
c) Title: Authority Struggle
d) We have authority issues as humans
i) authority: ''the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.''
ii) Everybody wants that!
iii) Story: touring the Gateway Arch in St. Louis [Picture - Gateway Arch]
e) The more we live under Christ's authority the more we experience peace.
i) Big idea: We are not adequate for the authority we crave.
ii) As long as you need to call the shots in your life you'll experience conflict
iii) ''You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.'' St. Augustine
2) Luke 19:45-48 ''Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices. 46 He said to them, ''The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves.'' 47 After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. 48 But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said.''
a) This is most likely happening on Monday (passion week)
b) Many commentators hold that Jesus drove out temple courts twice in His lifetime
i) The first time in John
ii) The second time as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels (all 3).
iii) This argument stems from the location in John's Book - chapter 2 - as well as the many differences between the accounts (whip, different phrase from Jesus, etc.)
c) This holy place had become something else
i) My experience of visiting the Holy Lands
ii) It feels anything but ''holy''
iii) Picture - Holy Place
3) Jesus models a time of appropriate anger
a) This shatters the view that many people have of Jesus
i) Especially if this event happened t ...
Series: The Arrival
Jeremy Jernigan
Luke 19:45-48
1) Intro
a) What's up to the guys at the Men's Challenge!
b) Get out your journals to week 2
c) Title: Authority Struggle
d) We have authority issues as humans
i) authority: ''the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.''
ii) Everybody wants that!
iii) Story: touring the Gateway Arch in St. Louis [Picture - Gateway Arch]
e) The more we live under Christ's authority the more we experience peace.
i) Big idea: We are not adequate for the authority we crave.
ii) As long as you need to call the shots in your life you'll experience conflict
iii) ''You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.'' St. Augustine
2) Luke 19:45-48 ''Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices. 46 He said to them, ''The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves.'' 47 After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. 48 But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said.''
a) This is most likely happening on Monday (passion week)
b) Many commentators hold that Jesus drove out temple courts twice in His lifetime
i) The first time in John
ii) The second time as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels (all 3).
iii) This argument stems from the location in John's Book - chapter 2 - as well as the many differences between the accounts (whip, different phrase from Jesus, etc.)
c) This holy place had become something else
i) My experience of visiting the Holy Lands
ii) It feels anything but ''holy''
iii) Picture - Holy Place
3) Jesus models a time of appropriate anger
a) This shatters the view that many people have of Jesus
i) Especially if this event happened t ...
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