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Reading The Bible Through The Jesus Lens in Ezra “From Biblical Book to Biblical Hook” Charts adapted from Dr. Michael Williams Book |
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Title for Ezra |
Ezra: Theme |
Ezra 1:3 |
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“Temple Restoration” |
God brings the exiles back to Jerusalem and directs that His temple be rebuilt. |
“Whoever is among you of ll his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel—he is the God who is in Jerusalem.” |
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Christ-Focus in Ezra |
Implications from Ezra |
Hooks from Ezra |
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Through Christ, God is building a living a living temple. “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” – Ephesians 2:19-22 |
Let us join God’s construction crew. “According to the grace of God given me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.” – 1 Corinthians 3:10-17 |
What are you building with your life? Are your efforts focused on God’s kingdom or on your own? Are you aware that building of some sort is always going on? Wouldn’t it be better to expend your efforts on something that lasts? What are the tools that God has given you to participate in the building process? What kind of life does this building demand? Have you committed yourself to something that is draining the life from you? Are you happy with how you’ve spent your years? Why not commit yourself to something that infuses you with life?
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