God seeks com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adon with peo\u00adp\u00adle with all the fibres of his being. In the Gar\u00adden of Eden a line beg\u00adins that leads through the taber\u00adna\u00adcle, the temp\u00adle, the incar\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of Jesus, the body of an indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal belie\u00adver to the church. At Pen\u00adte\u00adcost, the fol\u00adlo\u00adwers of Jesus beco\u00adme temp\u00adles of the Holy Spi\u00adrit. This is a huge pri\u00advi\u00adle\u00adge and at the same time comes with the respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to extend the pre\u00adsence of God to the who\u00adle earth.<\/p>\n
What could be bet\u00adter than wit\u00adnessing live how Jesus heals peo\u00adp\u00adle, casts out demons and trains his fri\u00adends? It would be an abso\u00adlu\u00adte blast! So it seems a litt\u00adle dis\u00adtur\u00adbing when Jesus says to the very peo\u00adp\u00adle who had this pri\u00advi\u00adle\u00adge: \u00ab[\u2026] It is best for you that I go away [\u2026]\u00bb (John 16:7 NLB<\/span>). Why is that the best thing? Becau\u00adse a new era of fel\u00adlow\u00adship with God is being ushe\u00adred in! \tIn the Gar\u00adden of Eden, God cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adted an inten\u00adsi\u00adve rela\u00adti\u00adonship with Adam and Eve. The holy God wal\u00adked (Hebrew: mit\u00adhal\u00adlek) with man in the gar\u00adden. Alt\u00adhough peo\u00adp\u00adle could no lon\u00adger live in God\u2019s pre\u00adsence due to rebel\u00adli\u00adon against God, God in his grace lon\u00adged for fel\u00adlow\u00adship with man. It beco\u00admes clear: God wants to walk around in clo\u00adse com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adon with peo\u00adp\u00adle with all the fibres of his being. \tPer\u00adso\u00adnal respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty: Per\u00adhaps your approach to time, food, sexua\u00adli\u00adty or other things has lost a lot of its vita\u00adli\u00adty. The only effec\u00adti\u00adve reme\u00addy for this is water from the Holy of Holies. We beco\u00adme holy through cont\u00adact with the holy. What exact\u00adly is our task in the situa\u00adtions descri\u00adbed? Ans\u00adwer: To expo\u00adse peo\u00adp\u00adle to the work of God\u2019s Spi\u00adrit by going the\u00adre. The Holy Spi\u00adrit com\u00adforts, encou\u00adra\u00adges, admo\u00adnis\u00adhes, shakes up, gives advice and accom\u00adpa\u00adnies. It is pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly the\u00adse edi\u00adfy\u00ading acti\u00advi\u00adties that he wants to do through you and me. \tGod seeks com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adon with peo\u00adp\u00adle with every fib\u00adre. How does the red line run through world history? God seeks fel\u00adlow\u00adship with peo\u00adp\u00adle with every fib\u00adre of his being. A line beg\u00adins in the Gar\u00adden of Eden that leads through the taber\u00adna\u00adcle, the temp\u00adle, the incar\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of Jesus, the body of an indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal belie\u00adver and final\u00adly to the church. At Pen\u00adte\u00adcost, the fol\u00adlo\u00adwers of Jesus beco\u00adme temp\u00adles of the Holy Spi\u00adrit. This is a huge pri\u00advi\u00adle\u00adge and at the same time\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[23],"wpfc_sermon_series":[90],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-matthias-altwegg","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-heilig-heilig-heilig","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-7329","4":"wpfc_sermon","5":"type-wpfc_sermon","6":"status-publish","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"hentry","11":"wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"},"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nGod wants community
\nGod seeks com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adon with peo\u00adp\u00adle with all the fibres of his being. We encoun\u00adter the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing sta\u00adti\u00adons in the cour\u00adse of the story:<\/p>\n
\n\tThus, at God\u2019s ins\u00adtruc\u00adtion to Moses, the \u00abTent of Mee\u00adting\u00bb later came into being. God\u2019s glo\u00adry fil\u00adled the Holy of Holies and the Crea\u00adtor lived again with his spe\u00adcial pre\u00adsence among his peo\u00adp\u00adle. In Hebrew, the term mit\u00adhal\u00adlek stands for this pre\u00adsence of God.
\n\tSolo\u00admon later built the temp\u00adle in Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem in place of the mobi\u00adle tent, whe\u00adre God dwells with the people.
\n\tJesus then beco\u00admes the place of encoun\u00adter with God as a per\u00adso\u00adni\u00adfied temp\u00adle (Matthew 12:6\u20137; Mark 14:58). HE<\/span> is the pro\u00admi\u00adsed temp\u00adle, which God hims\u00adelf built and which will last fore\u00adver (2 Samu\u00adel 7).
\n\tAt Pen\u00adte\u00adcost, the temp\u00adle now expands to include indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal belie\u00advers and the church. The aim is for God\u2019s spe\u00adcial pre\u00adsence to be spread across the who\u00adle of crea\u00adti\u00adon. This goal will be achie\u00adved when Jesus returns and estab\u00adlishes the new crea\u00adti\u00adon. Until then, it is part of the cal\u00adling of a fol\u00adlower of Jesus Christ to pro\u00admo\u00adte the pre\u00adsence of God.<\/p>\n
\nBeco\u00adming the Temp\u00adle of the Holy Spirit
\n\u00abIt is best for you that I go away, for if I do not go, the Coun\u00adsell\u00ador will not come. But if I go away, he will come, becau\u00adse I will send him to you\u00bb (John 16:7 NLB<\/span>). The Coun\u00adsell\u00ador is the Spi\u00adrit of God. The temp\u00adle as a place whe\u00adre God\u2019s pre\u00adsence is pre\u00adsent is no lon\u00adger limi\u00adt\u00aded to a buil\u00adding, but extends to the church. \u00abFor we are the temp\u00adle of the living God, as God has said: I will be among them and live among them. I will be their God, and they shall be my peo\u00adp\u00adle. [\u2026] I will be your Father and you will be my sons and daugh\u00adters, says the Lord Almigh\u00adty\u00bb (2 Corin\u00adthi\u00adans 6:16\u201318 NLB<\/span>).
\nIn terms of the histo\u00adry of sal\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon, we are living today in an extre\u00adme\u00adly exci\u00adting and final pha\u00adse with regard to God\u2019s fel\u00adlow\u00adship with man\u00adkind. The church is the temp\u00adle of the last days, as God dwells in it in the form of the Holy Spirit.
\nThrough his death on the cross, Jesus beca\u00adme the cor\u00adner\u00adstone and key\u00adstone of this temp\u00adle (Ephe\u00adsi\u00adans 2:20; 1 Peter 2:5), through which the church can only beco\u00adme a temp\u00adle. HE<\/span> forms the secu\u00adre foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon and at the same time com\u00adple\u00adtes it. This means that a per\u00adson can only beco\u00adme part of the temp\u00adle through faith in Jesus Christ and thus gain free access to the encoun\u00adter with the com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly different.
\nPaul also says in a let\u00adter to the Corin\u00adthi\u00adans that every fol\u00adlower of Jesus is indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly a temp\u00adle of the Holy Spi\u00adrit. \u00abOr do you not know that your body is a temp\u00adle of the Holy Spi\u00adrit who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to your\u00adsel\u00adves, for God paid a high pri\u00adce for you\u00bb (1 Corin\u00adthi\u00adans 6:19 NLB<\/span>). This means that every per\u00adson who puts their trust in Jesus Christ is both a temp\u00adle and a living stone in the buil\u00adding of the temple.
\nPen\u00adte\u00adcost thus beco\u00admes an epo\u00adchal and gre\u00adat mile\u00adstone in God\u2019s histo\u00adry with man\u00adkind. Sin\u00adce that day, peo\u00adp\u00adle who belie\u00adve in Jesus no lon\u00adger \u00abonly\u00bb live with Jesus, but Christ lives in them in the form of the Holy Spi\u00adrit. This is inde\u00aded much bet\u00adter and, abo\u00adve all, pro\u00admi\u00adsing for the future.
\nBeco\u00adme a blessing
\nThe Pope is tra\u00advel\u00adling anony\u00admously to Venice and falls out of a gon\u00addo\u00adla. The water is not deep, but the Pope con\u00adti\u00adnues to sink. A gon\u00addo\u00adlier comes by and asks: \u00abCan I help you?\u00bb The Pope says: \u00abNo, the Holy Spi\u00adrit will help me.\u00bb The Pope con\u00adti\u00adnues to sink, he is alre\u00ada\u00addy up to his neck in water, when the gon\u00addo\u00adlier comes by again and asks: \u00abCan I help you?\u00bb The Pope repli\u00ades again: \u00abNo, the Holy Spi\u00adrit will help me.\u00bb When the Pope has now drow\u00adned and stands befo\u00adre the Holy Spi\u00adrit in hea\u00adven, he says to Him: \u00abWhen you\u2019\u00adre nee\u00added, you\u2019\u00adre never the\u00adre!\u00bb To which the Holy Spi\u00adrit repli\u00ades: \u00abWell, who do you think has been rowing back and forth in front of you all this time?\u00bb
\nWhen you are tra\u00advel\u00adling with Jesus, you are like the gon\u00addo\u00adlier. The Holy Spi\u00adrit accom\u00adpa\u00adnies and empowers you. He gui\u00addes you in situa\u00adtions and is your resour\u00adce to help. As temp\u00adles of the Holy Spi\u00adrit, we are cal\u00adled to increase the pre\u00adsence of God in this world \u2013 tog\u00ade\u00adther as a church, but also indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly in your environment.
\nEze\u00adkiel saw in a visi\u00adon how a stream of water flowed from the Holy of Holies of the temp\u00adle through the land into the Dead Sea. \u00abEver\u00ady\u00adthing that moves and stirs whe\u00adre the water comes will live. The\u00adre will be a gre\u00adat many fish, becau\u00adse this water comes the\u00adre and makes the salt water healt\u00adhy. Whe\u00adre\u00adver this water flows, ever\u00ady\u00adthing will live\u00bb (Eze\u00adkiel 47:9 NLB<\/span>). Heal\u00ading, life-crea\u00adting water! Sin\u00adce Pen\u00adte\u00adcost, when a per\u00adson beco\u00admes a temp\u00adle of the Holy Spi\u00adrit, he also beco\u00admes a tank full of living water: \u00abWhoe\u00adver belie\u00adves in me, rivers of living water will flow from within him [\u2026] By \u00abliving water\u00bb he meant the Spi\u00adrit, who was to be given to ever\u00adyo\u00adne who belie\u00adved in him\u00bb (John 7:38f NLB<\/span>).
\nThe task of the\u00adse water tanks or temp\u00adles is now to car\u00adry the living water to places whe\u00adre the\u00adre is other\u00adwi\u00adse no life. No one has to pro\u00addu\u00adce this water them\u00adsel\u00adves, but it accu\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtes in us through our rela\u00adti\u00adonship with God. Per\u00adhaps that is pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly the crux of the mat\u00adter: the rela\u00adti\u00adonship with the Other is floun\u00adde\u00adring at a low level. The dis\u00adtrac\u00adtions of ever\u00ady\u00adday life suf\u00adfo\u00adca\u00adte com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adon with God. Pen\u00adte\u00adcost wants to fuel and water this relationship.
\nThis fills the inner water tank so that the\u00adre is enough water for all are\u00adas of life:<\/p>\n
\n\tThe fami\u00adly: Dif\u00adfe\u00adrent peo\u00adp\u00adle live in dif\u00adfe\u00adrent fami\u00adly con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons. The\u00adre are sin\u00adgles, divorced peo\u00adp\u00adle, mar\u00adried peo\u00adp\u00adle, wido\u00adwed peo\u00adp\u00adle, fami\u00adlies with and wit\u00adhout child\u00adren. The\u00adre are joys and sor\u00adrows ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre. Water your situa\u00adti\u00adon with living water and you will expe\u00adri\u00adence com\u00adfort and renewal.
\n\tThe church: You are also a buil\u00adding block of the temp\u00adle built tog\u00ade\u00adther as a church. Your life has an influence on the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. How do you feel about your church? Are you a streng\u00adthening ele\u00adment or mere\u00adly a con\u00adsu\u00admer? Through your buil\u00adding block, the com\u00admon temp\u00adle is built and the pre\u00adsence of God is strengthened.
\n\tThe work: Your job gives you the chan\u00adce to irri\u00adga\u00adte a place whe\u00adre living water may only have access through you. But it has the power to prepa\u00adre the Dead Sea as a habi\u00adtat for many dif\u00adfe\u00adrent fish. Becau\u00adse you are a temp\u00adle of the Holy Spi\u00adrit, you have a lot to give. Do not hold it back!
\n\tPublic life: Do you know the peo\u00adp\u00adle in your neigh\u00adbour\u00adhood? Through you or through the living water in you, life can ari\u00adse whe\u00adre the\u00adre is curr\u00adent\u00adly a was\u00adte\u00adland. All it takes is for us to par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adte in public life in our vil\u00adla\u00adges and take an inte\u00adrest in our neighbours.<\/p>\n
\nIn anci\u00adent Isra\u00adel, all Israe\u00adli\u00adtes made a pil\u00adgrimage to the temp\u00adle in Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem during the three gre\u00adat feasts. The peo\u00adp\u00adle had to make their way to the shri\u00adne. The temp\u00adle was not mobi\u00adle. This chan\u00adged com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly at Pen\u00adte\u00adcost. Now the sanc\u00adtua\u00adry of God on earth con\u00adsists of many mobi\u00adle temp\u00adles with the task of going to the peo\u00adp\u00adle. Our water tanks do not con\u00adtain high-pres\u00adsu\u00adre sprink\u00adlers to dis\u00adpen\u00adse water from a distance. Pen\u00adte\u00adcost fills you with living water and empowers you to crea\u00adte life in une\u00adco\u00adno\u00admic\u00adal are\u00adas. When you live with Jesus Christ and fol\u00adlow him, you are a temp\u00adle of the Holy Spi\u00adrit. What a privilege!
\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small group
\nRead the Bible text: Acts 1:8 and 2:1\u201313<\/p>\n
\n\tPen\u00adte\u00adcost makes the belie\u00adving per\u00adson a temp\u00adle of the Holy Spi\u00adrit. What does this mean for the human being himself?
\n\tWhat pri\u00advi\u00adle\u00adges and respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties does this new iden\u00adti\u00adty entail?
\n\tWhe\u00adre in your envi\u00adron\u00adment (per\u00adso\u00adnal respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, fami\u00adly, church, work, public life) do you see a was\u00adte\u00adland? Do you real\u00adly belie\u00adve that you could pour living water into the\u00adse situa\u00adtions? How does that work practically?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"