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Sunday, November 8Calvary Church

In this message we’re asking the questions: what does it mean that we have come to God’s house? What does He expect of u

God keeps warning Judah that his house was meant to be a place of welcome and prayer for the outsider and the hurting, and he is angry that they turned it into a place that oppresses people and serves other gods. The sermon asks what it looks like for a church to honor God's name in his house today.

What was preached

• Jeremiah 7:1–15
• Jeremiah 7:16–20
• Isaiah 56:1–8
• Mark 11:15–18

• Why was God so angry that Judah was oppressing the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow in his house?
• Why does God point Judah back to Shiloh when he warns them about the temple?
• Why did Jesus drive the buyers and sellers out of the temple and quote both Isaiah and Jeremiah?

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