A couple of Sundays ago it was 3\/16. It was also Palm Sunday. That won\u2019t happen so early again in our lifetime \u2013 unless you live another 220 years. The merging of Roman calendar date and biblical reference caused more than one church to emphasize John 3:16 on Palm Sunday, leading up to Easter. No real connection there, except that John 3:16 is true every Sunday (and Monday through Saturday as well). It made me curious as to what other thoughts appear in 3:16. In my search I discovered 1 Corinthians 3:16 which reads, \u201cDo you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?\u201d How\u2019s that for an Easter verse? Because He lives, the Spirit lives. Where does the Spirit live? In the temple! Where is the temple, in Jerusalem? There were three temples there, but there is no more. The new temple is in believers. So whatever scripture text was preached where you worshipped on Palm Sunday and Easter, the post-Palm Sunday\/Easter sermon is to be preached through you and me. He lives! Where? He lives in believers. So, I hope your Easter celebration didn\u2019t end at noon yesterday or midnight last night. The celebration continues in us . . . and through us. Now that Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday are past, this might be a good week to re-cleanse the temple, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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