Sermon outline:
1. Precious Enough to God to Require Gatekeepers
2. Communion with God in His Household
3. Rejoicing in the Household of God
4. Washing all that is Holy in the Household of God
Family Discussion questions:
1. What was the showbread meant to show the people of God?
2. What was the grain offerings meant to demonstrate?
3. Why were gatekeepers necessary for the temple?
4. How is the truth which was behind the temple gatekeepers now applied in the church?
5. Does being "washed" by the blood of Jesus automatically remove all of the desires of your previous identity?
6. What are the different reasons which Christians need to be reminded that they have been washed?
7. How does the new identity of a being a person who has communion with God replace our old identities?
8. Why is it better than any other identity?
