The house

2 Houses.

Natural House

Spiritual House

THE NATURAL HOUSE OF THE LORD.

Psalm 26 ESV

8 O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

Psalm 27 ESV

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. 5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. 6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and

I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord. 7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! 8 You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”

Psalm 26 ESV

8 O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

Psalm 84 ESV

1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

TODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN 300,000 CHURCHES IN AMERICA.

AND MORE THAN 25 JUST IN FORNEY

BRICK AND MORTAR IS NOT WHAT MAKES A HOUSE HOLY……

JESUS LOVED THE HOUSE OF GOD!

BRICK AND MORTAR IS NOT WHAT MAKES A HOUSE HOLY……

It becomes holy when it is set aside unto The Lord.

Psalm 122 ESV

I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto “The House of The Lord.”

FORSAKE NOT THE ASSEMBLING OF YOURSELVES

“TOGETHER.”

2. Spiritual house.

TRANSITION

JOHN 4 ESV

23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

THERE IS A NATURAL HOUSE OF GOD

AND THERE IS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE OF GOD

“HIS PEOPLE”

Ephesians 2 ESV

19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

1 Peter 2 ESV

4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

“Built together.”

HEBREWS 10 ESV

24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

25 NOT NEGLECTING to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

MATTHEW 18 ESV

20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

BUILT TOGETHER FOR A HABITATION.

JOHN 13 ESV

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

JOHN 15 ESV

9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

DO I LOVE GOD’S PEOPLE, WHICH ARE GOD’S SPIRITUAL HOUSE?

MATTHEW 18 ESV

20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

MATTHEW 16 ESV

18 I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

SATAN TRIES TO “ERODE” THE MORTAR THAT BINDS US TOGETHER

DO WE LOVE GOD’S SPIRITUAL HOUSE?