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No House Like God's House Series
Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Mar 19, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: No House like God's House
Psalm 132 No House like God's House
1. David's Afflictions - 1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
2. David's Agreements -
2 how he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
3. David's Intentions -
His Resolve -
3 surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed:
His Restraint - 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
His Request - 5 until I find out a place for the Lord,
4. David's Ambitions - 5 until I find out a place for the Lord,
an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
His Desire To Work -
(The Ark) - 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
His Desire To Witness
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
His Desire To Welcome -
8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
His Desire To Worship -
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
His Desire To Wait -
10 For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
His Confidence in -
The Word of God - 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it;
The Work of God - Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne
The Wisdom of God - 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
The Will of God -
It Is Precious - 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion;
It Is Practical - he hath desired it for his habitation.
It Is Permanent - 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell;
It Is Preeminent - for I have desired it.
The Wealth of God -
His Provision - 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
His Protection - 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Polycarp 160 AD, Polycarp, the Bishop of the church in Smyrna, (Izmir in Turkey) He was an old man, and probably the last surviving person to have known an apostle, having been a disciple of John. In Response to the Proconsul “86 years have I have served him,
and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?”
His Production - 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud:
I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
His Protection - 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame:
His Promotion - but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
"but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”
