1 Kings 6:11-13 (NKJV)
11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying: 12 "Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David.
VERY BRIFELY THIS EVENING WITH THE HELP OF THE
LORD AND THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
(CONCERNING THIS HOUSE)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
OUR TEXT THIS MORNING/EVENING
IS CENTERED AROUND KING SOLOMON
-SOLOMON YOU WILL RECALL REIGNED OVER THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL FROM 910 TO 931 BC
-THE SECOND SON OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA
-WHO KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO SIT ON THE PINNACLE OF THE RENOWN
REARED AS A ROYAL PRINCE WHO CAME INTO POWER IN THE TENDERNESS OF HIS YOUTH
-OH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IT WAS NATHAN THE
PROPHET WHO SAW IN SOLOMON THE SYMBOL OF ETERNAL FORGIVENESS
AND SO HE GAVE HIM ONE ADDITIONAL NAME JEDIDIAH
FOR HE WAS THE BELOVED OF GOD
BUT THATS NOT WHY I WANTED US TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH SOLOMON
BUT I WANTED TO LOOK TO SOLOMON THIS MORNING /EVENING
BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE MIGHT DO WELL TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOLOMON WISDOM
1 KINGS THE 3RD CHAPTER TELLS US THAT
SOLOMON MADE HIS WAY TO GIBEON AND THERE IN
A DREAM GOD ASK SOLOMON WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE GIVEN
THE TEXT REVEALS THAT SOLOMON ASK FOR A UNDERSTANDING MIND
GIVE THY SERVANT AND UNDERSTANDING HEART TO
JUDGE THY PEOPLE THAT I MAY DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
AND I NEED TO PULL OVER AND PUT ON MY EMERGENCY PRAISE FLASHERS
BECAUSE (CHURCH NAME) IT`S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT BE INVOLVED IN
KINGDOM BUILDING UNLESS WE HAVE AND UNDERSTANDING HEART
AND WITH THAT WE WILL BECOME ACQUAINTED
WITH GOOD AND EVIL
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BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MEAT AND GRAVY OF THE TEXT
THERE ARE 2 THINGS I NEED TO TELL YOU CONCERNING THIS HOUSE
THE 1ST THING I NEED TO TELL YOU IS THAT WE ALL
KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WILL NOT HELP IN THE BUILDING UP THE HOUSE
AND IT`S NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE STUBBORN, EVIL
OR VINDICTIVE
THE REASON IS THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
SKIN DEEP CHRISTIANS IN THE 21ST CENTURY CHURCH
AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THERE OPTIONS OPEN
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE
FOR THEY CAN SAY I TOLD YOU SO
OH -BUT WHEN VICTORY COME (THEY`LL BE THE FRIST TO SAY I WAS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME
AND YOU DO KNOW WHAT A SKIN DEEP CHRISTIAN IS
IT`S A PERSON WHO PROFESSES TO BE A CHILD OF GOD
BUT THEY ARE SLOUTHFUL -LAZY -IMMATURE-AND MESSEY
NEVER GET INVOLVED IN ANY CHURCH RELATED ACTIVITIES
WON`T COME TO -SUNDAY SCHOOL
-PRAYER MEETING
-BIBLE STUDY OR MISSION OR
BROTHERHOOD
WON`T EVEN PAY THERE TITHES
GIVE THE SAME OLD DOLLAR EVERYTIME THEY COME
ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS SIT BACK AND CRIITIZE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING
SPEAK TO ONE SUNDAY AND IGNORE YOU THE NEXT
TALK CHURCH TALK IN THE LORD`S HOUSE BUT WILL CUSS YOU OUT IN THE PARKING LOT
ALWAYS COMPLAINING AND MURMING ABOUT
-DEACONS AIN`T PRAYING RIGHT
-CHOIR AIN`T SINGING RIGHT
-UHSERS AIN`T USHERING RIGHT
-PREACHER AIN`T PREACHING RIGHT
AND THEY ONLY TIME THEY SHOW UP ON MY SUNDAY
AND YOU DO KNOW WHAT MY SUNDAY IS
MY SUNDAY TO (SING )-(PRAY) -(USHER)
AND WE EVEN GOT SOME MY SUNDAY PREACHERS
(SKIN DEEP CHRISTIAN)
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WELL THE 2ND THING I NEED TO TELL YOU CONCERNING THIS HOUSE
THAT THIS IS GOD`S HOUSE
IT`S A HOUSE -WHERE WOUNDED SOULS CAN PRAY AND TROUBLED HEARTS CAN PRAY
A HOUSE WHERE BROKEN AND BLEEDING BODIES
CAN COME AND FIND A PHARMACUTILE SHOP IN THE HEM OF JESUS GARMENT
A GLORFIED HOUSE -WHERE GOD GETS THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY
A HOUSE -WHERE LOVE LEADS THE WORSHIP
-PEACE PRAYS THE PRAYER
-MERCY MINDS THE MUSIC
-GRACE DIRECTS THE CHOIR
-FAITH LIFTS THE OFFERING
AND THE HOLYGHOST IS ON PREACHING DUTY EVERYTIME YOU MEET
A HOUSE -WHERE THE BLOOD BOUGHT SONS AND
DAUGHTERS OF GOD ARE NOT ASHAME TO SAY AMEN
A HOUSE WHERE IT`S ALRIGHT TO TELL THE LORD THANK YOU
YOU SEE (CHURCH NAME) EVERY NOW AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
AND THINK ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD
HOW HE HAS MADE AWAY OUT OF NOWAY
HOW HE HAS BEEN OUR BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
HOW THE LORD HAS BEEN A LEANING POST THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD ---YOU CAN`T THINK WITHOUT THANKING
BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE GOODNESS OF JESUS AND ALL THAT HE HAS DONE
WE OUGHT TO TAKE A PRAISE BREAK AND TELL THE
LORD THANK YOU
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BUT AS WE EXAMINE THE TEXT
SOLOMON REVEALS TO US THIS MORNING/EVENING
THAT IF you ARE GOING TO BUILD UP THIS HOUSE
GOD SAYS THERE ARE 3 THINGS YOU MUST DO
THE FRIST THING YOU MUST DO IS WALK IN GOD STATUTES
NOW TO WALK IN GOD STATUTES MEANS WE MUST BE WILLING TO BE GOVERNED BY GOD`S WORD
YOU MUST BE WILLING TO BE DISCIPLINE BY GOD`S WORD
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUILD UP GOD`S HOUSE WE`RE THERE IS NO DICIPLINE
1 Corinthians 14:40 (NKJV)
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS GOD HAS A
STANDARD OF CONDUCT THAT HE WANTS THE CHURCH TO FOLLOW
GOD HAS SOME DICTATES OF OF DICIPLINES THAT HE WANT (CHURCH NAME) TO ABIDE IN
GOD HAS SOME ORDINANCES OF ORDER THAT HE WANTS (CHURCH NAME) TO ADHERE TO
WELL REV WHAT IS GOD STAUTES
I,M GLAD YOU ASK
BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS FOUND IN MICAH 6:
Micah 6:8 (NKJV)
LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
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AND NOT ONLY MUST YOU WALK IN GOD`S STATUTES
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT WE HAVE TO EXCUTE GOD JUDGEMENT
AND SOME OF US DON`T LIKE THE WORD JUDGEMENT
BUT I`M PERSUADED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GOD HAS A WORD OF JUDGEMENT
AND JUST BECAUSE WE LOOK PIOUS ,THERE IS STILL A WORD OF JUDGEMENT
NEVER MIND HOW RIGHT AND RIGHTEOUS WE,VE CONVINCE OUR LITTLE NEST OF FRIENDS WE ARE
THERE IS A WORD OF JUDGEMENT
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENT HOW GOOD WE LOOK IN OUR SUNDAYS BEST
THERE IS STILL A WORD OF JUDGEMENT
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN THE 2ND CHAPTER TELLS US THAT
JESUS WENT DOWN TO THE SAME TEMPLE THAT
SOLOMON BUILT AND FOUND MONEY CHANGERS
ROBBING THE POOR AND STEALING FROM THE BLIND
THE RECORD REVEALS THAT JESUS TOLD THEM THIS IS MY FATHERS HOUSE
THIS IS MY HOUSE AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED
A HOUSE OF PRAYER AND YOU HAVE MADE IT A DEN OF THIEVES
AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
THEN THERE HAS TO BE SOME PRAYING GOING ON IN THE HOUSE
AND EVERY AUXILIARY IN THE CHURCH OUGHT TO BE PART OF THE PRAYER MEETING
DEACONS OUGHT NOT START DEVOTION UNTIL THEY HAVE A PRAYER MEETING
USHERS OUGHT NOT COME ON THE FLOOR UNTIL THEY HAVE A PRAYER MEETING
THE CHOIR OUGHT NOT SING SONGS OF ZION UNTIL THEY HAVE A PRAYER MEETING
MISSION SISTERS OUGHT NOT START MISSION UNTIL THEY HAVE A PRAYER MEETING
FOR YOU CAN`T BUILD UP GOD`S HOUSE WITHOUT PRAYER
BECAUSE PRAYER CHANGES THINGS
IT CHANGES WHAT A SOVERIGN GOD WANT CHANGE
PRAYER IS A VECHICLE THAT GOD USES TO CHANGE AND TRANFORM OUR LIVES
AND UNLESS THE CHURCH IS A PRAYING CHURCH
WE STAND UNDER THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
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AND SO I HEAR GOD TELLING SOLOMOM
NOT ONLY DO THEY NEED TO WALK IN MY STATUTES AND EXECUTE MY JUDGEMENT
BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO FOLLOW MY COMMANDMENTS
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT GOD STILL HAS SOME COMMANDMENTS
CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU ABOUT GOD`S COMMANDMENT
IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW THE 19TH CHAPTER STARTING AT VERSE 16
TELLS US ABOUT A RICH YOUNG RULER WHO CAME
TO JESUS AND ASK WHAT MUST I DO TO GAIN ENTERNAL LIFE
JESUS SAID :FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS
Matthew 22:35-40 (NKJV)
35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing
Him, and saying,
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" 37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the
Prophets."
BUT IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN -JESUS SAID
John 13:34-35 (NKJV)
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
BUT AS I PREPARE TO TAKE MY SEAT -I NEED TO TELL (CHURCH NAME)
AS YOU BUILD UP GOD`S HOUSE - ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
BECAUSE WITHOUT LOVE SOME WILL CONTIUE TO
THINK THE CHURCH IS CONVALESCENT HOME WHERE MEMBERS JUST JOIN AND SIT AROUND AND WAIT TO DIE
WITHOUT LOVE
SOME WILL CONTINUE TO THINK THE CHURCH IS A
FUNERAL PARLOR WHERE MEMBERS WALK IN AND OUT DEAD IN THE TRESSPASSESS OF THERE SINS
WITHOUT LOVE SOME WILL CONTINUE TO THINK
THE CHURCH IS A SOCIAL CLUB WHERE THEY
GATHER TOGETHER TO GOSSIP AND GRUMBLE ABOUT EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING
BUT CAN TELL YOU ABOUT GOD`S LOVE
I HEARD JOHN SAY IN
John 3:16 (NKJV)
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
(TELL STORY ABOUT LOVE)
IT WAS LOVE THAT CAME DOWN THRU 42 GENERATIONS
BORN IN ANOTHER MANS STABLE
LAID IN ANOTHER MANS TROUGH
ANOTHER MANS TOWN
BAPTIZE IN THE JORDAN RIVER
TEMPTED IN THE WILDRESS
BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LED FROM JUDGEMENT HALL TO JUDGEMENT HALL
NAIL TO AND OLD RUGGED CROSS
DIED UPON THAT CROSS
HE DIED – SUN BLEW A FUSE
HE DIED –MOON STARTED DRIPPING BLOOD
EARTH ROCK AND REEL LIKE A DRUNK MAN
HE DIED – FOR THE SOLDIER SAID SURELY HE MUST BE THE SON OF GOD BUT THAT’S NOT HOW THE STORY ENDS
BECAUSE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING HE GOT UP
ANYBODY HERE BELIEVE HE GOT
HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
AIN`T HE ALRIGHT
WANT HE MAKE AWAY FOR YOU
I`M TALKING ABOUT JESUS
