The Word: Episode 1367 Psalm 69:32-26

“Attain…”

July 31, 2020

“Attain…”

Blessings folk!

Yep, be not frustrated.
Read again…

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles,
and some as prophets,
and some as evangelists,
and some as pastor
and teachers,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service,
to the building up of the body of Christ;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a mature man,
to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.


God gave/gives those who have certain roles/functions.

These equip the saints.
The equipping is for the work of service, for the building up of the Body of Christ.

When does this occur?
For how long?

“Until…”!

Until we all…note ALL..attain to the unity of the faith.
Until we all attain to the knowledge of the Son of God
Until we all attain maturity.
Until we all attain to the measure of the stature…the fulness of Christ.

Obviously, this is an ongoing process.

Since it is ongoing, then why do we think that we as the western church can say “we do not need all these roles/functions”?

We should not.
But we do

To the detriment of the Kingdom.

Let us repent and live the Kingdom life as the Lord has designed.

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The Word: Episode 1366 Psalm 69:30-31

“Work of Service”

July 30, 2020

“Work of Service”

Blessings folk!

Do not grow tired of this passage!
Read it slowly again…

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles,
and some as prophets,
and some as evangelists,
and some as pastor
and teachers,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service,
to the building up of the body of Christ;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a mature man,
to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.


So, some are given for particular roles and functions.

We see the purpose - to equip the saints.

Equip the saints for what?

  1. Work of service
  2. Building up of the Body of Christ

Think on that for a moment.

Each saint, “holy one”…True Believer…has a work of service that the Lord has granted.

Look at what the Lord had told us earlier in Ephesians…

Eph 2:10
For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

We are the Lord’s workmanship!
We are created in Christ Jesus for good works.
These good works were prepared by God “beforehand” for us to walk in…to do!
“Beforehand”? Yep.
Before we were saved.
Before we were born.
Before the foundations of the earth.

The Lord has a good work through us that He has designed.
A work for today.

Are we doing it?

…to be continued…

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The Word: Episode 1365 Psalm 69:22-29

“For the Equipping of the Saints…”

July 29, 2020

“For the Equipping of the Saints…”

Blessings folk!

Again, read these verses.
Repetition is at the heart of learning, knowledge, understanding.

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles,
and some as prophets,
and some as evangelists,
and some as pastor
and teachers,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service,
to the building up of the body of Christ;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a mature man,
to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.


God gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers for a purpose.

The purpose was the equipping of the saints.
They are given to the church of True Believers.

If this is so, why do we reject some of the role, some of the functioning.

Generally speaking the church, at least the western church, rejects the apostle and prophet.

Many a book has been written to justify this.

Let’s just be clear.

Such is a lie and the deception of the evil one.

All roles, functionings and gifting that are seen in the Word are valid today.
They are needed to today.

This explains many of the problems in the contemporary church.

We are a 5-cylinder engine running on 3 cylinders.

Reject the apostolic…
Reject the prophetic…
Pick and choose the gifting of the Spirit that “you like”…
And you will have what we see today.
A powerless church.
An insignificant gathering of people searching for some purpose and searching to maintain “numbers”.

Such is not the Kingdom.

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The Word: Episode 1364 Psalm 69:19-26

“Spirit-Gifted Individuals"

July 28, 2020

“Spirit-Gifted Individuals"

Blessings folk!

Read this passage again.

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles,
and some as prophets,
and some as evangelists,
and some as pastor
and teachers,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service,
to the building up of the body of Christ;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a mature man,
to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.


Verse 11 tells us that “God gave…”

What did he give?
Apostles
Prophets
Evangelists
Pastors
Teachers

The Lord gave.
Some view these as “spiritual gifts”.
I use to.

I am more inclined now to see them as Spirit-gifted individuals with roles and functions.

I have a question.
Why do many of our churches…
- exalt one/two of them?
- accept another?
- reject the other two?

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Romans Part 4 - Lesson 7

Romans Part 4 - Lesson 7

The Word: Episode 1363 Psalm 69:13-18

“He Gave Some…”

July 27, 2020

“He Gave Some…”

Blessings folk!

True Believers are One in the Lord.

False believers are not in the Lord.
They are not a part of the Unity of the Lord.

The Holy Spirit empowers every Believer.

This empowerment, these “gifts”, are given for the benefit of the Body.

Some are given particular roles…

Eph 4:11-13

And He gave some as apostles,
and some as prophets,
and some as evangelists,
and some as pastor
and teachers,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service,
to the building up of the body of Christ;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a mature man,
to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

We will look at this in detail.

For today, note what is given:

  • Apostles
  • Prophets
  • Evangelists
  • Pastor
  • Teachers

Note why/purpose…
  • Equipping of the saints for the work of service
  • To the building up of the Body of Christ

Note for how long/goal…
  • Until we all attain to the unity of the faith
  • Until we all attain to the knowledge of the Son of God
  • Until we become mature
  • Until we reach the measure of the stature that belongs to the fulness of Christ.


This truth provides the outline for all we do as the Body of Christ.

Do we do it?

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The Word: Episode 1362 Psalm 69:9-13

“One God and Father…”

July 26, 2020

“One God and Father…”

Blessings folk!

We saw yesterday that we as Believers are to be diligent in maintaining the unity of the Spirit.

Let us continue to look at this passage from Ephesians 4.
It is pivotal.
It is foundational.
It shows us how to live.

Eph 4:1-6
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord,
implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,

being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

Walking, humility, gentleness, patience, tolerance, preserving the unity of the Spirit are all possible because we are One.
One in the Lord.

One Body.
One Spirit.
One hope of calling.
One Lord.
One faith.
One baptism
One God and Father
- Who is over all
- Who is through all
- Who is our all in all

This is who we are.
Live this way.
Watch what the Lord does to glorify Himself.

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The Word: Episode 1361 Psalm 69:1-8

“Maintain the Unity of the Spirit”

July 25, 2020

“Maintain the Unity of the Spirit”

Blessings folk!

As to the Body of Christ, for what are you eager?

Remember, by definition, we are One.

Read…

Eph 4:1-3

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord,
Urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

We are to be eager to “maintain”…note maintain!…the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Again, we have unity in the Spirit…if we choose to walk in it.

How?

Walk in a worthy manner.
Walk in humility.
Walk in gentleness.
Walk in patience
Walk in forbearance.
Walk in love.
Walk in peace.

The Lord, through Paul, urges us to walk this way.

He empowers to do so.

If we are not doing so, it is because of our own decision.

What are you deciding?

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The Word: Episode 1360 Psalm 22:20-26

“I In Them. You In Me”

July 24, 2020

“I In Them. You In Me”

Blessings folk!

We are One as the Body of Christ.

Of course, many will “creep in” - read the book of Jude.
Many will “fake it” - “tares”, “false christs”, etc.
Many will think they are “fine” because they are involved with religious activities.

But, the true Believer.
The one who has truly confessed, repented and called upon the name of the Lord…
They are One…
Hear what Jesus said to Father…

John 17:22-23
“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them,
that they may be one, just as We are one;

I in them and You in Me,
that they may be perfected in unity,
so that the world may know that You sent Me,
and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

Look at each point.

Father gave glory to Jesus.
Jesus gave that glory to “them” - the immediate disciples and us.
Why?
That we may be One.
One as Father/Son/Spirit is.

Jesus in us.
Father in Son
Why?
That we may be perfected in unity…literally means “into one” …completed into one.
Why?
So that the world will know that Father sent Jesus.
So that the world will know that Jesus loves them.
So that the world will know that they are loved even as Father loves Jesus.

I believe this is foundational truth that is unknown/unlived by the Body.

How different would we live and do things if we truly knew and lived this?

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The Word: Episode 1359 Psalm 22:11-19

“Same. Different Function”

July 23, 2020

“Same. Different Function”

Blessings folk!

The Word tells us in many ways and at many times that we are One as the Body of Christ.

Give heed…

Rom 12:4-5
For just as we have many members in one body
and all the members do not have the same function,

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ,
and individually members one of another.

The Body of Christ has many members.
Diverse.
Different.
To the praise and glory of the Lord.

Each is a member of the Body.
Each has a role.
Each has a function.
Each is different.
Each has a different function by the Spirit.
Think on that.
Think on the unlimited possibilities of allowing the Spirit to function as He desires in us!

So, while we are a diverse “many”, we are One Body.
Individuals, yet One together.

How then should we live?
How then should we function?

How then should I live?
How then should I function?

Correct understanding of this will transform the Body.
Correct understanding of this will save the lost, equip the saints, set the captive free.
Let’s of it…

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The Word: Episode 1357 Psalm 22:1-8

“Perfected In Unity”

July 21, 2020

“Perfected In Unity”

Blessings folk!

We saw yesterday that we as Believers are to “let love…”
Love is within each and every true Believer.
The Most High God Himself - Father, Son, Spirit.
Love manifest in the Believer.

We are to “let love…”
We do not have to “create” love.
We do not have to “seek” love.
We are love.
We are to manifest this love.

There is another thing.
Unity.

By definition we are unified in the Lord by His Spirit.
We are to live in unity.
We do not have to seek to find/create unity.
We have it.
We are to be careful to not quench it.

Hear what the Word of the Lord says about His unity and how we are to live in it…

John 17:23
I in them and You in Me,
that they may be perfected in unity,
so that the world may know that You sent Me,
and loved them,
even as You have loved Me.

We are perfected in unity by the Presence of the Lord in us.

What is the outcome?

The world will know that Father sent Jesus.
The world will know that Father loves us, even as Father loves Jesus.
There is more…but, for today think/meditate on this.
The fulness of God in us.
To His praise and glory.
That the world will know.
That the world will be drawn to His Kingdom.

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Romans Part 4 - Lesson 6

Romans Part 4 - Lesson 6

The Word: Episode 1355 Psalm 7:1-11

“They Forsook the Lord”

July 19, 2020

“They Forsook the Lord”

Blessings folk!

Solomon had prayed.
The Temple was dedicated to the Lord.
The Lord responded to Solomon “in the night”.

The Lord promised great blessings if the people walked in obedience

But…

2 Ch 7:19-22

“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you,
and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

“As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?’

“And they will say,
‘Because they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them;
therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.’”

If the people…

  • Turned away from God
  • Go and serve/worship others gods (there are other gods)

Then the Lord…
  • Will uproot them
  • Cast them out of His sight
  • Make them a “proverb” and “byword” among the peoples of the nations.

The nations will say…
  • Why has the Lord done this to this house, to this people, to this land?
  • Because, the people of the Lord forsook Him
  • The Lord brought adversity upon them because they adopted/worshipped/served other gods.

Give heed folk!
Who/what are you worshipping?
Not just giving lip-service.
Who/what has your heart/time/resources/life?

Anything other than the Most High God is idolatry.


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The Word: Episode 1354 Exodus 6:1-9

“If You Turn Away. Uproot!”

July 18, 2020

“If You Turn Away. Uproot!”

Blessings folk!

God spoke to Solomon in the night.

He told him…

2 Ch 7:17-18
“As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked,
even to do according to all that I have commanded you,
and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,

then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying,
‘You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’


If you…
Then I…

Now, read the next part…

2 Ch 7:19-20
“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you,
and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight
and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

“But”…one of the more powerful words in language.
But, another if/then statement.

If Solomon, and by extension the people…

  • Turn away from the Lord
  • Forsake His statutes
  • Forsake His commandments
  • Go and serve other gods
  • Worship other gods

Then God…
  • Will uproot them from His land
  • Will cast the consecrated House out of His sight
  • Will make the House a proverb/byword among all the peoples/nations

The Lord warned.
What would they do?

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The Word: Episode 1353 Jeremiah 1

“If You Walk, I Will Establish…”

July 17, 2020

“If You Walk, I Will Establish…”

Blessings folk!

The Lord confirmed to Solomon His choosing of the House…

2 Ch 7:15-16

“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

“For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever,
and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

Then, the Lord has this Word for Solomon…

2 Ch 7:17-18

“As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked,
even to do according to all that I have commanded you,
and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,

then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying,
‘You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’

“As for you…”
Another If/then…note, it is “conditional”.
Solomon had responsibilities.

If Solomon…

  • Walks before the Lord as his father David did
  • Does the commandments of the Lord
  • Keeps the statutes of the Lord
  • Keeps the ordinances of the Lord

Then God…
  • Will establish his royal throne, even as He covenanted with David
  • Will establish rulers in Israel from His line

Sounds good, huh?

It is.

The next word, as we will see, is “but”…

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The Word: Episode 1352 Jeremiah 1:1-12

“My Eyes. My Ears…”

July 16, 2020

“My Eyes. My Ears…”

Blessings folk!

There is much more to the “If My people…” of 2 Chronicles 7:14 than most people have seen.

Why do we not know?

Because we usually hear teaching/preaching that does not provide context.
Teaching that just takes a verse…in the middle of a sentence…and speaks on it.

Alway seek the context.
Immediate context.
Greater context.
Context of the entirety of the Word.
Now, press on.

The Lord was not finished speaking to Solomon during the night…

2 Chron 7:15-16

“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

“For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever,
and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

God the Father is Spirit.
He does not have a body as we do.
(Jesus does have a body now…an interesting subject for another time.)
But, the Father does speak to us in anthropomorphic terms to help communicate the truth.
Anthropomorphic: ascribing human characteristics to non-human things (Merriam-Webster)

God is telling Solomon that…

  • He will see the prayer offered in this place
  • He will hear the prayer offered in this place
  • He has chosen this house
  • He has consecrated this house
  • His name would be forever there…in the house (that is interesting&hellipWinking
  • His eyes would be there - perpetually
  • His heart would be there - perpetually

This is what the Lord promised to do.

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The Word: Episode 1351 1 John 5

“If I. If They. Then.”

July 15, 2020

“If I. If They. Then.”

Blessings folk!

Ah!

We have reach the point from whence we began.
Remember?
We were considering the famous passage 2 Chron 7:14 “…if My people…”
As in all things in the Word, it is important to know the context.
We now know a little more.

Read these verses.

Who is speaking?
Who is listening?
What is being said/communicated?
Why?

2 Chron 7:12-14

Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him,
“I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

“If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,
or if I command the locust to devour the land,
or if I send pestilence among My people,

and My people
who are called by My name
humble themselves
and pray
and seek My face
and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
will forgive their sin
and will heal their land.

Wow!

Think on this.

The Lord is speaking.

He tells Solomon “at night” (while awake? In a dream?) that he heard his prayer.

Then the Lord speaks a “if/then” statement.

If the Lord shuts up the heavens - which he would do…that is why Elijah could boldly speak.
If the Lord commands the locust to devour the land.
If the Lord sends pestilence among His people.

Why would the Lord do any of this?

Because the people would walk in disobedience.

What, then, were the people to do?
Humble themselves.
Pray.
Seek His face.
Turn from their wicked ways.

What will the Lord do?
Hear from heaven.
Forgive their sin.
Heal their land.

Sounds like the Word for our hour…

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The Word: Episode 1350 2 Peter 2

“I Have Heard. Chosen.”

July 14, 2020

“I Have Heard. Chosen.”

Blessings folk!

The people had completed the building of the Temple.
The people had completed the days of dedication of the Temple.
The Lord had accepted their offerings and sacrifices.

All was complete.

2 Chron 7:11

Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king’s palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on doing in the house of the LORD and in his palace.

Success!

Nothing like completing a good plan!

The palace was complete.
The Temple was complete.

But, wait.
There is more.

2 Chron 7:12

Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him,
“I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

The Lord appeared to Solomon at night…hummmm….

The Lord heard Solomon’s prayer!

The Lord chose “this place for Myself”…the Temple…as a house of sacrifice.

Note, not a place of “residence”.
No place can “hold” God.
But sacrifice.

Such are we as true Believers.

The Lord tells us to…

Rom 12:1

Therefore I urge you, brethren,
by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, 
acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

We are to present ourselves/body as a living and holy sacrifice.
We are the temple of the Lord!

2 Co 6:16
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

The Lord now chooses to dwell within His people.

Think on that.
Rejoice in that.
Live accordingly.

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Romans Part 4 - Lesson 5

Romans Part 4 - Lesson 5

The Word: Episode 1349 1 John 4:1-6

“Joyful and Glad of Heart”

July 13, 2020

“Joyful and Glad of Heart”

Blessings folk!

The people continued worshipping.
The people continued celebrating the Lord.

2 Ch 7:7-10

And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD,
for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.

At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him,
a very great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt.

And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly,
for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes,
joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity that the LORD had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

The offerings overflowed.

A great feast was held for seven days.
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly…a holy convocation.
Then, on 7/23, (seventh month, twenty-third day) the people were sent to their homes.
(This parallels the timing we see in Leviticus 23:33+ and the feast of Tabernacles/Booths)

The people were joyful.
The people were glad of heart for the prosperity granted by the Lord to David/Solomon/Israel.

The Temple was completed.
The Temple was filled with the Presence of the Lord.
All is well.
Everything will be fine now…or would it?

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The Word: Episode 1348 1 John 2:12-17

“Worship!”

July 12, 2020

“Worship!”

Blessings folk!

The offerings and sacrifice were consumed by fire from heaven.

The Temple was filled with the Glory of the Lord.

Now, that is an answer to a prayer!

Solomon and the people saw it all.

How did they respond?

They worshipped more.
They offered more sacrifice.
The King.
The Priests.
The People.

2Ch 7:4-7

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the LORD.

King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep.
So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

The priests stood at their posts;
the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the LORD that King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD—for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry; opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.

And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.

May we do likewise.
May we break forth in an abundance of thanks giving for all He has done.
May we worship with every breath.
May we rejoice in that which He done in every True Believer.
May we boldly stand our post, filled by Him, to His praise, glory and honor.

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The Word: Episode 1347 John 16:25-33

“Fire & Glory”

July 11, 2020

“Fire & Glory”

Blessings folk!

Solomon finished praying.

Wonder if/how the Lord responded?
Wonder not.
We are told…in vivid detail. Happy

2 Ch 7:1-3

As soon as Solomon finished his prayer,
fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices,
and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD,
because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’s house.

When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

Two things happened.
- Fire came down from heaven and consumed the offering and sacrifices
- The Glory of the Lord filled/on the Temple.

Can you imagine?

How did the people respond?
- They bowed with their faces to the ground…on the pavement.
- They worshipped.
- They gave thanks to the Lord
- They declared “He is good for His steadfast love endures forever”!

The priests literally could not enter the house of the Lord due to the glory of the Lord.

Wonder what that means?
Could they not see?
Is there such a “weight” to the glory of the Lord? I suspect so.

The Lord received the offerings/sacrifice.
The Lord received the prayer.
The Lord was pleased.

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The Word: Episode 1346 Romans 12:18-21

“Now, God…Arise, Let…”

July 10, 2020

“Now, God…Arise, Let…”

Blessings folk!

Solomon comes to the end of his prayer…

2 Ch 6:40-42

“Now, O my God, I pray,
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

“Now therefore arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might;
let Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation
and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

“O LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed;
remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David.”

Solomon asked for the Lord to be attentive to his prayer.
Eyes/ears open and attentive.
The Lord God is Spirit.
Solomon used “anthropomorphic” phrasing to express an idea - the attributing of human/created elements to the Most High.

Solomon then stated “now therefore”…now, in light of all my prayer…”Arise, Lord…”
Rather presumptuous?
No.
A request for the Lord to arise “to Your resting place” - the Holy of Holies.
The Most High and His Ark of Might (that gives us some insight into the Ark).

Solomon asked the Lord to clothe the priest with salvation, to let the godly rejoice.

Then, lastly, Solomon asked the Lord to not turn away His face from him.
His anointed King.
He ask the Lord to remember His lovingkindness to His servant David.
To remember through Solomon.

Solomon had poured out his heart to the Lord.

Wonder what the response will be…?

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The Word: Episode 1345 Romans 12:9-19

“When They Sin & Are Taken Captive”

July 9, 2020

“When They Sin & Are Taken Captive”

Blessings folk!

Solomon contines to pray.

The “they” in the first verse are the people of the Lord.

The Lord was releasing a prophetic Word through the prayer of Solomon.
What he is saying will occur.
Another “when/if/then” statement…



2 Ch 6:36-39

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin)
and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy,
so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near,

if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive,
and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying,
‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly’;

if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity,
where they have been taken captive,
and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,

then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications,
and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

The people would sin.
The Lord would be angry with them.
The Lord would deliver them to an enemy.
The enemy would take them captive to a land far off…or near.

When this happens…
If the people take thought to truly repent ‘we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly’..
If the people return to the Lord with all their heart and soul…
If the people pray toward their land, the city, the house…

Then…
Solomon asks the Lord…
- to hear from heaven
- to maintain their cause
- to forgive His people

Remember, this is all “leading up” to what we will see in 2 Chron 7:14…the popular verse “if My people”.

The prayer of King Solomon was revealing much.

Give heed…

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The Word: Episode 1344 Psalm 119:173-176

“…Maintain Their Cause…”

July 8, 2020

“…Maintain Their Cause…”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues praying…

He is praying related to things yet future.
Yes, things based upon experience of the past.
But, also things based upon some prophetic insight/wisdom the Lord was giving.

He says…

2 Ch 6:34-35

“When Your people go out to battle against their enemies,
by whatever way You shall send them,
and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen
and the house which I have built for Your name,

then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

Another “If/When/Then” statement.

Solomon acknowledged that the people would need to go to battle against enemies.
He knew that the Lord would send them, as He desired. He knew the people would pray toward the city and the house built in the the name of the Lord.

What did he request of God?
Hear!
Hear their prayer.
Maintain their case.

So…
When…
- We are sent into battle
- We pray in Your name
Then…
- Hear from heaven
- Maintain the cause

It is the Lord Who hears.
It is the Lord Who directs
It is the Lord Who empowers.

Walk/live in the power of the Lord, not in the power of the flesh.

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The Word: Episode 1343 Psalm 119:169-172

“Concerning the Foreigner…”

July 7, 2020

“Concerning the Foreigner…”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues to pray…

A very interesting truth comes from this portion.

2 Ch 6:32-33

“Also concerning the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel,
when he comes from a far country for Your great name’s sake
and Your mighty hand
and Your outstretched arm, when they come
and pray toward this house,

then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place,
and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You,
in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name,
and fear You as do Your people Israel,
and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.

The Temple of the Lord was not just for the nation of Israel!

When a foreigner - someone not of the people of Israel - comes from a far country…

Note why they come…

  • For Your great name’s sake
  • For Your mighty hand
  • For Your outstretched arm
  • To pray

They would come because of the great name and mighty arm (works) of the Lord.

Solomon asked the Lord to…
  • Hear from heaven
  • Do according to all the foreigner calls the Lord to do

Wow!

Why?
  • So that the people of the earth would know the name of the Lord
  • So that the people of the earth would fear the Lord as Israel did
  • So that the people of the earth will know that the Temple is called by the name of the Lord.

Forget not!
The Lord loves the nations.
The Lord has a plan - Jesus!

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Romans Part 4 - Lesson 4

Romans Part 4 - Lesson 4

The Word: Episode 1342 Psalm 119:165-168

"If/Then, Fear/Walk"

July 6, 2020

“If/Then, Fear/Walk”

Blessings folk!!

Solomon continues praying.

Another “if/then”.

Give close attention to what Solomon says…why he says it…

2 Ch 6:28-31

“If there is famine in the land,
if there is pestilence,
if there is blight or mildew,
if there is locust or grasshopper,
if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities,
whatever plague or
whatever sickness there is,

whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel,
each knowing his own affliction and his own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house,

then hear from heaven Your dwelling place,
and forgive,
and render to each according to all his ways,
whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men,

that they may fear You,
to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.


Look at the things Solomon mentions…

  • Famine
  • Pestilence
  • Blight/mildew
  • Locust/grasshopper
  • Enemies
  • Plague
  • Sickness

If any of these things…and I suspect they are not meant to be the totality of the list…

Then what are the people to do?
  • Prayer
  • Supplication
  • Any man
  • The people
  • Spreading hand toward the House of the Lord - the Temple.

What did Solomon request?
  • Hear - from heaven Your dwelling place
  • Forgive
  • Render - to each according to all his ways

Why?
  • That they might fear the Lord
  • That they might walk in the ways of the Lord

Fear the Lord.
Not man,
Not circumstances.

Walk by faith.

Reject the foolishness of fear.

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The Word: Episode 1341 Psalm 119:161-164

“Heavens Are Shut Up”

July 5, 2020

“Heavens Are Shut Up”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues to pray.

Another “If/then” statement…but, this time “when/then”.

The Lord was telling them some things.

2 Ch 6:26-27

“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place and confess Your name,
and turn from their sin when You afflict them;

then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel,
indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk.
And send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

There would come a time when the people would sin against the Lord.
He would shut up the heavens from them.
There would be no rain.

The Lord tells them what to do.

  • Pray toward this place
  • Confess the name of the Lord
  • Turn from their sin

The Lord would remove the affliction, the affliction that He brought!
The Lord will hear from heaven.
The Lord will forgive their sins.
The Lord will teach them the good way to walk.
The Lord will send rain on the land the Lord had given as an inheritance.
The Lord’s land…

There are some things for us to know in this passage.
There are some things for us to do.

He with ears, hear.
He with eyes, see.

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The Word: Episode 1340 Psalm 119:157-160

"If/Then"

July 4, 2020

“If/Then”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues to pray to the Lord at the “consecration” of the Temple.

We begin to see a pattern develop in what he is saying.

“If/then”.

2 Ch 6:24-25

“If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You,
and they return to You and confess Your name,
and pray and make supplication before You in this house,

then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel,
and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.

Many (most/all?) of these “if” statements are prophetic of things to come.

“If Israel is defeated before an enemy…”
They would be.

What were they to do?
Return to the Lord.
Confess the name of the Lord.
Pray.
Make supplication before the Lord in that house…the Presence of the Lord.
All before the Lord.

What would God do?
Hear from heaven.
Forgive the sin of the people-Israel.
Bring them back to the land He had given them.

Oh how we need to grasp these principles, especially Believers in the the New Covenant.

Return.
Repent.
Confess.
Pray.
Supplicate.

The Lord will hear.
The Lord will forgive.
The Lord will heal the land.


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The Word: Episode 1339 Psalm 119:153-156

“Hear. Act. Judge.”

July 3, 2020

“Hear. Act. Judge.”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues to pray.

Remember what he had said…

2 Ch 6:21
“Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel
when they pray toward this place;
hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven;
hear and forgive.

Listen.
Hear.
Forgive.

He then speaks of examples…


 2 Ch 6:22-23
“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath,
and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants,
punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.

Hear…from heaven.
Act.
Judge…Your servants.

Solomon is asking the Lord to “act and judge Your servants” in matters of sin.
When the people come to “Your altar in this house”, may the Lord determine.

Punishment for the wicked.
Justifying the righteous.
Each receiving that which is due.

Forgot not.
The Lord hears.
The Lord acts.
The Lord judges.


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The Word: Episode 1338 Psalm 119:149-152

“Listen. Hear. Forgive”

July 2, 2020

“Listen. Hear. Forgive”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues praying…

2 Ch 6:21
“Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel
when they pray toward this place;
hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven;
hear and forgive.

Solomon request of the Lord - “listen”. “Hear”.

Listen to the supplications of Your servant - the King.
Listen to the supplications of Your people - Israel.

Supplications?

A word we use in religious circles.
We “sorta know what it means”… LOL

In the vernacular of our day it means “to ask for a favor”.
To request “favor”.

Solomon was asking the Lord to grant favor when they prayed “toward this place”.

“Toward this place”?

Yes.

They prayed “toward the Temple”.
The Temple was the Presence of God, even though Solomon readily, and quickly, confirmed the reality that the Lord was elsewhere…

Solomon asked that the Lord would “hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven”.

Solomon, and the people, knew that the Lord dwelt in heaven (heaven…another topic for another time).
They also knew that He made His Presence known in the temple.
They also knew that God was without limit as far as His Presence…omnipresent.

(Interesting truths when we consider that True Believers are the “temple of the Lord&hellipWinking

 1 Co 3:16
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

 1 Co 3:17
If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him,
for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

 1 Co 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?


Solomon asked the Lord to hear and forgive.

So,
Listen Lord!
Hear Lord!
Forgive Lord!

Live as the temple of the Lord…

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The Word: Episode 1337, Psalm 119:145-149

“Will God Dwell With Mankind…?”

July 1, 2020

“Will God Dwell With Mankind…?”

Blessings folk!

Solomon continues to pray.

Often this prayer is called the “Temple Dedication”, but it is much more than that.

Solomon is acknowledging the attributes of the Lord.
He is recounting the promises of the Lord and how He has fulfilled them.

Read…

2 Ch 6:18-20

“But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You;
how much less this house which I have built.

“Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God,
to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;

that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night,
toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there,
to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.

Solomon was declaring a truth that his father David had learned…God will not be held in a box - a building - nor will God be confined to any element of His creation.

We would do well to remember this.

A little side bar…read what David did…

1 Ch 17:1-15

And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar,
but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains.”

Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

“Go and tell David My servant,
‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day,
but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

“In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying,
‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’

“Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.

“I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

“I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly,

even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel.
And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you.

“When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

“He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

“I will be his father and he shall be My son;
and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

“But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever,
and his throne shall be established forever.”’”

According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David’s heart was in the right place, but he has some things to learn about God.

David wanted to build God a house.
Think on that.
Really?

David checked with the prophet Nathan.
Nathan says “yeah, whatever is in your heart, go for it”.

God then correct Nathan that night.
Nathan then went and spoke the Word of the Lord to David.

So many things here.

A king walking in humility when he learns the truth from the Lord.
A prophet walking in humility when he brings the correct Word to the King.
God showing them what He would do in the future.
He would grant David’s desire to build a house, but David’s son would do it.
This is where we find Solomon in 2 Chronicles.

Meditate upon these passages.
Learn.
Allow the Lord to reveal His truth to you.
Live by it.

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