“But can God actually live on the earth? Why, heaven itself, even the heaven of heavens, cannot contain you; so how much less this house I have built?”-1 Kings 8:27 In verse 27, Solomon expresses a truth modern believers take for granted but still wrestle with. He says the Lord dwells in the Temple up […]
1K8-15: The Warning Most Believers Don’t Wanna Hear
“Adonai, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep covenant with your servants and show them grace, provided they live in your presence with all their heart.” – 1 Kings 8:23 There’s another point I gotta make about Solomon’s opening statement when he dedicated the […]
1K8-14: How Christianity WRONGLY Turned ‘Obey God’ Into ‘Follow Your Heart’
Let’s examine Solomon’s opening words at the Temple dedication. “Adonai, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep covenant with your servants and show them grace, provided they live in your presence with all their heart.” – 1 Kings 8:23 When we reprint this theological […]
1K8-13: You May Never See What Your Faithfulness Produces
“Then the king turned around and blessed the whole community of Israel. The whole community of Israel stood.” as he said: ‘Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, who spoke to my father David with his mouth and fulfilled his promise with his hand.‘” -1 Kings 8:14 In verse 14, a prophetic picture is painted […]
1K8-12: You Can Look Holy and Still Be Empty
Yesterday, I was talking about God’s Spirit and the Temple. The main point was that it is the Lord’s presence that determines whether something is holy or not. Not the building itself. Up to this point, God’s presence has appeared in many different forms. He has manifested as a cloud, the Angel of the Lord, […]
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