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THE STANDARD IN GOD’S CHURCH.

INTRODUCTION:

WHAT’S HAVE BEEN ESTABLISH IN PSALM 24 THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER BEEN CREATED,WAS CREATED BY THE LORD.AND THE LORD EXPECT US TO TREAT EVERYTHING HE HAS CREATED WITH RESPECT AND INTEGRITY.

GOD ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH FOR BELIEVER’S , SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLACE OF WORSHIP.

BUT GOD EXPECT US TO MAINTAIN HIS STANDARD WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD.

BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION? PSALM: 24:3 “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?”

HERE DAVID EXPLAINS THE PROTOCOL FOR ENTERING THE LORD’S TEMPLE

WE MUST HAVE CLEAN HANDS.

WE MUST HAVE A PURE HEART.

WE MUST NOT LIFT OUR SOUL’S UNTO VANITY.

WE MUST NOT SWORN DECEITFULLY.

A. WE MUST HAVE CLEAN HANDS.

MEANING WHO’S ACTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS ARE HOLY AND UNBLAMEABLE, OR INNOCENT OF VIOLENCE AND WRONG DOING OR FREE FROM ACTS OF SIN.

AS A CHILD OF GOD THE WAY WE LIVE SHOULD SPEAK FOR US. THIS IS THE BEST WITNESS A BELIEVER CAN HAVE.

OUR CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT THE THINGS PERTAINING TO THE LORD TO KEEP US FROM ENGAGING IN FOOLISH TALKING.

THE WORLD HAS IT’S OWN LANGUAGE AND THEY KNOW ONE ANOTHER BY IT.

SATAN IS FAMOUS IN CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE THE MORE HE ENGAGE YOU IN CONVERSATION THE BETTER HE IS ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT YOU.

WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE CLEAN YOU DO NOT USE THEM TO BE ABUSIVE OF OTHER’S.

THOSE WHO’S HANDS ARE CLEAN NO LONGER BOUND TO SIN, BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS SET THEM FREE.

JOB 17:9 “The righteous also shall hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.”

B. WE MUST HAVE A PURE HEART.

WHAT IS A PURE HEART? A HEART THAT DESIRES ONLY TO BE WITH GOD AND IN HIS PRESENCE.

A PURE HEART IS NOT SAYING ONE THING AND HIS ACTIONS SHOWING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

YOU CANNOT SAY YOU LOVE THE LORD, BUT DO NOT WHAT HE SAY.

A PURE HEART IS PURGED FROM HYPOCRISY, AND CORRUPT DESIRES AND DESIGNS, AND CAREFUL TO APPROVE ITSELF TO GOD, AS WELL AS MEN, ORDERING A MAN’S VERY THOUGHTS.

A PERSON WITH A PURE HEART WHEN HE IS IN WORSHIP IS NOT DISTRACTED BY HIS SURROUNDING, BECAUSE HIS HEART IS FIXED ON THE LORD.

WHEN YOUR HEART IS PURE YOUR MIND IS ESTABLISH BY THE LORD.

SO MANY TIMES WE COME INTO GOD’S CHURCH WITH SO MUCH ON OUR MINDS THAT WE DO NOT GIVE GOD OUR BEST IN WORSHIP BECAUSE OUR MINDS ARE NOT STAYED ON HIM.

WE NEED OUR HEARTS TO BE FIXED BY THE LORD, SO THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP HIM IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS.

PSALM 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.”

C. WE MUST NOT LIFT OUR SOUL’S UNTO VANITY.

THE ONE THING THAT BELIEVERS CANNOT DO IS MAKE AN IDOL OUT OF ANYONE.

THAT HAPPEN A LOT IN THE CHURCH, BECAUSE A PERSON IS IN A PLACE OF POWER.

IT’S OK TO FOLLOW THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LORD, BUT EVEN WITH THAT NEVER ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THE PLACE OF GOD , BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HOLY.

VANITY CAN BE PRIDEFUL, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO THINK OF OURSELVES MORE HIGHLY THAN WE OUGHT TO BE TO THE POINT THAT IT BELITTLE OTHERS.

THIS SPIRIT WILL KILL GOD’ PRESENCE AND RUN PEOPLE OF GOD OUT OF THE CHURCH.

GOD SAID HE RESIST THE PROUD, BUT GIVE GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.

THE DILEMMA WE HAVE IN THE CHURCH TODAY IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD FEAR MAN MORE THAN THEY FEAR GOD.

IT WAS GOD WHO CREATED YOU AND ABLE TO TAKE LIFE AND GIVE LIFE , SO YOUR WHOLE DUTY TO GOD IS TO LIVE FOR HIM. MAN DON’T HAVE THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING ON HIS OWN WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

ECCLESIASTES 2:11 “Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.”

FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN, IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL.

D. WE MUST NOT SWORN DECEITFULLY.

WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE LORD’S HOUSE OUR MOTIVES SHOULD BE PURE.

WE CANNOT BE DECEITFUL, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL.

WE CAN BE DECEITFUL WHEN WE OUT TO STOP THE PROGRESSION OF THE CHURCH TO GO FORTH.

WE CAN BE DECEITFUL WHEN WE DON’T LIKE TO FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER SAINTS.

WE CAN BE DECEITFUL WHEN WE HOLD BACK FROM GOD.

WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE CLEAN AND YOUR HEART IS PURE YOU ARE ABLE TO LET THE KING COME INTO YOUR HEART RULE BY HIS SPIRIT.

PSALM 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.”