1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Sermon • Submitted • Presented
0 ratings
· 12 viewsNotes
Transcript
The spirit of God dwells in you
The spirit of God dwells in you
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
In the Old Testament:
The spirit Resides in the Ark of the covenant
Very clear instructions on how it should be built what materials to use
How it was to be used and how it was to be handled
1 Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the Lord of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. 3 So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark. 5 Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the Lord on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.
They were so excited to have the spirit they were throwing a party and dancing
Partying so hard that they took advantage of it and got reckless
Bringing the spirit back they put it on a new cart:
Put it on the cart was a forbidden practice
It was to be carried by the people whom God had instructed
6 And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.
This scripture is somewhat puzzling:
Why did this dude get dead when he was trying to help?
God is not a man that he should lie
This is obviously before Jesus paid the price for us but......”Uzzah’s sin was thinking he was cleaner that the ground which God created.”
Whenever God encountered people in the world he told them to take of their shoes for they are standing on holy ground
The very dirt that they were walking on was holier (because of God’s presence) than an un redeemed hand
15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.
“These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
More specifically
9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders.
When we house the Spirit of God
1. We can’t delegate it to something else
They made a new cart
This thing is perfect for doing the job
The most important task that God gave to the Sons of Kohath was that they were to carry the Spirit of God
We can’t delegate the spirit of God to programs or technology
The Sprit of God resides in us
Get in the room
We should have to feel the weight
It shouldn’t be burdensome but you should feel the responsibility
We don’t need to help the spirit of God, we need to align ourselves with it
9 David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” 10 So David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.
12 Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.
2. People should be attracted to His spirit, not YOU
People saw the blessings that came on his life’
It blessed everyone around him
vs. 12 because of the Ark of God
We should always be pointing it back to God
We have to be obedient but it’s his spirit that blesses us
Always be pointing back to God
You see in most often cases of ministers falling the first thing that goes is their daily walk with God
Tend to start focusing on the fruit that God gave them rather than the vinedresser
12 Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. 13 And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. 14 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
When we house the Spirit of God resides in us
3. It takes sacrifice and Focus
Instead of putting it on a cart they carried by hand
On their shoulders
How many of you know you examine what’s on the ground in front of you a lot better when you’re walking then when you’re in a car or a cart
It’s harder work and you’re more focused
When I started riding my bike to places
EVERYTHING TURNED INTO A HILL
By having them carry the ark of the covenant he was not only asking them to sacrifice but to focus on what they were doing
Think about the ramifications of carry the Sprit of the living God
They went 6 paces and sacrificed to God
consecrating their journey
They went 10 miles carrying this thing made overlayed with Gold, had stone tablets in it
David prepared both his capital city and himself
HE erected a special tent in Jerusalem that would house the Ark
He prepared himself in ritual garment a Linen ephod
Summary:
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Are you being intentional with God’s spirit inside you?
We can’t expect other things or people around us to carry the weight of the spirit for us
It’s our job to house the Sprit and point people to it
It’s going to take some sort of sacrifice on our part
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Building is a processs
Keep stacking bricks!