OLD FASHION HOLY GHOST PARTY
2 Chronicles 7:1-9
GOD\’S GLORY IS ALL AROUND US
V:1. \”Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. \”
A. God blesses our efforts to honor him.
1. Prayer is a way to communicate with God.
2. Prayer is a way to honor God.
3. Prayer is a way to praise God.
4. Prayer is a way to tell God what we think.
B. God will show us that we are blessed.
1. When Solomon finished praying, God acted on his prayer.
2. God consumed his offering.
3. We are blessed when God uses what we offer Him and shows us
how he used our offering.
C. God loves to hear from us.
1. God will show us that He heard us in a way that we will know
that it only Him.
2. Fire came down from heaven and consumed the offering.
3. Part of the offering had been burnt but it had not been consumed.
4. God consumed the entire offering.
E. God loves the time we spend with Him.
1. We have to give God something to work with.
2. It is what we offer Him that He will magnify before our eyes.
F. When we are in right standing with God, He will fill our house
with His glory.
1. The offering was in obedience to God\’s commands.
2. The offering was honoring God before man.
3. The offering was what God commanded the people to bring
to Him.
4. The offering was presented to God the way God commanded
Solomon to present it.
5. God will consume what we give and fill us with His spirit,
when we are in right standings with Him.
GOD AND SIN CANNOT EXIST IN THE SAME PLACE
V:2. \” The priests could not enter into the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord\’s house. \”
A. God and sin cannot be in the same place.
1. All have sinned and fall shot of the Glory of God.
2. We have to surrender ourselves to God and focus our attention wholly
on Him to be filled with His Spirit.
3. A person who is filled with Spirit of God, does not look like, act like
or walk like a person who is not filled with the Spirit.
4. I would bet that we are not always filled with the Spirit
a. We do to much worldly stuff.
b. Our conversation is not always driven by the Holy Spirit
c. The reason we don\’t see God\’s glory is because we don\’t position
ourselves to see His glory.
LOOK AND SEE THE WORK OF THE LORD
V:3 .\”All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, \”Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting.\”
A. Once you realize the presence of God, you ought to fall down before Him.
1. We ought to always worship God.
2. We ought to always give God the praise of our lips.
B. Our praise ought to be all day long.
1. Our praise ought be all day because God is good all day.
2. Our praise ought to be all day because he loves us all day.
3. Our praise ought to be all day because God is kind to us all day.
C. Don\’t take for granted God\’s work in creation.
1. The rising of the sun is in God\’s Glory
2. The moon and the stars are in God\’s Glory
3. The air we breath is God\’s Glory
4. All the functions inside of our bodies are miracles of God\’s glory.
5. You don\’t have to go far to see God\’s Glory.
GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER
V:4-5. \” Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord.
5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. \”
A. We ought to get prepared to party with Lord.
1. The worship service went on for 14 days.
2. There was seven days of worship for the dedication of the altar.
3. There was seven days of worship for the feast of the tabernacle.
B. The people continued to bring offering for the extraordinary event of the
dedication of the Lord\’s house.
1. Extraordinary events of the Lord require extraordinary sacrifices.
2. There are times when we need to put aside all our personal needs and
focus completely on the Lord.
3. When we serve the Lord, He expects us to give cheerfully and abundantly.
4. We cannot beat God\’s giving, but we can show our love by our
generous giving.
C. The leaders sets the standard of giving that we should follow.
1. Jesus set the standard of giving by offering Himself as a sacrifice for
our sins.
2. We are commanded to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice holy and
acceptable to God.
COMMAND YOUR POST WITH THE GIFTS GOD HAS GIVEN
V:6. \” The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made for giving praise to the Lord — \”for His lovingkindness is everlasting\” — whenever he gave praise by their means, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing. \”
A. Everybody has a place in the worship service.
1. The preachers and teachers prepare and minister the Word of God.
2. The Musicians and the choir prepare and minister to us in
praise and worship.
3. I think about the unending effort of our culinary minister in preparing
and serving food for funerals and all our special events.
a. When one event is over, they clean up and get prepared for the next
event.
b. I see their faithful service without complaining .
c . Can you imaging killing and preparing 142,000 animals.
d. Can you imaging the clean up that is required.
e. God does things for us continuously that we cannot
imagine or conceive.
4. The text says all the people were involved in the worship
celebration.
5. No one should enjoy the service and go home without being involved
in the work of the service.
B. God has been good to all of us.
1. We ought to be good to God and all the members of the body of Christ.
2. God\’s work is never done.
3. We all have been blessed to serve.
4. Therefore, while we live, our work is never done.
CONSECRATE YOURSELF FOR GOD\’S SERVICE
V:7. \”Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, the grain offering and the fat. \”
A. Whatever we use in the service for God should be consecrated to God.
1. God is pure, therefore as best we can, we should make our service
holy to God.
2. All of the vessels and articles used should be dedicated to God.
B. We have to constantly remind ourselves that we belong to God.
1. As we grow, our area dedicated to the Lord should grow.
2. Every area of our lives ought to be dedicated to the Lord.
3. There should be no room for the devil to reside in us.
FEAST ON THE LORD\’S LOVE EVERYDAY
V:8-9. \” So Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast seven days. \”
A. Once we get into a habit of daily worship of the Lord, we should see it as a
never ending service.
1. God love for us is never ending.
2. When we see ourselves as members of the body of Christ, we should
see our need for continuous none stop devotion.
B. Worship of the Lord should be seven days of the week,
1. Every moment of every day ought to be devoted to the Lord.
2. If God stopped loving us for one moment, we would not exist.
3. We feast in the grace and mercy of the Lord continuously.
4. No believer should ever feel like he/she does not have a
responsibility to worship and serve the Lord.
5. We are the church the world sees continuously.
THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR LOVE
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Park Way North
Houston Texas 77041
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