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
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
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