12/02/2024
Good morning my brothers and sisters. I thank God for his grace and mercy upon your life.
This morning is another morning of encounter. And I am coming your way this morning with the message of the kingdom. As you pay attention, God will bless you richly.
Let's pray.
Father this morning, speak to us , for thy word is truth and a light unto our path.
In Jesus mighty name we pray.
AMEN.
There is a topic I want to share with us this morning, and the topic is this.
THE NEW TEMPLE.
Text.
1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ezra 3:10-13 KJV
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. [11] And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. [12] But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: [13] So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
The way you are seeing yourself, is not the same with how God is seeing you. You just see yourself as a human being, but God sees you as a building. A house where his spirit can dwell. Even the devil also is interested to dwell in you if you allow him.
From where we read in the scripture, Ezra 3:10-13,
We saw that the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, and this brought joy and happiness. The priest also come out to perform their priesthood duty. And there was a big celebration. But the bible said that when the *ancient men who saw the first house saw the new one, they wept.
Why must the ancient men cry when the saw the foundation of the new temple?
Because they have seen, that the first foundation, was glorious than the present foundation
The saw the golden magnificent temple built by king Solomon, as a matter of fact this magnificent temple was the glory of Israel
But , what happened to this golden magnificent temple?
It was destroyed by unbelievers. It was destroyed by sinners, Babylonians can and destroyed this temple.
Do you know why?
Because Israel forsake their God.😢
But why are the ancient priests crying, now that they are rebuilding the temple that was destroyed?
Because the standard of the temple has been lowered. The builders has compromised the standard. What they are building now is not in the original master plan 😢
I can see old men crying because the standard of the present church age has been lowered and compromised.
Look at the angels shaking their heads because the knew how the Old Christians ran this race.
The twenty-four elders understand very well that many today's present pastors and church leaders, many of them are building quack Christians.😢
Listen the only plan of God and the meeting going on in heaven now is to bring Haggai 2:9 to pass
Haggai 2:9 KJV
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
I want to ask you a question.
What type of Christianity are you practicing?
1, the Old rugged cross Christianity
2, the middle church age Christianity
3, Old morden Christianity
4, the New transformed, edited, morden Christianity.
I can feel the tears of the elders that saw how this Christianity started, and the original mindset of the saints,
Today God want to use you and me to make Haggai 2:9 to come to pass.
This tears will not continue.
Have a burden in you to lay a foundation that will cause heaven to smile
God is watching what we are building in the our various ministries. May we build according to the heart desires of God.
I pray that God will give you a better understanding of this message. In Jesus name amen.
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Written by Apostle chijindu Prince Samuel.
