1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,739 --> 00:00:27,019 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,919 --> 00:00:42,039 But welcome everyone. And I also want to mention the men's breakfast coming up in a couple of weeks 5 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:46,960 and our very own Ken Bailey will be sharing about prayer. If you know Ken, you know that he 6 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:54,359 prays with purpose and he keeps records and he knows he could see the evidence of the prayers. 7 00:00:54,659 --> 00:01:02,740 And so it's important to remember when God actually answers prayers and provides those things that we 8 00:01:02,740 --> 00:01:07,599 ask for. So men, make sure you show up for that. It's going to be a great time. 9 00:01:08,260 --> 00:01:16,079 And now let's open up to Hebrews chapter three. We're only looking at six verses today. 10 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:22,780 And we'll only be stopping once. I'd like to kind of give you a forerunner of how it's going to look 11 00:01:22,780 --> 00:01:31,959 so you can predict a little bit about the flow of the morning. Jesus, the master builder. 12 00:01:32,599 --> 00:01:37,780 You know, it's interesting, as you know, as a Calvary Chapel, we go through the Bible 13 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:45,019 pretty much verse by verse or chapter by chapter and stop where certain themes start to shift, 14 00:01:45,019 --> 00:01:52,379 you know. And as we do that, from time to time, we'll do topics, but typically not. 15 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:59,620 And I just love when something happens that is an obvious alignment with the topic of today. 16 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:06,280 And Danny and Tara spoke this morning about really building healthy households, right? 17 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:14,099 Healthy homes, raising children to know the Lord. And what's amazing is that's what our 18 00:02:14,099 --> 00:02:21,039 messages about this morning is really having a healthy home, a Godly home. And that's for 19 00:02:21,039 --> 00:02:29,000 all of us because we all are the house of God, aren't we? In fact, well, let's pray. 20 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:35,860 Father God, we ask your spirit to move powerfully here this morning, Lord God. 21 00:02:36,780 --> 00:02:41,780 We thank you that you have chosen us to be living stones, Lord God. 22 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:48,699 Part of the construction process of your house, of your home, Lord God. 23 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,819 You say that we are vital parts of that home, Lord God. If you've called us to invite others 24 00:02:55,380 --> 00:03:03,719 into that household of faith. And so, Lord God, we ask you to cut through any confusion that I 25 00:03:03,719 --> 00:03:10,539 might present this morning and that your spirit would bring crystal clear clarity to everyone's 26 00:03:10,539 --> 00:03:16,460 heart and mind, Lord God, that we would hear only from you. We would take out of here only what 27 00:03:16,460 --> 00:03:23,659 you want us to receive so that it can empower our lives and that we can live like you. We can 28 00:03:23,659 --> 00:03:30,219 walk in the full stature of Christ. So we ask this in Jesus' name, amen. 29 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:41,060 As last week, if you can recall, the message was to Jesus, family is everything. Remember we talked 30 00:03:41,060 --> 00:03:46,900 about how we are his brother, we are his friend, we are the children of God, we are the household 31 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:52,479 of God. And it was all about family. And it's interesting that the next chapter now goes into 32 00:03:52,479 --> 00:03:59,819 the house of God and that he's building his house. And as we talked about before, 33 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:07,740 the Lord likes to use metaphors or analogies in scripture to compare the church to. Remember we 34 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:13,860 talked about that the church is like the bride of Christ. The church is like the body, you know, 35 00:04:13,860 --> 00:04:21,860 how each one of us have a significant role in our bodies. Right now, I am highly valuing my lungs. 36 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:28,519 Some of you know some of the things I've been going through and it's interesting how much you value 37 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:33,860 things when they're threatened, you know. You realize how much of an impact they make on the 38 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:40,740 rest of your body when something isn't working quite right, even like a sore big toe. Suddenly 39 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:45,740 that's all you're thinking about because it affects everything. You know, our bodies are meant 40 00:04:45,740 --> 00:04:52,100 and to be working together and they're all, it's every part of us is very significant, 41 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:58,379 but of course Christ is the head of the church, right. And then we talk last week about the family. 42 00:04:58,579 --> 00:05:05,639 Today we're going to talk about the building, the house of God, the household of God. And as we 43 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:11,980 talk about the household of God, lots is we use analogies of literal construction, but we know 44 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:19,839 it's not about a building, right. God is building a household of not bricks and stones and 45 00:05:21,079 --> 00:05:27,540 construction material. He's building a house of his saints. You know, he's building his house 46 00:05:27,540 --> 00:05:33,779 in the church of God. That's what we are, his building, his house of God. 47 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:42,399 And you know, as a household, as a member of a household, okay, the head of the household, 48 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,620 what do they provide? What should they provide? Some of us didn't necessarily grow up in tremendous 49 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:53,060 households, but the head of a household, and in this case, the father of God, 50 00:05:53,459 --> 00:06:01,160 you know, he provides protection. He provides resources. He provides the priorities of the 51 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:09,500 household. What's important, right? He provides education. He provides shelter. He provides many 52 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:17,839 things that make that household a place that is dependable, that you aren't insecure, 53 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:25,740 that you can know that the head of the household has everything under control. We're not threatened 54 00:06:25,740 --> 00:06:31,259 in the household of God, right? And that's our father, God. He's the head of the household, 55 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:37,879 and he knows how to care for the members of his household. And the most important thing 56 00:06:37,879 --> 00:06:47,759 that God the father provides in his household is unconditional love, that environment of always 57 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:55,660 welcoming in. He's always welcoming in to his family, you know? And that's what the Lord wants 58 00:06:55,660 --> 00:07:01,620 us to know, is that no matter where we go, the prodigal son is an obvious, easy picture of that, 59 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:09,600 but really, he's always welcoming everyone to come back home, to live in his household, 60 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:15,819 where we are safe, where we are protected, where we are loved, where we are provided for, 61 00:07:15,819 --> 00:07:22,120 where we have the priorities needed for success and to thrive in our lives, all those things. The 62 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:28,660 head of the household, Father God, is providing all those things for his house, and we are the 63 00:07:28,660 --> 00:07:35,399 house of God. Amen. Amen. So let's dive into Hebrews chapter three. Like I said, we're going 64 00:07:35,399 --> 00:07:42,480 to start, we're going to stop abruptly, and then we will continue. But chapter three, verse one, 65 00:07:43,279 --> 00:07:53,079 therefore holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling. Now, you know, we just should stop right 66 00:07:53,079 --> 00:07:58,959 there, and this is the only stop we're going to make, but partakers of the heavenly calling, 67 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:09,160 you know, that word partakers, medicas, it means having a share in or being partners in. 68 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:17,540 So we're really partakers and have a share in the heavenly calling. When he called you, 69 00:08:17,699 --> 00:08:24,720 you have a share in what is going on in heaven and your destiny in heaven, and not only a share, 70 00:08:24,839 --> 00:08:33,840 but also to be provided from God, for living here on earth, from the gifts from heaven. 71 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:42,000 So really, we are partakers in that heavenly calling. We are called. Amen. The Greek word 72 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:50,320 clasis means that we are called. Is everyone called? Is everyone called? I think he's calling 73 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:58,980 everyone. That's my personal opinion, is that he is calling everyone. In fact, his gifts and 74 00:08:58,980 --> 00:09:05,480 calling are irrevocable. Perhaps the Lord just keeps on calling out, calling out to the world, 75 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:10,899 and yet they're not hearing it or knowing the call is for them. It reminded me this morning of 76 00:09:10,899 --> 00:09:17,679 when Samuel, remember, was being called in Samuel chapter three, and the Lord called him and he 77 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:22,679 woke up, and back then nobody was hearing from the Lord. It was very rare. And here's Samuel, 78 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:32,519 this humble kid, just serving in the tabernacle, and the high priest Eli was just really not hearing 79 00:09:32,519 --> 00:09:39,580 from God, not serving God properly. And suddenly Samuel hears, and Samuel, Samuel, so Samuel gets 80 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:44,100 up. Who's calling me? He runs to Eli, and he says, you called me. No, I didn't. Go back to bed. 81 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:49,460 Again, second time, you called me. No, I didn't. Go back to bed. Third time, 82 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:58,179 runs to Eli. Finally, Eli is catching on. Uh-oh. Somebody else is calling Samuel, and it isn't me. 83 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:04,379 And he says, go back and say that your servant listens, your servant hears. Here I am, you know? 84 00:10:04,740 --> 00:10:10,299 And so that's when finally the Lord spoke to Samuel, giving him this information that he probably 85 00:10:10,299 --> 00:10:15,299 had wished he hadn't heard, but that was the Lord's calling, because it was a rebuke against 86 00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:22,679 his mentor and master, Eli. But nonetheless, he didn't know who was calling. I think people go 87 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:27,500 through life sometimes hearing kind of like they think they're being called to something, 88 00:10:27,779 --> 00:10:32,960 but they're choosing every one other than God, because they think something's calling. I mean, 89 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:37,360 I was watching this strange documentary called The Shark Whisperer. I don't know if you've ever 90 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:43,740 seen it, but this lady that literally swims with great white sharks and tiger sharks, 91 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:49,419 and it's just crazy to see this person underwater. Her husband's filming the whole thing, 92 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:54,159 and this shark's swimming right up to her. She just reaches out her hand and touches the 93 00:10:54,159 --> 00:10:59,820 nose and steers this 20-foot tiger shark away. It's like nuts. How does that happen? 94 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,100 But so she thinks that her calling in life, and she said it again and again, 95 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:10,799 is just to know these aquamarine predators better. Well, that might be part of her calling, 96 00:11:10,799 --> 00:11:16,679 but her true calling, everyone's true calling, is to know the creator of that beast, right? 97 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:21,700 Is to know our creator. We might think, oh, I was called in life to be a carpenter. Well, 98 00:11:21,799 --> 00:11:28,419 so was Jesus, but was that his inevitable calling? Of course, that was to save humanity, right? 99 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:34,679 We may have low priority callings, but our true calling is to hear from heaven 100 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:43,700 and to be aligned with that heavenly calling. Amen. In fact, I love, we went through the book of 101 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:49,820 Romans a few months ago, and in Romans chapter eight, which to me is probably one of the most 102 00:11:49,820 --> 00:11:58,340 fan, amazing chapters, right? But it talked about how we are foreknown and we are predestined, 103 00:11:58,340 --> 00:12:07,139 okay? And then we're called, and this is kind of like the process of God calling. And then when we 104 00:12:07,139 --> 00:12:12,279 listen to that calling, when we respond to the calling, which is really an invitation, 105 00:12:12,860 --> 00:12:22,879 when we respond and come to him, he justifies us. He says, you can come in. You responded. You heard 106 00:12:22,879 --> 00:12:31,720 the call and you responded. Maybe everyone, to some degree, the Lord is preparing things for them, 107 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,840 yet in his foreknowledge, he knows they'll never respond. You ever think about that? Like, 108 00:12:37,039 --> 00:12:43,480 some people have great things, great things that God prepared for them to do, but they're never 109 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:48,559 going to know them because he never knew the one who prepared them, right? And so he calls and 110 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:55,200 he justifies. He says, you can come in. And then he glorifies, meaning you are to carry 111 00:12:55,900 --> 00:13:00,559 me throughout the world. You are my glory on earth because my glory is upon you. 112 00:13:00,940 --> 00:13:06,820 And so that's the stages. But what's interesting is that that word called, okay? 113 00:13:08,259 --> 00:13:13,960 That word called, when you're called, if everyone is called, when do they become chosen? 114 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:22,860 I believe it's when they respond to the call. They say, yes, I want to come. And they receive 115 00:13:22,860 --> 00:13:29,419 Christ and now they are chosen. You can come in because you came. You responded to the calling. 116 00:13:29,879 --> 00:13:36,659 You know, two times Jesus said that many are called, but few are chosen. You remember that? 117 00:13:36,779 --> 00:13:43,500 He said it two times in Matthew. And both times he said it, we're at the tag end of a parable. 118 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:50,600 One time he said it was about a landowner who went and he hired workers to go out in the field. He said, 119 00:13:50,620 --> 00:13:58,740 I will pay you a denarius, a day's work and you can work. So they went because they were given a, 120 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,879 or they would be given a denarius. So they worked for the denarius. But then three hours 121 00:14:03,879 --> 00:14:07,600 later he walked along and he saw these others just stand by and he's saying, you know what? 122 00:14:09,059 --> 00:14:13,460 Listen, go work on the field. I'll give you what seems right. 123 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:20,360 They responded to him saying, I will give you what seems right. They trusted the landowner 124 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:25,960 would take care of them. So they went on the field and started working. Six hours later, 125 00:14:25,980 --> 00:14:31,399 he sees others. You go work. I'll give you what seems right. The ninth hour, the one hour left. 126 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:38,080 He saw people standing around. He says, go to work. I'll give you what seems right. 127 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,659 And at the end, when he was paying them all, and the last one to come forward were the ones that 128 00:14:43,659 --> 00:14:49,340 were hired for a denarius came and they saw the other ones getting a denarius and like, wow, 129 00:14:49,419 --> 00:14:54,379 we're going to make out good here. You know, we sweat the whole day and they finally get to 130 00:14:54,379 --> 00:14:59,179 the landowner. He says, here's your denarius. And he's like, what? Wait a minute. You know, 131 00:14:59,179 --> 00:15:05,320 they got the same as us. Well, why are you angry? Because are you evil? Because I am good. 132 00:15:06,059 --> 00:15:13,159 Don't you see you agreed to work for a denarius? And then he said, many will be chosen. Many will 133 00:15:13,159 --> 00:15:19,019 be called, but few will be chosen. The point was that they were trusting the denarius. They 134 00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:25,019 worked for a denarius. Everyone else was trusting the landowner. You see that? That's why they 135 00:15:25,019 --> 00:15:32,179 were considered chosen because they trusted the landowner. The others were working for wages. 136 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:37,019 They trusted the denarius, right? And then he said at a second time, when he was talking about that 137 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:43,320 King who was having a wedding banquet for his son, and he went out and he told everyone who 138 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:49,000 was previously invited, okay, to this wedding and nobody wanted to come. Then I got other things to 139 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:54,279 do. Well, go send more. Finally, they were so irritated that the King kept inviting them 140 00:15:54,279 --> 00:16:00,340 to a wedding that finally they actually killed the servants. So Jesus says, what do you think that 141 00:16:00,340 --> 00:16:05,000 master did? You know, he went and he destroyed them. And then he invited everybody to come. 142 00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:10,860 Anyone, anyone, anyone, just come in, come in. And then finally, he's having a blast with all 143 00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:16,440 these people who never thought they would belong in the palace with the King. I think that's us. 144 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:19,679 That's me. Like, I'm like, what am I doing? When I get there someday, I'm like, 145 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:26,159 what in the world am I doing here? I don't belong here. I know some of you might, no, I'm kidding. 146 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:33,139 None of us belong there. But I know I don't belong there. And yet this one man he comes across 147 00:16:33,139 --> 00:16:38,960 was not dressed in the wedding garb. And he says, how did you get in here? You know, 148 00:16:39,220 --> 00:16:44,480 he was dressed like the street clothes. He was dressed in the old life. And he says, 149 00:16:44,519 --> 00:16:48,120 take him out and they bound him up and threw him in the outer darkness where there's weeping 150 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,820 and gnashing of teeth. But the point there, and then he says, you know, many are called, 151 00:16:52,980 --> 00:17:00,360 but few are chosen. That man came in the way he came, the way he was outside. Everyone else 152 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:05,160 came in wedding clothes. And the whole picture of that is really, we are dressed in Christ, 153 00:17:05,380 --> 00:17:12,279 right? The only way we can enter that wedding is because we are dressed in Christ. We are 154 00:17:12,279 --> 00:17:20,220 dressed for the whole ceremony. And so the point in all of this is that we need to trust the 155 00:17:20,220 --> 00:17:26,660 landowner that who will take care of us. And when we go in, we have to go all in. We can't go in in 156 00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:32,880 our old life garb. Here I go. I'm just going to wear my old stuff. You, you, you, you called me 157 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:38,440 like this. This is the way I'm going to stay. No, he's saying, no, I have far more things for you. 158 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:47,660 Take those old garments off, those grave garments, like Lazarus, and put on a new garment, put on the 159 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:53,599 new life, right? And that's why we can walk in the newness of life. So that's the picture we go from 160 00:17:54,420 --> 00:18:02,200 called to chosen when we respond. And so this is the idea that the Lord wants us to see in this 161 00:18:02,299 --> 00:18:09,259 verse is that we are all called from a heavenly calling. And it's so important for us to always 162 00:18:09,259 --> 00:18:16,900 remember that, you know, the apostle Paul always realized I was called for so much more than, 163 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:24,500 than anything I ever realized until I received Christ. I responded to the calling and I was 164 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:29,440 chosen. Peter said the same thing. I have two back-to-back verses stuck together. 165 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:37,680 When Paul wrote to the Philippians in Philippians 3, 14, he says, I press toward the goal for the 166 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:45,960 prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. You know, you are, you press into that. 167 00:18:46,519 --> 00:18:52,080 You have an, you have an upward calling. Everything you do is building dividends for 168 00:18:52,109 --> 00:18:59,150 eternity, but blessings for here, underneath heaven, you know, for earth. When you respond 169 00:18:59,150 --> 00:19:04,950 to him, you will be blessed. Peter says this in second Peter chapter one verse 10. He says, 170 00:19:05,329 --> 00:19:12,150 therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure. For if you 171 00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:18,069 do these things, you will never stumble. You know, if we realize how important that calling 172 00:19:18,069 --> 00:19:26,630 that God has on our lives is, the decisions we make down here are always weighed against eternity. 173 00:19:26,950 --> 00:19:33,769 Not for salvation, but for now, if I engaged in this lifestyle for a season, 174 00:19:34,349 --> 00:19:39,630 what am I losing from heaven's standpoint? What am I losing in terms of not going to heaven, 175 00:19:40,150 --> 00:19:46,430 but in terms of the rewards, in terms of the legacy, in terms of the testimony for Jesus Christ. 176 00:19:46,430 --> 00:19:54,109 That's why it's so important for us to be aligned with our calling in heaven, the upward call. 177 00:19:54,730 --> 00:19:59,130 And so this is why I'm making a big deal out of this is because once you know that 178 00:19:59,130 --> 00:20:05,490 and you realize that we are called to be in the household of God, then it's important for 179 00:20:05,490 --> 00:20:10,769 us to really embrace that and live in it. Amen. Okay, let's move on. 180 00:20:12,349 --> 00:20:19,569 Still in verse one, but that's the last stop. Consider the apostle and high priest 181 00:20:20,769 --> 00:20:27,950 of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him, who appointed him, 182 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:34,750 as Moses also was faithful in all his house. For this one, meaning Christ, 183 00:20:35,549 --> 00:20:42,650 has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses in as much as he who built the house 184 00:20:42,650 --> 00:20:50,230 has more honor than the house. Verse four, for every house is built by someone, 185 00:20:50,710 --> 00:20:59,210 but he who built all things is God. And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant 186 00:20:59,210 --> 00:21:07,589 for a testimony of those who which would be spoken afterwards, but Christ as a son 187 00:21:07,589 --> 00:21:16,990 over his own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing 188 00:21:16,990 --> 00:21:27,250 of the hope firm to the end. So here we see that the Spirit wants us to make a connection between 189 00:21:27,250 --> 00:21:36,950 Moses and Jesus. Now, Moses was given a blueprint for the household of God, wasn't he? Remember the 190 00:21:36,950 --> 00:21:44,190 Lord led him up on Mount Sinai after they escaped Egypt and there they were in the Sinai Peninsula 191 00:21:44,190 --> 00:21:52,049 and he was up on Mount Sinai and he began to receive the plans God has. And it was a 192 00:21:52,220 --> 00:21:57,960 household plan. It wasn't just someday you're going to, you know, make these clothing for the high 193 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,440 priest and someday you're going to make a tabernacle and carry it on poles. And I mean, that was the 194 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,720 ark and you're going to do all these functional things. It was more than that. It was actually 195 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:14,660 the household rules and laws, right? He was laying out the whole social structure, 196 00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:23,359 who's in charge, who's, you know, guiding my people and all these household rules and regulations, 197 00:22:23,519 --> 00:22:29,440 you know, and it is important to know the household rules. You know, some of you may have been 198 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:34,200 raised in homes that you really didn't have many chores. Mom and dad were pretty lax and, 199 00:22:34,380 --> 00:22:40,359 you know, and maybe sometimes at least I was that way. It's like, oh yeah, somebody's got to do 200 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:47,460 that. Zach, do that. But, you know, but some households runs like machines and very, you know, 201 00:22:47,859 --> 00:22:54,880 you know, methodical and no scenario is wrong. It's the household rules and regulations, 202 00:22:55,019 --> 00:23:00,559 once you know that. So the Lord was laying out all these rules and regulations for Moses 203 00:23:01,259 --> 00:23:08,680 to the point of even exactly what the priest should wear and actually the tabernacle, what 204 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,039 it should look like, what it should be made of, all these specifics. And we went through all of that 205 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:19,140 as we went through Leviticus over the last several months. And then he gave a plan for, 206 00:23:19,299 --> 00:23:25,859 like I said, the tabernacle, which was actually a foreshadow of a type of structure, the temple, 207 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:35,940 that the Lord would one day assign the king to build for him, right? And so as time went on, 208 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:45,160 the Lord had given David a vision for what materials to use and so forth. And David was told, 209 00:23:45,259 --> 00:23:51,160 but you're not the guy because, you know, you are a man of bloodshed, but your son will build it, 210 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:57,539 right? And so Solomon was assigned the role to build this temple. Now, God's not going to 211 00:23:57,539 --> 00:24:02,960 literally live there, okay? He doesn't live in the ark, okay? He doesn't live in a house. 212 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:10,539 Nothing can contain him. He contains everything, right? He is above and beyond and bigger. He holds 213 00:24:10,539 --> 00:24:16,740 all things together as we sang in that song. He's holding all together or something like that. But 214 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:21,619 anyway, he holds it all together, right? So he's not going to live there, but he's going to visit 215 00:24:21,619 --> 00:24:28,240 from time to time. But you know, he chooses to live in you. Isn't that amazing? He lives 216 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:35,579 outside of you too. He's not limited to you. Thank God for that. But he chooses to also live in you. 217 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:41,380 You're like a mini tabernacle of his, right? That he resides in. So he can live lots of places, 218 00:24:41,779 --> 00:24:47,299 but he chooses to live in us. So when Solomon was given this tremendous assignment 219 00:24:47,299 --> 00:24:53,299 of building the temple of God, he said, you know, can you imagine that huge weight to build 220 00:24:53,299 --> 00:24:58,759 the structure? And so they complete it. You can read about it in 2nd Chronicles 7. And as 221 00:24:58,759 --> 00:25:05,319 they were praying and thanking the Lord for this tremendous temple, the fire of God came down 222 00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:10,480 and just consumed all the offerings. The glory of the Lord was so thick they couldn't even 223 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:16,099 enter the temple. Do you remember that? And so when Solomon was so humbled and he was really 224 00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:20,680 just starting off, he was only a few years into his kingdom when he had asked for wisdom, 225 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:27,940 he was such a humble king starting off, right? But what's sad is he forgot whose house he was 226 00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:35,259 building because he built a temple which took seven years, lots of resources, lots of planning. 227 00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:41,440 But you know how long it took him to build his own house? Any of you know his own palace? 228 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:50,599 13, almost double the time. Then he built the house of God. So what started off like, 229 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:56,019 oh, you know, just humble, like, you know, fear and trembling became like, all right, 230 00:25:56,039 --> 00:26:01,299 we're done with that. Now it's time to build my house, right? And we know the story of Solomon, 231 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:08,660 how his pride carried him away, his lust, his idolatry, his polygamy, everything, just 232 00:26:08,660 --> 00:26:14,819 took him away, right? And as a result, he built his palace and he just kept building. 233 00:26:15,279 --> 00:26:23,099 I think some of us forget whose house we're building because he lost sight of why he was 234 00:26:23,099 --> 00:26:30,079 given that task. It was to build and to govern God's people. That's the house of God, right? 235 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:36,559 But he was building his own kingdom, right? But when he was humble in his days, he wrote 236 00:26:36,559 --> 00:26:43,579 Psalm 127.1 and it was a song of ascents. The song of ascents, there's 15 of them. 237 00:26:44,319 --> 00:26:48,960 And only two psalms in all of the psalms were written by Solomon, but this was one of them. 238 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,980 And it says, a song of ascents, as they would ascend to Jerusalem, because, you know, 239 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:58,779 Jerusalem is built so high, no matter what north, south, east, west, you're coming from, 240 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:05,420 Jerusalem is always up, okay? It's so high elevation. So the song of ascents was, 241 00:27:05,420 --> 00:27:11,380 all the pilgrims, when they would come back for the three feasts of Israel, they would come up and as 242 00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:16,779 they would ascend whatever direction they are coming from, they would just celebrate and sing 243 00:27:16,779 --> 00:27:23,859 and remember, we're going to the house of God, right? And so Solomon wrote this psalm and he said, 244 00:27:24,539 --> 00:27:31,420 unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the Lord guards the 245 00:27:31,420 --> 00:27:38,619 city, the watchman stays awake in vain. And we still use those verses quite often, don't we? When 246 00:27:38,619 --> 00:27:45,480 we talk about building our home, because really it has to be the Lord who is building it. We could 247 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:53,559 put so much effort into our families, but if we're not leading our families to God, we're 248 00:27:53,559 --> 00:27:58,839 leading them in the wrong direction. I can remember being part of that ministry 249 00:27:58,839 --> 00:28:08,980 that was a global mission and hearing from these various kids that were from South Korea, 250 00:28:09,339 --> 00:28:16,259 or at least from their parents were, and their family's whole goal was education, education, 251 00:28:16,420 --> 00:28:21,599 education, education. And I think that, I mean, that's not a bad priority to have in your home, 252 00:28:21,779 --> 00:28:27,220 right? I mean, education is important. And so they were teaching their kids, 253 00:28:27,220 --> 00:28:33,359 you gotta be a doctor, you gotta be a lawyer, you gotta be, you know, whatever. You have to be 254 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:39,759 educated. You have to, because then you will be successful. And those aren't bad priorities, 255 00:28:40,279 --> 00:28:46,700 unless God is a second priority to those goals. And I'll never forget some of those, 256 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:53,860 how they decided instead to go on the mission field and leave school or leave the doctorate 257 00:28:53,859 --> 00:28:58,900 program or leave these things to actually serve on the mission field, and their parents 258 00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:04,299 literally stopped talking to them, literally almost disowned them, at least from their testimony. 259 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:10,420 And it's like, wow, they really started building the wrong palace, didn't they? They really went 260 00:29:10,420 --> 00:29:16,960 in the wrong direction, building the wrong priorities. But we as families are building 261 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:26,000 towards God's purpose. Amen. And so we still read that verse to remind us that it's God's 262 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:35,500 palace. It's God's temple that we're building for his purpose. We are the house of God and 263 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:44,079 the apostle Paul realized, can you imagine being him? Here's a guy that just wasn't even a 264 00:29:44,079 --> 00:29:51,019 tremendous speaker according to him and perhaps others too. And how he was a religious zealot, 265 00:29:51,119 --> 00:29:55,079 and he was judgmental, he was critical, and he was all these things, probably hard to get along with 266 00:29:55,079 --> 00:30:01,819 the apostle Paul, if you read, you know, different aspects of his personality. Yet when he got saved, 267 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:06,779 the Lord used him to do things that no one else could do, right? And as he's, and he's, 268 00:30:07,059 --> 00:30:12,920 and he was even, even the Jews didn't like him, and he was a very religious Jew. So he was going 269 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:20,539 into new areas and everything. And he was seeing a wink of, well, God is doing something like behind 270 00:30:20,539 --> 00:30:26,900 me. And it's not me, it's God. God is building something. And he was so overwhelmed that he could 271 00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:33,700 do this. And then how God could build up behind him and backfill what was missing. And he said 272 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:41,460 this to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 3 verse 10 to 11. He said, according to the grace of God, 273 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:49,140 which was given to me as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation and another builds on it, 274 00:30:49,619 --> 00:30:56,619 but let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay 275 00:30:56,619 --> 00:31:04,420 than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ, the firm foundation, the chief cornerstone. 276 00:31:05,140 --> 00:31:10,319 I mean, we need to be building upon him. And I know this is to a believer. We've heard that 277 00:31:10,319 --> 00:31:16,799 message from when we first believed, but it's still so significant to realize that only the Lord is 278 00:31:16,799 --> 00:31:24,180 level. Only the Lord is a right line with heaven. I love that verse it talks about Zerubbabel, 279 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:32,680 the builder of the temple, and his plumb line is lined up. And it's a great picture of when we have 280 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:37,759 the right cornerstone, Jesus Christ, we can build on that. And no matter what direction we're going 281 00:31:37,759 --> 00:31:44,500 in, we are on solid ground, we are level, and we are pointed towards heaven, right? So that's 282 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:50,359 the chief cornerstone. And it's so important that Paul even reflects on this and says, you know, 283 00:31:50,660 --> 00:31:56,319 I wasn't building anything for me. I was building something for the Lord. You know, the Lord 284 00:31:56,319 --> 00:32:02,079 tells in the Sermon on the Mount, or one of the Sermon on the Mount, sometimes people say those 285 00:32:02,079 --> 00:32:08,119 Matthew five, six, seven could have been multiple sermons. But, but in there we look at Luke's 286 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:14,880 version of this. And he was talking about how building something that lasts that the enemy 287 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:22,259 can't tear down. And I love these verses because it reminds us how important it is for us to, 288 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:30,859 to come to the Lord, to hear him and to do what he says. And he says, whoever comes to me and 289 00:32:30,859 --> 00:32:38,500 hears my sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like. He is like a man building a house 290 00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:45,180 who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock, which is Jesus Christ, of course. And when the 291 00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:51,640 flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against the house and could not shake it, 292 00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:58,839 for it was founded on the rock. You know, he's telling us to come to him, you know, 293 00:32:58,839 --> 00:33:05,559 he's calling us, we come to him, we hear him, and then we don't just hear. You know, the worst is 294 00:33:05,559 --> 00:33:11,420 don't be a hearer only, but a doer of the word and actually doing the things. And I'll just say, 295 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:19,400 as a parent, sometimes doing the right thing wasn't always easy because we, we, we don't, 296 00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:28,819 we, we want to, in a sense, nurture our children's feelings over God's purpose for them. Have you 297 00:33:28,819 --> 00:33:34,799 don't want to go to life group or a youth group? Oh, I don't want to go there. Nobody likes me there. 298 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:42,200 You're going, you're going. One guy one time said to me, he is funny because I was the youth pastor 299 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:48,059 at our old church. And I can remember getting up saying, you know, it's important for your kids 300 00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:54,519 to go to youth group. And suddenly this, this spirit of authority just overpowered me. 301 00:33:54,519 --> 00:34:01,039 And I just said, you know what you parents don't give your kids a choice. You're the parent, 302 00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:07,700 make them go, make them go. And to me, it's like, it's elementary, right? Of course, right. But you 303 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:13,059 know, this one guy who heard me and his kids were, you know, there sometimes not the others, 304 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:18,460 and they were always fighting with them to get out the door and you know, and he said, when I 305 00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:23,480 said that, he told me this years later, believe it or not, when I saw him at this pastor's 306 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:29,000 conference, he said, well, you said that it was like a light bulb. I suddenly realized, 307 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:34,800 and I turned to my wife, I said, yeah, we are the parents. Like, you know, like, we don't have 308 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:41,320 to let them decide. We decide. We know what's best for them. They don't. Right. And you know, 309 00:34:41,340 --> 00:34:45,800 what's so cool about that story is he started making them come, of course, within two or 310 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,219 three times. There was no longer a debate. They were going. That's it. You don't talk about it. 311 00:34:50,219 --> 00:34:57,260 Don't discuss it. You're going. Right. And they continuously went and this guy was an amazing 312 00:34:57,260 --> 00:35:05,159 guitar player. He actually majored it in California in school and he was a musician. He was a songwriter. 313 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:13,320 He ended up being the children's coordinator of music and had three squads of youth worship teams 314 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:21,679 in that youth group. And he led it all. All because I just got up there and said, make them go. That's 315 00:35:21,679 --> 00:35:27,500 the fewest words of a sermon that you can ever have. Make them go. What is that? Three. Three words. 316 00:35:28,199 --> 00:35:33,659 And that really impacted him. And he was so grateful from then on. And it was so funny 317 00:35:33,659 --> 00:35:38,000 because you think it's such a nothing. It's common sense. But you know, sometimes we have to 318 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:45,320 remember that we are the stewards of our children for on behalf of God. And it's not just about 319 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:50,960 children. It's about all of our relationships. Right. We are stewards of those relationships. 320 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:56,860 You know, we can't take them for granted. We need to love people on behalf of God because 321 00:35:56,860 --> 00:36:03,579 he loves them. Right. And so this is the idea. You know, we are the house of God and 322 00:36:04,539 --> 00:36:14,380 and the Lord is going to build your house, my house, his house with quality, with purpose, 323 00:36:15,780 --> 00:36:23,960 with with glory. Joe and I live just on the northeast side still of Doylestown. We tried 324 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:29,739 a few times and move over here and it didn't work out. Bidding wars and things like that, you know, 325 00:36:29,739 --> 00:36:36,079 some of you can relate. But so but sometimes we go from our house down to like peddlers village. You 326 00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:43,139 ever been and New Hope area just, you know, so like nice and scenic. And we drive through these 327 00:36:43,139 --> 00:36:49,880 few roads and you're coming across like just wow, look at that house. But one sign you see 328 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:56,079 sometimes and it's a sign it's it's the Zavida builders. Okay. And some of you who are from 329 00:36:56,079 --> 00:37:00,320 over here might not know that sign and I'm not here. This is no promotion for Zavida homes. 330 00:37:00,539 --> 00:37:05,340 I'm just telling you that much. But I just want to give a real practical example. So and whenever 331 00:37:05,340 --> 00:37:12,440 you drive by a Zavida home sign, you know, something spectacular is going to be built there. 332 00:37:13,099 --> 00:37:18,699 Something magnificent. Okay, from a worldly perspective, right. So we drove by these few 333 00:37:18,699 --> 00:37:23,480 lots with these signs for years, nothing built yet. You're like, well, something's going to 334 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:30,380 be built there eventually, right. And so recently we drove down that road and that next slide shows 335 00:37:30,380 --> 00:37:37,940 the house. Okay, that's not a string of townhomes. Okay, that's what it looks like to me. That's one 336 00:37:37,940 --> 00:37:43,960 house and it doesn't even incorporate all of it. The camera couldn't get it all in. And then as 337 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:48,679 you drive around, you see in the back, there's like two or three more structures on the other 338 00:37:48,679 --> 00:37:55,239 side of the courtyard, which has eight to 12 garages, which probably fit other families that 339 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:59,679 live above that. I don't know. But this is like, you know, the servants quarters. I don't know. 340 00:38:00,059 --> 00:38:05,400 But like, you're like, what? You know, I knew it was going to happen. I knew it was going to 341 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:11,079 happen because the sign is there. I have just for kicks and giggles. I have a couple more slides. 342 00:38:11,079 --> 00:38:20,139 The next one is another Zavida home. That looks like Magic Kingdom. Walt Disney, okay. Just waiting 343 00:38:20,139 --> 00:38:25,820 for the fireworks above it. The castle, right. And then there's one more there. So these are just, 344 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:30,099 yeah, a Zavida home. So again, if they ever watch this, like, why is that guy promoting our houses? 345 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:39,239 But thank you. But I'm not. But the point is to me, that sign means quality, means earthly glory, 346 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:47,659 means luxury, means riches, you know, it means wealth. It's always the most pristine land. 347 00:38:48,380 --> 00:38:58,400 But how much more is God's label upon you? His, you belong to him. You are his house. You might 348 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:05,880 not see it built yet. You might say, what kind of house is this? You know, so many things aren't 349 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:12,820 luxurious or prosperous looking to others. So many things still seem out of line. There's still 350 00:39:12,820 --> 00:39:19,579 so much strife and disagreement, perhaps in my home or even in my life. I'm not feeling very 351 00:39:19,579 --> 00:39:26,079 Zavida-ish right now, okay. But you know what? The Lord is building something in you that you 352 00:39:26,079 --> 00:39:32,280 haven't seen yet, but you're going to see it someday. It's a magnificent house that he's 353 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:37,699 building. And you're just a part of it. You're just a part of it. You don't have to be all that 354 00:39:37,699 --> 00:39:44,059 on the hill by yourself, because no one is. In fact, I promise you the people that live in those 355 00:39:44,059 --> 00:39:51,340 homes, unless they're being built in the house of God, they're going to either be miserable 356 00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:58,619 this side of heaven or on the other side of life. Because if you don't have the chief master 357 00:39:58,619 --> 00:40:04,420 builder in your life, building his house in your life, you're missing the whole purpose. 358 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:11,659 Imagine just living in this prosperous, wealthy house and being miserable. And you can't get 359 00:40:11,659 --> 00:40:18,739 happy. You can't find joy because nothing is going to give you joy like the Lord Jesus. 360 00:40:19,099 --> 00:40:23,500 They can't have things from heaven because they haven't pushed through yet. They haven't 361 00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:29,340 laid hold of the upward call of God. They haven't received that heavenly calling. They don't know. 362 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:34,559 They still think it's down here. And I'm not putting rich people down at all because you know 363 00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:39,980 what? The kingdom uses wealth, filthy mammon on earth to win friends and influence enemies, 364 00:40:39,980 --> 00:40:45,460 even in heaven, right? He can use it all. So, you know, in fact, if you know some people that 365 00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:50,320 owns the meat of homes, invite them in, we'll get them saved. And we'll really 366 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:55,800 blow, you know, just bring the kingdom all around the world, right? So we're not against wealth, 367 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:02,420 but it's not wealth that brings joy, happiness, and peace. It's the kingdom of God. Amen. 368 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:08,599 I love what Jesus said just before he departed. He was talking to his disciples and you know, 369 00:41:08,659 --> 00:41:13,920 he started to see him going away and you know, but you'll find me eventually and I'm like, 370 00:41:14,019 --> 00:41:17,940 what is this? You know, he is our life. Imagine this, the person you followed 371 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:26,659 for three and a half years who to you was your identity. Like the fact that you were a friend 372 00:41:26,659 --> 00:41:33,719 of Jesus, that you traveled with Jesus, that you served on behalf of Jesus, 373 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:39,559 that was the only identity that mattered to you, right? Well, that's still the case today. 374 00:41:40,460 --> 00:41:48,679 He is our identity, right? And then they said, you know, where can we go? You have the words of life. 375 00:41:48,860 --> 00:41:52,159 I have no life apart from you, Jesus. So when he's talking about leaving, 376 00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:59,559 they were pretty broken up, okay? But you say, no, take it easy. I'm building something in you. 377 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:06,159 I'm preparing you for that place. And I'm preparing that place for you. And he said this, 378 00:42:06,159 --> 00:42:13,840 it's so beautiful in John chapter 14 verses two and three. And my father's house are many mansions. 379 00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:20,780 If it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. 380 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:25,159 And I love the put in there that he's preparing us for the place, isn't he? 381 00:42:26,059 --> 00:42:32,119 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself 382 00:42:32,679 --> 00:42:38,500 that where I am there, you may be also. Amen. As the worship team comes up, 383 00:42:40,039 --> 00:42:47,300 I just want to say, you know, what house is the Lord building in your life? Are you letting him 384 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:56,420 knock out walls? You know, sometimes the Lord knows the best floor plan. Okay. And we might say, 385 00:42:56,420 --> 00:43:03,719 I don't want to tear that down. I don't want, he knows. And perhaps it's time to just hand him the 386 00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:11,380 hammer. Say, Lord, have at it. Tear down the walls that don't belong there. Lord God, 387 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:20,519 just take out the old stuff that reeks of the old stench of the old mold and the mildew, 388 00:43:20,519 --> 00:43:27,800 the things that are just dirty, Lord God. Just demo. Demo my life. If that's what I need, Lord God, 389 00:43:28,599 --> 00:43:34,699 bring in the dumpster and start demoing. Okay. And just let him do it. Just say, Lord, 390 00:43:35,519 --> 00:43:40,739 what am I hanging on to? You know, I feel bad. Sometimes I speak, you know, quite often to 391 00:43:40,739 --> 00:43:47,159 hoarders and, and so forth. And they're hanging on to things that, you know, they know deep down, 392 00:43:47,159 --> 00:43:52,199 no one cares about after they go home with the Lord. It's, it's not going to matter to anyone, 393 00:43:52,260 --> 00:43:59,599 you know? It's not, they'd rather hold on to things than let the room be open for people to 394 00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:04,820 actually be there. You know, people are what's important, you know? And so maybe we have to 395 00:44:04,820 --> 00:44:13,079 ask the Lord, Lord, get rid of this stuff. It's time to clean house, Lord. I want a clean house 396 00:44:13,079 --> 00:44:20,219 so I can allow you to move fully and vibrantly through my life, Lord God. I just want you to 397 00:44:20,219 --> 00:44:29,440 demo and clean out. But most of all, Lord God, I know that you have the best insight into design. 398 00:44:30,219 --> 00:44:39,059 Lord God, design my house that would most glorify you, Lord God. You know, you color my life, 399 00:44:39,059 --> 00:44:46,920 Lord God. You bring the brightness into my life, Lord God. You bring in the, the, the, the, the, 400 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:53,360 the lines and the, and the form that my life should look like, Lord God, because I obviously 401 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:59,039 at times make a mess of my own life. And Lord, I just need you to come in and decorate me, 402 00:44:59,099 --> 00:45:06,480 Lord God. Decorate me with your goodness. Decorate me, Lord, with your gifts and the 403 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:12,820 fruit of the Spirit, Lord God. I just want you to come in and have at my household, Lord God, 404 00:45:13,460 --> 00:45:21,559 my heart, Lord God. I want you to just clean me out so I can truly be a tabernacle, a tent, 405 00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:27,019 a temple for your Holy Spirit. So Father God, we ask you, Lord, today, 406 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:33,860 as we sing this last song, Lord God, and just remember how important it is, Lord, 407 00:45:33,860 --> 00:45:41,900 for us to be aligned with our heavenly call. To never forget, Lord God, that we belong to your 408 00:45:41,900 --> 00:45:52,300 household. We can never go too far away to another land, to another place that, Lord God, we still 409 00:45:52,300 --> 00:46:00,559 don't belong to your household because your calling and your gifts are irrevocable, Lord God. May we 410 00:46:00,559 --> 00:46:07,300 never forget whose household we belong to, whose family we belong to, Lord God. And Lord, 411 00:46:07,380 --> 00:46:14,860 we ask you to just clean us out, to use our house, your house. May it be your house 412 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:21,860 that you live in, in Jesus' name. Amen. Let's all stand and let's give the Lord a round of applause. 413 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:24,579 God bless you guys. 414 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:36,139 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we praise God and discuss His word. Don't 415 00:46:36,139 --> 00:46:41,320 forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 416 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,480 Be blessed and have a great day!