God's Magnifical House IV: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:00 We’re going to be talking about the magnifical church this morning and just a brief review. First Chronicles 22:5. The Lord’s house shall be exceedingly magnifical. Of fame. And of glory throughout all countries all nations. Now you’ve got to remember at this time they didn’t know there was nations in South America South Africa North America. They didn’t know that as human beings God did and God had a big plan way back there. The fame was fulfilled we saw in Luke chapter 5 verse 15 so much the more went there a fame abroad of Jesus great multitudes came together to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities they came to hear his word not just for a miracle not everybody needs a healing but they need to hear the word and so we see it fulfilled then we must remember.

▶ 1:15 And First Chronicles 28:11 David gave to Solomon the pattern of all he had by the spirit we cannot build the church our own way we’ve got to follow the Bible pattern and if we follow the Bible pattern then the fame will go to all nations Acts 17:6 these that have turned the world upside down are come here. Speaking of the apostles. Who went out preaching to the known world at that time the known world these like I said they didn’t know there was islands in the sea they didn’t know north and South America were around and they didn’t know anything about South Africa the southern part of africa and so they turned their known world upside down just like God said the glory and the fame would go to all countries now Haggai 2:9 says the glory of this latter house this last day house shall be greater than the former now if God through Jesus and the apostles could turn that world that known world upside down manifest his glory manifest his fame.

▶ 2:41 Haggai prophesied hundreds of years before that God’s going to do a greater thing in the last day church. So I don’t know about you but I’m not looking for a rapture to get out of here I’m looking for a move of God that’s going to stir the nations of the world and show his glory and the fame of Jesus Christ it says in Numbers 14:21 as truly as I live all the earth how much of the earth all the years shall be filled with the glory of the Lord I submit to you has that happened. If you know your history you know it hasn’t happened we know it happened in the book of acts to the known world. But we have not seen it.

▶ 3:35 Filling every nation in the now known world hallelujah so that we have something very powerful to look forward to than just getting raptured out of this world could that be an amen. Is Jesus that big is his death burial and resurrection that powerful I submit to you it is and the Bible says every jot and tittle. Every little commandment will no wise pass from the law until all is fulfilled. Hallelujah so we got something great to look forward to Ephesians 5:27. Jesus gave himself for the church the Bible says that he might present the church to himself.

▶ 4:29 Now who’s he coming back for when he comes the second time the church and he’s going to present it to himself a weak. Divided. Sickly. Humanistic church. Or a glorious church. See didn’t he say the church would be. Magnifical and fame and glory see and in Ephesians they picked up the same thing holy without blemish is the church in America holy and without blemish. No we’re legalizing sin because public opinion and public policy right now is everything’s okay the church just goes much of the church not all of it but much of the church just goes along with it and so we’ve got something to look forward to a powerful visitation of God fulfilling this prophetic word now.

▶ 5:34 God made a promise that all Israel would be priests to minister in this house that he was going to build. Exodus 19:5 if you obey my voice and keep my covenant that really helps when we obey and keep then when we obey and keep you shall be a special treasure to me above all people. For all the earth is mine and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. He’s inviting all of Israel to be priests to minister in his house. Everyone in Israel. Isn’t that beautiful. But.

▶ 6:30 The same priestly promises to us of the New Testament. Peter quotes that verse in first Peter 2:9 you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation of special people and said you when you believe in Christ and you accept Christ and follow Christ you are a priest every one of us. Revelations 5:10 Jesus has made us unto our God kings and what priests and we shall reign on the earth why are we so anxious to get raptured when he said we can rule and reign now. On the earth. Can he just write a book and he can’t back it up or can he back up the book he wrote I submit to you folks Jesus is a big powerful God and he can back up what he promised.

▶ 7:35 Hallelujah so all of us in the new covenant in the New Testament are invited to be priests after making and worshiping a golden calf going back to Israel they were all given a promise to be priests then they worship the golden calf they made the thing. The leader Aaron gave in to the people gave in to public opinion and made a golden calf and they worshiped it and got their music out where playing music to it and everything else after that.

▶ 8:13 Deuteronomy 10:18 at that time what time the making and worshiping of the golden calf the Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant to stand before the Lord to minister unto him and to bless in his name God left the promise that all of Israel could be priests and he picked the tribe of Levi who stood up for God at that time remember Moses said who’s on the Lord’s side they draw the line and the tribe of Levi stood for God how many know the church in America needs to draw a line and say hey I’m standing for Jesus I don’t care what the crowd does I’m going to stand for Jesus so Levi now got the promise of the priesthood but you got to understand Israel had already rejected God’s presence once before they rejected him here and they rejected him before.

▶ 9:16 Exodus 20:18 when all the people saw the thunderings, lightnings noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking see God came on Mount Sinai with all these visual expressions. The people removed and stood afar off. And they said to Moses speak with us we will hear you go hear from God and come down and tell us but let not God speak with us least we die. See they already rejected God invited all of Israel to come up to the mountain to come into the presence of God with that smoke and that fire and that shaking and trembling. And they rejected it why do you think they said they would die do you ever you ever think about those things when you’re reading that book because.

▶ 10:19 In Amos chapter 5 verse 25. Idols was why they did not go up to God’s presence these people were worshiping idols all the time the pillar of fire and the pillar of the cloud and the audible voice and the miracles were happening they were worshiping idols Amos tells us about it have you offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness 40 years o house of Israel but you have borne the tabernacle of Moloch and [unclear] your images the star of your God which you made to yourselves. And see they already had gotten the ten commandments. And it says the Lord thy God is one Lord thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images in heaven or in earth or in the sea or below the sea or whatever below the earth and they had these idols.

▶ 11:20 They were worshiping all the way from Egypt. For 40 years in the wilderness and so they knew if they went up there God would expose them. And they would die do you understand that church. See they already rejected God then they made a calf that was two out of two or three witnesses let everything be established so now they are people that really don’t want to meet with God they want to come out of slavery and they want the land of promise of crops and fields and houses and everything else but they don’t want a personal encounter with God why because they knew God would expose them.

▶ 12:15 And they didn’t want to be exposed same thing in the New Testament. John 3:20. Everyone practice in evil hates the light who’s the light Jesus and his word. See they hate the Bible and they hate Jesus because Jesus lived the Bible. And they won’t come to the light they won’t come to Jesus they won’t come to his word. Lest their deeds should be exposed. And they can attack the church and say well the church is a bunch of hypocrites filled with hypocrites and I don’t or I don’t want to go to church and be a hypocrite they got all these excuses but the real reason is if they really come in and touch Jesus Christ and they really touch that living word it’s going to expose them and they’ve got to repent and change that’s the reason.

▶ 13:21 Hallelujah. Right now a most American believers or a lot of them would rather meet with music than meet with Jesus and there’s a big difference. Music has power and you can go to a rock concert or any a country concert or whatever there is power in the air that that music affects you. And just because we got music and praise and worship in the church does not mean we’re meeting with God we could be meeting with music. Could that be true we must avoid following the crowd to do evil. Ezekiel 44 10 the Levites they’re the ones that God chose to be priests and they. Messed up.

▶ 14:13 And here they messed up again. The Levites that went astray for me when Israel went astray after their idols they shall not come near to me to do the office of a priest unto me. Here God is rejecting the priest that he chose because. They accepted Israel serving God in a different way than God said we could serve him they weren’t following the pattern and the priest just went along with the people so God says they’re not going to be a priest. In an office unto me yet I will make them keepers of the house to serve the house and the people now. He’s not going to kill us.

▶ 15:06 But how do you know you can have a very lean [unclear] when you don’t have meetings with God and meetings with the living word. Hallelujah. God’s magnifical house. Four responsibilities of the priest number one. Deuteronomy 10:8. They are to stand before the Lord to minister unto him minister unto him minister means to serve wait on like a waiter waiting on a table doing a slave waiting on his master doing what the master wants them to do ministering to the Lord and to bless and this word blessed has a three-fold. Understanding our application it means to kneel get down on your knees it means to praise brag about God.

▶ 16:06 It would be nice if we bragged about Jesus and his word instead of ourself wouldn’t it we brag about ourselves so much and adore love him adore him it’s even [unclear] you know you have an infatuation you have an addiction. To Jesus Christ. All right and the kicker here is in his name now this is what separates us one of the things that separates us from the rest of the religions is we do things because Jesus said to do them we do it in his name. Are you hearing me you say we don’t get out a carpet and bow to the east three times a day because Jesus didn’t say to do that Muhammad said to do that we’re not followers of Muhammad we’re followers of Jesus.

▶ 17:05 Amen so we do things in his name you see Psalm 63:4 thus I will bless there’s that word again kneel praise and adore you while I live it ain’t no good to wait till you’re dead. The Bible says the dead praise not the Lord. You got to do it now while you’re alive I will lift up my hands why. In thy name because you told me to lift my hand see so lifting my hands kneeling is what ministering unto him. Hallelujah. These humble little things Christians really trip over.

▶ 17:59 Let’s continue. Psalms 89:16 in your name shall they rejoice the house of God should be a place of joy. Joy unspeakable and full of glory oh yeah. There is nothing sad about Jesus dying on the cross taking the shame taking the pain taking the blame for us and giving us eternal life and giving us a relationship with him that is just something to be excited about we are free. Amen. And we do it what in his name why he said to do it. Psalms 149:3 let them praise his name in the dance why do we dance before the Lord because he said to do it so we do it unto him as ministry and we do it because he Jesus said this is how you minister to me.

▶ 19:04 Are you out there. Psalms 9:2 I will sing. Praises bragging. Honoring to his name. Hallelujah. And you get songs that directly address Jesus and they’re very powerful he just touched God. Why because he said to do it and he said to do it in his name and when you have songs with his name in it it is really a double whammy now. How do we minister to God in the new covenant Acts 13:1-3 there were in the church certain apostles prophets teachers. And then he names them and as they minister to the Lord and fasted so fasting is part of what.

▶ 20:05 Ministering to the Lord the Holy Ghost said boy that would be nice if we could hear what the spirit said to the church instead of what people are saying to the church doesn’t Revelation say several times he that hath the ear let him hear what the spirit says to the church yeah. It’s not some book you read you passing on information it’s not some tape or YouTube thing that you read wow it’s what the spirit is saying it’s what’s going to help you and that’s what’s going to help others are you there and what God is saying in one church because of the people that are there and their level would be entirely different than what God is saying to another church because again the level is different and the kind of people are different see you can have educated and babies.

▶ 21:03 And you can have uneducated and mature. And to approach each one is a different approach. Are you hearing me but we try like the public schools to have one method for everybody. So God does something at some church and we read a book and we want to try. And it doesn’t work. Hallelujah we need to hear what the spirit’s saying. And so and to do that you’ve got to open up heaven by ministering unto him. You see and it’s really not the songs you pick for worship it’s the attitude that you sing them in. Are you singing them with expectation are you singing them as as Mike pointed out with the with the atmosphere of the song if it’s strong you sing strong.

▶ 22:08 If it’s loving you sin you sing with an adoring spirit and attitude you see separate me Paul and Barnabas for the work we’re into I have called them when they fasted again and prayed so praying is what part of ministering to the Lord and you don’t have to wait to get to church to do that but the corporate prayer and the corporate ministering is more powerful than the individual at home and God’s designed it that way and he laid their hands on them and sent them away by the Holy Ghost and laid their hands on them and nowhere in the Bible do you find Jesus. In the name of the father now we get that from TV ministers. You know when we don’t have confidence we.

▶ 23:03 We. Dramatize see when we don’t know we dramatize we get theatrical so we ooh or. Now all this theatrical you never find the apostles or Jesus doing that they just simply spoke and when they touched they just touched they didn’t have to you know somebody said well you got to get where the pain is well the woman’s got a pain in their breasts going what are you to do. Literally I’ve been in these circles. You know. And this. That’s all [unclear] and that other lady that’s what they promoted.

▶ 23:55 That was that’s not a Bible thing. That that’s somebody that used a method and everybody copied it. Are you there. And as a young Christian I had to wade through this mess you know there’s people who don’t believe on laying on of hands because they see all the mess with it well. [unclear] said lay hands on and what’s wrong with reaching over and touching someone on their shoulder and just blessing them is there anything wrong with that you’re not bringing attention to yourself you’re not you know acting like you’re some superior it’s just obeying a principle that God honors and heals and imparts. Are you with me. Hallelujah. And they sent them away by the Holy Ghost it would be nice if ministers were sent out by the Holy Ghost instead of by seminars and Bible colleges and they’re out there just to make it a an occupation.

▶ 25:02 Hebrews 13:15 by him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually how often continually you just keep praying you just keep praising you just keep doing what Jesus said to do you do it in his name. That is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to who his name. His name is above every name. Do good is there anything wrong with doing good. Is that a good ministry unto the Lord. Talking nice to your spouse and loving your kids and getting them educated and bringing them up in the way they should go that’s good stuff and that’s ministry under the Lord when you do good.

▶ 25:54 And to communicate remember we told you that communicate is participate. It’s a partnership you you get involved with God’s church you get involved with the priestly ministry. For such with such sacrifices God as well as pleased Luke 8:3 many others ministered unto Jesus unto him of their substance you see do you ever figure out Jesus is out there sleeping on the ground wandering from town to town. How did he get his clothes washed. How did he take a bath. How did he eat. The women brought him food if women brought him. Drink. The women washed his clothes.

▶ 26:46 Are you there. The women brought a pillow for his head instead of the rock. And people want to tell me women don’t have a place in the kingdom. Both accounts he’s talking about women ministering to Jesus. Hallelujah. Substance. Have you got to the place where you can really trust God with his 10 percent. See giving to Jesus giving to the church to get the word out and to help people grow in God is part of ministering to the Lord that’s why I tried to change the way we took an offering around here where we’re ministering to the Lord gosh.

▶ 27:40 That mentality will change how you do it and the attitude that you do it with okay. Second responsibility of a priest Numbers 16:9 is it a small thing to you that God that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to himself. And number two see first the ministry now to do the work of the tabernacle. Do you realize these priests. And the people that came they had to have a bathroom. And somebody had to clean that bathroom. Are you there you realize that this courtyard back there it was dusty and dirty with all these people that thing had to be cleaned they didn’t have vacuum cleaners had to be swept do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord when they brought in their tithes and stuff there had to be paperwork.

▶ 28:44 Financial accountability. Amen. Yeah and so there’s there’s. Taking care of the natural facilities and all of us are priests and all of us have that responsibility. Someone stopped me a couple of weeks ago and said you’re the pastor what are you doing out here working like this. Priests also take care of God’s house the natural part. Amen. If you know what a priest did it involves the natural part also. Okay. Third one Numbers 16:9 it is a small thing that God of Israel has separated you from the congregation to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle and number three to stand before the congregation to serve them.

▶ 29:46 It’s not all about you. It’s also about the people that come in they need to be showed where the bathrooms are see they need to be told what to expect when they get to that altar and how that lamb is to be sacrificed they have to be instructed they have to be in order they have to be take a number who’s next yeah. Only one lamb could be sacrificed at a time on that altar are you there. And so you know they had to take care of the people when they come sick babies what are they going to do just say well you know it’s your problem no they had to have a first aid station had to take care of sick people sick babies whatever.

▶ 30:40 And some of these people that come to God’s house are tough to deal with they are tough. But God invites them all in so what are you going to do is the priest. The fourth one Hebrews 9:7. Unto the second part of the temple went the high priest alone. Once every year. Not without blood which he offered for himself his own sins and for the sins of the people the mistakes of the people one time a year and I have the diagram of Solomon’s temple Moses’s tabernacle Herod’s temple they’re all the same you have the holy place and I don’t have anything there because I don’t want you focusing in on the holy place it’s a holy of holies once a year the priest you see these fancy clothes he wears.

▶ 31:47 Those clothes every one of them has a meaning speaks of a truth speaks of a doctrine he would come in once a year. And there was the. Ark of the covenant with the mercy seat on top and the cloud of his presence visible presence of God at night a cloud turned to a fire. Visible. Audible. Presence of God in that holy place but only the high priest could go in not the other priests and he could only go in once a year. Now beside that ark of the covenant. Is a scroll with the scriptures God told Moses to put the scroll the scriptures beside the ark of the covenant and let me tell you folks there is nothing more illuminating.

▶ 32:46 In the scriptures than reading it in the presence of God. That’s when you get illuminated Jesus Christ of course is our high priest for our sin Hebrews 9:11 Christ the high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle. Not made with hands God is not interested in natural buildings he’s interested in living people. By his own blood he entered one time into the holy place. Having obtained. Eternal redemption for us he didn’t have to keep offering himself every year one time he gave us eternal redemption.

▶ 33:39 Wow wow that is so powerful okay. Now. When Jesus died you see this little lightning bolt here. He rent the veil separating the holy place from the holy of holies he rented in two from top to bottom so that people knew it wasn’t a man or human that did it because this curtain was way up there they couldn’t reach it but when Jesus died God rent the curtain in two from top to bottom signifying that now not just the high priest can go in we all can go in. Now this is a powerful understanding.

▶ 34:31 If you can catch it. Hebrews 10:19 having therefore for this reason brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus by a new and living way so I can come in. To the presence of God hear his voice and see the result not just the cloud but I can see the fruit in my life I can see the fruit in your life you see. The visible results of the presence of God you see the change in the attitude you see the change in the talk how many you know we need that more than we need walking on water. And see this isn’t just for J.B. Fireball that’s the name I use for the mighty man of God full of faith and power the hour and everybody’s following him and whatever he says they do no.

▶ 35:38 You can go in to Jesus Christ yourself in the holy of holies and hear him talking to you and have the scriptures. Open to you. Yeah give God a clap offering that’s powerful. But we have been so brainwashed that we look for some superwoman or some superman to lead us and guide us and hand walk us and feed us and give us a bottle and you know psychoanalyze our emotional levels and whatever when we have been invited in as priests to come into Jesus by the blood of Jesus and by his blood alone. And there he will speak to us and he will change us and we will see the change.

▶ 36:34 Hallelujah very powerful. So ministering into him really becomes important lifting your hands singing praying kneeling doing these things is what he asked us to do to come into his presence that’s the protocol see it’s humbling. Now we don’t go into the holy of holies to redeem sin. Nobody can forgive sin but who Jesus Christ I don’t care what kind of mighty man of God you’re following he can do nothing for you let me tell you only Jesus can do anything. And he does them through ministries and he does them through the goofiest ministries because he loves people but it’s Jesus that does this stuff we can go into the holy of holies not to forgive sins the Catholics are all wrong that priest cannot absolve you from sin only Jesus can.

▶ 37:40 Yeah I have to call it like it is I love the Catholics I love the people but let me tell you you can’t violate God’s word you’ve got to build it by the pattern you got to go to Jesus he is the only one on that has authority to forgive sin on earth that’s what the Bible says. I mean we can forgive other people’s offenses toward us but he can wash the sin away deliver you from that sin set you free and give you life. Not to redeem sins but to minister directly unto him hear his voice and have the scriptures open to us in his presence remember. The scroll of the scriptures was right beside the ark and the Bible says spiritual things are revealed by the spirit if you really want to get the word opened up to you come into his presence. Open that book and he will open your understanding he’ll speak to you in a still small voice.