Dwelling Places

Intro by Gary Kleinveld

Worship with Lucia, Vaughn and Joshua

Dwelling Places and So will I

Dwelling places: a picture of the Kingdom

We’ll take a peak at the beginning, the Davidic Monarchy and Solomon’s court

(Isa 11.9)

Lost in translation: an example from Hebrew Alphabet

Aleph beit–בראשית and Tav:

There is always a desire to build a house for His presence Yet there is no place created by us that can house Hims.

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

Under the reign of Solomon, we witness a type of precedent to Christ’s kingdom expression on the earth, reaching its fullest extent to date.

Deuteronomy 17 , 2 Samuel 7

the prophet Nathan & David

The play on the word house and “Name.”

the promise of God and David’s response

the covenant formula; “Israel has become your people and you have become their God” (verse 24), which finds its final expression in the eternal city of God (Rev.21.3).

God’s Presence

There were two kinds of reign for a king – reigning in battle and reigning in peace.

Solomon’s very name is derived from the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, more than the absence of war.

Kingdom celebration and multiplication:
Kingdom peace:
Kingdom life:
Kingdom mission:

The Davidic monarchy ushered in a period of great worship. Solomon built a magnificent temple.

God is king of all the earth(Ps.47.7),

How Do We Experience God’s Reign?

The Lord is King, His kingdom is here and is coming in Glory. What we experience now in part, will be completely established in His return. So we pray, Let your Kingdom Come Oh Lord.

Transforming Truth

Intro: Geovonna Stevens

Worship: Vaughan Peregrino

Goodness of God & Build my Life

Looking into the mirror: James 1

Do not merely listen to the word

What does it say? Many people read and accept.
What does it Mean? This is the process of interpretation.
How do I apply this to my life

Examples:

Coming of age

Metamorphosis

Romans 12: 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

The Fork in the Road and the ultimate destination.

As go the leader, so goes the people. e.g. gansterism

In EPH 2:10 For we are God’s (workmanship), created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared (beforehand) for us to (walk in).

Wormanship: e.g Michaelangelo’s David, Good works

What did God Design you to do best?

Beforehand and walking in it.

Be Yourself: 2 Corinthians 5:17 if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature old things have passed away, new things have come (let it be so)

Transformation is not annihilation,

What changes? What becomes New

Roamns 6:22; Eph 4:22; Col 3

The Word applies to us, but it is not centred around us.

Fearing Fear Itself

From Death To Life

The power of the Letter

2 Cor 3:3 revealing that you are a letter of Christ,

not based on the letter but on the Spirit,

Jer 31:34;

“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 But if the ministry that produced death—carved in letters on stone tablets—

8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

The Glory of Progressive Revelation
What was veiled
The ministry of the Spirit

Mar 15:38 And Luk 23:45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

Mat 27:51 The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

And what more shall I say?

These wonderful acts of the Spirit, demonstrated the glory of the Lord and his willingness to use men and women to unveil his Power to mankind.

But it is our greatest enemy He came to conquer once and for all.
It is the Lord who commends his servants.

39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

run with endurance the race set out for us, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

In conclusion:

2 Cor 2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ

A Journey of Grace

WE start with a reflection of 5G church.

Go into a time of worhip

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

12 to equip (katartismos) the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

katartismo had three uses:

mending nets
setting broken bones
outfitting a ship

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God —a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.

14 So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

15 But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

End with some praise and thanksgiving.

16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.