WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? WHAT IS HIS
ADDRESS? WELL, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT AS
YOU STUDY THE BIBLE, GOD HAS BEEN LIVING IN A SERIES OF
HOUSES. GOD HAS BEEN MOVING IN AND MOVING OUT AND MOVING IN AND
MOVING OUT. HE DOESN'T SEEM TO STAY PUT, UNTIL RECENTLY, IN ONE
PARTICULAR PLACE. HE MOVES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. ADRIAN ROGERS
WAS A MOTIVATOR, AN ENCOURAGER AND A LEADER OF THE FAITH WHO
PRESENTED A CLEAT INVITATION TO FOLLOW JESUS AT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY. HE WAS ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESENTING
SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION TO EVERYDAY LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN TODAY'S MESSAGE. HAVE YOUR BIBLE READY
AND JOIN US FOR THIS STUDY. AND IF YOU ARE ENCOURAGED BY TODAY'S
MESSAGE, REMEMBER, YOU CAN STREAM THIS MESSAGE AGAIN AND
DOWNLOAD OUTLINES, NOTES, A TRANSCRIPT AND OTHER RESOURCES
TO GO ALONG WITH THIS MESSAGE, ALL AT LWF.ORG. NOW, LET'S JOIN
ADRIAN ROGERS. FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER SIX
VERSE 19. FIND IT IN YOUR BIBLES AND LOOK UP HERE FOR JUST A
MOMENT. AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION: DO YOU KNOW WHERE GOD
LIVES? WELL, IF YOU WANTED TO WRITE HIM A LETTER, DO YOU HAVE
THE ADDRESS? DO YOU HAVE THE ZIP CODE? AH, WHERE IS GOD'S HOUSE?
NOW WE COME TO CHURCH. WE SAY, “WE'RE GOING TO GOD'S HOUSE.”
WELL, IS THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, IS THIS GOD'S HOUSE?
WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? WHAT IS HIS ADDRESS? WELL, YOU KNOW, THE
TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT AS YOU STUDY THE BIBLE, GOD HAS
BEEN LIVING IN A SERIES OF HOUSES. GOD HAS BEEN MOVING IN
AND MOVING OUT AND MOVING IN AND MOVING OUT. HE DOESN'T SEEM TO
STAY PUT, UNTIL RECENTLY, IN ONE PARTICULAR PLACE. HE MOVES FROM
HOUSE TO HOUSE. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT GOD MOVES INTO A HOUSE,
THE HOUSE GETS DEFILED AND DIRTY, AND GOD MOVES OUT BECAUSE
GOD WILL NOT LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE. NOW YOU MAY LIVE IN A
DIRTY HOUSE, BUT GOD WON'T LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE. I HEARD ABOUT
SOME, AH, COLLEGE BOYS THAT, THAT WANTED TO KEEP THE TEAM
MASCOT, THAT HAPPENED TO BE A, A GOAT, IN THE COLLEGE DORM. AND
THEY SAID, “YOU CAN'T DO THAT. WHAT ABOUT THE SMELL?” “OH,”
THEY SAID, “THE GOAT CAN GET USED TO THAT SMELL. WE DID.”
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] NOW COLLEGE BOYS'LL LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE,
BUT GOD WILL NOT. WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? WELL, LOOK, FIRST
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER SIX VERSE 19, “WHAT? KNOW YE NOT THAT YOUR
BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST, WHICH IS IN YOU, WHICH
YOU HAVE OF GOD, AND YOU'RE NOT YOUR OWN? FOR YE ARE BOUGHT WITH
A PRICE; THEREFORE, GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT,
WHICH ARE GOD'S.” WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? GOD LIVES IN ADRIAN. GOD
LIVES IN YOU. GOD LIVES IN RANDY. GOD LIVES IN KEN. GOD
LIVES IN US. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD HAD A TEMPLE FOR
HIS PEOPLE. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, GOD HAS A PEOPLE FOR
HIS TEMPLE. GOD LIVES IN US. OUR, HA, OUR HEARTS ARE A ROYAL
RESIDENCE. NOW I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOME VARIOUS HOUSES THAT
GOD HAS LIVED IN AND MOVED OUT OF. FOR EXAMPLE, GOD'S PRIMARY
HOUSE WAS A MAN NAMED ADAM. GOD'S PRIMARY HOUSE WAS ADAM.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN GENESIS CHAPTER TWO AND VERSE SEVEN,
“AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND
BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE, AND MAN BECAME A
LIVING SOUL.” NOW YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT MAN IS? MAN IS BODY,
SOUL, AND SPIRIT. GOD MADE MAN'S BODY FROM THE DUST OF THE
GROUND. GOD GAVE MAN A SPIRIT BY THE BREATH OF LIFE. GOD BREATHED
INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL. NOW THE SCRIPTURE THAT
CORRESPONDS TO THAT IS FIRST THESSALONIANS CHAPTER FIVE AND
VERSE 23, A KEY SCRIPTURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE
BIBLE, SO JOT IT DOWN. FIRST THESSALONIANS CHAPTER FIVE VERSE
23, “AND I, AND THE VERY GOD OF PEACE SANCTIFY YOU WHOLLY; AND I
PRAY GOD THAT YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED
BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. FAITHFUL IS
HE WHO CALLETH YOU, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.” SO SITTING IN YOUR
CHAIR THIS MORNING IS SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY. LET'S PUT THEM
IN REVERSE ORDER SO IT'LL BE MORE EASILY UNDERSTOOD. FIRST OF
ALL, YOUR BODY. YOU HAVE A BODY: YOUR HIDE, YOUR HAIR, YOUR SKIN,
AH, YOUR BONE, YOUR SINEW, HA, HA, THAT EXTRA FLESH, [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] AVOIRDUPOIS, THAT'S YOUR BODY. WITH YOUR BODY YOU
HAVE PHYSICAL LIFE AND YOU KNOW THE PHYSICAL WORLD, [TAP, TAP]
ROUGHLY SPEAKING, THE WORLD BENEATH YOU. AND THEN THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT YOU HAVE A SOUL. NOW WHAT IS YOUR SOUL? THE GREEK
WORD FOR SOUL IS THE WORD PSUCHE, IT'S A WORD WE ANGLICIZE
AND GET PSYCHE FROM, PSYCHOLOGY FROM, PSYCHIATRIC. YOUR SOUL IS
THE EMOTIONAL PART OF YOU, THE COGNITIVE PART OF YOU THAT LIVES
IN YOUR BODY. IT'S, AH, YOUR MIND, YOUR EMOTION, YOUR WILL:
ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU THE WONDERFUL PERSON THAT
YOU ARE IN YOUR PERSONALITY; YOUR INTELLIGENCE, YOUR SENSE OF
HUMOR, AH, YOUR PROCLIVITIES, YOUR IDIOSYNCRASIES, ALL OF
THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU THE PERSON YOU ARE, MIND, EMOTION,
AND WILL. THAT IS YOUR SOUL. NOW WITH YOUR BODY YOU HAVE PHYSICAL
LIFE AND YOU KNOW THE WORLD BENEATH YOU. WITH YOUR SOUL YOU
HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL LIFE. YOU KNOW THE WORLD WITHIN AND AROUND
YOU. BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR SPIRIT? I USED TO THINK SOUL AND SPIRIT
WERE ABOUT THE SAME, SIX OF ONE, HALF A DOZEN OF ANOTHER. BUT
THAT ISN'T WHAT OUR SCRIPTURE SAYS. OUR SCRIPTURE SAYS, “AND I
PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY.” GOD MAKES A
DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SPIRIT AND SOUL, DOESN'T HE? WHAT DOES
HEBREWS 4:12 SAY? “FOR THE WORK OF, THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK AND
POWERFUL, SHARPER THAN A TWO-EDGED SWORD, DIVIDING
ASUNDER BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT.” SO GOD DIVIDES BETWEEN
SOUL AND SPIRIT. WHAT IS YOUR SPIRIT? YOUR SPIRIT IS THAT PART
OF YOUR NATURE THAT ENABLES YOU TO KNOW GOD, FOR, “GOD IS A
SPIRIT, AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP HIM,” HOW? “IN
SPIRIT,” AH, HELLO? WORSHIP HIM HOW? “IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.”
AND WHEN WE GET SAVED, GOD'S SPIRIT BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR
SPIRIT THAT WE'RE CHILDREN OF GOD. NOW PLANTS HAVE A BODY, BUT
THEY DON'T HAVE A SOUL. ANIMALS, IT MAY SURPRISE YOU, BUT THEY
HAVE A SOUL. SOUL, THE WORD SOUL, MEANS CONSCIOUS LIFE. IN
THE BOOK OF GENESIS THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF LIVING CREATURES
HAVING NEPHESH, OR SOUL. YOUR DOG HAS MIND, EMOTION, AND WILL.
BUT WHAT MAKES MAN MORE THAN A CLEVER ANIMAL IS HE HAS A
SPIRIT. DOGS NEVER PRAY. SOME MAY, BUT NOT MOST. [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] I HAD ONE I THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]
DOGS DON'T PRAY. DOGS DON'T THINK OF ETERNITY. YOU SEE, AH,
ANIMALS, PLANTS HAVE INANIMATE LIFE; ANIMALS HAVE ANIMATE LIFE,
BUT HUMANS HAVE SPIRITUAL LIFE. GOD PUT INTO YOU A SPIRIT. GOD
[CLAP] BREATHED INTO YOUR NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. YOU
BECAME A LIVING SOUL BECAUSE GOD'S SPIRIT IS IN YOU. IT'S THE
SPIRIT THAT IS THE ORGAN OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE. AND SO GOD
MADE MAN TO LIVE IN. ADAM WAS A HOUSE OF THREE ROOMS. DO YOU
KNOW GOD LIKES THREE'S? BECAUSE GOD IS A TRIUNE GOD: FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. AND EVERY, GOD JUST LIKES THREE'S.
EVERYTHING GOD, EH, MADE REFLECTS HIS TRI-UNITY. SPACE IS
WHAT? HEIGHTH, WIDTH, AND DEPTH. NOW HEIGHTH IS NOT WIDTH; WIDTH
IS NOT DEPTH, AND DEPTH IS NOT HEIGHT. THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT,
BUT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. UH, THEY ARE DISTINGUISHABLE, BUT
INSEPARABLE, LIKE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST. NOT ONLY SPACE,
BUT TIME. TIME IS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. THE PAST IS NOT THE
PRESENT; THE PRESENT'S NOT THE FUTURE; THE FUTURE'S NOT THE
PAST. THEY'RE ALL DISTINGUISHABLE, ALL
INSEPARABLE. YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. AND
EVERYTHING GOD HAS CREATED IS TIME AND SPACE IN THE NATURAL
REALM. IT REFLECTS THE TRI-UNITY OF GOD. AND WHEN GOD MADE A MAN,
LIKE RANDY OVER HERE, GOD MADE HIM BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. “AND
I PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED
BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.” NOW, WHEN
GOD MADE ADAM, WHEN ADAM CAME OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, ADAM WAS
TO BE A ROYAL RESIDENCE. GOD WAS TO LIVE IN ADAM'S SPIRIT. WHEN
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, AH, GOD WALKED WITH ADAM, DO YOU THINK
GOD IN PHYSICAL FORM TOOK ADAM BY THE HAND AND WALKED WITH HIM?
NO, GOD WAS NOT ON THE OUTSIDE; GOD WAS ON THE INSIDE. GOD WAS
IN ADAM'S SPIRIT AND ADAM WALKED AND FELLOWSHIPPED WITH GOD IN
THE GARDEN OF EDEN. ADAM WAS GOD'S PRIMARY HOUSE. BUT I WANT
TO GIVE YOU FOUR WORDS THAT START WITH THE LETTER D, BECAUSE
THE WHOLE MESSAGE'S GONNA BE BUILT AROUND THESE FOUR LETTERS,
AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THE FIRST WORD IS DESIGN. THE SECOND WORD
IS DESECRATION. THE THIRD WORD IS DESOLATION. AND THE FOURTH
WORD IS DESTRUCTION. NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE A PATTERN. AND IT'S
GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE HOUSES. FIRST OF ALL, GOD MADE
ADAM, AND ADAM WAS TO BE A HOUSE OF THREE ROOMS. THAT INNERMOST
ROOM, THE SPIRIT, WAS WHERE GOD DWELT WITH ADAM. THE BIBLE SAYS
GOD WILL WALK WITH HIM, LIVE WITH HIM THAT IS OF A HUMBLE AND
A CONTRITE SPIRIT. AND SO HERE WAS A HOUSE DESIGNED. GOD
DESIGNED HIS HOUSE OF THREE ROOMS, A PRIMARY HOUSE. THAT WAS
ADAM. BUT NOT ONLY WAS THAT HOUSE DESIGNED; THAT HOUSE WAS,
SECONDLY, DESECRATED. ADAM SINNED. HE SINNED AGAINST GOD.
AND WHEN HE SINNED AGAINST GOD, HE DEFILED, HE DIRTIED, HE
DESECRATED THE HOUSE. GENESIS CHAPTER THREE VERSE SIX, “AND
WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, AND THAT IT
WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE
WISE, SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT THEREOF, AND DID EAT, AND GAVE
ALSO TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER; AND HE DID EAT.” PLAIN ENGLISH:
THEY SINNED. THEY TRANSGRESSED THE LAW OF GOD, AND SIN IS A
TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. THEY DISOBEYED GOD. AND SO, HERE WAS
A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE THAT GOD HAD MADE, AND NOW THEY HAVE
DESECRATED, THEY HAVE DIRTIED THE HOUSE. WELL, THEN, WHEN THEY
DID THAT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? THE HOUSE IS DESOLATED. GOD
MOVES OUT. GOD SAID IN GENESIS THREE VERSE 19, “IN THE SWEAT OF
THY FACE SHALT THOU EAT BREAD, TILL THOU RETURN UNTO THE
GROUND; FOR OUT OF IT THOU WAST, WAST THOU TAKEN; FOR DUST THOU
ART, AND UNTO DUST THOU SHALT RETURN.” NOW WHAT HAPPENED IS
THIS: THAT WHEN ADAM SINNED, GOD MOVED OUT. AND NOW ADAM IS MINUS
GOD IN HIS SPIRIT, AND HIS SPIRIT IS DEAD, BUT HIS SOUL AND
HIS BODY ARE STILL ALIVE. ADAM NOW HAS A HOUSE THAT IS
DESOLATE. IT IS MINUS GOD. NOW RATHER THAN BEING GOD-CENTERED,
HE'S SELF-CENTERED, AND RATHER THAN THE SPIRIT HAVING DOMINANCE
OVER THE SOUL, THE SOUL HAS DOMINANCE, THE MIND, THE
EMOTION, AND THE WILL. PAY ATTENTION NOW. DON'T, DON'T LET
YOUR MIND RUN OFF. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, MISTER. GIVE ME
YOUR MIND AGAIN. NOW HERE'S A HOUSE DESIGNED, HERE'S A HOUSE
DESECRATED, AND THEN IT IS A HOUSE DESOLATED. GOD MOVES OUT.
ADAM IS NOW MINUS GOD IN HIS SPIRIT. AND RATHER THAN BEING A
SPIRITUAL MAN, HE'S A SOULISH MAN. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS
THE HOUSE DESIGNED, THE HOUSE DESECRATED, THE HOUSE DESOLATED
IS A HOUSE DESTROYED. GOD SAYS IN VERSE 19, THAT, AH, YOU'RE
GOING TO RETURN TO DUST. YOU'RE GOING TO BE DESTROYED. NOW AGAIN
I WANT YOU TO THINK WITH ME. I'M GETTING TECHNICAL NOW, BUT IT'LL
ALL COME TOGETHER. DON'T, DON'T CUT OUT ON ME. ALL RIGHT. NOW
LISTEN. HOW DID ADAM DIE? GOD HAD WARNED ADAM AND EVE, “IN THE
DAY THAT YOU EAT, YOU'LL DIE.” WELL, DID THEY DIE THAT DAY? IF
YOU READ THE BIBLE, ADAM WENT ON TO LIVE FOR 900 YEARS, HAD
CHILDREN. AND YET GOD SAID, “ADAM, IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT,
YOU'LL DIE.” WELL, DID HE DIE OR DIDN'T HE DIE? WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU HOW HE DIED. HE DIED IMMEDIATELY IN HIS SPIRIT. HE
DIED PROGRESSIVELY IN HIS SOUL. HE DIED ULTIMATELY IN HIS BODY.
NOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I'll. BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN A
LITTLE BIT, SO DON'T FORGET IT. AND IF YOU DO FORGET IT, YOU'RE
IN BAD TROUBLE. ALL RIGHT. NOW LISTEN TO ME. [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] HE DIED IMMEDIATELY IN HIS SPIRIT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
BE, AH, LOST? DO YOU HAVE TO BE A BANK ROBBER, A RAPIST, AN AXE
MURDERER? NO. TO BE LOST IS TO BE MINUS GOD. HOW MUCH SIN DOES
IT TAKE TO BE MINUS GOD? ONE-HALF OF ONE SIN. GOD WON'T
LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE. GOD JUST MOVED OUT OF ADAM. HE'S JUST
MINUS GOD. NOW HE IS UNGODLY, WITHOUT GOD. GOD IS ON THE
OUTSIDE AND NO LONGER IS ADAM A, A ROYAL RESIDENCE. AND SO, AH,
GOD MOVES OUT. THE MINUTE ADAM SINNED HE DIED IMMEDIATELY IN
HIS SPIRIT. THAT'S THE REASON THE BIBLE SAYS, “HE THAT HATH
SON HATH LIFE, AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT
LIFE.” NOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME IN
THIS AUDITORIUM. YOUR HEART IS THUMPING, YOUR MIND IS WORKING,
BUT YOU'RE DEAD. HUH, THE BIBLE SAYS, “SHE THAT LIVETH IN
PLEASURE IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVES.” ADAM DIED IMMEDIATELY IN
HIS SPIRIT. ADAM DIED PROGRESSIVELY IN HIS SOUL.
WHAT'S HIS SOUL? THE MIND, EMOTION, AND THE WILL. HIS MIND,
MEANT TO BE CENTERED ON GOD, BECOMES A GARDEN OF WEEDS. FEARS
AND NEUROSES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS AND SORROWS COME INTO HIS HEART,
INTO HIS MIND, INTO HIS SOUL. HE DIES PROGRESSIVELY IN HIS SOUL.
AND HE DIED ULTIMATELY IN HIS BODY. NOW THE SEEDS OF DEATH
WERE IN HIM THE MINUTE HE SINNED. MANY OF US AT CHRISTMAS
TIME BUY WHAT WE CALL A LIVING TREE. HA, HA, IT'S NOT. YOU GO
DOWN THERE WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THOSE TREES STU, STACKED UP.
THAT'S NOT A LIVING TREE; THAT'S A DEAD TREE. AND WHEN DID IT
DIE? THE MINUTE THAT MAN CUT IT DOWN. IT'S DEAD. NOW IT MAY LOOK
ALIVE, BUT WAIT TILL ABOUT NEW YEARS. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] WAIT
TILL ABOUT NEW YEARS AND [CLICK] AND, AH, IT, IT'S DEAD ALREADY.
NOW PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH, AND LIKE THAT TREE, YOU'RE ALL
DECORATED. YOU LOOK SO GOOD, SO FRESH. BUT YOU'RE SEPARATED FROM
THE LIFE OF GOD, AND JUST GIVEN ENOUGH TIME, WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
YOU [CLAP] SINNED AGAINST GOD, WHICH WE HAVE ALL DONE, YOU'RE
SEPARATED FROM GOD. SO YOU DIED IMMEDIATELY IN THE SPIRIT,
PROGRESSIVELY IN THE SOUL, AND ULTIMATELY IN THE BODY. YOUR
BODY IS WINDING DOWN TO THE GRAVE. ALL RIGHT. NOW, WATCH. A
HOUSE DESIGNED, A HOUSE DESECRATED, A HOUSE DESOLATED.
GOD MOVED OUT. AND A HOUSE DESTROYED. THAT'S GOD'S PRIMARY
HOUSE. THAT WAS ADAM. NOW, SECOND HOUSE GOD MOVED INTO, AND
THIS WHAT I WANT TO CALL GOD'S PATTERN HOUSE, WHICH WAS THE
TEMPLE. GOD BUILT A TEMPLE FOR HIS PEOPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS A TABERNACLE, WHICH WAS JUST A
TENT. LATER IT BECAME A MORE STATELY STRUCTURE. BUT IT'S THE
SAME IDEA, THE SAME PRINCIPLE, THE TABERNACLE OR THE TEMPLE.
AGAIN, IT WAS A HOUSE OF THREE ROOMS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE TABERNACLE AND THE TEMPLE, THREE BASIC ROOMS. THERE
WAS THE OUTER COURT; THAT'S A PLACE OF SACRIFICE. THERE WAS
THE INNER COURT; THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE MET TOGETHER AND
FELLOWSHIPPED TOGETHER. AND THEN THERE WAS THE INNERMOST COURT
CALLED THE HOLY OF HOLIES; THAT'S WHERE THE SHEKINAH GLORY
OF GOD WAS. NOW WHAT WAS THAT TEMPLE? FRIEND, THAT TEMPLE WAS
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS THAN A GIGANTIC PATTERN. AS A MATTER
OF FACT, THE BOOK OF HEBREWS CALLS IT A PATTERN, JUST A
PATTERN. IT'S AN OBJECT LESSON. IT CORRESPONDS TO THE HUMAN
BODY. THE OUTER COURT WAS THE PLACE OF SACRIFICE WHERE THE
BRAZEN ALTAR WAS. WE'RE TO PRESENT OUR BODIES, WHAT? A
LIVING SACRIFICE. THE INNER COURT WAS A PLACE WHERE THE
PEOPLE MET AND WORSHIPPED AND HAD FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER LIKE
WE'RE HAVING IN THIS CHURCH. AND THAT REPRESENTS THE SOUL. WE
FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER ON A SOULISH PLANE. BUT THEN THAT
INNERMOST PLACE REPRESENTS THE HUMAN SPIRIT, THAT, THAT HOLY OF
HOLIES. WELL, THIS WAS GOD'S PATTERN HOUSE. GOD USED THE
TEMPLE TO TEACH A COLOSSAL LESSON, AND I DON'T WANT US TO
MISS THE LESSON. FIRST OF ALL, A HOUSE DESIGNED. GOD DESIGNED THE
TEMPLE OF THREE ROOMS, AND GOD SAID, “SEE THAT YOU DO IT
ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN THAT I GAVE YOU 'CAUSE IT'S A LESSON.”
A HOUSE DESIGNED. A HOUSE DESECRATED. NOTICE IF YOU WILL
IN MATTHEW 21 VERSE 13 WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE TEMPLE,
“AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'IT IS WRITTEN, MY HOUSE SHALL BE
CALLED THE HOUSE OF PRAYER, BUT YOU'VE MADE IT A DEN OF
THIEVES.'” NOW A HOUSE DESIGNED, A HOUSE DESECRATED. AND THEN,
WHAT HAPPENS? A HOUSE DESOLATED. GOD WON'T LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE.
LOOK IN MATTHEW 23 VERSE 38, “BEHOLD, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO
YOU DESOLATE.” DO YOU SEE THAT? NOW HE DOESN'T CALL IT, “MY
FATHER'S HOUSE,” ANYMORE. BEFORE, HE SAID, “MY FATHER'S
HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER.” NO LONGER IS IT AH, AH,
“MY FATHER'S HOUSE.” NOW IT'S YOUR HOUSE. NOW THE STRANGE
THING IS THAT AFTER THEY'D TAKEN THE HOLY TEMPLE AND MADE IT A
DEN OF THIEVES, THEY CONTINUE TO WORSHIP IN IT. BUT GOD WAS A
THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS AWAY. IT'S NO LONGER GOD'S HOUSE. IT IS
YOUR HOUSE. A HOUSE DESIGNED, A HOUSE DESECRATED, A DEN OF
THIEVES, A HOUSE DESOLATED. “YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU
DESOLATE.” AND THEN WHAT NEXT? A HOUSE DESTROYED. LOOK IN MATTHEW
24 VERSES ONE DASH TWO, “AND JESUS WENT OUT, AND DEPARTED
FROM THE TEMPLE; AND HIS DISCIPLES CAME UNTO HIM FOR TO
SHOW HIM THE BUILDINGS OF THE TEMPLE. JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,
'SEE YE NOT ALL THESE THINGS? VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, 'THERE
SHALL NOT BE LEFT ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT BE
THROWN DOWN."" DESIGNED, DESECRATED, DESOLATED,
DESTROYED. GOD'S MOVED OUT AND GOD MOVES ON. AND YOU CAN GO TO
WHERE THAT BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE WAS ONCE AND YOU WILL FIND NOT ONE
STONE UPON ANOTHER. THERE ARE OTHER TEMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN
PRESERVED, BUT NOT THIS ONE, NOT THIS ONE. JESUS' WORD IS
FULFILLED. NOW, ARE YOU CATCHING A PATTERN? THERE'S A PRIMARY
HOUSE. THERE'S A PATTERN HOUSE. NOW GOD IS MOVING ON. HERE'S THE
THIRD HOUSE THAT I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT GOD MOVED INTO, AND
IT'S WHAT I WANT TO CALL GOD'S PERFECT HOUSE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT
GOD'S PERFECT HOUSE WAS? IT WAS JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. NOW NOTICE
WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF HERE IN JOHN CHAPTER TWO VERSES
19 THROUGH 21, “JESUS ANSWERED, AND SAID UNTO THEM, 'DESTROY
THIS TEMPLE.'” CAN YOU SEE HIM POINTING TO HIMSELF? “'DESTROY
THIS TEMPLE, AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL RAISE IT UP.' THEN SAID THE
JEWS, 'FORTY AND SIX YEARS THIS TEMPLE, WAS THIS TEMPLE IN
BUILDING, AND WILT THOU REAR IT UP IN THREE DAYS?'” BUT NOW
NOTICE THIS, “BUT HE SPAKE OF THE TEMPLE OF HIS BODY.” JESUS
KNEW THAT HIS BODY WAS THE TEMPLE OF GOD. AND IT WAS A
PERFECT TEMPLE. AH, FIRST OF ALL, A HOUSE DESIGNED. AH, JESUS
SAID, “A BODY THOU HAST PREPARED ME.” A HOUSE DESIGNED. HE WAS
THE SECOND ADAM, BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. HE WAS TOTALLY PERFECT.
A HOUSE DESIGNED. HE COULD, AH, HE COULD, AH, POINT TO ANYONE
AND SAY, “WHICH OF YOU CONVINCETH ME OF SIN?” THIS IS
WHY HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN: TO BE PERFECT. HE'S NOT A SON OF
ADAM. IN ADAM ALL DIE. HE CAME AS HE DID, BORN OF A VIRGIN, TO
BE WHAT HE WAS, SINLESS. HE WAS WHAT HE WAS, SINLESS, TO DO WHAT
HE DID, TO DIE FOR OUR SINS. ONLY A PERFECT SACRIFICE COULD
BE ACCEPTABLE BEFORE GOD. NOW, NOW FOLLOW WITH ME NOW. A HOUSE
DESIGNED. BUT NOW A HOUSE DESECRATED. YOU SAY, “THAT
HOUSE? THAT HOUSE, JESUS? WAS HIS TEMPLE DESECRATED?”
ABSOLUTELY. READ IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 53 VERSE SIX, “ALL WE
LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; WE'VE TURNED EVERYONE TO HIS OWN
WAY, AND THE LORD HATH LAID ON HIM,” ON WHO? ON JESUS, “THE
INIQUITY OF US ALL.” FIRST PETER TWO VERSE 24, “WHO HIS OWN SELF
BEAR OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE THAT WE, BEING DEAD TO
SINS, SHOULD LIVE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS; BY WHOSE STRIPES
YE WERE HEALED.” “HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN,” THAT'S JESUS, “GOD HATH
MADE TO BE SIN FOR US.” “ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY.”
BUT GOD TOOK MY SIN, YOUR SIN, OUR SIN, ALL THE ROTTEN, FILTHY,
DIRTY, PERVERTED SIN OF THIS WORLD AND PUT THAT SIN UPON THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. JESUS NEVER SINNED, BUT MY SIN, YOUR SIN,
OUR SIN, THEIR SIN; ALL SIN WAS LAID UPON JESUS CHRIST. A HOUSE
DESIGNED, A HOUSE DESECRATED. WHAT'S THE NEXT D? A HOUSE
DESOLATED. AH, NOTICE IN MATTHEW 27 VERSE 46. JESUS IS NAILED TO
THAT HELLISH MACHINE CALLED A CROSS IN AGONY AND BLOOD, AND HE
CRIES OUT, “ABOUT THE NINTH HOUR JESUS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE,
SAYING, 'ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI, '” THAT IS TO SAY,
“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?” I'll TELL YOU WHY:
GOD CAN'T LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE. AND WHEN, WHEN JESUS WAS WILLING
TO BECOME OUR SUBSTITUTE, WHEN JESUS WAS WILLING TO TAKE OUR
SINS UPON HIMSELF, THEN THAT PERFECT HOUSE WAS DESECRATED.
AND GOD THE FATHER TURNED HIS BACK UPON GOD THE SON, FOR THE
BIBLE SAYS OF GOD THE FATHER, “THOU ART OF PURER EYES THAN TO
BEHOLD INIQUITY.” AND HERE'S JESUS, BEARING THE SIN OF THE
WORLD ON THAT CROSS, AND GOD HIMSELF TURNS HIS BACK ON THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN I SAID EARLIER
TODAY JESUS DIED INSTEAD OF YOU? YOU OUGHT TO LOVE THE LORD JESUS
FOR WHAT HE DID FOR YOU. WHEN DAVID DIED, DAVID SAID, “YEA,
THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I'll
FEAR NO EVIL, FOR THOU ART WITH. ME.” FRIEND, I WANT TO TELL YOU
THAT JESUS WALKED THAT DARK VALLEY ALL BY HIMSELF. HE COULD
NOT EVEN SAY, “LORD, MY GOD, MY FATHER, BE WITH ME.” “WHY HAST
THOU FORSAKEN ME?” A HOUSE DESIGNED. A HOUSE DESECRATED. A
HOUSE DESOLATED. AND THEN WHAT? A HOUSE DESTROYED. JESUS KNEW
THAT THAT TEMPLE WOULD BE DESTROYED, HIMSELF. JOHN CHAPTER
TWO VERSE 19, “JESUS ANSWERED, AND SAID UNTO THEM, 'DESTROY
THIS TEMPLE, AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL RAISE IT UP.'” JESUS KNEW
THAT HE WOULD BE DESTROYED. AND WHO WOULD BE THE ONE WHO WOULD
DESTROY HIM? GOD THE FATHER. YOU SAY, “NOW, WAIT A MINUTE. I
THOUGHT, AH, WE CRUCIFIED JESUS.” WELL, IN THE SENSE THAT
HE DIED FOR OUR SINS, WE DID. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, “IT HATH
PLEASED THE LORD TO BRUISE HIM,” IN ISAIAH 53 VERSE 10. WHEN
JESUS TOOK MY SIN, WHEN JESUS BECAME MY SUBSTITUTE, GOD HAD TO
TREAT JESUS AS HE WOULD TREAT ME. A HOUSE DESIGNED, A HOUSE
DESECRATED, A HOUSE DESOLATED, AND A HOUSE DESTROYED. THE BIBLE
SAYS IN ROMANS EIGHT THAT, “GOD SPARED NOT HIS ONLY SON.” NOW
COME UP HERE AND LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION: IF YOU, IF GOD DID
NOT SPARE JESUS WHEN HE WAS BEARING OUR SINS, WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK GOD IS GOING TO SPARE YOU IF YOU REJECT THE SIN BEARER? IF
THERE WERE EVER A TIME WHEN GOD WOULD HAVE BEEN LENIENT ON SIN,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN THAT SIN WAS UPON HIS SON, JESUS. IF GOD
COULD NOT OVERLOOK THE SIN THAT WAS ON JESUS, I'll TELL YOU, MY
FRIEND, GOD CANNOT OVERLOOK YOUR. SIN. NOW, GOD'S PRIMARY HOUSE
WAS ADAM. GOD'S HOUSE WAS THE TEMPLE. GOD'S PERFECT HOUSE WAS
THE LORD JESUS. DESIGN, DESECRATE, DESOLATED, AND
DESTROYED, ALL OF THEM. THAT BRINGS ME TO THE FINAL POINT.
AND THE FINAL POINT IS GOD'S PERMANENT HOUSE. DID YOU KNOW
THAT GOD HAS STOPPED MOVING? DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS MOVED IN
AND HE IS [TAP] NOT [TAP] MOVING [TAP] OUT [TAP] AGAIN? FIRST
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER SIX VERSE 19, “WHAT? KNOW YE NOT THAT YOUR
BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST WHICH YOU HAVE OF GOD, AND
YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN? FOR YOU'RE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE,” OH, WHAT A
PRICE, “THEREFORE, GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT,
WHICH ARE GOD'S.” YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE GOD LIVES? RIGHT
HERE. GOD LIVES IN ME, AND GOD IS NEVER MOVING OUT. GOD IS
NEVER MOVING OUT. NOW YOU SAY, “PASTOR, ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT
HE'S NOT MOVING OUT?” I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT HE IS
NOT MOVING OUT. AH, NOTICE, AH, SECOND CORINTHIANS SIX VERSE 16,
“FOR WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS? FOR YE
ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD; AS GOD HATH SAID, 'I WILL DWELL IN
THEM, AND WALK IN THEM, '” AND THE WORD DWELL MEANS TO SETTLE
DOWN, “'AND WALK IN THEM, '” JUST LIKE HE WALKED WITH ADAM, “'AND
I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.'” AND THEN
LOOK IF YOU WILL IN JOHN, AH, 14 VERSE 16, “I WILL PRAY THE
FATHER, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, THAT HE MAY
ABIDE WITH YOU,” HOW LONG? “FOREVER.” LOOK IN EPHESIANS
THREE VERSE 17, “THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH.”
WHEN GOD MOVES IN, HE IS NOT MOVING OUT. NOW, SOMETIMES WE
COME TO CHURCH AND WE SAY, “WELL, WE'RE COMING TO GOD'S
HOUSE.” NO, YOU'RE BRINGING GOD'S HOUSE TO CHURCH. YOU SEE,
GOD LIVES IN YOU. NOW SOMETIMES WE THINK, “WELL, BEEN TO CHURCH.
NOW IT'S 12. WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING OUT AGAI,
OF GOD'S HOUSE.” FRIEND, YOUR HEART IS NOT A HOTEL WITH
CHECKOUT TIME 12:00 NOON. GOD COMES INTO YOU TO LIVE IN YOU,
TO STAY IN YOU, ONCE AND FOR ALL. NOW HAVING SAID THAT, I
WANT TO DRAW SEVERAL LESSONS AND WE'LL BE FINISHED. FIRST OF ALL;
THE LESSON CONCERNING SALVATION. WHAT IS SALVATION? [THUMP]
SALVATION IS NOT GETTING MAN OUT OF EARTH INTO HEAVEN. THAT'S
WHAT MOST PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. DON'T YOU WANT TO BE SAVED SO
YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN? WELL, I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN, BUT THAT'S
NOT WHAT SALVATION IS. THAT'S JUST A BY-PRODUCT OF SALVATION.
NOW IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I'M
SAYING. SALVATION IS NOT GETTING MAN OUT OF EARTH INTO HEAVEN; IT
IS GETTING GOD OUT OF HEAVEN INTO MAN. [TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP,
TAP] THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BEING SAVED IS GETTING GOD BACK IN
YOUR HEART, HELPING YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE NOW A
TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST. AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL WHEN GOD DOES
THAT. HMM, “TO THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT LOVE WORTH FINDING
MINISTRIES. HELLO. MY NAME IS VANESSA.” “I AM A SINGLE MOTHER
OF THREE CHILDREN. I AM WRITING TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR
PROGRAM HAS BEEN TOUCHING MY LIFE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR DAILY BROADCAST. CURRENTLY I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE A
NEW JOB AS A RECEPTIONIST. I SIT IN THE BACK AREA OFFICE SECTION.
I LISTEN TO YOUR PROGRAM HERE IN MILWAUKEE REGULARLY EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR BLESSING MY LIFE AND SHOWING ME THINGS I NEED TO
KNOW IN MY NEW WALK WITH CHRIST. SINCE I'VE GIVEN MY LIFE TO
CHRIST, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, MY LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED
FROM BEING A PROSTITUTE AND DRUG ADDICT TO A DEVOTED MOTHER WITH
A FULLTIME JOB. I'VE LEARNED TO TRUST GOD IN EVERY AREA OF MY
LIFE. IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR AND MY LIFE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
TURNED AROUND. THANK YOU! I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR RADIO
PROGRAM IS BEING HEARD AND IS TOUCHING LIVES. I KNOW NOW THAT
GOD LOVES EVEN THE WORST PEOPLE, AND HE SENDS HIS WORD TO HEAL
OUR DISEASES. I THANK HIM FOR CHANGING MY LIFE. I WILL FOREVER
BE GRATEFUL BECAUSE GOD IS SO GOOD. KEEP PREACHING GOD'S WORD.
DON'T STOP. GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP ON KEEPING ON.” NOW THIS IS NOT
A WOMAN WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN. SHE IS A PERSON
WHO SAID, “I HAVE LIFE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.” NOT A
PROSTITUTE ANYMORE, NOT A DRUG ADDICT ANYMORE. WHAT IS
SALVATION? IT IS NOT GETTING MAN OUT OF EARTH INTO HEAVEN. THANK
GOD FOR HEAVEN. I'M GOING TO HEAVEN. I HOPE YOU ARE. SEE YOU
THERE. HA, BUT OH, OH, OH, IT'S GETTING GOD OUT OF HEAVEN TO
MAN. NOW NOT ONLY THE LESSON CONCERNING SALVATION, BUT THE
LESSON CONCERNING SECURITY. DID YOU, YOU SEE, FRIEND, GOD HAS
STOPPED MOVING. GOD IS NOT MOVING AROUND ANYMORE. GOD
DWELLS IN OUR HEART BY FAITH, AND GOD IS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER, NEVER GOING TO FORSAKE US. HE SAYS, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE
YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.” AND ACTUALLY, THE GREEK LANGUAGE IS,
“I WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NO NEVER, EVER, NEVER LEAVE YOU,”
HA, HE KEEPS PILING UP THE NEGATIVES, “NOR FORSAKE YOU.”
HE'S MOVED IN TO SETTLE DOWN. WELL, YOU SAY, “I THOUGHT YOU
SAID GOD WOULDN'T LIVE IN A DIRTY HOUSE, AND I'M NOT
PERFECT.” NO, FRIEND, I'll TELL. YOU WHAT HAPPENS NOW. BECAUSE OF
CALVARY'S SACRIFICE, NO SIN WILL EVER BE IMPUTED TO YOU. ROMANS
FOUR SAYS, “BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE
SIN.” IF GOD WERE TO PUT ONE-HALF OF ONE SIN ON YOUR
RECORD, HE'D HAVE TO MOVE OUT. BUT SIN IS NEVER IMPUTED TO YOU.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHEN I SIN? GOD WILL CARRY YOU TO THE
WOODSHED AND BEAT THE TAR OUT OF YOU, THAT'S WHAT'LL HAPPEN.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] HA, HA, HA. “WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE
CHASTENS, AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.” BUT YOU ARE
SECURE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN ETERNAL SECURITY.
THEY BELIEVE YOU CAN GET SAVED AND THEN LOST AND SAVED AND LOST
AND SAVED AND LOST. YOU BECOME A SPIRITUAL NEUROTIC IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE NEXT DAY WHETHER YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE, A BED, ROOM, OR WHATEVER,
AS A LITTLE CHILD, AFTER A WHILE YOU'D BECOME A NERVOUS NEUROTIC.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, “OH, I BELIEVE IN SECURITY. I BELIEVE IN
SECURITY WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN.” YOU THINK, “BOY, I'M GOING TO
JUMP INTO HEAVEN, SLAM THE DOOR BEHIND ME, AND SAY, 'WOO-HOO!
I'M SAFE NOW!'” WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE SAFE UP THERE IF YOU'RE NOT SAFE DOWN HERE? THE
ANGELS FELL FROM HEAVEN. FRIEND, SECURITY IS NOT IN A PLACE; IT'S
IN A PERSON, AND HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
OH, I THANK GOD, AH, AND THE LESSON CONCERNING SECURITY. HE
HAS MOVED IN NEVER TO MOVE OUT AGAIN. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] AND
THERE'S ALSO A LESSON CONCERNING SANCTIFICATION. NOW LISTEN TO
ME. I TOLD YOU HOW ADAM DIED, AND I TOLD YOU NOT TO FORGET IT,
BUT YOU'VE FORGOT IT, SO I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU. [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] ADAM DIED IMMEDIATELY IN HIS SPIRIT. HE DIED
PROGRESSIVELY IN HIS SOUL. HE DIED ULTIMATELY IN HIS BODY. GOT
IT? SAY, “GOT IT.” ALL RIGHT. NOW LISTEN. WHEN YOU GET SAVED,
GOD PUTS ALL THAT IN REVERSE, PUTS ALL THAT IN REVERSE. WHEN
YOU GET SAVED, YOU ARE JUSTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IN YOUR SPIRIT. THE
BIBLE SPEAKS OF THE SPIRITS OF JUST MEN MADE PERFECT. YOU ARE
JUSTIFIED IMMEDIATELY. THE MOMENT [CLAP] YOU SAY YES TO
JESUS CHRIST, THAT MOMENT, HALLELUJAH, YOU ARE JUSTIFIED IN
YOUR SPIRIT. AND EVERY SIN, EVERY BLOT, EVERY BLUR, EVERY
BLEMISH, EVERY STAIN IS BURIED IN THE GRAVE OF GOD'S FORGET,
FORGIVE, FORGETFULNESS. NOW NOT ONLY ARE YOU JUSTIFIED
IMMEDIATELY IN YOUR SPIRIT, YOU ARE SANCTIFIED PROGRESSIVELY IN
YOUR SOUL. ADAM DIED PROGRESSIVELY IN HIS SOUL, BUT
YOU ARE SANCTIFIED PROGRESSIVELY IN YOUR SOUL. GOD IS WORKING ON
YOU DAY BY DAY TO MAKE YOU MORE LIKE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU
SEE, WE'RE NOT TOTALLY SANCTIFIED YET, ARE WE?
PHILIPPIANS 1:6 SAYS, “HE WHO HATH BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU
WILL PERFORM IT.” JUSTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IN THE SPIRIT;
SANCTIFIED PROGRESSIVELY IN THE SOUL. AND GLORIFIED ULTIMATELY
IN THE BODY. ULTIMATELY, I'M GOING TO BE GLORIFIED. ONE OF
THESE DAYS, THE BIBLE TEACHES, HE'S GOING TO CHANGE MY VILE
BODY THAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE UNTO HIS GLORIOUS BODY. THAT'S THE
REASON THE PSALMIST SAID, “I WILL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKEN
IN THY LIKENESS.” WHAT I'M GOING TO BE LIKE I DON'T KNOW, BUT I
KNOW ONE THING. I'M GONNA' BE LIKE JESUS, AND THAT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME, AND IT OUGHT TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU. A
THREE-YEAR-OLD CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, AH, HEAVEN THAT NOBODY
CAN ANSWER, HA, HA, BUT ONE, THERE'S SOME THINGS WE KNOW AND
THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE DON'T KNOW. SOME THINGS WE CAN BE
DOGMATIC ABOUT AND SOME THINGS WE, UH, WE CAN'T BE DOGMATIC
ABOUT, AND SOME THINGS WE CAN BE BULLDOG-MATIC ABOUT. “IT DOETH
NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE LIKE, BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN HE
SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM.” I AM GOING TO BE LIKE THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. ADAM DIED IMMEDIATELY IN HIS SPIRIT,
PROGRESSIVELY IN HIS SOUL, ULTIMATELY IN HIS BODY. I AM
JUSTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IN MY SPIRIT, SANCTIFIED PROGRESSIVELY
IN MY SOUL, GLORIFIED ULTIMATELY IN MY BODY. WHAT A DAY IT'S
GOING TO BE WHEN THE REDDENING SHADOWS OF THIS LIFE MINGLE WITH
THE PURPLING DAWN OF ETERNITY AND JESUS COMES, AND WE'LL RISE
TO MEET HIM IN THE AIR. OH, HOW WE'LL PRAISE HIM. YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE A GREAT SALVATION, DON'T WE? [AUDIENCE: AMEN] HE HAS
MOVED IN, SETTLED DOWN. HE'S NEVER MOVING OUT. “WHAT? KNOW YE
NOT THAT YOUR BODY IS THE [TAP] TEMPLE OF THE [TAP] HOLY [TAP]
GHOST WHICH YOU [TAP] HAVE OF [TAP] GOD, AND YOU ARE NOT YOUR
OWN? THEREFORE, GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT.”
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE IN HERE? PLEASE DON'T
ANSWER IF YOU WOULD. [AUDIENCE [LAUGHTER] YOU SAY, “I WOULDN'T
DO.” BUT YOU CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GET OUT. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]
HEY, FRIEND, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEFILE ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE
BETTER TO DEFILE THIS THAN TO DEFILE THIS. [TAP, TAP, TAP,
TAP] SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY
GHOST OF GOD. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD USE LANGUAGE OUT THERE
THAT YOU WOULDN'T USE IN HERE? OH NO. WE ARE TEMPLES OF GOD.
EVERY DAY IS A HOLY DAY. EVERY PLACE IS A SACRED PLACE. GOD
LIVES IN ME. ISN'T THAT NEAT? ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? I HOPE YOU
GET IN ON IT. WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER? HEADS ARE BOWED
AND EYES ARE CLOSED. IF YOU'RE NOT SAVED AND YOU WANT TO BE
SAVED, LET'S GET IT SETTLED TODAY. I PROMISE YOU ON THE
AUTHORITY OF THE WORD OF GOD THAT JESUS, WHO SAVED THIS
PRECIOUS GIRL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WILL SAVE YOU. YOU SAY,
“WELL, ADRIAN, I'M NOT A PROSTITUTE AND A DRUG ADDICT.”
HUH. YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID TO THE PHARISEES WHO WERE
SELF-RIGHTEOUS? HE SAID, “PROSTITUTES AND TAX
COLLECTORS,” THAT MEANS THOSE WHO ABUSE THE PEOPLE, “ARE GOING
TO HEAVEN BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE THEY SAW THAT THEY WERE
SINNERS.” NOW FRIEND, THERE'S NO ONE SO BAD THEY CAN'T BE SAVED
AND NO ONE SO GOOD THEY NEED NOT BE SAVED. IF YOU WANT TO BE
SAVED, I WANT YOU TO PRAY THIS PRAYER, “DEAR GOD, I AM A
SINNER. I AM LOST. I NEED TO BE SAVED. I WANT TO BE SAVED.
JESUS, YOU DIED TO SAVE ME. LORD, YOU PROMISED TO SAVE ME IF
I WOULD TRUST YOU. I DO TRUST YOU, JESUS. I BELIEVE YOU SHED
YOUR BLOOD ON THE CROSS FOR ME. I BELIEVE THAT GOD RAISED YOU
FROM THE DEAD, AND I RECEIVE YOU NOW.” PRAY IT. “I RECEIVE YOU
NOW, THIS MOMENT, AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. FORGIVE MY SIN. SAVE ME,
LORD JESUS.” PRAY IT FROM YOUR HEART. “SAVE ME, LORD JESUS.”
DID YOU ASK HIM? THEN PRAY THIS WAY, “THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. I
RECEIVE IT BY FAITH AND THAT SETTLES IT. I DON'T LOOK FOR A
FEELING OR ASK FOR A SIGN. I STAND ON YOUR WORD. AND NOW,
LORD JESUS, I WILL MAKE IT PUBLIC. I WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF
YOU. I WILL MAKE IT PUBLIC. IN YOUR NAME I PRAY, AMEN.” HANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY. NOW, IF YOU WANT YOUR HOME TO BE WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD IT ON JESUS CHRIST, THE SOLID ROCK.
ASK HIM TO COME INTO YOUR HEART. PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS, “DEAR
LORD, I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME. I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SAVE ME.
I'M A SINNER; I'M LOST. I NEED TO BE SAVED AND I CANNOT SAVE
MYSELF. COME INTO MY HEART, RIGHT NOW, LORD JESUS. FORGIVE
MY SIN; CLEANSE ME AND BEGIN TO MAKE ME THE PERSON YOU WANT ME
TO BE. AMEN. NOW, IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND WERE SINCERE,
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