Tag: high and Holy place

“We will come to them and make our home with them.”

 

 

John 14:23.   Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

 Psalms 91:1     He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

 Isaiah 57:15     For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

 Romans 8:9   You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

 1 John 2:24      Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

 1 John 4:15-16    Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

 Revelation 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

 Revelation 7:15-17    “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.  They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.  For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

 Revelation 22:3    No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.

 Jhn 14:26  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Is there any greater promise than salvation, forgiveness, restoration, in-dwelling Holy Spirit, and eternal life? Grace, mercy, and love are offered to us through Jesus Christ. While we were yet sinners Christ died for us.  

Think about this! While we were going about our sinful lives doing sinful things, thinking sinful thoughts, giving no thought to Jesus Christ being beaten, whipped, nailed to a cross, and dying as a sacrifice for our sins, He did this. There was nothing in us or about us that was worthy of Him giving His life so that we could have a new birth and eternal life. Our lives were a mess, our actions were not God-honoring. Our thoughts were only with selfish desires. We gave no thought to or about God, and if we did, it was in passing. We gave no thought to eternity, eternal life, or eternal torment. There was nothing, absolutely nothing, in us worthy of such a sacrifice, and yet, in our worthless, sinful, ungodly lives, God reached out to us through His Son Jesus Christ for our redemption. Not only that, but God, promises to indwell those who invite Him into their lives through faith, trust, obedience, and reliance in/on Jesus Christ.

If you think you are not worthy of the Love of Jesus Christ. You are right, but PRAISE be to God, He knows all about every single worthless and sinful thing about you and still stands at the door of your heart, knocking and offering eternal life. His grace, mercy, and love are greater than anything you have done in the past.  Listen for His knock and offer of salvation, forgiveness, restoration, in-dwelling Holy Spirit, and eternal life. Trust His promises! 

Your life will be forever changed.

138. Then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know,

1 Kings 8:30  And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

1 Kings 8:34     then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.

1 Kings 8:36     then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

1 Kings 8:39   then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

1 Kings 8:43     hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you,

Psalms 113:5-6     Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,  who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?

Isaiah 57:15     For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Psalms 130:3-4    If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?  But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

Is it possible that we have become children of the 21st century and our inner being (heart, soul, and mind) takes hold of its purpose in life from the current dance we seem bound hand in hand with technology?  It seems to give enough noise and motion in our life that we move in sync with the multitudes step by step on paths that seek no presence of God.  These paths blindly lead us further and further away from God’s presence and meaning in our life.  These paths are able to give us pleasure along the way and enough people are on it that makes it comfortable to be on and not needing to give thought to the presence of God in our lives.  On these paths, we do not hear the conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit.  We see no need to have a Heavenly Father who continually forgives because we are resting on the big event of salvation when all our sins were washed away by the death and resurrection of Jesus.  We see very little need of speaking to Him unless there are trials and troubles in our lives.  We don’t recognize that He exists but for these times of need.

A true heart after God speaks as though God is present, God is Holy, God is worthy, God is listening, God is watching, and God is able to speak and direct those who are called by His name.  They daily seek to be in His presence and realize that He is an active powerful, mighty, steadfast, faithful, awesome, and loving God.  They see that though God as looking down on heaven and earth He is present in both all of the time.  They seek to serve, honor, and obey Him. They speak to Him because they know He is there and is active in the lives of those who desire and seek His daily presence.