The House of the Lord

Last Sunday we taught on being the house of the Lord.  Jesus has prepared a temple for the Lord, He has built a house for the Father.  Jesus is the Son over His own house.  We, as believers, are members of His household; and thus, are growing together as a temple of the Lord.  There are such tremendous promises in the word regarding God's presence in our life.  Paul states that God walks with and in us (2 Cor 6:16).  Think on that:  God is with us everywhere we go.  When Jesus said He'd never forsake us He meant it literally.  God is among us.  This brings Romans 10:6-10 into better light.  Paul stated that he preached the word of faith.  What is the word of faith?  The word is near you, it's in your heart and it's in your mouth.  Folks the Holy Spirit lives inside us to quicken the word of God and make it come alive in our hearts.  The logos (word) of God is in us, and the Spirit quickens and makes it a living word (rhema).  If we live by the letter, without the Spirit, the word will not come alive in us.  This is the power of prayer and meditation.  As we take time to read, mediate, and pray over the word, it fills our hearts.  When the word fills our hearts, it becomes the word of faith.  We won't need to bring Christ down from heaven again or raise Him from the dead again.  He is near us, as near as our hearts.