Sermon Note
Pastor Lawrence
With Jesus i have everything to overcome anything. There is a hope thet came from Him. With Jesus we can overcome anything
The Upper Room when 120 disciples received holy spirit, they were in Mount Zion
Mount Zion is also known as City of David
2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).
1 Chronicles 15:1
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
The exact measurement of the temple were given by God
The Tabernacle of David
In Acts 15 this is where the early church fathers came together to decide whether Gentiles should be under 10 commandments
Acts 15:6-11
The Jerusalem Council
Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter. And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: “Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”
How are our hearts purified today?
Human hearts can only be purified by Christ.
Turn to Christ. Only Jesus can be your holiness.
Let Him purify you
630 commandments in the Old Testament
That is the law of Moses
You test God when you put believers under the law of Moses
It is the yoke that neither our fathers or us are able to bear
Everyone failed
We believe through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we are saved the same manner.
We are saved by His grace
By grace we are kept. Grace will bring us home
Grace is not just the doctrine. It is the Person of Jesus Christ
Everything has changed because of the cross.
Jesus Christ and His finished works have changed everything.
Acts 15:13-17
And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me: Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:
‘After this I will return
And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;
I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will set it up;
So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the LORD who does all these things.’
James is quoting from prophet Amos
God’s heart is for the Tabernacle of David to be rebuilt
The church age is the fulfilment of the Tabernacle of David
In this prophesy; there is a specific timeframe relevant to us
Amos 9:11-15
“On that day I will raise up
The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
That they may possess the remnant of Edom,
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the LORD who does this thing.
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
I will plant them in their land,
And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the LORD your God.
When you sow a seed you take time to harvest
But the plowman cannot overtake the reaper, unless there are so much to harvest
There will be super acceleration that the moment you sow, you will reap! It is the Lord ! Behold the days are coming!
The days are coming, those days ore revival will happen!
May 14, 1948 the jews came back to their nation in their land! This refer to our time
In Israel, they have planted the vineyard
The church will experience mighty revival
The gifts of the Holy Spirit has been restored.
The key to the revival is that God wants to restore Tabernacle of David
There is only one furniture. The most holy furniture; the Ark of Covenant.
Only one person can enter into the holy of holies
No one can come to the Ark. If you come to the Ark you will be strike dead. That is the Tabernacle of Moses
Jesus died at the cross, He has taken it out of the way.
His body was torn at the cross so that we can enter into God’s presence and so that God can come and embrace us. He wants to be with us.
So that that veil can be torn
David is an anointed Psalmist
The 10 commandments kept in the ark speaks of men’s rejection of God’s law
Manna is special providence of God
Aaron’s rod represent men’s rejection of leadership
The mercy seat is God’s mercy towards men.
Is the mercy seat that gives us hope
Propitiation: hilastérion
(Strong’s Definition)
an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple):-mercyseat, propitiation.
Romans 3:23-26
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
God is no longer angry with you because of the mercy seat
Mercy covers every wrong things you have done.
God no longer treats you like how you think He treats you
God is not counting the world sin against them
How can He punish you again?
We must know Jesus and be passionate about Him
He is the mercy seat
Jesus Christ came
With His own blood, He sanctified
We are perfected forever
This is what Jesus has done for you
Rise up and realise!
Isaiah 16:5
In mercy the throne will be established;
And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David,
Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.”
It is the Tabernacle of David
The throne of God is the throne of grace
Mercy – hesed
It is the throne of grace that we may receive mercy! Mercy is for those who have failed.
Grace is for those who are not worthy. Come!
Come boldly!
Are you coming ? Why are you not coming or you choose not to come?
Hebrews 4:15-16
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Praise and worship
Why do we praise?
Why do we worship?
The heart of worship is Jesus
Jesus is who we worship
But why do we worship Him?
The word for worship is the word shachah
Hebrew word for worship shachah (Strong’s Definition) to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God):-bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Abraham did not sacrifice his son then, because God one day will sacrifice His Son, the one and only Son
You want to worship Him
The Greek word for worship is proskyneó
Greek word for worship proskyneó (Strong’s Definition)
(meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):— worship.
Matthew 2:2
saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship ( proskyneó ) Him.”
You only kiss people who are special to you.
Worship in the Greek is the beautiful demonstration of love
The Lord has a love for you liken a bridegroom
It is a beautiful love
Song of Songs 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
For your love is better than wine.
Wine speaks of the pleasure
We want His touch
We want to experience His presence
We want to have intimacy with Him
Worship is to be intimate with the Lord
He torn the veil not for us to go in. He torn the veil because He wants to come out to be with you
Jesus saved us not out of pity.
It is a love He has for us
This love will change our lives
He loves us more than we ever know.
What is most beautiful is this, in the Song of Solomon
Song of Songs 4:9-10
You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes,
With one link of your necklace.
How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
How much better than wine is your love,
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!
It is not that the Lord has lavished our hearts. We have lavished His heart.
Everytime we turn to look to the Lord, His heart skips a beat. We mean so much to Him.
The Lord is telling us we are worth it all
This is the love that will change us
Song of Songs 4:7
You are all fair, my love,
And there is no spot in you.
You are not trash. You are treasure to the Lord
You are pearl of great prize! You are worth it all!
You are loved. So loved by Him.
God has highly exalted Him. At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow.
Only He is worthy
We only want Jesus to be glorified. He is worthy of your worship. We only want Jesus, only Jesus!
He shed His blood for me.
He died for all that those who lived will no longer live for themselves but to Him
We are here to worship Him
