December 10, 2018
Adrian Rogers
Scripture Passage: Acts 7:47
Where does God live? As we study the Bible, God doesn’t seem to stay put—until recently. It’s important to understand where God resides now, so we can be there, and practice His presence.
Acts 7:47-49 says, “But Solomon built Him a house. However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: ‘Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest?’”
Adam was designed with three rooms: a body, a soul, and a spirit. When Adam sinned against God, he desecrated his spirit; therefore, our very Holy God was forced to move out.
God built a temple for His people in the Old Testament, to teach colossal lessons of holiness, sacrifice, and fellowship. The temple had three rooms: the outer place, the inner room, and the innermost room—where God resided.
Jesus showed us that this house was desecrated: “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” (Matthew 12:13).
God will not live in a dirty house; Matthew 23:38, says, “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” And in Matthew 24, Jesus correctly prophesies the destruction of the temple.
Jesus was a house designed—the second Adam: body, soul, and spirit, yet totally perfect.
He became a house desecrated when He willingly took all the sins of this world upon Himself.
Matthew 27:46 says, “About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying… My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” He was a house, desolated. As a result, Jesus became a house destroyed.
This lesson of salvation and security assures us that God lives in us, and God is never moving out.
We are temples of God. Every day is a holy day. Every place is a sacred place.
