ATTACHMENT TO GOD'S HOUSE

NEHEMIAH 10:3

A. "WE WILL NOT FORSAKE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD"
  1. This was the answer of Nehemiah with regard to the responsibility of the ministers of the Lord:
    1. They should never have divided interests at any time.
    2. The services of God in the house of the Lord come first and foremost - Matt. 6:33
  2. The resoluteness of the prophet to tend to God's house should be:
    1. A challenge and an incentive to us to be attached to God's house at all times.
    2. "I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord." - Ps. 122:1-9
B. ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE OF GOD
  1. Our attachment to God's house is based:
    1. Upon our attachment to the Lord - Jer. 17:26
    2. The blessings connected with the house of the Lord -
      1. The gracious presence of the Lord.
      2. The bestowal of God's blessings upon the worshippers.
      3. The revelation given by God to His people in the house of the Lord.
  2. A serious and personal responsibility:
    1. "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning" - Ps. 137:5
    2. "If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth" - verse 6
  3. Some reasons for this serious resolve:
    1. Our attachment and union to and with the Lord - Rom. 8:31- 39; 2 Tim. 3:14
    2. It bears the name of the Lord - 2 Sam. 7:13
    3. It is the center of Christian fellowship.
    4. A day in the house of the Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere - Ps. 84:10
    5. It is the house of prayer - Isa. 56:7
    6. It is the heaven provided shelter for God's people - Mi. 4:8; John 10:15, 16
C. SOME VERY SPECIAL BLESSINGS FOR ALL WHO ARE ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
  1. There is the presence of the Lord:
    1. "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" - Matt. 18:20
    2. It is the place of edification from the Lord - 1 Thess. 5:11
  2. It is the center of the preaching of the word of God:
    1. The temple - Luke 2:6
    2. The synagogue - Luke 4:16-18
  3. It is where the wonderful and solemn ordinances of the Lord are dispensed: John 13:1-17; 1 Cor. 11:22-36
  4. It is the place where we can hear the testimonies of the believers: Mal. 3:16, 17
  5. It is the most hallowed meeting place in the realm of God's cause:
  6. How should we conduct ourselves in the house of the Lord to which we are attached?
    1. Paul was greatly concerned that the believers know how to walk in the house of the Lord - 1 Tim. 3:15
    2. It fills my heart with sorrow to see how some of our young people are so disrespectful to the house of worship.
    3. The Lord is sorely displeased with the irreverence of some of our children in the services of the church.
    4. There is a sacred duty for every parent to give the children the needed instruction to be reverent in God's house.
    5. "Reverence my sanctuary" - Lev. 19:30; 26:2; Ps. 89:7
    6. There is room for improvement for the older people. Too much noise and too much talking in the church.
    7. Let us enter the house of God with prayer and dedication.


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