THE GLORY-FILLED HOUSE
Below are notes to a sermon preached Sunday evening, April 11, 1999, at Gospel Light Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia:
THE GLORY-FILLED HOUSE
By Michael D. O’Neal……Pastor, Gospel Light Baptist Church……Albany, Georgia
Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 8:1-11
Text: 1 Kings 8:11
1 Kings 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
Introduction: Some churches are filled with the glory of the Lord. There are many churches which ONCE had the glory of God upon them, but the glory has gone. The word, “Ichabod,” means, “the glory has departed.” “Ichabod” churches are marked by:
1. Criticism
2. Carnality
3. Conceit
4. Confusion
5. Conspiracy
6. Contention
7. Counterfeits
I want our church to be one that is filled with the glory of the Lord. I hunger for the power of God in my life. I hunger for the power of God in our church. I hunger for the power of God in your families.
I believe the glory-filled house is one in which
I. THE SCRIPTURES ARE PREACHED
1 Kings 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
A. They should be preached with simplicity
B. They should be preached with sincerity
C. They should be preached with Spirit anointing
I believe the glory-filled house is one in which
II. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS PRESENT
1 Kings 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
A. With communion
B. With comfort
C. With conviction
I believe the glory-filled house is one in which
III. SINNERS ARE PRICKED
1 Kings 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
Acts 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
A. Pointedly
B. Painfully
C. Powerfully
D. Productively
I believe the glory-filled house is one in which
IV. THE SAVIOR IS PREEMINENT
1 Kings 8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
A. In the minds of the saints
B. In the music that is sung
C. In the messages of the sermons
I believe the glory-filled house is one in which
V. SAINTS ARE PRAYING
1 Kings 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
A. We should pray in repentance
B. We should pray with regularity
C. We should pray in reliance upon God
D. We should pray for revival
E. We should pray for the rebirth of sinners