{"id":4048,"date":"2019-07-25T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T06:25:09","slug":"1chronicles_22_2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1chronicles_22_2-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kind of People Jesus Uses to Build His Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Chronicles 22:2-19 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 22:2-19.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 22:2-4 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So David gave orders to assemble the aliens living in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 2-4:\u00a0\u00a0Here we see King David making preparations for the building of the temple.\u00a0\u00a0As part of this, King David appoints some of the aliens (i.e. foreigners) living in Israel to be stonecutters and to prepare dressed stones for building the temple.<\/p>\n

Likewise, in the same chapter where Peter calls us royal priests and stones that God is using to build His house, we are also called \u201caliens and strangers in the world\u201d (1 Peter\u00a02:11).\u00a0The kind of people Jesus uses to build His church are \u201cthe aliens\u201d among us \u2013 i.e. those of us who don\u2019t live as if earth is our final home, but who realize that our real home is in heaven and that we are but strangers in this world, living for a kingdom that is not of this world.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0When you have the mindset that heaven is our home, you won\u2019t get too attached to the material things of this world, and as such you can more easily be used by the Lord to build His church.<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 22:5 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the\u00a0LORD\u00a0should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” So David made extensive preparations before his death.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 5-17:\u00a0\u00a0David understands that it is not he but his son Solomon whom the Lord has called to build a temple for His name.\u00a0\u00a0So in these verses David does 6 things to set up his son Solomon for success in his God-given mission.\u00a0\u00a0Likewise,\u00a0if we will do these same 6 things that David did, we will set up the generation coming after us for success in what God has called them to do.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0What are those 6 things?\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s look at them right now:<\/p>\n

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  1. David recognized that his son Solomon was young and inexperienced and that Solomon could use his help (v5).\u00a0\u00a0Lesson:\u00a0\u00a0Recognize that you have something to offer the next generation!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. David recognized that his son Solomon had a unique calling from God that was different from his own.\u00a0\u00a0He didn\u2019t assume that Solomon would simply be a clone of himself and therefore he didn\u2019t insist that Solomon follow in his footsteps (v6-10).\u00a0\u00a0Rather, David encouraged Solomon to pursue the unique calling God had for his life.\u00a0\u00a0Lesson:\u00a0Recognize that your son\/daughter\/generation coming after you has a calling that is unique to them.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t insist that they become a clone of you.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. David blessed his son and prayed for him (v11).\u00a0\u00a0Lesson:\u00a0\u00a0Bless and pray for the next generation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. David encouraged his son to stick close to God and to follow His Word, knowing that following God\u2019s Word is the key to personal success (v12-13).\u00a0\u00a0Lesson:\u00a0\u00a0Keep urging the next generation to depend on God, not on themselves, and to follow His Word.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. David gave Solomon material resources to help Solomon accomplish his mission (v14).\u00a0\u00a0Lesson:\u00a0\u00a0Give financially to the next generation.<\/strong><\/li>\n
          2. David gave Solomon all the personal connections at his disposal so that Solomon would have people to help him long after David was gone (v15-17).\u00a0\u00a0Lesson:\u00a0\u00a0Share whatever other connections or resources you may have that can help the next generation succeed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Just as David helped his son Solomon, God wants to use you to help set up the generation coming after you for success. Whether it\u2019s with your own kids, or the next generation in your church, practice these 6 things that David did and you will leave a great legacy for those coming after you.<\/p>\n

            1 Chronicles 22:18-19 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
            \n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He said to them, “Is not the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subject to the\u00a0LORD\u00a0and to his people.
            \n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the\u00a0LORD.”<\/em><\/p>\n

            On verses 18-19:\u00a0\u00a0The reason why God gives you His peace, rest, material resources, and other blessings is so that you can take part in building His house.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0So as David said in verse 19, let\u2019s devote our heart and soul to seeking the Lord our God and use what He placed at our disposal to build the house of the Lord, that the name of Jesus would be made famous in our generation and the generations to come.<\/p>\n

            Lord Jesus, thank You for showing me the kind of people that You use to build Your church.\u00a0\u00a0You use the \u201caliens of this world\u201d and those with a heart for the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0I pray that I would live my life more like an alien who is not too attached to this world, knowing that I belong to a kingdom that is not of this world.\u00a0\u00a0I pray also that, like David, I would have a heart for the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0May I use what You have given me so that generations after me will be blessed and equipped to fulfill their God-given destiny. In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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            Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

            Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 22:2-19.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

            1 Chronicles 22:2-4 (NIV)\u00a0
            \n2\u00a0\u00a0So David gave orders to assemble the aliens living in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.\u00a0
            \n3\u00a0\u00a0He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.\u00a0
            \n4\u00a0\u00a0He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.<\/p>\n

            On verses 2-4:\u00a0\u00a0Here we see King David making preparations for the building of the temple.\u00a0\u00a0As part of this, King David appoints some of the aliens (i.e. foreigners) living in Israel to be stonecutters and to prepare dressed stones for building the temple.\u00a0<\/p>\n

            Likewise, in the same chapter where Peter calls us royal priests and stones that God is using to build His house, we are also called \u201caliens and strangers in the world\u201d (1 Peter\u00a02:11).\u00a0The kind of people Jesus uses to build His church are \u201cthe aliens\u201d among us \u2013 i.e. those of us who don\u2019t live as if earth is our final home, but who realize that our real home is in heaven and that we are but strangers in this world, living for a kingdom that is not of this world.\u00a0\u00a0When you have the mindset that heaven is our home, you won\u2019t get too attached to the material things of this world, and as such you can more easily be used by the Lord to build His church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4050,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4048\/revisions\/4050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}