God Dwelling In Us | Pastor Chuck Salvo | On Fire Christian Church

God dwelling in us!

  1. ”And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” II Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬‬‬
    1. The children of Israel had a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night yet the moment they crossed over into the promised land no more cloud, no more manna, no more fire!
    2. ”Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.“ Joshua‬ ‭5‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬‬‬‬
  1. God had moved from showing signs without to signs within!
    1. God was leading them to deeper waters
    2. No longer follow the pillar but follow the ark at a distance
    3. ”Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over. So it was, after three days, that the officers went through the camp; and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”Joshua‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬‬‬‬
    4. Follow the presence of the Lord
      1. Who dwells in you
      2. Follow at a distance?
    1. Not too hasty and be filled with selfish ambition and mistakes will follow
    2. Not slow and allow unbelief to fill your heart but at a patient trusting distance
    3. If we are not sure what to do just wait
      1. Wait upon the Lord
  1. God is now in you leading you as one with you!
    1. We must be healthy believers
    2. Faithful and obedience is learned and stems from intimacy with God
    3. ”“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.“ John‬ ‭17‬:‭20‬-‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬‬
  1. ”But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. II Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭10‬ ‭‬‬‬‬
    1. This oneness with God comes in a greater measure with separation
    2. ”And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” II Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬‬‬‬
    3. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. James 4:4
    4. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
    5. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, 2 Cor 6:17
  1. ”For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?“ II Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬‬‬

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