The Soul Man 4/26/23
/Soul
House— 2 Corinthians 5:1-6
Solomon’s temple— 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17; 19; 1 Cor 6:19
Outer court— flesh
Inner court— soul
>>>1 Chronicles 28:11,12– upper rooms/ inner rooms
Holy of Holies— spirit 1 Corinthians 6:17
Nehemiah
2:10 Tobiah the ammonite Sanballat the Horonite
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
6:17-19 Tobiah marries the daughter of Shecaniah who was from Judah
13:26-28 Sanballat the Horonite’s daughter married a son of the High priest Eliashib
13:1-9 The reading of the Law revealed that an Ammonite was not to be allowed in the sanctuary, somehow Tobiah, through trickery and deception had yoked himself and gotten Sanballat to yoke himself to Jewish women, which ultimately allowed him to gain access to the rooms within the temple. Once Nehemiah found out what was going on, he cleansed the rooms and restored them back to order
This is repentance. When a person realizes that rooms in their temple have been opened up to ungodliness and that Satan has been given a room Ephesians 4:27 — room, quarter, occupancy— just as Satan gained unauthorized access into the earthly realm when Adam gave permission to Satan through sin, just as Eliashib gave unauthorized access to Tobiah into the room of the temple, access that was gained through subtilty, trickery and methods by marrying into and yoking self with the right points to gain access, we also can give access to evil by giving place, a foothold, a room, occupancy to evil through permission, through sin.
And the longer we let it stay, the more comfortable we get with it’s presence. The less we feel conviction. It starts to become part of who we are. In the beginning, I may have felt conviction about cheating on my taxes, gossiping about my brother, overeating, taking certain meds, looking at certain things, listening to certain things, but I ignored the voice of conviction, and allowed a new partner in and gave him a room, and now he’s made himself at home, and I’ve grown accustomed to his presence.
Ezekiel 8– 1 kings 2:20
8:3 the image of jealousy seated in the inner court
8:4 And the glory of the Lord was there— what hope would we have if He left? This shows us He will abide for a time
8:5 image of jealousy
8:6 Look at the great abominations that they are doing to drive me away— but you will see more
8:7 A hole in the wall
8:8 dig into the hole— don’t do it Pastor you’re digging too deep—started digging and found a hidden entrance— a hidden entrance way into the sanctuary
Ezekiel 9 people are marked on their forehead as protection against the coming wrath— in some way a type of the mark protecting the 144,000 in Revelation as opposed to those marked by antichrist
Ezekiel 10:18 the glory of the Lord departs
Ezekiel 43-44
Could it be that when we listen to music that we are inviting these people in?
When we watch certain shows that have lesbian or homosexual relations that we are allowing them in?
When we look at pornography that we are letting them in?
I mean is it possible to invite the same spirit of lil’ Wayne into your house? Would you like that? Would you like to have Lil’ Wayne over to eat?
