The House of God
Today’s Topic: House of God: Introduction
Scripture: Acts 17:24; 1 Corinthians 3:16
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
What is the House of God? For many people they believe the cathedrals, temples, and buildings we construct and where we meet to worship is the House of God. Where did that thought come from? Well we can look back to ancient times where people would construct special buildings and dedicate them to their particular god and claim their god lived in that building. So that building would be the house of that god. The Scriptures say something completely different about the House of God and His residence.
Acts 17:24: “God made the world and all the things therein, seeing that He is Lord of Heaven and Earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.”
So if the temples, cathedrals and all of these buildings are not the House of God, then what is? Before we answer that let’s look at another example of what people say the House of God is.
Some say that the House of God is God dwelling in us. Now this is correct in statement but it limits the scope of what the House actually is. Now let’s explain. 1 Corinthians 3:16 tells us, in a question, that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth within us. That is correct. This fleshly housing gives God a place in the realm of time to come to a particular place and impact that place with His Will. Now they use that scripture because their understanding of the House of God is that it is not made of brick and mortar but of people. Now the reason it falls short or limits the scope of the full definition of the House of God because God dwelling in us is an aspect of the House of God and not what the House of God is in its entirety. So what is the House of God?
The word “house” is an ancient family. For example in London we have the House of Windsor and in Germany you have the House of Hanover. Now one aspect of these “houses” is that they are multi-generational. These “houses” exist today and if you are a member of that house then you were considered to be very prominent in that culture. But we are discussing the House of God. The House of God is the most ancient of all the houses. The House of God is the family of God in time and space. It is the original family or the original house on Earth. Now if the House of God is a family then there is a minimum requirement or standard. The standard is the family has to have a father and children of that father.
In the next message we will look at how the House of God comes to the Earth.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
