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Evans Church of Christ. “And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” Luke 9:58 Had no place he could call HOME He slept where he found a welcome. 1 st home – memories Today – comfortable
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“And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” Luke 9:58 • Had no place he could call HOME • He slept where he found a welcome
1st home – memories Today – comfortable conveniences “No place like home”
“The House I Live In” Fleshly Tabernacle My Body
My Body = Fleshly Tabernacle A good house “fearfully and wonderfully made” Ps.139:14 See, hear, taste, feel Understand that God loved me Ability to know truth – Jn. 8:32 God communicates
My Body = Fleshly Tabernacle “people of god” 1 Pet. 2:10 Flesh can dominate – Rom.6:12 “keep under my body” – 1 Cor. 9:27 Job 14:14 “if a man die, shall he live again?” This house is decaying The Soul will never die
“The House I Live In” The Church House of God
“tabernacle which the Lord pitched” Heb.8:2 Church 1 Tim.3:15 “house of God” Obeyed Gospel “Father” - Mt. 6:9 “Children” – Gal.3:26-27 “added to the church” – Acts 2:47 Jan. 12, 1958
Must behave in House of God – 1 Tim.3:15 Behave = conduct - rules to obey Titus 2:11-12 Negative - Deny Positive - Live Ungodliness Worldly lusts Soberly Righteously Godly
“The House I Live In” Heavenly Home Mansion
2 Cor. 5:1 “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” John 14:1-4 - Mansions Eccl. 12:1-7 - growing old Eccl. 12:5 - “goeth to his long home.” everlasting eternal
“a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” Heb. 11:10 Desire to live in this home…. Live forever with God Never have to move No problems in this home
Home Sweet Home Body – Fleshly Tabernacle Church – House of God Heaven – Builder is God
Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning July 20, 2014