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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in First Chronicles, chapter
Speaker 1: twenty two, and we'll be reading from the New English translation.
Speaker 1: David then said, this is the place where the temple
Speaker 1: of the Lord God will be, along with the altar
Speaker 1: for burnt sacrifices for Israel. David ordered the resident foreigners
Speaker 1: in the land of Israel to be called together. He
Speaker 1: appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones
Speaker 1: for the building of God's temple. David supplied a large
Speaker 1: amount of iron for the nails of the doors of
Speaker 1: the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,
Speaker 1: and more cedar logs than could be counted. The Sidonians
Speaker 1: and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs
Speaker 1: to David. David said, my son Solomon is just an
Speaker 1: inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for
Speaker 1: the Lord must be especially magnificent, so it will become
Speaker 1: famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore,
Speaker 1: I will make preparations for its construction. So David made
Speaker 1: extensive preparations. Before he died. He summoned his son Solomon
Speaker 1: and charged him to build a temple for the Lord
Speaker 1: God of Israel. David said to Solomon, my son, I
Speaker 1: really wanted to build a temple to honor the Lord,
Speaker 1: my God. But the Lord said to me, you have
Speaker 1: spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles.
Speaker 1: You must not build a temple to honor me, for
Speaker 1: you have spilled a great deal of blood on the
Speaker 1: ground before me. Look, you will have a son who
Speaker 1: will be a peaceful man. I will give him rest
Speaker 1: from all his enemies on every side. Indeed, Solomon will
Speaker 1: be his name. I will give Israel peace and quiet.
Speaker 1: During his reign. He will build a temple to honor me.
Speaker 1: He will become my son, and I will become his father.
Speaker 1: I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel. Now,
Speaker 1: my son, may the Lord be with you. May you
Speaker 1: succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God,
Speaker 1: just as he announced you would. Only May the Lord
Speaker 1: give you insight and understanding when he places you in
Speaker 1: charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of
Speaker 1: the Lord your God. Then you will succeed if you
Speaker 1: carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered
Speaker 1: Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave, don't
Speaker 1: be afraid, and don't panic. Now look, I have made
Speaker 1: every effort to supply what is needed to build the
Speaker 1: Lord's temple. I've stored up one hundred thousand talents of gold,
Speaker 1: one million talents of silver, and so much bronze and
Speaker 1: iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones.
Speaker 1: Feel free to add more. You also have available many workers,
Speaker 1: including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers
Speaker 1: who are skilled in using gold, silver, bronze and iron.
Speaker 1: Get up and begin the work. May the Lord be
Speaker 1: with you. David ordered all the officials of Israel to
Speaker 1: support his son Solomon. He told them, the Lord your
Speaker 1: God is with you. He has made you secure on
Speaker 1: every side, for he handed over to me the inhabitants
Speaker 1: of the region, and the region is subdued before the
Speaker 1: Lord and his people. Now seek the Lord your God
Speaker 1: wholeheartedly and with your entire being. Get up and build
Speaker 1: the sanctuary of the Lord God. Then you can bring
Speaker 1: the ark of the Lord's covenant and the holy items
Speaker 1: dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built
Speaker 1: to honor the Lord. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you
Speaker 1: for your word, and we thank you for the privilege
Speaker 1: of looking at this passage of scripture today, as you
Speaker 1: made preparation for the temple to be built, and you
Speaker 1: inspired David to make those preparations, and through David you
Speaker 1: encourage Solomon to complete that task. Lord, We're grateful that
Speaker 1: you did that. We're grateful for what it symbolizes and
Speaker 1: what it represents. We know Lord that when we look
Speaker 1: back at these passages of scripture that speak of your
Speaker 1: temple being built, we realize that they give us a
Speaker 1: picture of the fact that one day you would be
Speaker 1: building your church, which is not a mere physical building,
Speaker 1: but it is a body of believers, a group of
Speaker 1: people who have come to faith in your son Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: and are being built up as the temple of the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. You live within us, You indwell us. You
Speaker 1: are present with us, and we're grateful for these things. Lord.
Speaker 1: Thank you for taking outcasts like us and bringing us
Speaker 1: into your family. And we pray Lord that throughout the
Speaker 1: course of this day, that our hearts would be warmed
Speaker 1: with the truth of that knowledge, that we would be
Speaker 1: encouraged in the knowledge of the fact that you want
Speaker 1: us near to you, and you accomplish that as you
Speaker 1: inspire our hearts to trust in your son, Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: We're grateful for all these things, and we're grateful for
Speaker 1: the privilege of being able to look at your word today.
Speaker 1: We thank you for this all in Jesus' name. Amen.