READ:
1 KINGS 8-9; ACTS 26
Key Texts: 1 Kings 8:27; Acts 26:18
(OT) "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest
heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
(NT) "to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light
and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins
and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me."
EXAMINE:
(OT) Solomon builds the temple and brings the ark of the covenant into the holy
of holies, but realizes that God cannot be contained by a house made with human
hands.
(NT) Paul defends himself and gives his testimony to Agrippa. Jesus has chosen
him to open the eyes of the Jews and Gentiles.
APPLICATION:
(OT) I will not treat God as if He's only present in a church building on Sundays
but acknowledge Him to be everywhere.
(NT) Give my testimony to someone this week and share Christ.
PRAYER:
God, help me to know you're everywhere, and help me to share Jesus with someone
this week. Amen.