Strangers on your Alter
Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
An altar is a raised area in a house of worship where people can honour God with offerings. Back in the old testament when God was directing the affaires of men without any proxy, He specifically direct men to establish altars as a place of sacrifice through which men can worship Him.
After the Exodus God demands the establishment of an altar where sacrifices can be made, a place of holies of holy where only an ordained priest by God can walk up to and make sacrifice.
In latter times, Temple was built where God's people can serve Him in faith and in truth. They go on sabbath days to hear the words of God and engages in the act of worship necessary as ordained by God for himself and others
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The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ made God to dwell in the heart of men through the acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ. By this the sanctified and consecrated heart of man becomes the temple of the living God. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
As much as the Lord desires your heart to be a place of His abode, so also the devil, what you fill your heart with will eventually determines who occupies it.
Letting God dwells in your heart is to let the fruit of the spirit, faith, righteousness and holiness of God grow in you.
But today, has strangers not occupied the altar of God in your life?, a place that suppose to be a worship center for God where sacrifices of praise, love, kindness faith and hope are being offered has now become a market place of hatred, anger, bitterness, hypocrisy, jealousy among others.
Caution and watch for strangers on your alter,
When your desire for the things of the world rules over your desire for God, know for sure there are strangers on your alter.
When the works of the flesh becomes manifest in your life.... Works of the flesh like...Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envying, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: then your altar has been filled up with strangers
When you entertain false teachings, heresies, false prophets in your life, those whose teachings negates the gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ, then your altar has already been filled with strangers.
Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
God can never dwell on an altar that is occupied by strangers... Just like Jesus did in His days by casting out all that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of moneychangers, so also God wants you to do the same on your altar which suppose to be His abode.
Your life can only be better when you have God on your altar
Check for strangers occupying your alter, cast them out and invite the living God, the true occupant back into your life.
God bless you.
Prayer key:
1. Lord, thank you for the blessing of today in Jesus Christ name.
2. Lord, cast out every strangers occupying your sit in my heart in Jesus Christ name.
3. Lord, come reign in my life forever in Jesus Christ name.
4. Thank you for answered prayers in Jesus Christ name. Amen.