A SPIRITUAL house

 

1 Peter 2:5

King James Version

5 Ye also, as lively stones, 

are built up a spiritual house, 

an holy priesthood, 

to offer up spiritual sacrifices, 

acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

What does it really mean, "fortify your fortress"?

It simply means, fortify your soul.

Check for breaches.

Where does Satan get to you?

Where are you sinning?

Where are you kept unaware?

Is your heart right, with JESUS?

Are you living, as GOD would have you live?

Are you born of the SPIRIT?

Do you believe in JESUS?

Have you a love for the LORD?

GOD is really merciful, you know.

He could have wiped out His holy nation anytime.

The same goes for all of us.

Psalm 78:40-41

King James Version

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, 

and grieve him in the desert!

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, 

and limited the Holy One of Israel.

But He reasoned:

Psalm 78:38-39

King James Version

38 But he, being full of compassion, 

forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: 

yea, many a time turned he his anger away, 

and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; 

a wind that passeth away, 

and cometh not again.

Even as GOD is merciful, it's no excuse for us to be careless.

We need to look after our hearts, our spiritual houses.

Proverbs 4:23

King James Version

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; 

for out of it are the issues of life.

We all have breaches in our spirit.

Our spiritual houses are broken down.

Our lives are in disarray.

Our forts are unmanned.

We do not have watchers.

Neither do we watch.

Watch for what?

Ephesians 2:2-3

King James Version

2 Wherein in time past ye walked 

according to the course of this world, 

according to the prince of the power of the air, 

the spirit that now worketh 

in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation 

in times past in the lusts of our flesh, 

fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; 

and were by nature the children of wrath, 

even as others.

Ephesians 6:12

King James Version

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, 

but against principalities, against powers, 

against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 

against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Colossians 2:8

King James Version

8 Beware lest any man spoil you 

through philosophy and vain deceit, 

after the tradition of men, 

after the rudiments of the world, 

and not after Christ.

1 Timothy 4:1

King James Version

4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, 

that in the latter times 

some shall depart from the faith, 

giving heed to seducing spirits, 

and doctrines of devils;

1 Peter 5:8

King James Version

8 Be sober, be vigilant; 

because your adversary the devil, 

as a roaring lion, walketh about, 

seeking whom he may devour:

Many are not aware the sins they are committing.

Many deny they sin.

Many don't acknowledge the presence of GOD.

Neither, the presence of evil.

As such, their forts are breached.

There's no need to ambush.

Satan lives in their house.

He has made himself comfortable there.

We did write about "whitewashed walls" in the previous post.

Wherein we look good on the outside, but are rotten on the inside.

We're all slick, and savvy, but full of sin.

Those are the breaches I'm talking about.

Potential openings for Satan.

We need fortification of the soul.

Through acknowledgment.

That we are sinful.

That we need GOD.

That only JESUS can save us.

That we need to be born again.

That we need SPIRIT to teach us Scripture.

That we, too, can share the gospel with others.

That's how it is to have a spiritual house.

The house of your heart is safe, secured, saved.

Under the GRACE and GUIDANCE of GOD.

What other house is there anyway?

Check other parts of your "house":

FOUNDATION

WALLS

GATES 

FLOORS

WINDOWS

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