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   1 Kings 6: God Builds a Dwelling for Fellowship   
      
   https://christrose.news/2025/12/1-kings-6-god-builds-dwelling-for.html   
      
   Introduction   
      
   God redeemed Israel to dwell among them. He brought them out of Egypt,   
   gave them rest in the land, and established a king. In 1 Kings 6, God   
   moves from tent to temple. He shows that redemption aims at restored   
   fellowship. This chapter points beyond stone and gold to Christ, through   
   whom God dwells with us and brings us into fellowship with Himself.   
      
   Proposition   
      
   You should fellowship with God.   
      
   By resting in His promises (1 Kings 6:1)   
      
   The dating of the temple anchors the work in God’s covenant   
   faithfulness. Four hundred eighty years after the exodus, God fulfilled   
   what He promised to Abraham, Israel, and David. He gave them peace, rest   
   from enemies, a multiplied people, and the land. The detailed   
   measurements show that these blessings came in real history, not ideas.   
   All these promises converge in Christ, the promised seed, in whom the   
   promises find their fulfillment (Galatians 3:16). In Him, God delivers   
   us from the penalty of sin through His death, from the power of sin   
   through our union with Him, and from the presence of sin in glory   
   through His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1–4). Fellowship with God   
   begins by resting in what He has promised and accomplished in Christ.   
      
   By walking in His ways (1 Kings 6:11–13)   
      
   God interrupts the building to address Solomon’s walk. The promise of an   
   enduring throne rests on God’s grace and finds its fulfillment in   
   Christ’s eternal reign. The enjoyment of God’s presence, however,   
   depends on obedience in daily life. Salvation stands secure by grace   
   through faith, apart from works. Fellowship, though, suffers when we   
   walk in darkness. God calls His people to walk in the light, confess   
   sin, and rely on Christ’s advocacy and atoning work to maintain   
   unhindered fellowship (1 John 1:8–9; 2:1–2).   
      
   By marveling at His glory (1 Kings 6:20–30)   
      
   The interior of the temple shines with gold. The carvings recall Eden   
   and restored fellowship with God through atonement. Glory fills the   
   dwelling place. This glory points forward to Christ. On His way to the   
   cross, He prayed that the Father would restore the glory He shared with   
   Him before the foundation of the world (John 17:5). God strengthened   
   Stephen by showing him Christ standing in glory as he suffered (Acts   
   7:55–56). Paul teaches that present suffering cannot compare with the   
   glory to be revealed (Romans 8:18). The hope of glory sustains   
   fellowship with God through hardship and obedience.   
      
   Invitation   
      
   God designed the temple to show that He desires to dwell with His   
   people, yet sin separates us from His presence. Christ came as the true   
   temple. He died for our sins and rose again to restore fellowship with   
   God. Rely on His finished work. Change your mind about sin and   
   self-reliance. Call on the name of the Lord to save you because Christ   
   bore your sin and satisfied God’s righteous demands (Romans 3:23–26;   
   10:9–13).   
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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