How to Rebuild Gods House

How to Rebuild Gods House
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah. 3 Who [is there] among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he [is] the God,) which [is] in Jerusalem.
I. Return to Gods Place: Leave the World (Enemy was Civil Government) Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
A. Rejected God’s Word
B. Ruined God’s Ways
C. Refused God’s Worship
II. Reclaim Gods Property: Lusts of the World (Enemy was Satan) Ezra 1:7 Also Cyrus the King Brought Forth the Vessels of the House of the Lord, Which Nebuchadnezzar Had Brought Forth out of Jerusalem, and Had Put Them in the House of His Gods; 8 Even Those Did Cyrus King of Persia Bring Forth by the Hand of Mithredath the Treasurer, and Numbered Them unto Sheshbazzar, the Prince of Judah.
A. Comes to steal (lust of the eyes) John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.
B. Comes to kill (lust of flesh)
C. Comes to destroy (pride of life)
III. Rebuild Gods Place: Love to Worship (Enemy was Scoffers) Ezra 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
IV. Rebuild Gods People: Love Not the World (Enemy was Self) Ezra 10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. 11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
A. Depart from Sinners
B. Deny Sin I John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
C. Die to Self
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