2. 2 Samuel 6:10-12
v.10 He was not willing to take the ark
of the LORD to be with him in the
City of David. Instead, he took it
aside to the house of Obed-Edom
the Gittite.
v.11 The ark of the LORD remained
in the house of Obed-Edom the
Gittite for three months, and the
LORD blessed him and his entire
household.
3. 2 Samuel 6:10-12
v.12 Now King David was told, "The
LORD has blessed the household of
Obed-Edom and everything he has,
because of the ark of God." So
David went down and brought up
the ark of God from the house of
Obed-Edom to the City of David
with rejoicing.
4. 1 Samuel 4:21
She named the boy Ichabod,
[3] saying, "The glory has
departed from Israel"-
because of the capture of the
ark of God and the deaths of
her father-in-law and her
husband.
5. OBED EDOM WAS A DOOR
KEEPER OFTHETENT OF
THE ARK OF GOD
1Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel,
Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and
Eliezer the priests were to blow
trumpets before the ark of God.
Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to
be doorkeepers for the ark.
6.
7. Deuteronomy 10:1-5
v.1 At that time the LORD said to me,
"Chisel out two stone tablets like the first
ones and come up to me on the
mountain.Also make a wooden chest. [1]
v.2 I will write on the tablets the words
that were on the first tablets, which you
broke.Then you are to put them in the
chest."
8. Deuteronomy 10:1-5
v.3 So I made the ark out of acacia wood
and chiseled out two stone tablets like
the first ones, and I went up on the
mountain with the two tablets in my
hands.
v.4 The LORD wrote on these tablets
what he had written before, theTen
Commandments he had proclaimed to
you on the mountain, out of the fire, on
the day of the assembly. And the LORD
gave them to me.
9. Deuteronomy 10:1-5
v.5 Then I came back down the mountain
and put the tablets in the ark I had made,
as the LORD commanded me, and they
are there now.
10. Bezalel was the one who made
the Ark of God
Exodus 37:1
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood--
two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half
wide, and a cubit and a half high. [1]
Numbers 7:89
When Moses entered the Tent of
Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard
the voice speaking to him from between the
two cherubim above the atonement cover on
the ark of the Testimony.And he spoke with
him.
11.
12. THE ARK OF GOD SYMBOLIZES
THEVERY PRESENCE OF GOD
GOD BLESSESTHE PLACE
WHERE HE DWELLS
THE HIGHEST BLESSING ISTHE
PRESENCE OF GOD
15. 1. GOD'S PRESENCE IS IN
THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Psalm 22:3 (KJV)
But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.
No songs that don't glorify God
16. 1. GOD'S PRESENCE IS IN
THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Psalm 145:2
Every day I will praise you and
extol your name for ever and ever.
Psalm 147:1
Praise the LORD. [1] How good it
is to sing praises to our God, how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!
17. 2. GOD'S PRESENCE IS IN
"CLEAN " PLACES .
Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach my people
the difference between the holy
and the common and show them
how to distinguish between the
unclean and the clean
18. Leviticus 10:10
You must distinguish between
the holy and the common, between
the unclean and the clean,
Leviticus 11:47
You must distinguish between
the unclean and the clean, between
living creatures that may be eaten
and those that may not be eaten.' "
19. Leviticus 14:34
"When you enter the land of
Canaan, which I am giving you as
your possession, and I put a
spreading mildew in a house in that
land,
Leviticus 14:35
the owner of the house must go
and tell the priest, 'I have seen
something that looks like mildew in
my house.'
20. Leviticus 14:36
The priest is to order the
house to be emptied before he
goes in to examine the mildew, so
that nothing in the house will be
pronounced unclean. After this
the priest is to go in and inspect
the house.
21. Psalm 24:3
Who may ascend the hill of the
LORD? Who may stand in his holy
place?
Psalm 24:4
He who has clean hands and a
pure heart, who does not lift up his soul
to an idol or swear by what is false. [1]
Psalm 24:5
He will receive blessing from the
LORD and vindication from God his
Savior.
22. Leviticus 14:48
"But if the priest comes to
examine it and the mildew has
not spread after the house has
been plastered, he shall
pronounce the house clean,
because the mildew is gone.
23. NOTE:
1. Holy living and attitude at home
2. No objects that don't belong to God
like symbols of Satan and of other gods
and words that are against God's
Words
Ex. Dragon ( and other lucky charms )
Revelations 12:9
The great dragon was hurled
down--that ancient serpent called the
devil, or Satan, who leads the whole
world astray. He was hurled to the
earth, and his angels with him.
24. 3. GOD'S PRESECE IS IN
CELL GROUP MEETINGS
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three come
together in my name, there am I
with them."
NOTE: God's presence is in a
place where God's agenda are
done and accomplished
25. Acts 2:46
Every day they continued to
meet together in the temple courts.
They broke bread in their homes and
ate together with glad and sincere
hearts,
Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the
favor of all the people.And the Lord
added to their number daily those
who were being saved.
26. Romans 16:3
Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow
workers in Christ Jesus.
Romans 16:4
They risked their lives for me. Not
only I but all the churches of the
Gentiles are grateful to them.
Romans 16:5
Greet also the church that meets at
their house. Greet my dear friend
Epenetus, who was the first convert to
Christ in the province of Asia.
27. CONCLUSION:
God wants to bless your house like the
house of Obed Edom.
God wants His Presence to be in your
house.
Challenges:
1.Always praise God in your house
especially with your music.
2. Make your house clean by removing all
objects that are evil and of not of God
3. Make your house a cell group place.
