6. GOD’S RESPONSE 1 Chronicles 17: 4; 11 – 14 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.”

7. GOD’S RESPONSE “When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.”

8. GOD’S RESPONSE I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.’

9. GOD’S RESPONSE I.THE PROJECT II.THE BUILDER III.THE MATERIAL

10. I. THE PROJECT David wanted to build the house But David wasn’t qualified God had chosen the builder for His House

11. I. THE PROJECT 1 Chronicles 22: 8 – 10: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever’

12. I. THE PROJECT

13. “He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever... I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.’” 1 Chronicles 17: 12 & 14

14. II. THE BUILDER “He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.” JESUS is the builder God had chosen

15. II. THE BUILDER Colossians 1:20 [NLT] “and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.”

16. III. MATERIAL

17. 1.Jesus is the cornerstone 2.God chose you and me to be the remaining stones to build His house 3.Jesus corrected the imbalance

18. III. MATERIAL Colossians 1: 21 and 22: “This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.”

19. III. MATERIAL 1 Peter 2: 4&5 – You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple.

20. III. MATERIAL Jesus, was not just the cornerstone of the home God resides in, but the cornerstone of the very faith we have in God.

21. GOD’S PROJECT Build a House for eternity A house where people could reside, with God! The House has been built by Jesus

22. Thank you Dad for being where I need you the most. I am so happy that you were the one that was chosen out of all the people who wanted to adopt me. Your the best dad in the world. Love Josiah. TO #1 DAD

23. "God in eternity, looked upon me foreseeing my faults, my pride, my sin and said I want that man in MY family. I will pay for him to be in my family with my Sons life. That's love folks. That is mega, off the charts love." -John Piper

24. Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper act of worship Romans 12:1