GOD'S HOLY PLACE - FULL OF LOVE & TRUTH

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Good morning brother & Sister. Shalom! We are so grateful that this morning we can gather together in this place. Entering the year 2025, in the first quarter our big theme is “Righteousness”. So, let us meditate God's word regarding the Tabernacle.

In God's revelation about the Tabernacle, we know that the culmination/final was the presence of God in The Tabernacle. When the Tabernacle was built, "The cloud of the glory of the LORD covered the tabernacle." Let's read in Exodus 40: 34-38 (King James Version)

³⁴ Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

³⁵ And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

³⁶ And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

³⁷ But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

³⁸ For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

This revelation was quoted by the Apostle John to explain how God is present among the man through the person of Jesus Christ. Let's read in John. 1:1, 14-18 (King James Version)

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

¹⁶ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The thing that we want to emphasize in this passage is that when God dwell in midst of His people, the people can see the "His Grace & Truth". These two things are one package that cannot be separated. Whether in the Tabernacle or in Jesus' ministry, we see how Grace & Truth are revealed there. And God wants us as believers to also have Grace & Truth in ourlives.

Likewise, we are the spiritual temple of GOD, where the Holly Spirit is present in our lives, then we are appropriate to have "Grace & Truth" in our lives. The Apostle John wrote: "Let us love not with words but also with deeds in love & truth." This means that we have to balance both of them. In our practical life, then have we implemented this package, or are we biased to only one of them? We prioritize love but without truth, or vice versa, prioritize truth but without love. Let our ministry at STTIA also declare this. There are times when we declare mercy, grace, but there are times when we declare justice, truth.

This is the word of God, let us as the Temple of God, express God's grace and truth in a balanced manner. In all aspect of our lives, so God’s glory will be revealed through our lives. Amen.