We Need to Restore the Zeal
John 2: 13-17
House of God is where most of us were saved - where we get fed - and where we should develop a Zeal for God’s presence.
There is no Zeal today for going to church - because the spiritual atmosphere is missing.
Zeal should over -ride Bitterness
Amos 3:3 "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
Zeal for holiness should over-ride petty disagreements
Zeal should eat up all selfishness
James 4:3
Many today serve God only for what they can get for themselves
The Church was not built on selfish motives - Jesus NEVER did things for himself, but always for others.
Zeal should expose foolishness
Galatians 3:1
There is so much foolishness in churches today that doesn’t honor God nor promote His Word.
Psalms 119: 105 > Zeal for the Word is Rare among Christians
Zeal should destroy worldliness
James 4:4
Worldliness has no place in the church - just as Jesus showed earlier in John 2
The church is O.K. in the World- but the World is not O.K. in the church.
Zeal should fill up all emptiness
Psalm 65:4
The world has a reason to be empty - searching to satisfy - God’s child has no reason to be empty.
The things of the World can NEVER satisfy a born-again child of God.
Psalm 84:10 - 122:1 - 139:23-24
We Need the Zeal for God and the Spiritual things of God more than ever.
Is the Zeal lacking in your life? Can you say what David said?