SundaySermon - Sunny - The Family Altar

 The Family Altar

The altar is a old testament word .... it was a place where God and man met.  

Abraham had encounters with God and he built 4 altars

  • Genesis 12:7

7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

  • Genesis 12:8

8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord. 

  • Genesis 13:14-18

18 So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord.

  • Genesis 22:9-11

9 When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

Definition: Altar is system/setup for legal point of contact between the realm of the Spirit and the realm of the Earth

Realm of the Spirit

Some thoughts on the realm of the Spirit

  • The Spirit operate in the 'Law of Territory'. If you they have to enter another territory to execute thei operation, they need to access the system of operation, an avenue, access points
  • A spirit should not operate on the earth without a BODY. In order to conduct operations on the earth realm, a spirit must have a body
  • So every Spirit, including God is at the mercy of a body or an Altar to find expression in a territory
What happens at the Altar?

And when God expresses himself in our bodies, the experience involves 

  • Engage - This is a active. This is powerful engagement
  • Exchange - The act of our giving will empower us. And what is expected of us is Worship
  • Encounter - The meeting with the almighty is not a wondrous. This is Prayer.

The altar attracts and activates spiritual realm. 4 things happen on the altar

  • Altar: This is the starting point. This could be personal, family or community altars
  • Sacrifice: It is a place of giving up to God
  • Blood: The giving up will cost Blood
  • Covenant: The union is established between God and Man

Altar - Elijah

The story of when Elijah built the altar and fire came down from heaven. This encounter was complete and the false altars were destroyed.

False altars are ideas that take you away from God. There are several things and one of the things is deviant sexual behavior, LGBT..... etc

Altar - Isaiah

When Isaiah connected with the Spirit, he saw 700 years into the future to speak and write about Jesus.

Altar - Mary and Martha

When Jesus was at their house, Mary sat at the feet of Jesus. Martha could not understand this and was frustrated. But Mary got a hold of this.

Altar - Peter

Jesus walked by the shore and said to Peter, "Come and follow me". Peter from being uneducated and weak became that fire brand

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