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\nPsa 15:1<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b> O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?<\/p>\n
Psalms 23:6<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 27:4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 61:4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 84:4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 92:13<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Mat 22:37-40<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0And he said to him, \u201cYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. \u00a0This is the great and first commandment. \u00a0And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.\u00a0On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>John 3:3-5<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Jesus answered him, \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Nicodemus said to him, \u201cHow can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Jesus answered, \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n
Mat 23:27<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u201cWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Luke 11:44<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Acts 23:3<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0Then Paul said to him, \u201cGod is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 58:1-2<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?\u00a0\u00a0No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Micah 3:8-11<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.\u00a0\u00a0Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight,\u00a0\u00a0who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity.\u00a0\u00a0Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, \u201cIs not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The psalmist poses two heartfelt questions in this verse:\u00a0\u201cWho may abide? And \u201cWho may dwell?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0These are questions that every believer should ask of God. The words \u201cabide\u201d and \u201cdwell\u201d are similar in meaning in the Hebrew language, and when applied to the believer, they become a permanent state of mind. According to the whole psalm, the reality of who enjoys this intimate, ongoing fellowship is determined by their character lived out daily.<\/p>\n
The Bible tells us that our access to God\u2019s throne in heaven has been thrown wide open because of His grace. But we must never forget that with grace comes a responsibility:\u00a0\u201c\u2026love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.\u201d And \u201clove your neighbor as yourself\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(Matthew 22:37-39).<\/p>\n
The believer who consistently seeks out and enjoys God\u2019s presence will begin manifesting His character toward others\u2014mercy, patience, longsuffering, faithfulness, gentleness, and kindness. Their words and lifestyle will not contradict one another because to live otherwise is hypocritical and runs the risk of becoming cold and pharisaical,\u00a0\u201cbeautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men\u2019s bones and all uncleanness\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(Matthew 23:27). The Pharisees were clinically religious, yet their lives were duplicitous. And Jesus condemned them for it.<\/p>\n
There is no better, safer, or more expansive place to dwell than with the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0May you and I be counted among the \u201cwho\u201d\u2014those saturated with love for God, as revealed in the love for others. (Gibbs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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