Psalm 15

September 14, 2015 Monday Message:

“Who can live in your tent, Lord? Who can dwell on your holy mountain?” Psalm 15:1 CEB

During David’s reign, about a thousand years before Jesus, the Temple in Jerusalem didn’t exist. (His son Solomon was later allowed to complete the Temple.) Therefore the things of God, the items of worship, had to be portable. So the Lord’s tent is indeed the Lord’s Tabernacle, and if you reference several different Bible translations, you’ll sense the difficulty naming the “House of the Lord.”

Today we could simply ask, “Who gets to hang out at church, with the people of God?” It’s pretty simple: “The person who does what is right, and speaks the truth sincerely.” Psalm 15:2

The list of who is NOT welcome is longer: no gossip, no harming your friends, and no insulting your neighbors. The wicked should just stay home. Don’t cheat on financial deals, and don’t accept bribes against the innocent.

The house of the Lord is for those who keep a promise even when it hurts. And those GOOD people shall stand with the Lord forever. Psalm 15:5b

See you at church!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship (JICF) gathers at 10 a.m. every Sunday in the North end (gym) of the Oliver Ministry Building, 2647 Bloomington Ave., Minneapolis. This Sunday, Sept. 20, Pastor Retha speaks from God’s Word.