The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 24 October 2026 – You Must Keep This Temple Clean!
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TOPIC – You Must Keep This Temple Clean!
READ: 1 Kings 9:1-9
1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
2 That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.
THE MESSAGE:
After the dedication of the temple, God appeared to Solomon and promised him that as long as he and Israel kept God’s commandment, He would be present in that temple forever and would watch over it. He also warned that if Solomon and Israel abandoned the temple, He would reject Israel and get the beautiful temple destroyed.
This promise and warning still apply to us today. Our bodies are God’s temples (1 Corinthians 6:19), and the Holy Spirit lives in us as a sign of God’s presence in His temple. If we maintain holiness, righteousness, purity and chastity, God will be present in us, and will care for and protect us permanently. But if we commit fornication, homosexuality, adultery, or live a life of impurity and lust, it will amount to abandoning God and defiling His temple. God will not spare us; He will destroy any person who destroys His temple (1 Corinthians 3:17). Once a Christian lives in sexual sin, the Holy Spirit departs from him and that person becomes empty and abandoned by God. The result is that Satan, demons, and even witches and wizards, can attack, hurt or kill that person because there is no defence. We must be careful to lead a clean life of holiness all the days of our lives.
PRAYER: Lord, take my life, and let it be consecrated to You.
