“Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD.” (1 Kings 9:25)
After Solomon built the temple, he used it, too. The erection of the temple was the beginning of service to the LORD, not the end of it. It is a great mistake of humanity to confuse singular great acts of devotion as a replacement for the lifetime of regular commitment and worship of God.
Baptism may be the entrance into the kingdom, but it is not the end of our service to the King. Baptism makes us into holy temples for the Lord, but as Romans 12:1 says, we must then present those bodies as holy, living sacrifices to God. Becoming God’s temple is the beginning, but then we must find ways to regularly live our lives as sacrifices for King Jesus.
Matthew 4:4 #Biblebites
This Week’s Reading: 1 Kings 9-14; Psalm 37; Proverbs 6
This year, #Biblebites are looking at lessons from the history of the Old Testament. Each week reads a section of history with a Psalm to meditate on and a dash of Proverbs to dwell upon. If you would like a copy of the reading schedule, you can view it here: https://eastlandchristians.org/news-events/2024-vision