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Welcome to the

church of Christ

May 23, 2010

Built by God

1. The Template

2. The Time3. The

Treasure4. The

Treatment

A H o u s e P s a l m 1 2 7

The Template:• Psalm 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain

– It is a labor of vanity if:•We do not count the cost to build (Luke 14:28-30)

•We build on the wrong foundation (Mat. 7:24-29)

•We build with the wrong material (I Cor. 3:12-13)

a. For design of a godly house

The Template:• Psalm 127:1 Except the Lord build the house,

they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain– It is a vain watch if:

•We watch for the wrong things (I Peter 5:8)–Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it

•We fall asleep on the watch (Matthew 26:40)

a. For design of a godly houseb. For protection of a godly house

The Time: • Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise

up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep– How does this time benefit your

family (I Timothy 6:9-10)?– How does this time bear on the

important things (Luke 12:16-20)?

a. The vanity of wasted time

The Time:• Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise

up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep– God blesses those whose priorities

are in order (Matthew 6:33)– God blesses those who relationships

are solid (Proverbs 17:6)

a. The vanity of wasted timeb. The richness of quality time

The Treasure:

• Psalm 127:3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward– Children are our inheritance from God

•3 John 4 I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in truth

– Children are our reward from God

a. The origin of the treasure

The Treasure:• Psalm 127:4 As arrows are in the

hand of a mighty man; so are the children of thy youth– They protect us from selfishness– They protect us from loneliness– They protect us from bitterness– They protect us from rashness

a. The origin of the treasureb. The benefit of the treasure

The Treatment:• Psalm 127:5 Happy is the man that

hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate– Godly families will have many

enemies:•The world at large•Themselves

a. The way the world will treat them

The Treatment:• Psalm 127:5 Happy is the man that

hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate– Godly families will not give in to

the world (Romans 1:16)– Godly families will defeat their

enemies (Genesis 6-8)

a. The way the world will treat themb. The way they will treat the world

What kinds of houses are we building?

Are we sheltered

in the house of

God?

Consider During the Lord’s Supper:Isaiah 53:3-5 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.