That I May Dwell Within
Pastor Erickson preaches from Exodus 25:8, tracing how God dwelt among Israel in the tabernacle, among people in Jesus Christ, and now within believers by the Holy Ghost since the day of Pentecost. He calls people to repent, be baptized in Jesus name and receive the Holy Ghost so that God can make them his temple.
The message in 6 points
That I may dwell within
He reads Exodus 25:8 and 21 and 22, John 1:14 and 1 Corinthians 3:16. God is a personal God who wants to dwell among his people, upon them, and most of all within them.
50:35The tent and the ark
He answers a newspaper's claim that the Exodus is a myth by describing Ramses' war tent, which matched the shape of Moses' tabernacle. God gave former slaves a pattern they could understand, a golden ark that would go first into battle, to show he was with them.
54:39From among to within
The word among in Exodus 25:8 also means within. Through John 1:14 and John 16:7 he shows God moving from the tabernacle, to dwelling among us in Jesus, to sending the Comforter, and says we are the golden box where his glory desires to dwell.
1:03:03Born of water and Spirit
On the day of Pentecost the disciples were filled with the Holy Ghost. From Acts 2:38, John 3:5, Romans 8 and John 1:12 he teaches that receiving God means repentance, baptism in the name of Jesus, and the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1:08:12Power, mockers and Azusa Street
Acts 1:8 promises power, and signs follow the believer. Some at Pentecost were amazed, some doubted and some mocked, just as a newspaper mocked the Azusa Street revival that later became the most significant revival of the century.
1:14:59Let him live inside you
From 1 Corinthians 10, leaving Egypt pictures repentance and the Red Sea pictures baptism. He calls people to the altar to repent and let the God who loves them make their heart his throne.
1:26:41
In his words
“He didn't just want to be near his people. He wanted to live within them.”
“You can't think you're going to live the same way and do the same things and somehow have the glory of God living inside of you.”
“But the spirit of God is still longing and still desires to be in his people. He wants us to be a temple of the Holy Ghost.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Exodus 25:8-9
8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
King James Version.
Exodus 25:21-22
21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
King James Version.
John 1:14
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
King James Version.
1 Corinthians 3:16
16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
King James Version.
Exodus 25:10
10And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
King James Version.
Exodus 25:18-20
18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
King James Version.
1 Chronicles 28:18
18And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
King James Version.
1 Corinthians 6:19
19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
King James Version.
John 16:7
7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
King James Version.
Acts 2:1-4
1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
King James Version.
Acts 2:38
38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
King James Version.
John 3:5
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
King James Version.
Romans 8:9
9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
King James Version.
Romans 8:11
11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
King James Version.
John 1:12-13
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
King James Version.
Acts 2:12-18
12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. 14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
King James Version.
1 Corinthians 10:1-2
1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
King James Version.
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