Who Built Your House

Who Built Your House?

For every house is built by someone, but He Who built all things is God.

Hebrews 3:4

‘For every house is built by someone’ … there is probably no observation or statement that is more self-evident than that!

But because so much of our society has rejected the second half of our verse – ‘but He Who built all things is God.’ – almost anything goes! ...

The ills of our society are symptoms … the cause/‘disease’ is our rejection of God as our Creator and the ‘claim’ He has on us.

So, it’s back to Genesis/Creation!

First, ‘Why Genesis/Creation’ – from the Bible:

The Bible really teaches creation in 6 ordinary days, a short while ago:

• When days are numbered, as in Genesis 1, it always means an ordinary day … e.g.: Genesis 1:19 …
• When the phrase ‘evening & morning’ is used, it always means an ordinary day … e.g.: Genesis 1:19 …
• From Exodus 20:8-11, we are to work 6 days & rest one – just as God did in creation …
• The genealogies of Genesis & the rest of the O.T. create a timeline of about 4,000 yrs. From Adam/Eve to Jesus …
• Jesus believed in recent creation – see Mark 10:6 …
• Jesus also asserted that if we fail to believe Moses’ record – which includes creation – we will have difficulty believing Him!

Þ See John5:46,47 …

• Peter preached that God’s prophets have spoken from the beginning of the world … see Acts 3;20,21 …
• Paul states that death came by sin … Romans 5:12 … evolution requires death … there is no room in the Bible for evolution …

Then, ‘Why Genesis/Creation’ – from the perspective of ‘design’:

• Every house … everything … has a designer/builder …
• For every house is built by someone, but He Who built all things is God. Hebrews 3:4
• You may have built your house – and much more – but God ‘built’ you! He has a claim on our lives!

Let this be our memory verse for the week:

For every house is built by someone, but He Who built all things is God.