[Sermon]: Going Higher; Repair Your Altar – Pastor Adeboye

Topic: Going Higher (part 28); Repair Your Altar

Text: 1 Kings 18: 30-35

In the text, Elijah demonstrated to everyone that he was a man of great faith, by asking for water to be poured on the altar even though he was asking for fire from heaven.

▪︎ This gave God the opportunity to do the miraculous.

▪︎The greater the problem, the bigger the testimony.

▪︎ What is an altar?

• An altar is the meeting place where God meets man. Genesis 12:7

• It is where a man calls on God. Genesis 12:8

• A place where God receives offerings from man and makes covenants with him. Genesis 8: 20-22

▪︎Priority must be given to altars. Genesis 13: 14-18

▪︎There are physical altars. But God is most interested in the altar in your heart; that which you carry about.

Joel 2:13, Matthew 5:8

▪︎David understood the importance of the altar in his heart. Psalm 108:1; 51:1

▪︎Are you sure you haven't left your first love? Revelation 3: 10-12, 15-16

Samson's altar was in such bad condition, he had lost complete contact with God, but he didn't know it. Judges 16: 1-21

▪︎Where are you in your relationship with God? Check your altar!

▪︎If you're willing to repair the altar, God says He's willing and ready to restore your relationship with Him.

Jeremiah 3:22, Hosea 14:4

▪︎Is there water mixed with the fuel of your life?

Do you have something that is not lawfully yours but is in your possession?

Restitute it!

Some examples from the Bible and what was on the altar:

1. The people of Sodom & Gomorrah. Genesis 19: 23-24

2. Aaron's offering. Leviticus 9: 18-24

3. David's Offering of animals.

4. Solomon's offering of animals. 2 Chronicles 7:1

5. The army sent to arrest Elisha. 2 Kings 1: 9-12

6. The 120 people waiting on God for the Holy Spirit. Acts 2: 1-4

Will you like to have the fire of God fall on you?

• You must offer yourself as a living sacrifice. Romans 12:1

If fire falls on a sinner, it will consume them.

If it falls on a believer, it will empower them.