Shut- In - Instruction

There must be first an inward home change then an outward house breakthrough

Home to house …House to home life style.

Truth treasure of His Word.

Pray His Word over the home of all born again believers. - Pray His Word over the homes of the unbelievers.

Pray His Word over the church.

*Ps.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.

The battle has been lost in society because the home is not in order with God.
The home (family) is the backbone of society:

If the home is in order the society will be in order and vice versa.
If the home is in order the House of God will be in order physically and spiritually.

*Satan has targeted the physical and spiritual family for destruction.

God has pin pointed from the beginning the problems in His Word.

1. Wives have problems to submit to their husbands.
2. Husbands have problems to love their wives as Christ loves the Church.
3. Children have problems to obey their parents.

Eph.5[22] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
[24] Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
[25] Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph.6[1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
[2] Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
[3] That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
[4] And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
[5] Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
[6] Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Acts.2 [46] And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.

The home that has Jesus as foundation will stand and overcome the daily life struggles.
Prov.22[6] Train up a child in the way (JESUS IS THE WAY) the should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
John14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The Home is where the Lord desires His family to pray, worship, love, learn, and live for Him first.

* If we do not live for JESUS in the home by his Spirit, love, grace and truth, we are playing Church.

The Home is where we are trained and taught to live and function in the spiritual life and also physically.
The Home is where you are and where our character is formed in life.
The Home is where we learn to love one another.
The Home is where we learn to forgive one another.
The Home is the place where you learn to influence your success or failure in life.
The Home is where you learn to help others more than yourself.
The Home is where life is build or ruined. Examples: Broken homes or divorce; worldly homes, godless homes.
The Home is the second priority in the Christian life, the first is Jesus. The third is the church, the job, etc.
*Some believers have made living for Jesus so hard they have forgotten the soul (sole) reason, why we are saved. It is to live for Him.
Living for the Lord is a blessing not a burden.
Serving the Lord is a privilege not a problem.

Truth treasure:
Matt.7 [25] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
[27] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Comment:
BUSY – Being - Under - Satan’s -Yoke vs Ready -Responsive - Effort- Alert - Departure-Yonder

The creature has been too busy for the creator.
The Saints have been too busy for their Saviour and Lord.
The sinner has been just busy being busy therefore not ready.
“If you are always running you are not ready.”
*If you are ready you have oil in your vessel as a wise virgin, prepared and equipped.

The shut – in: to be confined to the home has now given us all time. To be prepared and to be ready. Amen!
The shut – in: have helped us to have Church and being the Church in our home. Amen.

Shut-in parallel:

Neh. 7
[1] Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

[2] That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

[3] And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

[4] Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Ready saints witness: not Church goers.
Matt.25
[4] But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
[5] While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
[6] And at midnight there was a cry made! Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
[7] Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
[8] And the Foolish said unto the Wise give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
[9] But the Wise answered, saying, not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
[10] And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

The Shut-in has helped us to have Church being the Church in our home

Authority in the kingdom:

Col.1[18] And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.(supremacy, dominance)
1 Corinthians 11.[3] But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Phil.2 :12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Rev. Ernest Scott