One House For All Nations

Title: One House for All Nations

Text: Isaiah 56:7 — “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

1. God’s Heart Has Always Been for All Nations

• From the very beginning, God’s heart was not just for one people but for all people.

• When God called Abraham, He said:

“Through you all nations of the earth will be blessed.” (Genesis 12:3)

• That promise was not just about land or descendants.

• It was about a family of faith—people from every tribe, language, and nation who would know the one true God.

• God’s dream has always been one house, one family, one table, and one Spirit.

2. Babel: When Pride Divided the Nations

• But humanity had another plan.

• In Genesis 11, people came together to build a tower in Babel.

• They said, “Let us make a name for ourselves.”

• They wanted unity without God.

• So God confused their language and scattered them across the earth.

• At Babel, one language became many.

• The result was confusion, division, and distance.

• Nations were formed—but separated from God and from one another.

3. Abraham: God’s Promise to Reunite the Nations

• Right after Babel, in Genesis 12, God called Abraham.

• God’s plan of redemption began again—not through power or pride, but through faith.

• God said, “I will bless you… and through you all families of the earth will be blessed.”

• This is the gospel in seed form.

• God’s blessing would one day reach every nation through a promised Son—Jesus Christ.

4. Pentecost: The Reversal of Babel

• When Jesus died and rose again, He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem.

• On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came like a mighty wind.

• People from many nations were in the city.

• They heard the disciples speak—in their own languages!

• What was divided at Babel was united at Pentecost.

• At Babel, languages brought confusion.

• At Pentecost, languages brought understanding.

• The Holy Spirit made one family out of many nations.

• The Church was born that day—a house of prayer for all nations.

5. The Spirit Is the Fulfillment of Abraham’s Blessing

• In Galatians 3:14, Paul writes:

“He redeemed us so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.”

• The promise to Abraham is fulfilled in Jesus—and given to us through the Holy Spirit.

• Every time the Spirit fills a person, that’s God’s promise to Abraham being fulfilled again!

• The Holy Spirit makes us one body, one family, one Church.

• It doesn’t matter what language we speak or what color our skin is—we are all temples of the same Spirit.

6. The Church: God’s House for All Nations

• Isaiah said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

• When Jesus quoted that verse in the Temple, He reminded us that God’s heart is open to everyone.

• The Church is not for one culture, one country, or one kind of person.

• The Church is for every nation under heaven.

• In Christ, the walls are torn down.

• We stand shoulder to shoulder—brothers and sisters, one family.

• When we worship together, we are tasting heaven—where every nation, tribe, and tongue will sing to the Lamb.

7. Closing Appeal: One Spirit, One Family, One Mission

• God’s mission is not complete until all nations hear His name.

• The Holy Spirit still calls us to be a house of prayer for all nations.

• Let’s open our hearts to others.

• Let’s welcome the stranger, love the outsider, and pray for the nations.

• Let’s let the Holy Spirit fill us again—so that what began at Pentecost continues in us today.

“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne.” (Revelation 7:9)

That is the end of the story—and the goal of our faith.

From Babel to Pentecost to Heaven, God is building one house for all nations.

Suggested Scripture Readings

• Genesis 11:1–9 (Babel)

• Genesis 12:1–3 (Promise to Abraham)

• Isaiah 56:7 (House of Prayer)

• Acts 2:1–11 (Pentecost)

• Galatians 3:14 (Spirit = Blessing of Abraham)

• Revelation 7:9 (Fulfillment)