THE BUILDING NOBODY BUILT

NOBODY BUILT THIS BUILDING

It just happened.

Around eighty miles from my home is a building that

just happened.  No body built it.  It was there before 

any of us come along and none of us know of a builder

related to it.

This has been verified by the following;

Mark the scientific mason.  Mark has been in rock and

brick work all his life.  As a young man he helped his

father do this type of work and decided to continue in

this line of work with a top education.  Mark knows how

to split and shape the rocks so they fit together best and

the best bonding materials to use for their work.  Mark

throughly understands the field of masonry and can 

completely explain any faze of it.  Mark says that in a

complete structure that way there is no way anyone

could have built it.  It just happened. 

Frank the scientific framer.  Frank now has twenty

years of experience as a framer.  Frank knows the best

way to place the wall studs, the correct angle of the nails,

and the best lengths of studs and plates to use.  Frank

has been making a close study of framing during those

twenty years of framing work.  This makes him an

expert in this field.  This was all there of course before

Frank came on the scene.  After studying the framing

on this building carefully Frank says there is no way 

this building could have had a builder.  It just happened.

Earl the  scientific electrician.  Earl of course has complete

knowledge of; volt, ohms, amps, watts, resistance, wire

size for various loads etc.  Earl says that with the knowledge

he has on the subject and his ability to understand it,

there is no way there could have been a builder.  It

had to just happen.

Paul the scientific plumber.  Paul has a life time of 

plumbing experience and a complete knowledge of 

pipes, pressures, regulators, valves and anything 

else related to plumbing.  Paul like the rest was not

here when the building went up.  But because Paul

is able to completely understand how the plumbing

works in this building, he too states that it is not 

possible to have had a builder.  This building just

happened.  And we will just have to work with it.

"The fool has said in his heart,

'There is no God.'"

(Psalms 14:1 NKJV)

WHOSE IDEA IS THIS?

"From the time I rescued the people of Israel from Egypt until now, I have never lived in a temple; I have traveled around living in a tent. In all my traveling with the people of Israel I never asked any of the leaders that I appointed why they had not built me a temple made of cedar.

- 2 Samuel 7:6,7 (TEV)

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The idea came from man, not God.

See 2 Samuel 7:1 - 17

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On the mount of transfiguration the disciples saw Jesus in his glory. Then,

"Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said."

- Luke 9:33 (KJV)

It is man that wants to build. That is something creative we can do - even in the flesh.

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What was God's response to Peter about building a tabernacle?

"A voice said from the cloud, 'This is my Son, whom I have chosen - listen to him!'"

-Luke 9 35 (TEV)

There is our responsibility.

"When the voice stopped, there was Jesus all alone..."

- Luke 9:36 (TEV)

Jesus alone is our need

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Halley Bible Handbook on p.859 says,

"The First church building was erected in the reign of Alexander Severus (222-35). After the edict of Constantine they began to be built everywhere."

Wow! From Pentecost to 222-35 AD. with out a church building.

You don't suppose the "church" was too busy turning the world "upside down" (Acts 17:6 KJV) to worry about building a church building.

All those years with out a church building,

printing press,

radio,

TV,

or the Internet.

yet turning the world upside down.

Then the church went into the construction business.

And we lost something.

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Is it possible that the real motivation behind our mad drive for buildings is the same one that motivated;

King Saul in 1 Samuel 15:12,

or "wannabe" king Absalom 2 Samuel 18:18

to build a "Monument"?

Yes, a monument to a ministry or

a monument to a churches presence in the community,

or a monument to our successful "Christian" program.