Today many are thinking we should not be building huge churches, but having much smaller ones in homes. Or using other buildings such as schools or community rooms. In many parts of the world, church is an open air event in a clearing in the forest, or in a park.
The thing that strikes me in these verses is not the timing, so much as the fact God was listening and hearing! A good thing for us all to remember! He overhears all our conversations! According to Hebrews 4:12 He knows, and judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart!
A Call to Build the House of the Lord. Imagine you had a visitor to stay and showed them the guest room which would be theirs for the duration of their stay. How upset would you be if one day you found that visitor in another part of the building?
The Godhead is still waiting for more unity between believers on the earth. But thankfully things are much better than they used to be. Many people are visiting other churches, or watching on line. There is much more tolerance than there was when I was young in the last century!
Sometimes, the words of Peter could be taken for the words of Paul. So often they are saying similar things. Peter, although, not an educated man who had studied the Old Testament scriptures as Paul had, says what he says or what he writes, just as directly as Paul does.
Paul travelled many miles to fulfill his mission, and wherever he went he created teams of others to do the same thing. Paul left Titus in charge of a new church in Crete. All our churches should be creating new groups, but this verse does not finish there, it continues.
The followers of Jesus should carry the same character as He does. We should all be trustworthy, and full of grace. Most of us are on the road towards that goal, but have not got there yet. We must be patient with each other as we travel with fellow believers.
We live in a world that seems to be in the hands of the enemy. At least that is what seems to be happening if we watch the news. But a glance at Christian media will tell us that people are turning more and more to the Lord for solutions.
David knew The Lord much better than many believers today, and in his psalms we read many questions and answers which are profound, as though the writer walked with Jesus in the valley of the shadow of death. I believe he did, and many other Old Testament prophets did too.
I take verses at random from my concordance. And I pray for inspiration with each one. Maybe God is trying to stress something here. All that we hear in our day cannot be trusted. We all know that in our hearts, and need inspiration about what we pay attention to.