Jeremiah 52

Sadly, Jerusalem was burned by Babylon’s army … all the important buildings etc. Can you imagine how you would feel to watch your capitol city go up in smoke?

There’s a message here; don’t put so much importance on buildings. The IMPORTANT buildings are the lives of those you love.

For our homes and other nice buildings we are grateful. We are to be good stewards and occupy the earth until the Lord comes. We go too far when we begin worshipping the structures we inhabit.

In the 70s, the members of Hope Temple in Findlay Ohio constructed a beautiful sanctuary that seated 2000. The choir loft alone could hold 250. I was the main painter in that building, also applying stain and varnish to thousands of square feet of beautiful wood. I worked hard. It was a labor of love that i would do again in a heartbeat. (I’m too old now) That marvelous sheep-shed burned to the ground in an hour. It taught us all a lesson. God’s true building is the people who attend the church.

Let’s keep people from burning through EVANGELISM!