Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
God is infinity itself; He cannot be confined to any place as men are confined. Those who measure God by their own nature, who honor Him with outward pomp as if He dwelt in buildings like a man, have deceived themselves. The temple was a sign of His presence, not a cage for His power; hypocrites saw only stone and ceremony and thought they could buy Him off with bare ritual.
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When Israel joined itself to idols, God said, Let them alone. He withdrew His restraining grace, and they became so scandalously mad upon their idols as no people ever were. This is the saddest punishment of all, when God gives men up to their own hearts' lust.
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Commenting on Acts 7:42-50
God's hand made all these things: heaven, earth, and all creatures in them. What then can men fashion for Him? What house could human hands build that would suit the One who made all things? Nothing made by men's hands can be suitable to God.
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