Where to Return Your Tithes and Offerings. Part [14] 10/08/2025 (Morning thought)

Acts 10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter. 6 He lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell you what you ought to do.

Now, we have to hit pause as we figure out what is transpiring here. Why would the angel put Cornelius in contact with Peter, so that Peter will tell him what to do? Why doesn’t the angel just go ahead and tell Cornelius what he needs to do, since he is already there with him? Instead, the angel puts Cornelius in contact with the organized church, of which Peter is a representative, because God is a God of order.

And therefore, every aspect of His work must be executed in an orderly manner. Here it is again, the same scenario occurring where this time it’s Jesus who is speaking. For some reason He also does not tell Saul what he needs to do, but instead, puts him in contact with a member of His house, “MY house” because He has a specific church upon the earth.

Acts 9: 3 And as he journeyed, he came near to Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute: it is hard  for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Acts 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Where to Return Your Tithes and Offerings. Part [13] 10/08/2025 (Evening thought)

Matthew 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

The designation of the store house, as it pertained to all of the synagogues associated with the law of God, and His presence, would come to a final end when Cestius, and later Titus would raze the city and the house to the ground. This was foretold by Christ Himself as he sat upon the mount of Olives., but up until that time it would remain the headquarters of the storehouse, or “My house, as designated by God.

Fast forward to the day of Pentecost and thereafter as the Christian church gets rolling under the direct auspices of the Holy Ghost. God is a God of order, and thus, He plans and He organizes with the same accuracy that was manifested at creation…Acts 2: 46 And they continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved….. Acts 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

Acts 10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, what is it, Lord? And he said unto him, your prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night’ and God bless!