Churches built by cut stones

Exodus 20:24-26 “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you use stones to build my altar, use only natural, uncut stones. Do not shape the stones with a tool, for that would make the altar unfit for holy use. 26 And do not approach my altar by going up steps. If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness.

What are natural and uncut stones? Why were they not able to use cut stones?

When building His altar, God said to use only natural and uncut stones. Using stones shaped by a tool made His altar unfit for holy use. Today, when we build His churches, they must be led and created by the Holy Spirit. Shaped stones represented man's effort and their own ideas, time, and plans. Stones made naturally that were uncut were created by God. Uncut natural stones take much time to shape itself. The churches must be built by God and by His time.

I read that in the USA each year over 4000 churches close down. These 4000 pastors will answer to God for making His Word of no affect and for taking His Name in vain. These churches were built using cut stones with the tools of man. They were built and opened in the flesh rather than in the spirit. Moreover, God may have judged and closed such churches.

Churches opened using natural uncut stones are opened by the lead of the Holy Spirit. They will be a church that overcome the gates of Hell. The altars or churches built by uncut stones are places in where the Spirit of the Lord is and where the Spirit of the Lord is...there is FREEDOM.

2 Corinthians 3:17 (NLT) For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

God said do not approach His altar by going up the steps or someone may see your nakedness. We are to approach His altar humbling ourselves on our knees with repenting hearts. We are not to approach it with unrepented sins with pride. Otherwise, doing so will be in our nakedness.

Fire of God Ministries International Church
Pastor Steve Yong Kim