When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.
1 King 6:7 ESV
Solomon built the house of the Lord of prepared stones. We like living stones are being built into a spiritual house where God dwells by his Spirit. (1Pe 2:5, Eph 2:22)
Sometimes for stone to sit with stone there are some rough edges that need to be dealt with. For us to fit together into God's spiritual house we have to get along. This sometimes means dealing with issues and hurts with our brothers when they arise.
It's important though that we realise that there is a time and a place and a proper way.
Just as it was inappropriate for there to be the clamour of hammer and axe in God's house, so too it is not the place for raised voices of disagreement between brothers.
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