Acts 7:44

" Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,

1. In the wilderness the tabernacle was built.

1. God was specific as to the dimensions, materials, method of construction, and how it was to carried.

2. There was a pattern - blueprint, architect drawing, schematic.

2. There is a principle stated here. Make it according to the pattern. This principle applies to the New Testament church organization, worship, mission, plan of salvation, and work. When we deviate from the pattern, we are in rebellion to the will of God. God drew the plans (pattern) and our task is to follow the pattern. No changes. No additions. No subtractions. No substitutions.

3. This was the command from God in Exodus 25:40. This principle was also repeated in Hebrews 8:5.