Tag: Jesus Christ the Lord
Be careful how you build!
Scripture reading for August 27th: Isaiah 23-25, 1st Corinthians 3
Key Scriptures: 1st Corinthians 3:10-13 “According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw–each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.”
Paul used the example of our spiritual life as a building. As a preacher of the Gospel, he laid a foundation–Jesus Christ as Lord. Each person who received Christ is building on that foundation. Believers must be careful and thoughtful about what materials they are using. The attitudes and actions that we use day by day contribute to the building. Each person’s building –spiritual house– will be tested by fire on the Day of Christ at the judgment seat of Christ. Some works will not pass through the fire. Others done in obedience to Christ will result in reward. The believer will be saved but as through the fire.
Faith confession and prayer: I believe the Church’s One Foundation is Jesus Christ the Lord. Help me Lord, as I live on earth as a believer to be careful how I build my life by obeying Your Word and living by the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 25:9 “It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
The Church’s One Foundation!
Scripture reading for July 09: 1st Corinthians 3
“Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly–mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. Your are still worldly. for since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly?” (1st Corinthians 3:1-3)
Paul called out this church for their lack of spiritual maturity, accusing them of being infants. It is alright to be an infant when you are first born, but the normal way of life is for babies to grow up! Babies need milk because they cannot yet eat and digest solid food. Paul suggested that these Corinthians were in the same infant state.
The reason Paul said this was because of their quarreling and jealousy towards each other. These believers were following different spiritual leaders and boasting about those who taught them. They were in competition with each other. Paul explained that spiritual leaders were only servants of the Lord, picked by Him for their task. This did not make them people to be followed and exalted! “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building!” (1st Corinthians 3:9)
Taking the building analogy, Paul explained that by God’s grace, he laid a spiritual foundation for the Corinthians by preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He acted as an expert builder, but now others were building on his foundation. “But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.” (1st Corinthians 3:10-11) The only foundation for a strong spiritual building is Jesus Christ! When Jesus Christ returns, the Day of His coming will test the quality of each man’s work! Is your spiritual house resting on Christ alone?