If
any man builds on this foundation [the foundation of Christ]
Using
gold , silver, costly stones, wood , hay or straw
His
work will be shown for what it is,
Because
The Day will bring it to LIGHT. (1
Corinthians 3:12-13)
The
Day of God will bring everything into His LIGHT.
The
all seeing, all knowing LIGHT of God
Will
perfectly assess the work of every man
Determining
their success or failure before Him.
Nothing
will be hidden.
Every
action, thought and motive will be laid bare before Him.
And
we are speaking about those who profess belief in God,
Let
alone those who have chosen to be blind;
Those
who have rejected God, His Christ Jesus and His Word.
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 ready for it.
Indeed
you are still not ready.
You
are still worldly.
For
since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not
worldly?
Are
you not acting as mere men?
For
when one says, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not mere men?
What,
after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul?
Only
servants through whom you came to believe—
As
the Lord assigned to each his task.
I
planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
So
neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything,
But
only God, Who make things grow.
The
man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose,
And
each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
For
we are God's fellow workers;
You
are God's field, God's building.
By
the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert
builder,
And
someone else is building on it.
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.
If
any man builds on this foundation
Using
gold , silver, costly stones, wood , hay or straw
His
work will be shown for what it is,
Because
The Day will bring it to LIGHT.
It
will be revealed with fire,
And
the fire will test the quality of each man's work.
If
what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
If
it is burned up, he will suffer loss;
He
himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
Don't
you know that yourselves are God's Temple
And
that God's Spirit lives in you?
If
anyone destroys God's Temple, God will destroy him;
For
God's Temple is SACRED, and you are that Temple.
Do
not deceive yourselves.
If
anyone of yo thinks he is wise by the standards of this AGE,
He
should become a 'fool' so that he may become wise.
For
the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight.
As
it is written:
'He
catches the wise in their craftiness;' and again,
'The
Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.
So
then, no more boasting about men!
All
things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas
Or
the world or life or death or the present or the future--
ALL
are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
(1
Corinthians 3:1-23)
I
pray that those who read this message are not “worldly;”
Not looking to any man,
But
are looking into the face of Christ Jesus and His Word.
Salvation
can be found no where else.
There
are those who plant and those who water
But
Christ defines Himself by His Spirit and His Word.
He
alone is the Teacher. He alone is the Anointing [Christ in us].
No
man is “wise” outside of Christ.
Those
who think that they are, are fools as the Scripture declares.
There
is only One Who is wise, Christ!
The
wisdom of the world is showing itself to be foolishness
Before
your very eyes.
Only
through Christ Jesus can anyone SEE!
You
are God's Temple, if Christ lives in and through you.
Only
then, is the blood of Christ effective in your life.
If
Christ lives in and through you, then you have OVECOME this world
And
the one who rules it, Satan;
Then
the ALL Powerful One rules your life and you are living in the VICTORY
He
purchased on the Cross of Calvary.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father, Your Kingdom
come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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