The Building Material of Hay, Wood, and Stubble. 1Corinthians 3:11
11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
Good Morning. In 2Corinthians 5:10 we see that we must ALL stand before the judgment seat of Christ to answer what we did in our bodies whether good or bad! Here in our text are reassured of that reality! Jesus is the foundation of our faith and it is how we build on this foundation. Our works can be self-motivated or Christ-motivated and our rewards given to us by God will reflect to which one we have given our allegiance to. Our selfish motives are represented here by the materials used. Notice some materials are durable while others are perishable. The materials must be able to stand up to the fiery trial by which Christ judges us and as we view these materials we see that hay, wood, and, stubble do not stand up to fire very well! These are the self-motivated works we do to gain attention and there are no rewards offered for these works because they are burned up. Remember these works represent rewards, not salvation. The people in this judgment are born-again believers and they/we will be saved but these selfish works shall be burned up! Tomorrow we will discuss the durable works of gold, silver and precious stones. God bless.
Love in Christ, Terry June 20, 2024
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