When the fire swept through Corinth, every house that was built out of wood, hay, or straw, was devastated and left in ashes. They all knew firsthand what damage fire could do. 3: 14 – 15) This illustration would be extremely significant to the people of Corinth that Paul was speaking to, because not too long before this was written, their whole city was devastated by fire. If any man’s work is burned up, he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire.” (I Cor. Paul continues by saying, “If any man’s work which he had built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward. What fire? The Bible tells that God is love, but it also tells us that He is a consuming fire as well. And on that day, the fire will put it to the final test. In other words, your life’s work can be wood or hay or straw - or it can be silver, gold, or costly stones. This scripture is speaking of your whole life’s work. Notice what it says very carefully, “…the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.” Not how much work, but rather what kind of work. When every follower of Jesus will account for his life and his deeds before all of heaven itself. The above scripture is talking about the day all believers will stand before the Lord. Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man ’ s work will become evident for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire and the fire itself will test the quality of each man ’ s work. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. But let each man be careful how he builds upon it. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. They were not afraid - because they were prepared for it.įor we are God ’ s fellow workers you are God ’ s field, God ’ s building. They were not afraid of the Day of Judgment. He and another fellow used to say, “Oh boy, exams!” They knew they’d be first and second in the class when the grades came out, and so they were excited about taking the test. He was through the first two or three subjects before I’d even gotten the thing read. I know Renton never felt like that because whenever we had a test, as soon as the questions were put down on the board, he would get his paper and dash through them. I think I should stay home today.” But she’d always say, “You can stay home tomorrow - but not today.” But staying home tomorrow wouldn’t do me any good because today was the day of the final exam. I’d get up that morning and say, “Oh mother, I don’t feel good at all. I don’t know how she knew, but she always did. If I could ever save up my stomachaches, I’d save them until the day before the final exam. “For we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat Of Christ.” Romans 14: 10 KJV And on top of all that, he was the smartest guy in the whole school. He was not only an excellent athlete, but a very good artist as well. He was the best runner we had, and I liked running. He was the best at cricket, and I liked cricket. He was the best soccer player in the school and that’s what I wanted to be. His name was Renton, and he sat just across the aisle from me. You know, I didn’t mind school too much, but in those days I was very envious of the school Captain. I want to tell you a story about when I was a young boy going to school.
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