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1 Corinthians 3:1-15 Carnal Minded Christians
Contributed by William D. Brown on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Today I want to talk for a little while to do with Christians that never seem to grow in the things of God, and yet they may have been saved for many years, often times their bible is never opened from one Sunday unto the next when they go to church,
Let me say that a person is not saved like some one might stop off at McDonalds for a hamburger, the Holy Spirit must convict the lost sinner and draw that sinner, as the old saying goes a person must 1st realize that he is a lost sinner.---Jesus said in-
John 6: 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him:--
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11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
It is very important for people to understand that JESUS CHRIST is what the gospel message is based upon.
Ø Paul explains just exactly what the gospel is in;
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
So the death, burial, and resurrection is what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is.
Jesus must always receive the preeminence in every thing, He is to be first, and if people don’t understand that Jesus is what this entire bible is centered around they’ll never be able to fully comprehend its message.
Colossians 1:18-- that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Ø KJ Bible –Rom.1:16— For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;--
NIV—says in that verse—I am not ashamed of the gospel--
It leaves Jesus Christ completely out of the power of God unto salvation.
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12Now if any man build upon this foundation (JESUS CHRIST) gold, silver, precious stones, (good works will not burn) -wood, hay, stubble; (bad works will burn)
13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
The day is the day of the judgment seat of Christ.
2 Cor. 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Fire is figurative for judgment, more specifically, the absolutely righteous judgment of God. Fire is used here to denote, not enlightening power, but consuming power.
Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
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14If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, (on the foundation of Jesus Christ) he shall receive a reward.
15If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Such a person as this does not suffer the loss of his salvation, but the loss of reward.
2 John 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
We understand from this verse that there is such a thing as a full reward, and with that in mind we need to also understand that there is such a thing as a partial reward.
