310 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 26 - Jesus Christ the Foundation

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 26 JESUS CHRIST THE FOUNDATION Now let's get right back into our study of I Corinthians, and we'll begin with verse 11. I Corinthians 3:11 "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." As a rule they say it was Jesus Who was the founder of Christianity, but no, Jesus didn't found it, but rather Paul. But he founded it on Jesus Christ, of course. Jesus never promoted the fact that He had died, and shed His blood. Now look what Jesus says in this passage. Luke 18:31-34 To trust anything short of the finished work of the Cross, I'm afraid that those people are doomed to a lost eternity. Now let's look at verse 12. Here Paul has involved us in a building process, he's the masterbuilder, he's started the foundation. Now a general run-of-the-mill believer has been building on that foundation for almost 2000 years, and all these believers down through the centuries have been building on this foundation. We are building on this foundation, and we are adding to that building. Now as we embark on our Christian walk, God gives us six materials to build with. I Corinthians 3:12 "Now if any man build upon this foundation (Remember, Christ has to be the foundation, we have to have faith in His finished work of the Cross before we're even given opportunity to add to His building. So the materials we are going to use to build with are) gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; " I Corinthians 3:13a "Every man's work shall be made manifest:..." Not the person who is working for his salvation, because that is impossible, but the one who has salvation and is now working for rewards. Most of Christendom has the idea that you work to obtain salvation somehow or other. But listen, you work absolutely none for salvation, it's all of Grace by faith + nothing, it's free! But once we've entered in to that glorious salvation experience then God expects us work for rewards. And what's the purpose of working? We are to work for rewards. Now turn to I Corinthians Chapter 9, and verse 24, and of course Paul here is making an analogy with something that everyone understood. I Corinthians 9:24 So Paul says as believers working in this building process, now bring it into the analogy of a foot race) So run, that ye may obtain." (Not your salvation, remember, you've already obtained that by your faith.) We are to enter this race with the idea of winning this race. Now verse 25. I Corinthians 9:25a Now what's temperate? Trying to maintain a balance. So you just have to maintain that temperate balance. I Corinthians 9:25 It was corruptible, it died, but we don't work for something like that, but rather we work for an incorruptible crown. Let's go to the Book of Genesis for a moment to Chapter 15, and drop down to verse 8, and here God is dealing with Abraham. And Abraham is already a believer. Genesis 15:7 Now look at Abraham's response in verse 8. This whole concept of working for rewards has been on the minds of believers from day one. Now let's turn to II Corinthians Chapter 5. Where does this whole idea of reward come to the full? I Thessalonians 4:13-18) and we're brought up into glory with the Lord Jesus, we have a great event in Heaven that's going to take place. II Corinthians 5:8-10 (not for salvation, but for rewards. That has already been settled if you're at the Bema Seat. But the Bema Seat will determine how much rewards are given. Now don't lose that as a believer. We're to get busy, we're to work, and the reason we work is to bring glory to our God's Name, but also for our own personal benefit for rewards. Hey, there's no comparison."Remember, never confuse rewards with salvation. You don't work one ounce for salvation, that's a gift of God according to Paul. Ephesians 2:8 Yes, we work for them. I Corinthians 3:13a "Every man's work (as a believer) shall be made manifest:..." We're going to be put in the spotlight for our moment of time personally in front of the Lord Jesus at the judgment seat of Christ. Just remember when we step out of time we step into eternity, and in eternity there's no sixty-second clock, so that's the difference. I Corinthians 3:13 "Every 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." Well it's those fiery eyes of the Lord Jesus as we have them described back in Revelation: Revelations 19:12 The only thing left, if we have any, will be the gold, silver, and precious stones. I Corinthians 3:14,15 "If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, (that's the hay, wood, and stubble) he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved;..." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible