64 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 4 - Book 6 - Calling Out a People for His Name

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 6 CALLING OUT A PEOPLE FOR HIS NAME Turn to 1 Corinthians Chapter 3. Paul uses the term constantly; the Church which is his Body. The head of that Body is in Heaven in the Person of Christ, and since Christ is the very epitome of the kingdom, as we have seen the kingdom taught all the way through Scripture, the kingdom is where Christ is, and that is in Heaven. And so, consequently, as we become members of the Body of Christ, we also become members of the kingdom, as Paul points out in Colossians Chapter 1; that God the Father hath translated us from darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son. Now, in 1 Corinthians Chapter 3, Paul gives such a beautiful illustration that fits every believer, and it may shock you a little bit. 1 Corinthians 3:9 "For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building." "you are God's building." 1 Corinthians 3:10 You build that foundation, and that building will either be something or nothing, depending on that foundation; everything is going to rest on that foundation. "...But let every man take heed how he builds thereon..." on that foundation. I Corinthians 3:11 "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." "For other foundations can no man lay..." There is the foundation: Paul is the masterbuilder, he has given us the instruction; he has given us the blue print of how to build on this foundation as a believer. I Corinthians 3:12 "Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,..." "Now if any man (women or child, anyone) build upon this foundation... in other words they are believers, they trusted it for Salvation, and they are in the body. Now, if they build upon this they can have all these materials to work with ...gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,..." Wood, hay, and stubble, and on the other hand gold, silver and precious stones. 1 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." "Every (person's) work..." Every person's work as a believer, his everyday practices, "...shall be made manifest..." Now, this particular spotlight is going to be the penetrating fiery eyes of The Lord Jesus at the Judgement Seat of Christ wherein every believer will be examined, not for sin, but for what? His works. ...by fire;... Revelation 19:11,12 ...a flame of fire,..." It really should have been the Bema Seat or the Seat of Reward. The reason it's called the seat of reward is because the Bema Seat was the Seat of Rewards in the Olympic Games; and at the Olympic games, the Bema Seat was occupied by the judges who would determine who was first, second, and third, etc. Back in Paul's day what was the crown? We're running for an incorruptible crown. Gear up to work for rewards. We're using the building concept here. You use gold, silver and precious stones. I Corinthians 3:13 "Every man's work..." "...the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed (or tested) by fire" - by the eyes of Christ; and those eyes shall test every man, every believer. It will test every believer's work of what sort it is. I Corinthians 3:14 "If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward." "If any man's work..." If it is gold, precious stones, or silver, then, Yes, it will!But, what if it's wood, hay and stubble? I Corinthians 3:15 "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." "If any man's work shall be burned,...(if it's wood, hay and stubble) "...he shall suffer loss:...", - not of Salvation but of rewards! He won't get a reward. Now, you see the difference between Salvation and works? "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss:..." But, even that believer, misfit as he is in God's overall program, will still be saved! Even if I did get my head knocked off. If we work for rewards, we're going to be in the very center of activity when that kingdom comes about. I Corinthians 15:52 Paul says (and he expected to be alive) ...shall be changed." "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." "For if we..." what's the word? Believe! It doesn't say if we join the church. It says if we believe. Don't just believe in God. There's the Gospel. The presence of Christ in Heaven. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:..." For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven," now you remember Isaac. "...The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:..." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible