What Foundation have you built your life on ?
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According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 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. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
According to the Grace of God
Lets notice this Paul is used for Gods kingdom He goes all over doing Gods work but he acknowledges that it is only by the grace of God that he was used in such a way.
Remember last week Who is Paul this immediately follows He is saying anything I have done to include the laying of the foundation of Christ
The planting this very church all the work the reading the preaching the teaching the service to Christ here has been done solely by and through Gods grace
As it were a privilege to do the work of God.
Not all will or can
except those called by God
Sure any man can teach by his own reason and even preach under his own authority
But only a man called by God anointed by God can be used by God to the usefulness of God
Sure a good speaker can rally the troops cause them to scream out even dance a little
But only the man called by God can drive them to their knees
I tell you we need these men of God called by His grace not looking to be known but to make the riches of heaven known to man
These God fearing men that call us to live a life of integrity
a life of Honor
a life of service
to the one what has given absolutely everything to us
WE need these men
I see a lot of people who don't want hell
but not many who want heaven or Christ who made heaven available to us
How do I know How dare I say such things
It is obvious isn't it
the God of heaven is not only the riches of heaven not only the rewards of heaven the streets of Gold but the
never ending fellowship with the one who created them and with one another .
Now every knee will bow this is a fact.
but I dare I say , I see little bending the knee today
no God sees very little bending of the knee today
My dear brother my dear sister they bend the knee to no one
out of the fear of being thought of as weak out of the pride of life
they really don't want Christ because they don't want to surrender to him
No I tell you the truth today they just want the rewards of Christ
Here in this passage we see Paul exhorting us today so let me remind you today what foundation is your life set upon
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 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. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.
But let each one
Jesus tells us he is the rock on which to stand He is the foundation HE must be the cornerstone
He must be the foundation of life if you are to be saved if you are to be justified if you are to become sanctified He must be the core foundation that your whole life your whole being is laid upon
He cannot be merely someplace you go
someplace you visit someone you only call to in trouble no my dear friend he must be your foundation
But just as important as the foundation is what we build on it
If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
Which temple you are
I want to ask you Here Paul is saying if you be born again you are the temple of God
I want to ask you are you Gods Holy temple do you live in a way that honors his temple
Now we don't drink at church we don't gamble at Church why because we have a idea that this is gods house and shouldn't we respect it
I say to you no this isn't Gods house we are Gods house when we are together He is with us so the question is how do you treat Gods house with respect with dignity with purity
Or are you filling it with lust hate sin disease
Brothers sisters we must do better we must be better in this its way past the time of disregarding this scripture we have diabetes heart diseases obesity drunkenness drugs pornography infidelity all theses thing defile the Holy temple of God which you are let us resolve this day to treat what God has given us with more care and concern
remember Christs words in Matt
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”