The Temple Update

As we have gone through 1 Corinthians we have already been on quite a journey

We began by realizing our speech and knowledge is enriched by the Grace of God by Jesus Christ.

We learned that God is not going to leave us lacking in any gift and we learned about the two kinds of gifts in the bible. Salvation and other spiritual gifts. Of which we will never be lacking in either as long as we are planted on the foundation of Jesus Christ.

If you do not know about this firm foundation of Jesus Christ tonight is a great time to become a follower of Christ.

We learned that contentions in the church ought not to be. Paul rebukes the church for following certain men over the Lord Jesus Christ.

We learned that the about the wisdom of the world, and that it is in fact foolishness when compared to God.

We learned who and what a fool is.

We dove into who Jesus Christ is and how he is a stumbling block to some but to others he is the Power of God and the wisdom of God.

We took a deep dive into knowing how to never fall and we went over to first peter to find the pattern that we can follow to know that we will never fall.

We talked about the natural man vs the spiritual man

and last week we got into being more than babies in Christ. We learned we need to dig into the meat of the word.

We learned again that there should not be divisions in the church. Especially divisions of following one man over another.

We closed last week with the realization of the fact that all that we do will eventually be tried by fire. and we left off in verse 13

1 corinthians 3:13-15

1 Corinthians 3:13–15 KJV 1900

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. 14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Now we get into an amazing part of salvation.

The temple When Solomon finished building his magnificent temple in Jerusalem, he dedicated it with one of the truly magnificent prayers of the Bible. There it stood on Mount Moriah, all polished stone and gleaming gold. No expense had been spared. Armies of men had toiled for seven years to produce what was, indeed, one of the unsung wonders of the world. As part of the dedication, Solomon sacrificed thousands of oxen and sheep. Then he threw a nationwide, week-long feast for all his people. It is his prayer, however, which draws our attention. He said, “Will God in very deed dwell with men on earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!” (2 Chron. 6:18).

John Phillips, Exploring 1 Corinthians: An Expository Commentary, The John Phillips Commentary Series (Kregel Publications; WORDsearch Corp., 2009), 1 Co 1:10–4:21.

Exploring 1 Corinthians: An Expository Commentary Part 2: Divisions in the Church (1 Corinthians 1:10–4:21)

The Jews of Paul’s day were inordinately proud of their temple, even though it was really Herod’s temple, a temple which then replaced the long-since departed temple of Solomon. During his trial Stephen virtually guaranteed a death sentence for himself when he bluntly declared, “Solomon built him [God] an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands” (Acts 7:48).

It is in this temple the ark of the covenant was housed. The spirit of God dwelt between the charibims.