“Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 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.”
1 Corinthians 3:12-13 KJV
The quality of materials used by anyone building on this foundation will soon be made apparent, whether it has been built with gold, silver, and costly stones, or wood, hay, and straw. Their work will soon become evident, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by blazing fire! And the fire will test and prove the workmanship of each builder. This shows the building of the temple of God and what building materials are used. In Solomon’s temple, gold, silver and costly stones were used. But God’s temple has gold which is God’s wisdom; silver which is redemption’s fruit in us; costly stones are the transformed lives. Wood, hay and stubble signify the works of the flesh of men and not of God, which grow from the ground that God cursed. God commends both quality and durability and fire causes the better material to glow brighter. The inferior material is consumed. Even if Christ is our foundation, we can use the wrong material to build. We need God’s work done in God’s way to build God’s temple. Let’s yield to God the Holy Spirit for building us. Amen!
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