1 CORINTHIANS 3:1\u201310<\/b><\/p>\n
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly\u2014mere infants in Christ<\/i><\/p>\n
(1 Corinthians 3:1)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Toward the end of his three-year sojourn in Ephesus, Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:5\u20139), answering a number of questions they had sent to him and settling many problems that had arisen in the church. Shortly thereafter, he wrote them another letter after he had heard from them again (2 Corinthians).<\/p>\n
Tabletalk<\/i>\u2019s theme last month was \u201cThe Ravaged Bride of Christ,\u201d and our theme this month is \u201cThe Spotless Bride of Christ.\u201d Surely the Corinthian church had been ravaged by sinfulness and disobedience. Yet, when Paul begins his first letter he writes to them as if they were pure and holy (1 Corinthians 1:4\u20139). In union with their Lord, Jesus Christ, they were indeed spotless, but they were failing to behave in accordance with their position.<\/p>\n
Paul says in chapter 3 that they were \u201ccarnal,\u201d by which he means backslidden and weak. They were acting like babies, quarrelling and complaining. This passage has been given a serious misinterpretation in recent years, giving rise to the \u201ccarnal Christian doctrine.\u201d This notion says that some Christians never do any good works, and arrive at heaven without having done anything for the kingdom. They have Christ as Savior, but never own Him as Lord.<\/p>\n
This is a very bad doctrine. We cannot have Christ as Savior without also having Him as Lord. Is Christ divided? No, of course not. If we have received Him at all, we have received Him in His totality, as Savior and as Lord.<\/p>\n
Paul writes concerning church-builders that some labor with wood, hay, and stubble, and some with gold, silver, and jewels. On the Day of Judgment, some men will see their wooden works burned up, but they themselves will be saved. Paul is not speaking here of believers in general, as if our own works can consist wholly of straw. Rather, in context he is speaking of pastors. Some pastors labor their whole lives in dead, strawy churches, and their labors are lost in the sense that the church dies. Such pastors are not, however, \u201ccarnal Christians,\u201d because their works are good in themselves. It is a serious misinterpretation to view 1 Corinthians 3:10\u201317 as applying to individual believers and their works.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
2 Kings 12\u201314<\/p>\n
John 5:31\u201347<\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n
2 Kings 15\u201319<\/p>\n
John 6:1\u201344<\/p>\n
Those who seek to have Christ as Savior only are the \u201cwood, hay, and straw.\u201d They will be burned up, because they have torn up the church by their carnal behavior. Read this chapter. If it applies, correct your ways before it is too late. Ensure that you are among the \u201cgold, silver, and jewels.\u201d<\/p>\n
For further study: Eph. 4:11\u201315 \u2022 Col. 1:28\u201329 \u2022 Heb. 5:11\u20136:2 \u2022 1 Peter 2:2<\/i><\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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