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Corinthians 3:10-23
According to the grace of God given
to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is
building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it.
11For no one can lay any foundation
other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. 12Now
if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood,
hay, straw— 13the work of each builder will become visible, for the Day will
disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what
sort of work each has done. 14If what has been built on the foundation
survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15If the work is burned up, the
builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire.
16Do you not know that you are God’s
temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple,
God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18Do not deceive yourselves. If you
think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may
become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is
written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20and again, “The Lord
knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
21So let
no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, 22whether Paul or
Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the
future—all belong to you, 23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to
God.
Foundations are the base work of a
building. Most of us don’t care what it
looks like, but we do care that it is sturdy, solid, immovable. I remember when building my house I was
excited to see the foundation poured, but it didn’t really become my house
until I saw the stuff built on top. I
did care again about the foundation when water came into the basement!
How sturdy is your foundation. Scripture tells us that our foundation is
Jesus, and if so, that would be a sturdy foundation. Jesus we know from scripture is the
rock.
What does our temple “look”
like? Not just our physical appearance,
though how we care for our physical bodies is a spiritual matter. What is built on our foundation? Are we caring for it as we know we should?
As we continue this Lenten season at
Ascension, we continue to discuss the faith practices of discipleship. In many ways these are the building blocks
upon which is built our temple upon the foundation of Christ. What rooms do you need to tend to?
Listen to Sanctuary:
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