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Will you please explain works being burned, yet himself will be saved in 1 Cor. 3:15?. 1 Corinthians 3:5-17. Does not condone lukewarm lifestyle (Gal. 6:7-8; Rev. 3:15-16) Continues addressing division among brethren (1:10-4:21) Immature & carnal in their thinking and conduct (3:1-4).
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Will you please explain works being burned, yet himself will be saved in 1 Cor. 3:15?
1 Corinthians 3:5-17 • Does not condone lukewarm lifestyle (Gal. 6:7-8; Rev. 3:15-16) • Continues addressing division among brethren (1:10-4:21) • Immature & carnal in their thinking and conduct(3:1-4)
Teacher & Converts1 Cor. 3:5-15 • 3:5: Ministers through whom you believed • 3:6: Planting & watering by preachers & teachers • 3:7: Focus is to be God • 3:8: Unity of the men who plant & water the gospel (each man rewarded based on his own work)
1 Corinthians 3:9 • Teachers: God’s fellow workers • United with God • Converts: God’s field, God’s building • United with each other
Preaching the Gospel: Building God’s House1 Cor. 3:10-11 • By gospel preaching, 1 Cor. 2: 1-5; 3:6 • Unity in Christ, 1 Cor. 1:10-13; 4:6
Material Comprising God’s Building (church), 1 Cor. 3:12-15 • Gold, silver, precious stones • Wood, hay, straw • Work: Result of preaching,3:12-13 • Day of testing proves quality of material,3:13
Day of Fire 1 Cor. 3:13 • Trials reveal composition of teacher’s work (what sort it is), 1 Pet. 1:6-7; Jas. 1:2-4
Day of Trial Reveals Outcome of Preacher’s Work – 1 Cor. 3:14-15 • 3:14: Teacher receives a “reward” when those he taught endure, 1 Ths. 2:13-20 • 3:15: Teacher “suffers loss” when trials consume those he taught, 1 Ths. 3:1-5 • Paul was affected when those he taught weakened, stumbled & fell, 2 Cor. 11:29 (Gal. 4:11) • Teacher saved if he endures, Acts 20: 26-27 (Ezek. 3:21)
Was Christ’s body different after his resurrection or was it the same physical body he had before death and then changed when he was taken up into heaven? Luke 23:52-55; 24:1-3, 36-39
Christ the Firstfruits1 Cor. 15:20-22; Col. 1:18 • “With what body will they come?” • 1 Cor. 15:35-49 • Alive & same, yet different (seed & plant), 15:36-37 • Please God’s purposes, 15:38 • Illustration, 15:39-41
Bodily Resurrection1 Cor. 15:42-49 • Corruptible – Incorruptible • Dishonor – Glory • Weakness – Power • Natural body (dead corpse) – Spiritual body (living being) • Jesus the source of life • Natural body, then spiritual body • Christ is our assurance
1 John 3:2 • “Not yet revealed what we shall be” • (Phil. 3:20-21; Col. 3:4) • What we know: • “We shall be like Him” • “See Him as He is” • Purify ourselves, 1 Jno. 3:3; 4:17; 2 Pet. 3:10-13 Will our bodies be identical to that of Christ’s now in heaven?
When Christ Returns • Comfort to the faithful & warning to the sinner, 1 Ths. 4:13-18 • Are you ready to die? Jno. 5:28-29