HOLD THE LINE

1. HOLDTHELINE A study in I Corinthians

3. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:10-17: • According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done… HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

4. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:10-17: • … If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

5. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

6. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. • Church is _____ HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

7. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. • Church is PEOPLE HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

8. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. • Church is PEOPLE • The church is planted/watered by _______ HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

9. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. • Church is PEOPLE • The church is planted/watered by FELLOW MEMBERS HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

10. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. • Church is PEOPLE • The church is planted/watered by FELLOW MEMBERS • The church (people) grows (in number and in maturity) by the grace of _______ HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

11. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 Corinthians 3:6 • I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. • Church is PEOPLE • The church is planted/watered by FELLOW MEMBERS • The church (people) grows (in number and in maturity) by the grace of GOD! HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

12. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

13. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

14. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

15. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

16. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 • Ephesians 2:19-22 • …you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

17. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 Rewards… Losses… HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

18. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

19. 1 Cor. 3:1-17, Part II “Fire” Feb. 24, 2013 HOLD THE LINE I Corinthians

20. HOLDTHELINE A study in I Corinthians