Fireproof

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 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. 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.

 

    A humbling thought for each of us.

    The Day will bring Christ in judgment towards the ungodly, which we like to hear about. It also comes with a testing for those in Christ; not one of our enjoyable thoughts.

 

What each one of us works for and adds upon Christ Jesus’ work of the Cross and Resurrection will one day be tested.

    One simple test . . . Fire.

 

    Much of what we put effort and importance to will be vaporized in a moments flash; gone for all eternity.

 

    Church buildings will be gone.

    Books, Cds, tapes, dvds- all gone.

 

    Devotions, Worship, Service, Prayers, Sacrifices, Witnessing, and Love will remain.

 

    On that Day we are left with rewards and ashes.

 

    What are we laboring to build?

    Will it stand the test, is it fireproof?

 

   

Blessings,

Pastor Douglas