Part 2
We have a choice as to what to build upon Jesus Christ who is our foundation. (1 Corinthians 3:12-13) “Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.”
If we build upon the foundation of Christ Jesus with gold, silver, and precious stones, then those persons will hold and preach nothing but the truth as revealed by Christ. This is a building, a temple built upon a good foundation.
Let’s look a little closer at some of these building materials. We know gold as a valuable and precious commodity. But an interesting quality about gold is that it can be both beaten and purified! Gold can be beaten and molded into different shapes and sizes, according to its designed purpose. And at the same instance, when gold is heated to high temperatures, all the impurities are burned and scorched out of its elements – leaving a substance that is both pure and priceless.
As we pray, read the Word and preach the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a beating and purifying process of our spiritual man is taking place! God is molding us into instruments that He may use for His purpose, and we are undergoing a purifying and sanctifying cleansing by an all consuming fire! Thank you, Jesus!
On the other hand, if we go “cheap” with our building materials, like some contractors who use fewer nails or wood with knots in it to save money, we get into real trouble when we build upon the foundation of Jesus Christ with hay or straw. Why? Even though these persons adhere or connect to Jesus Christ as their foundation, they depart from the mind of Christ and truth. They follow and believe what they want to hear and not the truth. Not the Kingdom message. When hay or straw is beaten, it flattens and is crushed. When fire is applied to this tinder, it consumes and destroys it.
Location matters. Both the foundation and the materials you use to build your temple matter.
- Mike West
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