10 Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
12 Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. 13 But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. 14 If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. 15 But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Terrie's Comments:
Unity and maintaining unity in the body of Christ is so critical. We can trust the Holy Spirit to deal with each person who is a part of that body. If they have made Jesus Lord there will be fruit. We all have blind spots that need to be revealed to us by God's Spirit so that we are convicted to deal with them and have His power to mature as we do. People are fragile. We need to be careful to not tear them apart from God and in turn destroy the very temple itself.
Jesus Christ needs to remain central in all that we do and say while we are representing Heaven here on earth.
Tori's Comments:
Of course we talked about togetherness in Chapel today.
Do Christians realize we all have the Holy Spirit in us? That that is enough of a reason to love someone wholly and completely, and put their needs before ours?
So many arguments over little things... And not wanting to make the big things seem like not a big deal but church unity has been shoved away and that IS a big deal.
Now question time.... This has been happening a lot with me recently. Do y'all ever have the same message pop up a few times in a row? Like, for example, this message I've heard twice today. And do you ever assume God is trying to emphasize something to you?
Another example was the passage on how God chooses the weak and foolish as His instruments.
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