1 Corinthians 3:12-15
12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 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. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 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. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
We are to build wisely upon Christ as our rock, our soul foundation. Likening our spiritual construction with valuable building materials, we see that the real value is in things that last in the Architect’s eye. In the end, He is the inspector of our work. If we use inferior materials which burn easily, we labor in vain and are not up to the Master’s code; we lose much if we cut corners in our lives. Yet we have security, but He tests our hearts. Though the loss would be great, we do not lose the ground our foundation stands upon. Job 24:23 He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.
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