1 Coríntios 3
Ray Stedman · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 3
Stedman warns that "effort put out to impress people of what the church is like and its power and impressiveness in the eyes of the world is wasted effort -- wood, hay and stubble that comes to nothing in the measurements of God." (1 Corinthians 3:16-23 How To Destroy A Church) ILLUSTRATION - The story is told of a man who was a great lover of the arts, who travelled widely and brought back to his home masterpieces of all types. His beautiful mansion, overlooking a lovely lake, was filled with these art treasures.One night he awakened, coughing and choking with heavy smoke. He crawled out of bed and over to an open window. As he looked out, both wings of the house roared into flames. Just then a fireman looked up at him leaning out of the window and cried: “Jump for your life, man; the roof is about to cave in!” Scarcely had he jumped into the firemen’s net below when that part of the house in which he had just been crashed down behind him. He looked back to see the efforts of a lifetime and the expenditure of a fortune go up in smoke, a total loss. He was saved, but so as through the flames. This is the picture that Paul gives us, and it is a sad warning that many a Christian will SUFFER loss. J
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Stedman - 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 How To Destroy A Church) Related Resources: What is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? | GotQuestions.org - nice summary at bottom of article concerning 10 results of the indwelling of the Spirit What does it mean that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit? | GotQuestions.org - Excerpt: But by choosing the word “temple” to describe the Spirit’s dwelling, He conveys the idea that our bodies are the shrine, or the sacred place, in which the Spirit not only lives, but is worshiped, revered, and honored. Therefore, how we behave, think and speak, and what we let into the temple through our eyes and ears becomes critically important as well, for every thought, word and deed is in His view. Even though He will never leave us, it is entirely possible to grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4: 30). I What does it mean that Christ is in us? | GotQuestions.org How should we live our lives in light of our identity in Christ? What was the role of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? | GotQuestions.org 1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. Amplified If anyone does hurt to God’s temple or corrupts it with false doctrines {EDITORIAL COMMENT - I LIKE THE AMPLIFIED AND IT CAN GIVE GOOD INSIGHTS BUT BEWARE OF IT AND ANY VERSION WHEN THEY BECOME INTERPRETIVE - WHILE FALSE DOCTRINE CLEARLY CORRUPTS, THAT PROBLEM IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED BY PAUL IN THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT - SEE NOTE BELOW}] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you the believing church and its individual believers] are.
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Stedman - There are two things Paul says to do if you catch yourself in this sort of a thing (THAT IS FIND YOU ARE DECEIVING YOURSELF) -- and we all do from time to time. We all think we are making an impression for God, doing great things for God, and down at the heart, hidden to others around us, is an ambition, a desire for prominence, for recognition, for fame perhaps. Paul says, "Stop kidding yourself. Don't let anyone deceive himself in this. You may be greatly impressing men, but God is totally unimpressed. You may think you are a great success but God is sadly shaking his head over what he sees. God cannot be fooled. He knows the heart. Others may give you tremendous applause and recognition, but if it is not coming from that sense of dependence on the wisdom and the power and the working of the Spirit of God, it all is wasted effort, coming to nothing." And then, secondly, Paul says, "Deliberately choose what the world says is foolish. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, thinks he's got it made, thinks he understands the methods to move people and motivate them, let him become a fool that he may become wise, "for the wisdom of the world is foolishness to God." (1 Corinthians 3:16-23 How To Destroy A Church) ILLUSTRATION from Ray Stedman - I was in the state of Washington a few weeks ago, and I met a pastor there who had been down here with us at PBC and he had set up some of the Body Life practices in his church. He told me that another pastor in town asked him once, "What are you doing over there in the church?" So he told him, "We're trying to share one another's problems. We pray for one another and we're trying to meet each other's needs. We have a service where we try to talk openly and honestly about where we are messing up in our homes and marriages." The other pastor said, "There's no other church in town that will act like that. Why do you do that?" And the first pastor said, "Because the New Testament tells us so." The other man said, "You won't get anywhere with that approach." But the first pastor said, "I determined that I was going to keep right on whether I got anywhere or not, because that is what God said to do." Now that is becoming a fool in order that you might become wise. That is choosing what the world and the worldly church says is wrong, but because the Lord says it is right, being willing to act upon it. Jack Arnold - It is quite possible for a Christian to be deceived because he is operating on worldly wisdom rather than God’s wisdom which is found in the Bible. This is true of ministers as well as the saints. To give oneself to worldly wisdom is to operate in this world as though there is no God. To view life strictly from a secular perspective is worldly wisdom. A nominal Christian can speak of God with his lips but live like an atheist because he has capitulated to a secular, worldly, humanistic view of life which is all around him and which constantly hounds him to throw over faith in God and go the way of the world. This verse clearly says the way to become spiritually wise is to become a fool in the sight of the non-Christian world. The world says wisdom comes through power, fame, money, pleasure, manipulation of people to gain selfish ends, and thousands of other ways. For a Christian to become wise, he must renounce all human reasoning and worldly thinking and cling only to Christ by faith as He and His plan is revealed in the written Word of God. (1 Corinthians 3:18-4:5 Stewards Of The Gospel) J