Apostle Paul's Epistle to The Romans part III

I apologize that these are out of sequence... I had typed this one out on my lap top.. as I was out of town.. and this is why... This is chapter 3


From the teaching 3/24/12


Apostle Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians part III



I Corinthians 3:1: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

Mere infants in the faith of Christ


 2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

Even now you still have to be fed on milk

 3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

A. You are still of a worldly attitude
B. You are still controlled by your own desires

 4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

 5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

 6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

 7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

 8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
 9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

Husbandry: You belong to god as His Field to be tilled, as his
building to be built, a structure of God's design.


 10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

Masterbuilder (defined):
A. Architect
B. The plan belonged to God, but the execution of the plan was
entrusted to Paul.

 11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

Whoever he is let him be careful how he builds

 13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

Works are compared to these materials; gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble. Some become pure in the fire and others are
completely burned up. Fire will try every man's work. If his are gold,
silver, and precious stones, they will abide the fire and he will receive
a reward for his works. If they are wood, hay, and stubble, his works
will be burned up, yet he, himself will be saved from the loss of his soul.

 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Judgment of the believer works and the time of this judgment is
between the rapture and the 2nd coming.
The place of this judgment is in heaven (Rom. 14:10 and II Corth 5:10)

 16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

 18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

God uses man's own brilliance to trap him. He traps the wise in their own
cunning.

 20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

 21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;

Let none of you make his boast in men. Everything belongs to you.

 22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;

He gives you All of the present and All of the future.
 23And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

But you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God.