Purpose Of Being Christian

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MtheD,

1 Corinthians 3:10 KJV According 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.

I do not believe the material atop the foundation is people. The entire structure is a believer. A believer has the foundation of Christ in him/her.

1 Corinthians 3:12-13 KJV (12) Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; (13) Every 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.

When Paul mentioned wood, hay, stubble, gold, silver and precious stones, that is the material used atop the foundation. It's not people, but doctrines. Fire tries the WORK and determines what shall successfully endure fire. We are the ENTIRE temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

The temple has a foundation and walls, etc. And the WORK involved in our structure will either be gold, silver and precious stones as the actual temple was, or wood, hay and stubble as in a common home.

But DOCTRINES are what are built upon the foundation, not people. People's Christianity is the entirety of the structure. What DOCTRINES are taught to these people to build up their Christianity? Paul tells the ministers to take how how they build atop the foundation. The entire structure is a person being taught who serves God. Paul put the foundation of Christ in them. And others who come along after Paul must preach proper doctrines upon that foundation.

All false doctrine will fail. Be burned up.