Passage
1 Corinthians 3:10-23 (ESV)
God Accepts Those Who Fear Him
Acts 10:17-35
Key Verse: 10:34
Jesus Christ, the Only Foundation
Date: Jun. 27, 2015
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 3:23
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
First, the sure foundation is Jesus Christ. (10-15) The apostle Paul served God's calling and Jesus Christ himself. He offered his life to lay the foundation of the gospel work in the Gentile world. He did this believing that in Jesus Christ God saved the whole world from sin and death. Paul's ministry itself was founded on his faith that the cross of Christ was the salvation for both Jew and Gentile. Jesus Christ is the only sure foundation. Paul warned the church in Corinth to assess what they were founded on. Work founded in Christ is eternal; everything else perishes.
Second, you are God's temple. (16-23) Christ's cross had the power to make the Corinthian Christians God's temple-his holy dwelling place. How foolish it would be for them to found their lives and ministry on the wisdom of this world, and deny such power. They are no more of the world, but they are of Christ.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for making me to be God's temple and of Christ. Help me to be founded only on the cross of Christ.
One Word: Live a life founded in Christ
