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The Triune God, the Father -the Son - the Holy Spirit is seen in the symbolism in First Corinthians chapter 3.
But not all will be willing to receive it. If you can hear it, hear it.
This examination is not about doctrinal points believed as much as about the quality of spiritual life lived.
Where in this is the Triune God ?
The gold may represent the divine nature of the Father.
The silver may represent the redeeming of the Son.
The precious stones may represent the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
The local church in Corinth and everywhere else is built up by the divine nature of the Father, the redeeming work of Christ, and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
Man living out and in the realm of the Trinity is the only suitable building material for the living house of God.
Cont. below:
But not all will be willing to receive it. If you can hear it, hear it.
" For another foundation no one is able to lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
But if anyone builds upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, grass, stubble,
The work of each will become manifest; for the day will declare it, because it is revealed by fire, and the fire itself will prove each one's work of what sort it is.
If anyone's work which he has built upon the foundation remains, he will receive a reward;
If anyone work is consumed, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire." (1 Cor. 3:11-15)
This examination is not about doctrinal points believed as much as about the quality of spiritual life lived.
Where in this is the Triune God ?
The gold may represent the divine nature of the Father.
The silver may represent the redeeming of the Son.
The precious stones may represent the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
The local church in Corinth and everywhere else is built up by the divine nature of the Father, the redeeming work of Christ, and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
Man living out and in the realm of the Trinity is the only suitable building material for the living house of God.
Cont. below: