God will bring to light what is hidden in darkness

God will bring to light what is hidden in darkness  

1 Cor 4:5

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

Job 12:22

²² He reveals the deep things of darkness
    and brings utter darkness into the light.
²³ He makes nations great, and destroys them;
    he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

Psalm 90:8

⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your presence.

1 Cor 3:13

¹² If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  God will bring to light what is hidden in darkness

2)  God reveals the deep things of darkness
    and brings utter darkness into the light.

3)  God has set our iniquities before Him,
    our secret sins in the light of His presence.

4)  Our work will be shown for what is worth, because the Day will it to light

We are of Christ

We are of Christ

1 Cor 3:23

²¹ So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, 

²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas^[c] or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, ²³ and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

1 Cor 15:23

²² For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. ²³ But each in turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 

2 Cor 10:7

⁷ You are judging by appearances.^[a] If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.⁸ So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

Gal 3:29

²⁹ If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  We are of Christ

2)  In Christ all will be made alive, those who belong to Him.

3)  If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.

4)  If we belong to Christ, then we are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight

 The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight

1 Cor 3:19

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”^[a]; ²⁰ and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.

Rom 1:22

²² Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

1 Cor 1:20, 27

²⁰ Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸ God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may boast before him. ³⁰ It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight

2)  Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

3)  God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise

4)  God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong

5)  God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,  so that no one may boast before him.

We are God’s temple

We are God’s temple

1 Cor 3:16

¹⁶ Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 

1 Cor 6:19

¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

2 Cor 6:16

¹⁶ What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will live with them and walk among them,
and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Eph 2:21, 22

²¹ In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.²² And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Heb 3:6

⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  We are God’s temple and God’s Spirit dwells in our midst

2)  Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in us, whom we have received from God

3)  For we are the temple of the living God, as He lives with us and walk among us

4)  In God we are built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit

We are God’s house and Christ is faithful to us

Quality of each man’s work will be tested by fire

Quality of each man’s work will be tested by fire

1 Cor 3:13

¹² If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 

Num 31:22, 23

Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses: ²² Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead ²³ and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.

Jer 23:28 ,29

²⁸ Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. ²⁹ “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

Mal 3:3

² But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. ³ He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness

2 The 1:7

⁶ God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you ⁷ and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  Quality of each man’s work will be tested by fire

2)  This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses: ²² Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead ²³ and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.

3)  God’s word is like fire and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces

4)  On the day of His coming, He will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.

5)   Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels