tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970104655551891786.post1757009028876504282..comments2024-02-27T10:53:28.877-06:00Comments on Imprisoned in my Bones: Jack and MaryAnne Benderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795710781396825094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970104655551891786.post-79697116540926322932010-11-18T11:04:00.162-06:002010-11-18T11:04:00.162-06:0012 If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, ...<i>12 If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, <br />13 the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it. It will be <b>revealed with fire, and the fire (itself) will test the quality of each one's work.</b> <br />14 If the work stands that someone built upon the foundation, that person will receive a wage. <br />15 But if someone's work is burned up, <b>that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire.</b> <br />16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? <br />17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.</i> (1Corinthians 3: 12-17) <br /><br />In these passages - <b>1 Corinthians 3:12-17</b> - Paul is talking about how God judges our works after death by using a string of metaphors (we are God's building; works are good and bad materials, etc.). <br /><br />Paul says that if a person builds with good materials, he will receive a reward (verse 14). If he builds with a mixture of good and bad materials, his work is burned up, but he is still saved (verse 15). <br /><br />If he only builds with bad materials, he has destroyed the temple, and God will destroy him (verse 17).<br /><br />These passage demonstrates several things. First, it demonstrates that <b>our works</b> serve as a basis for determining our salvation. <br /><br />This is contrary to the erroneous Protestant belief that, once we accept Jesus by <b>faith alone,</b> we are saved. <br /><br />Protestants have no good explanation for why Paul is teaching the Corinthians that our works bear upon our salvation. <br /><br />Second, the verse demonstrates that, if a person does both good and bad works, his <b>bad works are punished, but he is still saved.</b> <br /><br />The Greek phrase for <i>"suffer loss"</i> (zemiothesetai) means <i>"to be punished"</i> (<b>Purgatory</b>). <br /><br />This means the man undergoes an expiation of temporal punishment for his <b>bad works</b> (sins) but is still saved. <br /><br />The phrase <i>“but only”</i> or <i>“yet so”</i> (in Greek, houtos) means <i>"in the same manner."</i> This means that the man must pass <b>through the fire</b> in the same way that his <b>bad works passed through the fire,</b> in order to expiate himself of the things that led him to produce the <b>bad works</b> in the first place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970104655551891786.post-17693355242265304562010-11-16T16:07:09.937-06:002010-11-16T16:07:09.937-06:00Great comparison :)Great comparison :)Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970104655551891786.post-92164819541765251292010-11-16T16:05:20.473-06:002010-11-16T16:05:20.473-06:00It's nice to read a post about your kids. I do...It's nice to read a post about your kids. I don't know much about them. The friendship they have sounds absolutely beautiful - just what siblings are supposed to have!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793291964836599064noreply@blogger.com