In this daily Bible reading Paul continues to counsel the Corinthian’s not to worship those who preach to them. Paul and Apollos preached to the people. The people therefore held them in high esteem. Some even worshipped them. Paul said, “I planted and Apollo’s watered, but God caused the growth. So that neither the one who plants or the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.”
Paul also said, “Jesus Christ is the foundation, and we build on that foundation in growing the Church. God will judge and test our work in building the Church.”
The Bible says that our work will be ‘tested by fire.’ The work that is good will be like gold, silver and precious stones. The work that is bad will be like hay, wood and straw. The fire will reveal that which is good and endures. The Bible says that workers ‘whose work is burned up will suffer loss, but they will be saved, yet so as through fire.’
The people whose work is ‘burned up’ are not those who reject God or the Word of God, Jesus Christ. They are trying to apply their interpretation of God’s Word. However, they are not firmly anchored in God’s Word. Their heart is good, and they are trying to be obedient to God. However, they misapply scripture due to their lack of knowledge.
