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Jeff Struecker
1 Corinthians: Will your life leave a dent on Hell? / Jeff Struecker
32 minutes Posted Mar 31, 2025 at 6:30 pm.
-23I. Quality that passes the toughest test 1 Corinthians 3:10-13According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one’s work will become obvious. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.II. Setting your faith on fire 1 Corinthians 3:14-15If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will experience loss, but he himself will be saved—but only as through fire. III. Which way to the sanctuary?1 Corinthians 3:16-17Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.IV. Fooling no one but yourself 1 Corinthians 3:18-20Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness; and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are futile.V. You have everything when you have Christ1 Corinthians 3:21-23So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come—everything is yours, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.Next Steps: Believe: Today, I place my life in Jesus’s hands. Become: I will spend my time and energy on what matters for eternity.Be Sent: I will live out my faith at work or school this week.Discussion Questions: What happens if you throw paper in a fire?  What happens if you throw silver in a fire?Will the most precious parts of your life survive a house fire? Explain your answer. Why should you “go’ to church when the Holy Spirit lives inside you?How can it be possible for people to “deceive themselves” about their own faith?What part of your faith is missing in your life?What measure do you use to ensure that your life will leave an eternal impact?Pray for the Holy Spirit to show you how to impact eternity this week.
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Big Idea: Will your life leave a dent on Hell?1 Corinthians 3:10-23I. Quality that passes the toughest test 1 Corinthians 3:10-13According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one’s work will become obvious. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.II. Setting your faith on fire 1 Corinthians 3:14-15If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will experience loss, but he himself will be saved—but only as through fire. III. Which way to the sanctuary?1 Corinthians 3:16-17Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.IV. Fooling no one but yourself 1 Corinthians 3:18-20Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness; and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are futile.V. You have everything when you have Christ1 Corinthians 3:21-23So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come—everything is yours, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.Next Steps: Believe: Today, I place my life in Jesus’s hands. Become: I will spend my time and energy on what matters for eternity.Be Sent: I will live out my faith at work or school this week.Discussion Questions: What happens if you throw paper in a fire?  What happens if you throw silver in a fire?Will the most precious parts of your life survive a house fire? Explain your answer. Why should you “go’ to church when the Holy Spirit lives inside you?How can it be possible for people to “deceive themselves” about their own faith?What part of your faith is missing in your life?What measure do you use to ensure that your life will leave an eternal impact?Pray for the Holy Spirit to show you how to impact eternity this week.