![]() 10, ‘master builder’, ‘laid foundation’, ‘building’, ‘how he builds’. Metaphors from agriculture and carpentry are used here to convey God’s message. 9, Christians are God’s ‘fellow workers’ who are in ‘God’s field’ and are ‘God’s building’. 8, plants + waters –> own reward, which is the Christian’s labor (while on earth after salvation). Here are the metaphors I observed in this passage: It refers to something concrete in our experience, but uses it an an analogy to teach spiritual truth. It is like a word picture using figurative language. He is dealing with something other than the physical when he wrote of Christians (fellow workers) involved in ‘God’s service’, ‘God’s field’, and ‘God’s building’, but he used a natural analogy his audience would understand – a metaphor.Įxamine the metaphors that are used in this passage.Ī metaphor is ‘a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable’ (Oxford Dictionaries Online 2018. silver and chaff when he wrote of ‘fellow workers in God’s service you are God’s field, God’s building’ (v. Paul cannot mean literal buildings, foundation. Paul’s use of metaphors: God tests our works So this passage is dealing with what happens to Christians when their rewards are determined by God at the end of life (v 8). Who is Paul addressing in 1 Cor 3:8-15? 2 At the beginning of chapter 3, he is clear that his audience consists of ‘brothers and sisters’ in Christ (3:1). That was the question asked on a Christian forum online:Ĭould you please tell us who or what you believe is being burned up in the following verses: 1 Corinthians 3:8-15 (NASB)? 1 2. After the race is over for each believer, He will gather every member before the bema for the purpose of examining each one and giving the proper reward to each (Stewart 2018). The Christian life is a race, and the divine umpire is Jesus Christ. Likewise, the Judgment Seat of Christ is not a judicial bench. The bema was not a judicial bench where someone was condemned it was a reward seat. After the contests were over, the successful competitors would assemble before the bema to receive their rewards or crowns. In the large Olympic arenas, there was an elevated seat on which the judge of the contest sat. It will be a judgment only for true believers in Christ, born again people. ![]() This is known as the Bema Seat Judgment because the Greek word used for judgment in this verse is bema. One of the significant NT verses emphasising the judgment for believers is 2 Cor 5:10 (NIV): ‘For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due to us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad’. There will be condemnation for unbelievers and rewards for believers. The first condemns and the other rewards. In NT Greek, judge is used in these two senses. This is a person who decides who is the winner of a competition (Collins English Dictionary (Collins English Dictionary 2018.A judge in the law courts who was decides the application of the law.When I looked up the meaning of the noun, ‘judge’, in the Collins’ English Dictionary, I discovered two meanings: So, the concept of judgment for both achievement and condemnation applies in both secular society and the Scriptures. Who has caught these employers involved in the rip-offs? The Fair Work Ombudsman has picked up some of these underpayments and some have come from complaints by former employees. In Australia, we’ve seen that with businesses such as 7-11, The Super Retail Group, hospitality industry, Woolworths, Coles, Hungry Jack’s and KFC. We know from mass media coverage that people, especially the young, can work for low wages and encounter further rip-offs.
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