
Contemporary
Corinthians
Week 2
Pastor Pete Keirstead
June 8, 2025
1 Corinthians 3:10-13 Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ. Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.
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I don’t have to “be careful.” I have to be
I have to be
1 Corinthians 1:11-12 For some members of Chloe’s household have told me about your quarrels… Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow only Christ.”
1 Corinthians 3:3-4 …you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world? When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?
- Wood, Hay & Straw: Personal preference over
1 Corinthians 1:9-10 … He has invited you into partnership … be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
Philippians 4:2 Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement.
Philippians 2:3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Gold, Silver & Jewels: humility and surrender over
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