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The Master BuilderThe true Church of God is like a building; a single structure, built of many parts, standing upon the foundation of Jesus Christ (is it just a coincidence that The Messiah was a carpenter?).
"3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:9-11 KJV) "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ" Historically, divisions in the true Church were the result of a party (as in a-part and part-ing) spirit - people choosing to follow, in effect, their favorite preacher, rather than Christ. It's a carnal struggle over who is going to take (as in seize) charge of the house in which Christ alone is the Master.
"3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? No one can be a true Christian without The Holy Spirit (see The Cure For The Carnal Mind); thereafter, "3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV). It's that spiritual Temple that Christ is ultimately building (see Physical and Spiritual Temples).
"3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are [see also Abomination of Desolation - Where?].
Fact Finder: By what measure are the parts of God's building judged to be "upright"?
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