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I will listen to the Utah SDR and see if I can pick people up there. But anyway, more voice check-ins. Please come down. Okay, KJ7, PWM, Brian, I heard you. We got a better band today, brother. All right, good copy on that entire transmission, Brian. That's a joy. So anyway, no new prayer requests. You can barely hear yourself on the Utah SDR. And I think I'm just going to listen to you direct today. So anyway, real good, Brian, if you want to make comments, today's the day. Jump in. Okay, other check-ins, please come now. All right, the net would like to acknowledge Peter, KJ7BA. Peter, see you there on the Utah SDR. Thank you for being there. Always appreciate your faithfulness. Alright, and Peter says good morning to everyone. Alright, well good. Okay, any other check-ins, please come to note. Question? Oh, back question, go ahead. Well, thank you for that. Amen. I'm glad to hear you're out here, Mark, and I'll catch you later, maybe after the net. Back to net. Okay, back to net. All right. The net would like to acknowledge Gene, K7GWR. Good morning, Gene. See you there on the Utah SDR. Appreciate you being there. And, yep, we've got Keith Yeah, it was wonderful. We both limited out, took three hours, caught five beautiful rainbows in the 14-15 inch range there at Sly Creek Reservoir. So, yeah, we had a really good time. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Well, amen. Yeah, I remember swimming and fishing in Sly Creek Reservoir many times as a boy. So glad you guys had a good time and some good fellowship. That's wonderful that you were able to do that with your pastor. All right, Steve, thanks for the good report. Alright, any other check-ins this morning, please come down to your call site. WB7VZL, sounds like a fun time. Hey Roger, you just slipped in under the wire and we're going to let you in the door and give you a chair and we're grateful that you're here. So did Candy, N7DIT make it to Kenya? Well, I have yet to confirm anything from Kenya. I told Dailene, "Why don't you write a text to Kenny welcoming her to Kenya after that plane delay?" That's what I think I tried to mention in the band conditions. But I have a big praise the Lord that I'm able to hear you today. Well, yeah, Roger, I hear you real well, too. Yeah, we missed you yesterday. But, yeah, band conditions have greatly improved, so we're praising the Lord for that. I'm able to hear pretty much everybody direct, a couple of relays, but things are going well. Any prayer requests, Roger? not far from my house that included a fatality and I knew them all by their first names and shared together, walked by their house hundreds of times over the years. So we have yet to have a full revelation of them. But the names are Jose and Jesse and Connie. Jose and Connie are husband and wife, owners of the home. And it's really a horrible, smoking black mess. Alright, I'm not hearing any more check-ins, so we are going to proceed with our Bible study. I will check the SDRs from time to time, see if we pick up anybody else there. Oh, there's Dan, N6TNI. Good morning, Dan. Good to see you. Just glanced over there at the Half Moon Bay. Alright, I think we have everybody probably over on Utah. I don't have time to go through that right now. But anyway, we've got Dan in 6T and I. Good morning, Dan. Alright, we are in 1 Corinthians chapter 3, and we're going to be looking at verses 8 through 15. It's 1 Corinthians chapter 3, verses 8 through 15. We're dealing with a section. where Paul is returning to this matter of divisions within the church. And those divisions revolved around preachers and teachers, leaders in the church. Some were saying that, well, I like Paul's teaching. And others were saying, I like Apollos' teaching. And others were saying, I like the teachings of Cephas. And then there were those who were saying, wait a second, we need to follow Jesus. and um So they were right. We did need to follow Jesus and his teachings and recognize that men are just instruments through whom Christ conveys his teaching to us. And so as Paul says, I have planted and Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. that you would give us teachable hearts and bright and willing spirits, and Lord, that we would grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through this this morning. We thank you for your tremendous mercies towards us and your love for us. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen, Steve. Thank you for that. Appreciate that prayer. Okay, Roger, WB7VZL, if you could read for us today. Appreciate that. Roger, if you could read for us, please, 1 Corinthians 3, verses 8-15. That's 8-15 there, Roger. This is WB7VZL reading from the New American Standard Version. And this is verse 8 of 1 Corinthians 3. Now, he who plants and he who waters are one. But each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But let each man be careful how he builds upon it, For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now, if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and straw, each man's work will become evident, for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work which he has built upon it remain, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire. My, that sure relates to what happened in our neighborhood. It's a horrible mess. Yeah, we want our spiritual life to not look like that house down the street. This is WB7VZO. Yeah, Roger, interesting immediate parallel in the providential circumstances in your life. And you know, when you look at that burned out building, you know, there's certain things that didn't burn. You know, and those are the things that are tried by fire and remain. And so things like a toilet made out of porcelain, they don't burn. Dressers made out of wood, they burn right up. And so, yeah, the fire proves the nature. But as we think about the building materials back then, it took straw and hay and clay and mud to make bricks. I'm thinking about the bricks that the Israelites made in Egypt and how they were threatened with no straw for a while. deciding on the building materials like like Jesus can and so I just say Jesus you're in charge just make me a faithful builder with whatever materials you give me to build upon over here. Yeah Roger really well said I think that the gold silver and precious stones are the wisdom of God, and the wood, hay, and stubble are the wisdom of man. You know, you see that contrast being drawn in this passage, especially in chapter 1, where, you know, the wisdom of God is foolishness with this world, and the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And, you know, when you're the pastor of a church, and, you know, you're preaching the Word of God... with the wisdom that God has in his word. Back to you then, Roger. Yes, thank you. I appreciated that. In fact, I put a parenthesis around the word hay and straw, and then I noted man's wisdom. Thank you for that, instructor. I appreciate that. All right, real good. That's Roger, WB7VZL. This is Max, WB7MAX. All right, other comments on this passage? Please come down to your call zone. 5 Yankee. 5 Yankee. Please go ahead. And so the primary reference here is to how are you doing the work of God? When you pastor your church, is it founded on Jesus? And then are you teaching the wisdom of God to the congregation and building up the church in Christlikeness, and in biblical theology and in biblical morality and practice or not. But those same principles, as you well said, apply to our individual lives. How am I building my life? Of course, we all start out with repentance of sin and faith in Jesus. That's the foundation of our lives. That's the rock upon which we build our life, as it says there in Matthew chapter 7. But then we have to grow, don't we? And how do we grow in grace and in knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Well, in the same way... By reading the Bible, understanding what it teaches, living out the applications that it makes, doing God's work God's way, and when we do that, we lay up treasure in heaven. For moth and rust is not corrupted, thieves don't break through and steal. On the day of judgment, we individually will be rewarded for that. just like ministers will be rewarded for the work they do in pastoring churches. So, yes, Beck, you're exactly correct. There is an application to both ministers of the gospel here primarily and then secondarily to us individually as we build our lives And so we are doubly blessed. We get salvation by grace. We get rewards by grace. And it's amazing that God would reward us at all. But it's just a manifestation of his love and kindness to us. Anyway, all right, anybody else have a comment here? Please come down. Roger, please go ahead. I was just thinking about Martin Luther's speech. I saw the contrast between the traditions of the church and what he had read in the Bible. But here I stand. He wanted his foundation to be on the Lord Jesus, over. Yeah, amen. He wanted his foundation to be on Christ and not on human works, ritual, or... and for them to renew their faith in Christ as that solid rock upon which they stand. So, yeah, you play that song for them and tell them it's from the West Coast Bible study. All right, other comments on this passage? Please come down with your call sign. Kevin, KB7, ZXN, go ahead. And that's what we are. We are faithful servants and called to work as fellow laborers together in unity. And we might have different ministries and different roles and different functions, but we are to have that faithful service in unity. God doesn't measure success by numbers. He measures success by faithfulness and service. you know, and then he does kind of speak to the judgment seat of Christ. You know, he rewards that faithful service to him. These are the, uh, things that are, uh, rewarded in heaven. Uh, second Corinthians, uh, five, 10 speaks to that and some other areas of text. But, um, Yeah, this is, I think, a wonderful portion of text that speaks to that we should be building each other up, encouraging each other, and celebrating successes that each other may have in different roles in ministry and what have you within the church and amongst the brethren overall. As Paul always celebrated those successes as he... wrote out to the churches. But let us not be divided by personalities and or worldly concepts. KB7 is that example. Yeah, Kevin, well said. The church is not a business. You know, I remember, Kevin, when I started the Sovereign Grace Bible Church up here in Lebanon back in 19... I was going along there for about a year or so, and there was a guy that came up. And this guy knew I was a businessman and that I'd been successful in business. And he comes up to me and he says, you know, you need to change the way you do things around here. He says, you wouldn't run your business this way. And I said to him, the church isn't a business, exactly what you said. I said the church is a spiritual ministry. We've got to do God's work God's way. And we can't have this attitude that if it's not producing the kind of results that we think we want to see, we need to change things to produce them. And so I really appreciate your comment. The church is not a business. And you know, there was an individual named Bill Hybels who pastored a church called the Saddleback Church, and he was the one who started this whole seeker-sensitive movement where, you know, you ask the people what they want in a church, and then you give them what they want. Well, that's exactly backwards. You need to ask Jesus Christ what he wants in a church. and then operate the church in that fashion. Because in the final analysis, the church isn't for the people. The church is for Jesus Christ. And those who love Jesus, want to learn from Jesus, want to follow Jesus, want to be like Jesus, want to give glory to Jesus, want to witness for Jesus, those people will be attracted to a church where Jesus Christ is not only the foundation of the church, but is front and center in the church. And it's all about Him, and it's not about us. And so that is exactly what it means to build gold, silver, and precious stones. We have this spiritual model rather than this business model of how we run the church. So there's one head to this church. It's Jesus Christ, and our sole concern is... There's no point in anybody being greater than another in this passage. And I think that's how God is. And you know, in mentioning about going and playing today to all the memory impaired folks, I've got to tell you, my grandmother-in-law, she died at 103 years old. She played the mighty Warlitzer organ for talking movies, if you can imagine that, and half you guys out there don't even know what that is. And so when she was in the old folks' home at 103, we went to visit her, I'll never forget this, and she started playing some of this Christian music on a piano, including on the solid rock I stand. And all of the old people that were singing, she was only hitting half the keys, but everybody knew what she was playing, over. Yeah, praise the Lord. Yeah, music is the language of the soul. And even when the mind isn't working too good, music always connects with the soul. So, you know... That's the thing is that, you know, it doesn't matter what you build your church out of physically. Some churches are just mud huts, and other churches are beautiful cathedrals. But what matters is what are you building in the lives of the people? Are you building them up in Christ or not? And I want to make another comment here. I think it's so important in verse 15. It says, let's see, No, it's in verse 13. He says, Every man's work shall be made manifest, verse 13, for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. That is, what kind of work it is. And it's interesting to me that God doesn't evaluate work by size, but by sort. That is... It belongs to Him. I'm just a laborer in the Church, carrying out the will of Christ. The Church belongs to Him. And so we always need to keep that mentality. No one of us controls the Church. No one of us controls the theology. Jesus Christ controls the Church, and Christ controls the theology. It's a monarchy. He's the head of the Church. We're the body. And we do and carry out His will. All right, other comments on this passage? Please come down. where Jesus says, look, I'm coming now to give you your reward on the Alpha and Omega, that section. Mark was tying that all together there. Max, over. Yeah, copy that. And he is saying that... Yeah, I think he's just a listener this morning, but he did check in and he's doing just fine, so thank you for that. Okay, well, you know, in verse 10 of our passage, Paul says, "...according to the grace of God which is given unto me as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation..." And the authority is supposed to remain the same. And the authority is Jesus Christ and his word. The doctrine is that which is contained in the scriptures. And so the same thing that Paul taught Timothy, Timothy was to teach others who were to teach others also. And so there's continuity in the church, even though there's a change of pastors. And we all know that pastors have different levels of giftedness, but the concept is that... All righty. Well, let's go to the Lord in prayer. Our kind and gracious Father, we thank you so much for this passage. And thank you, Father, for the wisdom and the direction it gives to us about how we are to function as public ministers of the gospel and even as individual Christians. And Lord, I pray that they would be able to build each of their churches with your wisdom, with those gold, silver, and precious stones, and not with man's wisdom. Father, we just commit ourselves to you, and we trust that in that great day, the work that we've done for you will endure through that fiery examination. Last time they tried to have a medical mission there, the government officials turned them away, wouldn't let them come. And so, Lord, I pray that there would be a change of heart. And, Lord, there would be a welcome and open arms for Doc and his group to be able to minister there. Father, we pray for our sister Candy, N7DIT. Father, I just pray that she would arrive safely in Kenya. And may you be pleased to use candy in a mighty way in their lives. Father, our hearts are in union with our brother David, KK7PDI, as he is disturbed about the civil unrest within our nation and around the world. Father, we read the Bible says that the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest. in the Jose, Connie, and Jesse home. Father, not sure who lost their life there, but Lord, what a disaster. I pray that through it, Father, there would be people who would be saved and there would be people who recognize the temporary nature of material possession and that they would strive to lay a treasure in heaven circles that he has. And Lord, I just pray that you would facilitate his interaction with his friends. And Lord, may he know both receiving and giving good content in their fellowship around Christ. Father, we just want to pray today for our children, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren, those on the net. to dwelling in the house of the Lord forever. And now, Lord, be pleased to gather us together again tomorrow around the Scriptures and your Son. And may we strengthen each other in the things of God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. All right, this is WB7 in the X-Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study. I want to thank all the stations you checked in this morning, as well as those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency. We meet here seven days a week at 6 a.m. in order to read the Scriptures, understand their meaning, message, and application, a Bible that had survived the flames. Talk about an imagery. So the word is traveling that a Bible survived. And I know for a fact that there was a sharing of the Word of God by an adjacent neighbor who I have yet to talk to, but share with Jesse. And I think he's a fatality. He had a history of alcoholism and smoking. that this world is going to be on fire and not with a fervent heat. And, you know, the only thing that's going to be preserved are God's people. And so, you know, there's a sense in which we recognize everything in this life is temporary. The only thing that is permanent is Christ and faith in him and our souls and the work that we have done on his behalf. 73 WB7VZLWB7MAX, clear and standing by. AK6OK with a comment. Jeff, AK6OK, go ahead with your comment. Yeah, you guys, I love to hear that story about the Bible that was preserved. We sent one time a pallet of Bibles to a little church in the New Orleans area. You are certainly welcome. You know, one other story that comes to mind real quick. We sent, I think it was a couple of pallets to a base one time, and they were delivered to the chapel, and they were unloaded and put in front of the chapel so the next couple of days they could bring them in. And by the next morning, all of them were stolen by other chaplains on the base. Over. Over. And as long as they're readable, they have the same value they did the way they were printed, over. I totally agree. Oh my gosh. And at one time, we put insignias on the Bibles for different units in the military. And at that point, you know, they used to give out -- if a soldier wanted ten Bibles, they would give them to them. When we started printing insignias, they would only issue one and told them that, "You cannot have another one. These are precious."