Is a Christian able to use wood, hay, and stubble in daily Christian experience?
Yes. Paul lists wood, hay, and stubble among six potential building materials for the Christian’s daily experience. Unlike gold, silver, and precious stones, these three are destructible and can go up in a puff of smoke, yet they remain materials a believer may use while building on Christ the foundation.
Les explains that Paul is not the basis of salvation; the foundation is Jesus Christ, and no other foundation can be laid. Paul built on that foundation, and other apostles and Old Testament prophets added to it, all fitting together for God’s eternal purposes. Then in verse 12 Paul brings it down to the nitty gritty of everyday Christian experience. If anyone builds on this foundation—gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble—there are six materials. Three are indestructible by fire; the other three, wood, hay, and stubble, can go up in a puff of smoke. Yet Les emphasizes that all six are potential materials for the Christian to use in daily experience.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
More Questions
Can wood, hay, and stubble be legitimate materials for a Christian to build with?
Even though wood, hay, and stubble can burn up, they are still potential materials for the Christian to use in daily experience.
What kind of work is wood, hay, and stubble?
Works that are wood, hay, and stubble are those done without the right motive and are of no consequence.