What does the foundation of Jesus Christ cover?
The foundation of Jesus Christ covers everything concerning the church age—its doctrines, practice, and all else. It is the sole foundation no one can lay other than Jesus Christ. Other apostles and Old Testament prophets build upon it, and believers are part of building on that foundation, which is Christ and the hope of salvation.
Les explains that the foundation is Jesus Christ, not Paul, for Paul is not the basis of salvation. This foundation is laid for everything concerning the church age—doctrines, practice, and everything else. Upon this foundation, other apostles and the Old Testament prophets built, and their writings all add to it because everything fits together like a hand in glove for the eternal purposes of God. Paul makes it plain that believers are part and parcel of building on the foundation that is Christ and the hope of our salvation. Then verse 12 brings this down to the nitty-gritty of everyday Christian experience, where anyone building on this foundation may use gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble—six materials, three indestructible by fire or anything else, three that can go up in a puff of smoke, all potential materials for the Christian's daily experience.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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How do the Old Testament prophets and other apostles relate to the foundation of Jesus Christ?
Old Testament prophets and other apostles built upon the foundation of Christ, adding writings that fit together for God's eternal purposes.