How do you steward your life and ministry to withstand tough times, and bear fruit? Get the answer in this revelatory message by Joseph Prince. See what it really means to build your ministry on “gold, silver and precious stones,” as opposed to “wood, hay and straw.” Understand why everything you do needs to be built on the sure foundation of Christ and His gospel of grace, and begin to walk in greater effectiveness and anointing as a leader and channel of blessing in your home, workplace and church. Build on the right foundation today and enjoy God’s rewards and blessings in every season!
so the thing is this the foundation is
Jesus Christ but how you build on the
next verse please now if anyone builds
on this foundation with gold silver
precious stones wood hay straw if anyone
builds on this foundation with gold
silver precious stones wood hay straw
each one’s work will become clear for
the day we declare it because it will be
revealed by fire and the fire will test
each one’s work of what sort it is if
anyone’s work which he has built on it
and yours listening you better be
listening okay because this is about
your ministry whether you receive reward
or not how many know that God gives
reward what was the reward for for
Peters obedience it was practical it was
literally what fisherman wants amen
so he’s very practical so reward is
reward but what what gives you the
reward if your work is not burnt so we
come to this if anyone’s work is burned
he will suffer loss here’s where the
Apostle Paul he’s a great guy he don’t
forget right he’s very quick to say but
he himself will be saved they got
nothing to do with salvation
some people say your ministry I know
you’re you are you’re going to hell you
know they they try to associate
performance with your eternal security
so the Apostle Paul’s not he’s very
quick we’re talking about what what your
ministry alright if your ministry if
you’re if your works are burned you
suffer loss that means what no reward
but you’re still saved yet so as by as
true fire numbers you still go through
it all right but you’re saved means at
the end all right after the fire you
know you’re just a still standing there
you’re not dead the fire will never
touch your soul your spirit man so the
question that begs an answer is this and
and I’ve studied many commentaries I’ve
studied a lot of people that they seem
to go by the standard norm which is what
day is this they will say the day of
judgment so when I was young I still
remember imagining myself you know
standing before God you know
you got strong and then God says ready
fire
all right and the fire comes on you you
know all your works and all that stir
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then you one day
all right on your underwear you know
everything else burns you know so the
way the way some some commentaries would
write it when they were when they write
it they talk about day of judgment but
what so I asked a lot I if she said the
day of judgment the fire were happened
somewhere before God’s throne I’m gonna
send that then after that you know but
when I read this it’s talking about
ministry down on earth and then
something saved me
all right the Lord told me where do you
find the word day of judgment so I look
up it says what in verse 13 each one’s
will become clear for the day we declare
it the day we declare it there is the
day coming by the way they pass the
prince is Capaldi in the great there’s
no capital it’s put there by the
translators that day is a day of fire
that comes how many honey how many here
under the sound of my voice you went
through a day of fire before a season of
fire let me see your hands all of us
have and the season of fire actually
exposes our motives Ryan on how many of
you now you’re married do you remember
that time in your dating then you know
everything is lovey-dovey hunky-dory
Rosie Rosie
no sweetie sweetie sweetie pie all their
damn that you went through a fight a
huge fight all right and then you even
want to postpone your wedding and all
that kind of thing and you’re not sure
about each other anymore and all the
kind of thing all right but then it
exposed your real motif but do you love
the person after some time can I see
your hands show Mel just raise a hand
anyone else
okay why go to that so that your real
motives will be seen do you really love
this person are you able to handle it
when the going gets tough alright so it
was the day that it doesn’t mean 24
hours I don’t believe that the day can
be a season just like stand there for in
the evil day remember that it seems tell
me that evil Dave’s singular whereas he
they will love life and see good days so
I believe the seasons of good days are
longer amen then the seasons of testing
are you with me alright so that day were
declaring I do not know what the day
will how the day will be initiated by
will it be men testing you checking you
will it be something that exposes you
will it be something that you know we do
not know but it’s a day of fire and then
the real test all right when you go
through it so I’m telling you Church
that that the day of fire will reveal
what sort of work is built on I mean so
we have we have what if anyone burst 12
even one builds on this foundation gold
silver precious stones all right there
are one category they are called the
positive category the good category the
other category would be a straw is
negative how do you know how to divide
very simple fire comes and go alright go
still remains at the most
it melts all right under intense fire
silver remains precious stones remain
wood hay straw wood what happened the
wood when fire comes it burns up hey
burns up straw burns up okay would look
at would we have wood if fire touches it
what happens it will burn right hey look
at hey if fire touches it what’s
happened even a cigarette but if go into
it what happens it burns
I mean and we have straw fire touches it
it burns okay
so how do what are all these things wood
hay straw will something negative s
again wood
straw wood is always mankind all the
trees of the field will clap your hands
amen remember the Bible says a kasya
would Jesus the Ark of the Covenant
which is fully goal as well as also
would manhood deity so would represents
what mankind all the trees of the field
all right wood is men but if you depend
on your age any flesh if you depend on
your flesh your fleshly efforts you will
burn up
what is hey what is hay and straw let me
give give you Bible for it okay Isaiah
40 the grass withers ah grass straw hay
it’s made from grass the flower fades
because the breath of a lot blows upon
it surely the people are grass so you
have mankind t.v fight by the wood you
have people to be fight by grass okay
the grass withers the flower fades by
the word about God stands forever so the
flower is like you know the the greatest
men on earth people oh this guy is an
amazing singer look at how many albums
he sells look at all the people
screaming for him and all that but God
stays just grass that burns away in
James 1 it says the the flower falls
away sooner late day becomes 1 faiths
it’s not built on the foundation aren’t
you glad that we are talking about
things that were lost
are you listening enough Moses built his
health on the true foundation when he
was 120 his eyes was not deemed his
natural force not abated deal with that
think about that all right
people in the world they depend on human
effort they depend on human smarts they
try to do this try to do that and you
find that they just fade why it’s not
built on the solid foundation when the
fire comes it burns up are you with me
all right remember this verse the grass
refers to people the flower is the glory
of men
the glory of men so whenever you talk to
someone and he is a multi-millionaire
and you are not just remember you’re
talking to a flower okay whereas you you
got your feet on Jesus Christ don’t feel
intimidated the best of them the most
famous of them is just like flower of
the grass they both wither they both dry
up wait long enough it would dry up then
people start looking for new flower new
grass but you built your foundation on
Jesus Christ go back to first Corinthian
Street are you with me so far
all right now look at this the fire
would test each one’s book of what sort
it is is it gold silver precious stones
or wood hay straw so if you build your
ministry your leadership all right on
human performance fleshly efforts human
glory human applause the day will
declare it what thought your ministry is
made often are you listening people now
we all want to build on go silver and
precious stones right and Bible
interpret Bible what is go in the Bible
divine righteousness
what is silver in the Bible redemption
amen
in other words if your trust is always
in the finished work divine
righteousness is a gift of grace based
on the finished work amen silver is
redemption
look at this tabernacle Bible interpret
Bible maybe I thought they spent some
time back that all these golden boards
that you see up here they are all you
and I in the tabernacle we make the
Temple of God and we all stand in
side-by-side remember that is made from
wood the wood is overlaid with gold and
you know at the bottom all right are two
what we call tenants they call it hands
excuse me and the tenants of the silver
sockets the civil servants there are
actually two holes what they do is that
the the wood is like a wooden bar and
then the – they call it hands is
interesting underneath are the
everlasting hands of God Jesus says and
I and I know man
and pluck them out of my hand because
your your foundation is silver
redemption and you know what you’re not
a wood lying in the gold in the in the
in the in the desert all right you are a
golden board and your feet doesn’t touch
the world
it touches Redemption no foundation by
the foundation of Jesus Christ
are you listening people amen
so rest assured rest easy
your foundations are solid silver it’s
based on redemption in others it’s based
on the shore work of Jesus Christ
therefore you cannot be moved now you
may tremble all right when you hear a
storm coming whatever but you know what
you cannot fall because you’re not built
on your own performance on your own work
on your own glory on your own Fame on
your own flower you are built on the
solid work of Jesus Christ before you
can fall he must fall first because you
are in him and go represents
righteousness you see you don’t see the
wood you see the gold so what does it
mean if your ministry to be built on
gold and silver
it means listen carefully alright for
the pastor for the leader for those who
are listening
alright pastors and leaders has got a
pitch to the people like they are golden
boards not like they are wood that’s why
Jesus said don’t be ho the splinter in
your brother’s eye don’t look at the
wood his whole appearance before God is
goal he’s in righteousness but you
behold his wood all right you know why
you see his wood you don’t realize there
is a block of wood in your own I would
hear wood there
let me understand alright people hate in
others what they hate in themselves you
can always tell what you don’t like
about other people what you don’t know
about yourself by what you don’t like
about other people most likely you are
doing it I meant so wood here and here
big wood here the guy only has a
splinter but he see the guy is a big
block of wood and God says he’s a
splinter yours is a big block
so who says cheers I have a sense of
humor someone an amount he says this guy
walking around with a big telephone post
coming up his eye you know I’m sure
there was a response from the people and
the Pharisees was you know so you’re
saying don’t see the wood don’t see the
you know the fall in each other but see
each other in the divine righteousness
of Jesus Christ okay
are you with me and our foundation is
server all right see yourself that way
see your ministry that way and always
remember because when you see yourself
that way you always give the glory to
the Lord Jesus Christ alone alright one
more thing just now we go back to the
verse again we have precious stones
right go silver precious stones where do
you find precious stones in the Old
Testament look at the high priests
garments what do you have right at the
heart
don’t forget the high priests he
represents Jesus Christ what is right on
his heart his bosom a place of love what
do you find the names of his people the
twelve tribes all right put that to us
translate that to us interpret that to
us today what does it mean on Jesus hat
is Uni and how is it presented like a
stone normal stone is in the street like
pebbles no precious stones all of us are
precious stones so when we preach to
people when we think about ourselves we
better know that the way you build your
foundation all right is by seeing people
as precious stones doesn’t mean there’s
no correction there’s correction by the
correction will be a loving correction
not beating correction God calls us
pastors to feed not to beat and there is
correction in the world okay by the
loving correction are you with me people
so God is saying if you built your
ministry on grace all this I’m sharing
His grace if you built your ministry on
grace the day the fire comes it will
expose it all right it will expose your
ministry is built on Grace and guess
what you receive a reward why why a
reward because the devil has a think
twice before it brings the fire right
because now you’re left standing guess
what you get a reward you get a reward
for going to the fire and your fruits
remain
hallelujah come on church come on church
amen