It will be seen from this that the teaching which will come through the fire and call for wages has two distinctive features, which may help us to identify it and avoid that figured by the wood, the grass and the straw. The picture of houses built of wood, grass and straw is not put before us because these are not good building materials. Many a shelter from the elements is built entirely of them. It has lasted for many years and is still good. So it is with much of the teaching in Christendom today.
Salvation is brought to men by some of it, and the saints are helped.
But most of the teaching belongs to the kingdom. It is not only out of place now, but it will not pass the fiery inspection of the dais. Not only must our teaching be Paul's rather than Peter's, but it must be fireproof. It must be such that it will never be destroyed or replaced. That is the special characteristic of the evangel for today.