Wednesday
Read 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
As a matter of fact, my brothers and
sisters, I could not talk to you as I talk to people who have the Spirit; I had
to talk to you as though you belonged to this world, as children in the
Christian faith. 2I had to feed you with milk, not solid food,
because you were not ready for it. And even now you are not ready for it, 3because
you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among
you and you quarrel with one another, doesn’t this prove that you belong to
this world, living by its standards? 4When one of you says, “I
follow Paul”, and another, “I follow Apollos”—aren’t you acting like worldly
people?
5 After all, who is Apollos? And who
is Paul? We are simply God’s servants, by whom you were led to believe. Each
one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do: 6I sowed the
seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow. 7The
one who sows and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who
matters, because he makes the plant grow. 8There is no difference
between the one who sows and the one who waters; God will reward each one
according to the work each has done. 9For we are partners working
together for God, and you are God’s field.
You are also God’s building.
Think
Paul
reprimands the Christians in Corinth for not having gained Spiritual Maturity -
they are quarreling - an indication that their egos still have too much power.
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