God’s Greenhouse Effect
September 10, 2023God’s Greenhouse Effect
1 Corinthians 3:1-23
2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are . For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not ?
Spiritual growth is not .
The is full of people.
3 … For since there is and among you, are you not worldly?… 4 For when one says, “I follow ,” and another, “I follow ,” are you not mere human beings? 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only , through whom you came to believe—as the has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been . 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who .
Putting too much stock in human leaders shows we misunderstand where growth comes from… makes things !
We each other.
Growth is often .
What does God do when it comes to ?
- Assigns to each person their task (v.5)
- Makes spiritual growth happen (v.6,7)
- Rewards people for their labor (v.8,14)
- Oversees the whole project (v.9)
- Gives grace to leaders (v.10)
- Establishes Jesus as the foundation (v.11)
- Evaluates and holds people accountable for their work (v.13)
- Dwells in the midst of His people through the Spirit (v.16)
- Is the focus of His people as they worship (v.16)
makes things !
Implications……
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3) of Ourselves