God’s Greenhouse Effect

God’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