The Quality Of Each Man’s Work
Brothers,
I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. I
gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you
are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and
quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere
men?
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants,
through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made
it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God,
who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one
purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's
fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
By the grace God has
given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is
building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can
lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If
any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay
or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it
to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of
each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If
it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one
escaping through the flames.
Don't you know that
you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone
destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and
you are that temple.
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Corinthians 3:1-17
We all need to grow
up at some point. The same is true with our faith in God. There was a time when
we needed to be fed like small children, but as we grow up our greater tasks
are to glorify God. Give Him the glory. Show appreciation for what you have
been given. And give to others, as well. Let them know of your faith. Proudly
proclaim your faith.
Spiritual
growth occurs when faith is cultivated.
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