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 (1 Corinthians 3:12-13). Simple question today, Beloved. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building (1 Corinthians 3:9). When we left our intrepid hero Paul, he was chastising the folks of Corinth for choosing apostle teams–”Team Paul,” “Team Apollos”–that sort of thing. Paul … Continue reading
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe–as the Lord assigned each to his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who … Continue reading
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? (1 Corinthians 3:3) Mere men? That sounds like an insult. Because…yeah, it is. But I thought … Continue reading
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 (1 Corinthians 3:1-2). Ouch. I … Continue reading
The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ (1 … Continue reading
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14). How can they possibly … Continue reading
This is why we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words (1 Corinthians 2:13). You are not of this world. I know…nothing original there. You’ve … Continue reading
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us (1 Corinthians 2:12). We have someone on the inside. Jesus promised us as much. … Continue reading