Lot’s of stuff in 1 Cor 3 today. But before I start, a new aspect of yesterday’s journal caught my attention…
1 Cor 2:11-12 – continuing from yesterday….
No one knows God’s thoughts but His Spirit.
He has given me His Spirit, and thereby He reveals His thoughts to me.
Question: Am I trustworthy with God’s thoughts?
Measures of Spiritual Maturity
1 Cor 3:2-3
Paul says of the Corinthians “You are still not spiritual, because there is jealousy and quarreling among you, and this shows that you are not spiritual. You are acting like people of the world.”
When we are jealous and quarreling (such as my kids are doing) this shows spiritual immaturity and that jealousy and quarreling are controlled by the sinful nature (“… you are still carnal…” NKJV says).
Planting, Watering & Growing
1 Cor 3:5-8
I can plant. I can water. Both of those are my job. God and God alone is responsible for the growing. That is very freeing when I place it in the context of parenting. I am not responsible for the spiritual growth of my kids. All I can do is plant and water, plant and water… sow, sow, sow. Papa is responsible to make it grow. That’s very freeing.
There is lots more in chapter 3, but I’ll post about it later, because I want to do a deeper study on foundations.
great stuff on planting and watering. today i was in a situation where i thought i was supposed to do the growing and it was overwhelming, i just froze. its good to know thats not my job