1 Corinthians 3
I am really disappointed that since I brought God’s Good News about Jesus to you and you accepted Him as your Savior, you act just the same as you did before you accepted Christ.
You argue with each other. You are jealous of each other. This is not how God wants His children to live.
You need to come to know God deeper and more intimately;
growing in Him every moment, every day.
I was looking forward to teaching you more about God and His Son Jesus, but you are not ready for it. You just want someone to teach you how to be saved over and over again.
It’s time to grow up, so that you can grow in God.
You are making a big deal about the particular person who you learned about Jesus from, but it is not the messenger who is important, it is Jesus who is important.
Each one of us that bring the Good News about Jesus to you have a different role to play. It is like planting a garden. One of us digs a hole. Another person plants the seed. Someone else waters the plant. We all have the same goal, which is to make a plant blossom and grow.
We are all working on the same team. Each player on the team has their specific role to play.
The goal of our team is to bring you to Jesus to have your sins forgiven and to learn how to live a life pleasing to Him.
You could also liken our work to workmen who are building a building. Each person has a different role to play, but Jesus Himself is the foundation.
It doesn’t matter what kind of fancy building we put on top, the foundation of Jesus Christ is all that matters.
Each person’s work will be tested, to see if it is genuine or not.
But what we are really building is not an earthly building, but a spiritual one. The real building is your life.
You are God’s temple. When you accept Jesus as your Savior, the Holy Spirit comes to live inside you. This makes you Holy and sacred to God.
People who think they are so ‘wise’ in the ways of the world are actually fools. The world does not understand God’s ways.
A person who is seeking after God with all their heart is actually far wiser than someone who is living according to the world’s standards.
