Day 7 - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

1 Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. 2 I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, 3 for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world? 4 When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?

5 After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. 6 I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 7 It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. 9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.

Tori's Comments:

It's interesting that he talks about how he can't even talk to those controlled by their sinful nature the same way he talks to those living by the Spirit...


Terrie's Comments:

So my question is am I allowing myself to be controlled by the Holy Spirit in obedience to Jesus Christ and God's word or am I being controlled by this world?  

My answer would be that I am more Spirit led than I used to be and I am getting better at choosing obedience rather than my selfish desires.  I would say there are still areas I still need to work on being eternally focused instead of focused on this world.

How about everyone else here?  


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