Paul was bringing correction to the Church in Corinth, to SHIFT THEIR THINKING AND BEHAVIOUR on certain key matters(which often means getting people to stop doing some things).
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(ONLY GOD should get the glory). 1 Cor 3:5
There were a number of problems in the Corinthian Church but the first one Paul addressed was divisions in the body! Believers had to stop dividing into different factions or groups in the body. Maintaining Unity in the body is crucial before the Lord. Don’t allow the enemy to use our tongues to attack leaders and our brothers or sisters, we must be one in Christ. DON’T CRITICISE, PRAY!
By the grace God has given me(Paul the apostle had grace from God to lay foundations) I laid the 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 Christ Jesus. 1 Cor 3:10
Paul laid the foundation of Christ in the Church and Christ is the only foundation we can be built on. There’s a saying in construction that anything in a building can be fixed or corrected, except the foundation(some things can be done with modern technology to strengthen it, but usually expensive). The right foundation is crucial to the ongoing work. My spiritual father Kjell, from Sweden, used to travel to churches and ministries in many nations. He often had to pray into the foundations of Christian ministries to correct faults, usually involved deep prayer and repentance before the Lord. David Pawson also observed that people who’d received a lot of ministry with little results could have problems going back to their spiritual birth. Lack of sincere or full repentance at the time of coming to the Lord, would cause major problems for their future walk.
Paul needed the Corinthian Church to heed the message the Lord was bringing through him. His words also speak out to us today in our time. Do we need to make a shift in our own lives today?
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