1 Corinthians 3:1-17
1)The Partnership of Work(with God)
(v.5-9) God calls us to work alongside Him (its not base on different personalities working alongside each, ITS ALL GOD WORKING,ALL work, starts and ends with God)
"...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. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building... "
2) Foundation of Work
(v.10-15) HAS TO BE CHRIST ALONE (ministry cannot be of any self desires at all)
God will test our work we done for Him through "fire" , to see the quality of man's work (e.g, if is the ministry base on self? Or God?
"...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 the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ..."
3) The Goal of work is PEOPLE (V.16-17) Refer to (v.9) again, the Holy Spirit is working in all of us! He lives in us! Thus God is working thru people...
"...Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple..."
Reflection...Is the ministry we serve in (base on any self desires at all? Or is it ALL GOD alone!)
JESUS MUST BE THE CENTRE FOCUS!!!! ITS A MUST!!!!! Only then the Holy Spirit can work through the ministry and THE LORD's WILL....WILL BE DONE in the ministry and the PEOPLE!
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