I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow

1 Corinthians 3:1-8 

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?

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 has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 

It is not proud and clever people who appreciate the wisdom of God's plan of salvation through Christ's death on the cross, but those who are spiritually wise.

So Paul and Apollos are not rivals but partners, sharing the work of building God's church.

Why?

All Christians are servants of the Lord, no matter what is our jobs or position in the church. We serve the Lord according to the grace of the Lord. We need to grow up in our life, to be good servants of the Lord. There is no perfect Christian, but we all need to grow up in our spiritual life.

We are different when we may work together and serve the Lord it will be the great church in our community to honor the Holy Name of the Lord.

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我們所講的智慧，不是世上的智慧，只有屬神的人才明白這屬靈的智慧！教會中為何連傳道人也會想自己建立人馬，因為沒有安全感，想要有人來支持他，幫助他。其實我們需要的是神，我們的安全感應該來自神，若非如此，他信仰的根基有問題。澆灌、栽培、收割等雖然我們在做也很重要，但是生命是否成長在於神！每項事工都重要，每個人恩賜不同，做他能做的，神都認可、紀念，如此一來，為何要結黨?可以分部門，因為我們善長的不同！時間不會讓人生命成長，可是這人是否願意去吃副食、正常飲食，吃奶比較容易，吃飯還要咀嚼，分配等比較麻煩、願意嘗試。我們屬靈的生命成長也是如此！

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How?

Leave the start point of Christian, but grow up to be a real Christian. Don't let the Holy Spirit worry about us.