1 Corinthians 3

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Paul tells the Corinthians that he couldn't talk to them like they were spiritual people because they still let their corrupt ways run them. He says he fed them milk because they weren't ready for solid food. We can all find places in our relationship with Christ where we can go deeper or be stronger. Luckily for us, there are always people ahead of us in the journey that can dumb it down for us and show us what to do. Paul tells the people that they should stop quarreling about whether they follow Paul or Apollos because both of them only did what God had commanded them to do, so He should receive the glory. Paul planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but only God could make it grow. When we talk to people about God, we could be the first person who talks to them, or we could be another person along their way to discovering who Jesus really is. Regardless, if they come the Christ, it is not by anything the people in their lives have done because only God can bring people to Himself. All those along the way have the same goal: to see another person join the family of God, but only God can fully complete this mission. "We are God's coworkers." That's pretty cool. We are working alongside the creator of the universe to fulfill His perfect plan. Paul talks about how some people will build on Jesus' original foundation for the church in gold, silver and jewels. These people are teaching purely what Jesus taught without adding any corruption of their own. Others build with wood, hay, or straw. They have the basic foundation correct, but their teachings will not withstand the fires of hell. Anything built on any foundation other than Jesus is built on sand and will not last. We, as God's followers, are His temple, and His spirit lives in each of us. Those who teach us things against God will be destroyed. Paul again says not to try to gain wisdom in the world because the world's wisdom id foolishness to God.