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March 29, 1992
We hold common expectations about infant growth and development—and the same should be true when it comes to our faith. Paul confronted the Corinthians regarding their spiritual infancy and urged them to weed out persistent sin and live lives that reflected deepening faith. Alistair Begg reminds us that spiritual maturity is not a consequence of the mere passage of time. Sanctification results as we study and apply God’s Word in our lives as enabled by God’s Spirit.
1But I, brothers,1 could not address you as aspiritual people, but as bpeople of the flesh, as cinfants in Christ. 2dI fed you with milk, not solid food, for eyou were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3for you are still of the flesh. For while there is fjealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4For gwhen one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” hare you not being merely human?
5What then is Apollos? What is Paul? iServants through whom you believed, jas the Lord assigned to each. 6kI planted, lApollos watered, mbut God gave the growth. 7So nneither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8He who plants and he who waters are one, and each owill receive his wages according to his labor. 9For we are pGod's fellow workers. You are God's field, qGod's building.
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