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NASB | 1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 3:1 However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ! |
Subject: How "mature" in Christ are we today? |
Bible Note: Greetings Brother TommyS, You wrote, "And this portion of my life seems to be more desert than anything." Well, you are in Great company! Many of the Lord's greatest works were in that desert place. Consider Moses, the exhortation of Isaiah, our Lord Himself and the children of Israel: Exo 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. Deu 32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Isa 35:1, 2 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. Isa 35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Mar 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Joh 6:31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. These are just a few of times in the desert, for in the desert are few distractions and we can hear better. The desert keeps us lean and ready. Without the desert we become Jeshurun: Deu 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Bless your desert and keep true, God is doing a work! terrib |