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NASB | 1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 3:7 So neither is the one who plants nor the one who waters anything, but [only] God who causes the growth. |
Bible Question: How does this apply to working together for the Lord as a youth body? |
Bible Answer: The context of that cited verse, namely 1 Cor 3:5-9, shows that ministers of God should not elevate themselves in the eyes of those who first received the good news from them and eventually became believers. Note what 1 Cor 3:5-9 says (the Apostle Paul is speaking): "What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. Someone may plant an actual seed and someone else may help with the watering. However, shouldn't God receive all glory because it is Him that actually makes it grow (He created the miraculous process that allows this to happen !). Spiritually speaking, someone may plant the seed of truth and others may water it (with scriptural truths and explanations), but God is the One who makes this seed of truth grow within that person inner-self. If you go back to 1 Cor. 1:10, it ties in beautifully with this thought of not elevating any Christian man/leader above God Almighty: "Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment." (NASB) I'm sure you can see many ways as a youth body to comply with this unity. It's a unity of scripture truths, both in belief and more importantly in action. As an example, risking one's life and others by driving while drinking is totally out of line with scriptural truths... like this one (Matthew 7:12) "So then, whatever you desire that others would do to and for you, even so do also to and for them, for this is (sums up) the Law and the Prophets." (Amplified) |
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