1 Corinthians 3:1-23
Paul begins by addressing the Corinth church by calling them out as infants in their faith, unwilling to grow and being completely self centered. The church body was stagnant in their faith and were actively living as though they were pagan, while still preaching the gospel. The church wasn’t acting as a body of Christ but rather as a worldly body reveling in selfish sin. The church was operating out of pride and jealousy of on another and could not bear fruit because of it. 
Paul reminds us that as believers and teachers of the word, we are asked to plant and water seeds of the Spirit wherever we go, and especially within our own community. We have to talk the talk and walk the walk in encouragement and in rebuke within our circle of people. He is sure to mention though that we do not take any credit for the growth which takes place within the body, that only God can grow each of us. 
Our job as those who lay the foundation for growth within the body of believers and non believers is to always lay a solid foundation of Christ. That way at the depth of the person, there sits Jesus holding everything up, not us as people. God builds the rest. His interest is if in our faith, if we are able to walk in humility recognizing that all we can do to produce a healthy body of believers, solely lays in the ability to point it all to Christ, not ourselves. 
We have an important duty as fellow workers with God to make sure everything always points to Jesus so God can grow people and their foundation is in our Savior. Paul goes on to say, that because of Jesus as our foundation and God doing the growing, we are each a holy temple of God. Our bodies have God’s Spirit residing within us. We have to be reverent of our bodies and other people. We are each a holy temple of God and should treat one another as such. 
Paul concludes reminding us that God is the only wise one here and that ALL comes from Him. He asks us to realize and understand that worldly wisdom doesn’t lay foundations of eternal value or allow for humility before God. We have to remember that the world belongs to us, but we belong to Christ, and He belongs to God. God is over all and in all.

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