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1 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB
3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
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…I want to live a life of excellence. I want to have a rhythm to my faith and to my stewardship. And so I just want to encourage you today. Uh,1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 9says this. It's a very simple declaration over this house and your life. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. And…
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…Paul and Apollos. Different assignments, but the same kingdom. Both of them served in the kingdom of God, but had very different assignments. In1 Corinthians chapter 3, verses 5 through 9, it says, Paul and Apollos ministered to the Corinthian church in different ways. Some believers began identifying themselves with their favorite…
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…from Athens. But here's the question, was Paul's work at Athens a success? Absolutely. Why? What's our responsibility? Plant the seed, to sow.1 Corinthians 3:6-9, we plant and water and God causes the increase. But if nothing else is achieved in the work that's done at Athens, what can we say about that as…
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…we find here, to the Church of God, that it's his. The church as an institution belongs to the one who instituted it. Paul's gonna build on this in1 Corinthians 3:9. He's writing, remember, to a group of people that were beginning to say, "Well, I, I'm of Apollos. I'm of Paul. I'm of Cephas." In other words,…
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…vineyards, The fields, the physical temple always had representation of a type and shadow that pointed to a greater reality. So that when we get to1 Corinthians 3, verse 9, it says, but you are God's field. You are God's building. Meaning what? Christ's whole point, Chris. Every time I say somebody's name, all of a…
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July 12, 2026 Pastor David Ruddat 7th Sunday after Pentecost First Lesson: Isaiah 55:6-11 Psalm of the Day: Psalm 65B Second Lesson/Sermon Text:1 Corinthians 3:5-11Gospel Lesson: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 WHAT MAKES CHRISTIANS DIFFERENT? Christians are Planted by the Word SERVANTS, NOT OWNERS Passionate about…
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…although he does do that too, he gives them a new imagination for how to think about leadership and how to relate to their leaders. So this is from1 Corinthians chapter 3, verses 5 through 9. Paul says, What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord has assigned to each his…
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When we get up together, experience of love. Give the love back.First Corinthians chapter 3, verses 9 to 15. Reading from the New King James Versions, for we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field. You are God's building. According to the grace of…
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…temple you destroy continuity Well, we learn in 1 Corinthians 6:9 that the individual body of the Christian is a temple. We find out in first in in1 Corinthians 3:9that the local body of churches is a temple. Jesus's body is a temple. There's something sacred about a temple. Um, and what a blessed thing as we…
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…this thing with a working God to bring order into this world. Like we go into the New Testament, here's what we see Paul say. Paul goes in, and in1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 9, he says, we are co-workers with God. Like it, like if you just step back and you understand what's said in Genesis and all throughout the Bible,…
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…the watering with his word, that God would perfect or complete the Christian on that day of final salvation, the day when Christ returns. Paul in1 Corinthians 3, verses 6-9instructed the Corinthian church. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who…
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…Sometimes we water seeds by encouraging someone or answering their questions. Sometimes we get the joy of seeing someone come to faith in Christ.1 Corinthians 3:6-9I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but…
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…harvest is coming because you're not in the vineyard working it. You have to work the vineyard, you have to work the field. Now let's look at thisFirst Corinthians chapter 3 verses 6 to 9says this. He said I planted Paul talking Apollo's watered, but God caught was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one…
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…as the body of Christ. So let's look at these metaphors that are found through the scriptures in the New Testament. And the first one is from1 Corinthians 3, verse 9. Paul is saying that the church is like a field. This is an agricultural metaphor, and it signifies the ground or the soil, uh, which is really the…
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Our scripture this morning comes from Paul's letter to the church in Corinth,1 Corinthians chapter 3, verses 6 to 11. Let us listen now for a word from God. Paul writes to the church saying, I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one…
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…do for Jesus? What did you uh that'll be that second judgment? What have you done? A judgment of works. Here's another here's in another uh verse,1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 9, Paul gives us this description of for we are co-workers in God's service. This is works, this is these are the works that we do. We're not saved…
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…out in heaven. And this, this is something that we are going to take a look at. And we're going to start again with another of Paul's letters.1 Corinthians 3, verses 5 through 9. And this is where Paul is really trying to distinguish between the leaders of a church. Who should you follow? The Corinthian church is, they're…
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…that we have with sin of self. It says, I want to do what's right, but I can't in my own strength. He struggles against the sin of self. In1 Corinthians 3, verses 1 through 9, he talks about the divisions in the church in Corinth, especially those who are saying, my teacher's better than your teacher. Oh my goodness,…
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…bride of Christ, the family of God, the temple of God, the flock of God. Peter calls it a holy nation. But it's also referenced as a building. In1 Corinthians 3, verse 9, the Apostle Paul says, The church is God's building. You see it there. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field. You are God's…
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…was tilled in us, and then therefore we can become fruitful. I want you to look at 1 Corinthians chapter 3. So what do we do with this, Pastor?1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 5 through 9. Who then is Paul and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God…
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