Thursday, June 16, 2022

Short Daily Devotional

Ibrahim Habila June 16, 2022 Daily Devotion , 0 Comments

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

1. And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

2. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready,

3. for you are still of the flesh. Foe as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations?

4. For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human?

5. What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.

6. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

7. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

8. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each.

9. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.

(New Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: IMMATURITY IN THE CHURCH

The situation in the Corinthian church was so appalling that Paul had to address it without mincing words. Despite the fact that they had been long in the church, they were still behaving like mere infants in Christ.

Worldliness, jealousy and quarreling became the order of the day. They were also divided along personality lines. Paul made it clear that their behavior was opposed to the dictates of the Scripture.

Imagine the way worldliness and other vices have taken over today’s Church, in spite of the crop of pastors and other leaders that we have. How can we have fellowship with the Holy Spirit and even except Him to answer our prayers in this kind of situation?

QUESTION: When people look at your character, can they say you are one of the matured brethren?

PRAYER: Father, please help me to be an agent of unity and love among the brethren and my community, in Jesus name, Amen.