Ask for More in 2024
Part 5: “More Growth”
(1 Corinthians 3:1-17)

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”
(1 Corinthians 3:6, CSB)

1) God’s church grows from the

“Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly.”
(1 Corinthians 3:1–3a, NIV)

2) God’s church grows by

“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 task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow … By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it.”
(1 Corinthians 3:5–6, 10a, NIV)

3) God’s church belongs to

“But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ … Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.” (1 Corinthians 3:10b, 16-17, NIV)