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The question is who are Paul and Apollos?
how awesome are they?
How important are they?
The word “minister” has come to be known to mean the same as pastor.
Most think of a pastor as this person who is has like super powers.
They are good at everything, and there are high expectations on pastors.
Most see being a pastor as someone who should be favored.
The idea, had fallen from where it should be.
The word minister really means a servant.
Paul and Apollos aren’t these super awesome beings with powers.
They are just servants setting out to please their master.
Complete difference in understanding.
I am not saying that you don’t respect a pastor or elder, or leader, because God has given them spiritual authority.
The pastor is just a person sent out by Jesus to fulfill a purpose.
To serve.
Paul is addressing the problem in the Corinthian Church of divisions.
God hates division.
We are not supposed to have divisions.
Have different little cliques.
Favor one pastor or leader or another.
God hates division.
They lost focus on who they should believe in.
Instead of focusing on Jesus, who sent them with the same mission, the Corinthians were
Do you guys believe in me, Matt Vitt?
Do I have the power to take away sins, and give you eternal life?
I have no power other than that which comes from God.
My whole aim is to not pretend to be anyone or anything awesome.
My whole goal is to point you to the only Awesome one, Jesus Christ.
In Him you will find all that you need.
In Him you will find your purpose.
You will who you are suppose to be.
Often people are divided, because they lose focus on anyone but Jesus to have power in their life.
People often put high expectations on the pastor/leader, when they should be focusing on Jesus.
1 cor
Let’s go over the process of farming.
What do you need?
seed, land, soil, sunlight, water.
You need to make sure the soil is fertile.
Is there anything that the farmer can do to make the seed grow?
There is nothing the farmer can do to tell it, when to grow.
There is nothing a farmer can do to make the seed grow how fast, how big, or anything.
All he can do, is provide the right environment, and conditions that will help the seed become, what it was meant to be.
Water, fertilize, make sure it gets sun.
If it gets too little of these things, it will hinder growth.
If if gets too much of these things, it will hinder the growth.
In the end, it is only doing what God programmed it to do in the right situation.
As a Pastor, I have no power in making you grow.
The picture is being painted in your spiritual life.
The seed of the word of God is being planted.
Will it grow?
Only if it has the right conditions.
That is all me and the church can do for you.
I cannot make you believe, nor can I make you follow Jesus.
I cannot make you love Jesus.
All I can do is create an environment that the word of God is preached.
The word is the seed.
There are other things that are like watering, and helping your get sunlight.
Only Jesus has this power, because He is the source of true life.
What is the increase that God provides?
You guys have a responsibility to be farmers of your own heart.
He is the source.
He is the power.
He is the author of life.
Parable of the sower(Paraphrased)
What is the increase that we are talking about here?
Your spiritual life.
Your spiritual growth.
Your relationship with Jesus Christ.
Your maturity so you can shine a light in the evil around you.
Parable of the sower(Paraphrased)
2 years ago, almost exactly, I taught you the parable of the sower in and .
Some of you are still around from then.
I pointed out that it was one of the most important things you could hear or learn, because it will tell you one of 4 possible outcomes for your future.
Jesus speaks of 4 kinds of soil that seed can fall into.
The seed is the word of God, and the soil are different kinds of hearts.
The Wayside= People who hear the word of God and the devil snatches the word so the person will never believe.
The Rocky Ground= People who hear the word of God and are start to grow, but then are stunted when they are persecuted for believing Jesus.
The Thorny/Weedy Ground= Those who hear the word of God and receive it with joy, but they fall away because of the pleasures of life.
The Good Ground= Those who hear the word of God and grow into a gigantic tree and produce fruit.
You can have all of the right conditions, but your hearts are too hard and rocky to allow for any increase.
One of the first things that we need to understand is that seeds can have growth, but not produce fruit.
God wants fruit from your life.
The parable above shows how a tree can be a tree, but not produce what it is meant to produce.
1. God has all the power in existence, but is powerless if you do not let Him work in you.
I deal with a lot of parents, or adults that are demanding an answer at why you aren’t super Christians.
Sometimes I have to check myself, because I want you guys to be further along that some of you are.
I do my best to realize my place in all of this.
I came up here 2 years ago, to be a servant and help give you guys the right conditions to grow spiritually.
I have taught you the word, lead you to pray, to worship, to share your faith.
It all comes down to if you love God.
If you do, then you will want to spend time with Him.
If you do, you will show it.
I am sorry, but I am going to just be honest with you guys.
Can you let me?
I am just going to share my heart with you.
I am going to share love and
Anything I say, I say with love, and no condemnation.
I always ask you guys if you are reading your bibles, praying, sharing your faith, coming to church consistently.
I have been ding this for 2 years with a lot of you.
I pretty much get the same responses back like:
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