What Is Growing Between Us?

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John 16:12-13 • The Spirit will guide you 12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.”

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1 Corinthians 1:17 • Not eloquent
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. 1 Corinthians 1:21 • God’s wisdom through unimpressive teachers 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

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1 Corinthians 1:27 • God chose the unimpressive 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 1 Corinthians 2:1 • Not with eloquence 1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I (Paul) came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 1 Corinthians 2:6 • Not with wisdom of the age 6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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1 Corinthians 2:12 • Understanding given by the Spirit 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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Acts 20:7-12 • Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas **because Paul’s long sermon killed him

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1 Corinthians 2:6-7 • God gives growth 6 I (Paul) 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 only God, who makes things grow.

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1 Corinthians 3:1-2a • You were immature 1 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. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it.

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1 Corinthians 3:2b-3 • You are still immature Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

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Disciples quarreling Mark 8:33-37, Luke 9:46-48, Matthew 18:1-5

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Matthew 16:24 • Deny yourself and take up your cross 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”

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Luke 9:46 • Who is the greatest 46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.

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Luke 9:47-48 • First must be last 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”

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James and John positioning themselves Mark 10:35-45; Matthew 20:20-28

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Mark 10:35-37 • Put us in great positions 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.” 36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. 37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”

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Mark 10:44-45 • Serve as opposed to wanting to be served 44 “and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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The disciples quarrel during the Last Supper Luke 22:24-27

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Luke 22:24 • Dispute about who is the greatest 24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

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Luke 22:27 • Serve over being served 27 “For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.”

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John 13:14-17 • Do likewise  14 “Now that I (Jesus), your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”

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1 Corinthians 3:10-11 • Christ is the Foundation 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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1 Corinthians 3:1-4 • Immaturity 1 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. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?

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1 Corinthians 3:5-6 • God makes things grow 5 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. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

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John 16:12-13 • The Spirit will guide you 12 “I (Jesus) have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.”