4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase (1 Corinthians 3:4-6).
God in His sovereignty is the source of faith. Faith then is a gracious gift. God does use people to help spread the Gospel, but it is ultimately God that does the work in the heart of the individual. Paul in this passage is trying to draw attention away from the messengers of the faith to the author of the faith. We too can learn from this so that we keep our focus on God. It is not the preacher, pastor, or theologian that is the ultimate authority and worker of grace, but rather the God that created us is the authority and the worker of grace.
God in His sovereignty is the source of faith. Faith then is a gracious gift. God does use people to help spread the Gospel, but it is ultimately God that does the work in the heart of the individual. Paul in this passage is trying to draw attention away from the messengers of the faith to the author of the faith. We too can learn from this so that we keep our focus on God. It is not the preacher, pastor, or theologian that is the ultimate authority and worker of grace, but rather the God that created us is the authority and the worker of grace.
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