1 Corinthians 3:5-8
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
The spiritual mind sees God’s ministers as instruments of the gospel, not the ones saving the souls of the lost and perishing. We can bear witness with His word as we plant seeds for God to germinate, we water by explaining the scriptures for who and what Christ has done, but God gives life and subsequent growth. He gets the glory and praise, never us. So we labor to plant seeds of truth and water with prayer and explanation, earning treasures in heaven for God’s glory alone in Christ.
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