Community Group Questions: March 22nd-28th
1 Corinthians 3:1-9
The Problem of Immaturity
For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, 3 because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans? 4 For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?
The Role of God’s Servants
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So, then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, 3 because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans? 4 For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?
The Role of God’s Servants
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So, then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
Discussion Questions
- What does Paul mean by "milk" versus "solid food"? Is he talking about the content of his teaching or something else? How does Hebrews 5:11-14 help clarify this?
- Paul says the Corinthians were "still worldly" and "in the flesh." How can someone be a Christian and yet be described this way? What's the distinction Paul is making?
- What evidence did Paul point to as proof of their immaturity? Why is disunity such a significant indicator of spiritual immaturity?
- How would you honestly assess your own spiritual maturity right now? Are you growing, stagnant, or regressing? What evidence supports your assessment?
- Paul says, "God gave the growth" (v. 7). How does this truth both comfort you and challenge you in your spiritual life?
- The sermon mentioned that "mere time lapse does not guarantee spiritual maturity." Have you seen this to be true in your own life or others? What does genuine spiritual growth require?
- The sermon asked: "How is God using what I'm doing to benefit His kingdom?" When you serve (in children's ministry, greeting, tech, cleaning, etc.), what is your typical mindset? How might this question change your perspective?
- Why do you think people are often reluctant to volunteer or serve? What fears or misconceptions might be holding them back? What holds you back?
Reflection Questions for the Week
Journal or meditate on these throughout the week:
Journal or meditate on these throughout the week:
- In what ways am I still acting like a "spiritual infant"?
- What "milk" might I need to move beyond to handle "solid food"?
- Am I elevating any human leader to a status they shouldn't have?
- How has God been trying to grow me, and how have I been responding?
- What would it look like for me to serve with a joyful, expectant heart?
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