Scripture

And you still aren’t ready, for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with one another. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like the people of the world?

Observation

Paul says that when he was with the Corinthians, he could not talk to them as he would to spiritual people. He had to feed them with milk, because they weren’t ready for anything stronger.

They are controlled by their sinful nature. This is shown by the fact that they have quarrels among themselves. Some claim to follow Paul and others Apollos. But Paul and Apollos are just servants of the Lord.

Application

The depth to which we will go with the Lord is determined by how well we love our christian brothers and sisters.

Many of us live on spiritual milk because we refuse to love the Lord’s children. He will not take us to the depth of revelation of spiritual truth until we make that decision to love and forgive. After all, the basic commandment of the Kingdom is: Love one another just as I have loved you.

It is no wonder that the depth of wisdom in the churches is so low when there is so much division in the church.

There are people whose sole reason for existence is to criticise and condemn other christians who do not agree with them at every point of doctrine.

There are many people who know a lot about the Bible and about theology, but have little experiential relationship with the Lord.

To go deeper in our relationship with the Holy Spirit, we must determine to live peacefully with other believers.

Prayer

Lord, please help me to love other christians, even when I disagree with them. Rescue us, Lord, from the tendency to splinter into small groups when our eyes should be on Jesus alone. Amen.