Growing Up In Christ

Have you ever been told to "grow up"?

I think we have all had that experience at one time in our lives and it usually is followed by a negative response or thought from us.

This is just what Paul is talking about in 1 Corinthians 3:1-9. "My friends, you are acting like the people of this world. That's why I could not speak to you as spiritual people. You are like babies as far as your faith in Christ is concerned. So I had to treat you like babies and feed you milk.  You could not take solid food, and you still cannot because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves you are not spiritual and that you are acting like people of this world. Some of you say that you follow me, and others claim to follow Apollos. Isn't that how ordinary people behave?"

Scriptures then goes on talking about how we argue about trivial things that don't matter. Truly grown-up Christians have learned to be at peace with God and with those around them. Otherwise as we are told is this passage, they're still babies and cannot digest solid food and therefore remain on milk alone.

To grow, we need the input of more than one more mature Christian.

Sometimes one will "plant the seed" of the good news, but another will "water it."  Then it is God who makes our faith grow!

When we share the message about Jesus, we should not always expect to see results right away. Sometimes there is a lot more watering and growing that still has to take place. It might look like someone is rejecting the message, but God and other Christians can help your seed grow.