THE MATURITY FACTOR;

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly-mere infants in Christ. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow-1cor3:16 Apostle Paul called the people in the Corinth church infants in Christ and worldly not because they were deficient in the operation of the spiritual gifts, not because they weren’t able to pray in tongues or decode the word of God to capture a revelation. He called them infants in Christ and worldly simple because, they failed to acknowledge God, who used the leaders (Paul and Apollos) to advance the church. They lost the focus on God and gave praise and attention to the leaders, leading to division and jealousy in the church members. I have heard so many Christians talked and argue about the man of God who is more powerful than his fellow brethren, about the leader who has a deeper revelation than another who preaches without enlightenment to the extent that they tend to attend programmes, conferences and services because the man of God hosting the programme is powerful, forgetting God, who is the focus of the service. “What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through who you came to believe-as the lord has assign to each his task (1cor 3:5). Is your focus on God, Paul or Apollos? Check your maturity status.