Laborers Together
with God
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave
the increase.
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So then neither is he that planteth any thing,
neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the
increase.
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Now he that planteth and he that watereth are
one: and every man shall receive his own reward
according to his own labour.
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For we are labourers together with God: ye are
God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
I. THE ROLES OF LABORERS
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
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I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the
increase. So then neither is he that planteth any
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thing, neither he that watereth; but God that
giveth the increase.
A. PAUL’S ROLE
1. BE A SEED PLANTER
Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.
2. ESTABLISH YOUR OWN MINISTRY
• Acts 2:42
• And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers.
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another to provoke
unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting
one another: and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.
3. FOCUS ON TEACHING AND
LEARNING
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
4. MENTOR AND SUPPORT OTHERS
2 Timothy 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard
of me among many witnesses, the same commit
thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach
others also.
Titus 2:3-4
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false
accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of
good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be
sober, to love their husbands, to love their
children.
5. RELY ON GOD FOR GROWTH
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he
that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do
of his good pleasure.
6. PROMOTE UNITY AND HUMILITY
Ephesians 4:3
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife
or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each
esteem other better than themselves.
B. APOLLOS’ ROLE
C. GOD’S ROLE
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for
in due season we shall reap, if we faint
not.
II. UNITY AMONG LABORERS
1 Corinthians 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man shall receive his
own reward according to his own labour.
A. UNITY IN PURPOSE
1 Corinthians 3:8a
He that planteth and he that watereth are one….
B. INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY
1 Corinthians 3:8b
…Every man shall receive his own reward
according to his own labour.
Revelation 22:12
And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with
me, to give every man according as his work shall
be.
III. PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are
God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
A. LABORERS WITH GOD
1 Corinthians 3:9a
For we are labourers together with God…
B. DIVINE PARTNERSHIP
1 Corinthians 3:9b
…ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
1. God’s Husbandry
2. God’s Building
1. Commit to Prayer
2. Engage Actively
3. Trust in God’s Power
