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1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 9, for we are God's fellow workers.

You are God's field, God's building.

I love this short verse, and the way it summarizes,

one, followers of Christ and particularly leaders in the church

described as fellow workers with God. I love that, God's fellow workers. So we work with each other,

but not just with each other, we work with God. Like God uses us in his church to accomplish his work. That's an awesome thought. I just soak that in

today in your life and the lives of others around you. You are God's fellow worker. Like you are

working with God alongside others for the spread of His grace and his glory in the world.

So we are God's fellow workers.

You, now Paul's talking to the church here at Corinth.

He says you are God's field, God's building.

So both these images, rich imagery, God's field.

We've already seen in 1st Corinthians

chapter 3 how Paul planted, Apollos watered, God gave growth. You've got this picture of a field.

Just picture a field where seeds have been sown, fruit is coming up in all kinds of ways.

So the church is God's field, like a place where gospel

seeds have been planted, lives have been changed, fruit has been born, is flowing from this field.

What a great picture of the church. And then God's building. So God constructs his church. The church is like his building,

which we'll see right after this in other podcast episodes where we see Christ as the foundation

of that building. So you've got this image, fellow workers, a field, a building, to show what the

church is like.

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