1 Corinthians 3

A block of rough, unfinished stone sits in a pool of shimmering water. sunlight filters through the surface, illuminating the stone's craggy texture and casting a warm glow on the water around it. the stone is still and silent, waiting patiently to be shaped and transformed by the hands of the divine sculptor.

Be Who You Are: Why True Spiritual Growth Belongs to God Alone

This is a faithful and well-structured expository sermon on 1 Corinthians 3:1-9. It correctly identifies spiritual immaturity, jealousy, and strife as worldly behaviors rooted in the flesh. The sermon's strength lies in its consistent, monergistic view of sanctification—that God is the sole agent of growth—which was reinforced by the corporate reading of the Westminster Confession's chapter on the topic. The applications are pastoral, clear, and appropriately grounded in the indicative of the believer's new identity in Christ.

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