2 Cities Church Podcast
2 Cities Church Podcast
Jeff Struecker
1 Corinthians: You can’t buy running shoes for your hands and knees. / Jeff Struecker
30 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2025 at 2:33 pm.
-91. Only babies crawl on hands and knees  1 Corinthians 3:1-4For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans? For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?2.    Are you walking with God if you’re still crawling?1 Corinthians 3:5-9What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So, then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.Next Steps: Believe: I want to start my walk with Jesus today.Become: I need Jesus to help me deal with some worldly ways this week. Be Sent: I will work with God to push back darkness this week.Discussion Questions: Rate your spiritual maturity on a scale of 1-10. What would it take for your maturity to grow by 1 point next week?What mark of spiritual maturity are you working on right now?What role do your efforts play in your spiritual maturity? What roles does the Holy Spirit play in your spiritual maturity?Since you’re God’s field, what kind of crop is growing in your heart right now?  Explain your answer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to grow your faith more this week.
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Big Idea: You can’t buy running shoes for your hands and knees.1 Corinthians 3:1-91. Only babies crawl on hands and knees  1 Corinthians 3:1-4For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans? For whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not acting like mere humans?2.    Are you walking with God if you’re still crawling?1 Corinthians 3:5-9What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So, then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.Next Steps: Believe: I want to start my walk with Jesus today.Become: I need Jesus to help me deal with some worldly ways this week. Be Sent: I will work with God to push back darkness this week.Discussion Questions: Rate your spiritual maturity on a scale of 1-10. What would it take for your maturity to grow by 1 point next week?What mark of spiritual maturity are you working on right now?What role do your efforts play in your spiritual maturity? What roles does the Holy Spirit play in your spiritual maturity?Since you’re God’s field, what kind of crop is growing in your heart right now?  Explain your answer. Pray for the Holy Spirit to grow your faith more this week.