So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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… poured out in my life. It has never ceased. Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything but God who gives the growth. So I say with the Apostle Paul the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and the love that are in Christ Jesus. I received mercy for this reason that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. So, brothers, to the degree that you feel unworthy of this calling as a Christian preacher, let that feeling intensify your enjoyment of the privilege. A great and gracious privilege of being a Christian preacher. Father, grant some measure, I pray, of encouragement that we, unworthy as we are, are called to unspeakably great privileges of being preachers in your church. Please, Father, preserve these men. Preserve them. Don't let them give up. Get them through whatever they're facing. Bring them out on the other side and grant them to, for the long haul, stay at it and go deeper.
will receive his own reward according to his own labor." We are God's fellow workers. You are God's field and God's building. So we are fellow workers. We are not to be compared to each other, and some kind of a hierarchy that sets one above the other. In the end of chapter 3, Paul says in verse 21, all things belong to you, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. You can't separate in it anything because it all belongs to you. All spiritual blessings belong to you. All teachers belong to you. This is by God's design. Everything that the kingdom provides is for all of you. It's not as if you need to attach to one teacher who offers you more of spiritual benefits than another one. If they're equally faithful in their discharge of ministry, then they are dispensing to you the riches of the household of God, and they do that equally. …
It is wonderful to be back at Duke Chapel. I was beginning to think that I was not going to be able to get back. Over the last few years, I've been scheduled several times to preach here on Sunday, but it was always one of those February weekends when the snowflakes flew, but the airlines didn't, and I wasn't able to get here. I began to fret a little bit that they were inviting me in February, confident that the weather would wipe me off the schedule. But the weather has held this weekend, and the greetings and hospitality have been very warm indeed, and it's always a joy to be in worship with you here. Will you join me in prayer? O God, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our redeemer. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. On a warm April night in Memphis, Tennessee, nearly 52 years ago now, Dr. Martin Luther King, even though he did not know it at the time, gave what was his last speech. …