It'll Amount To Nothing

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 1 Corinthians 3:7 (NKJV) Let me demonstrate this with an example. The result of a speaker’s sermon is that someone is saved. That speaker, “neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters,” shouldn’t accept credit, nor are they responsible, for that person’s salvation. The speaker “through whom you believed,” shouldn’t think of themselves as being the source of your salvation. It can only be, “God who gives the increase.” Likewise, one can “plant” and “water” the Anthanasian Creed’s “the Son is God” wherever and as often as they like, but it’ll amount to nothing. There could be signs of an increase, measured by others accepting it as believable, but they’ll amount to nothing as well. If you want to believe God’s plan of salvation as laid out for us in the Bible, you have to understand who Jesus is. God Bless. In His Care… Jim