WHAT A FAITHFUL PASTOR LOOKS LIKE: 1 Corinthians 3:5-9

QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND DISCUSSION

1. Read verse 5. What role do ministers of the gospel play in the conversion and growth of saints? Who is the one who “assigns” or “gives opportunity” to each? What does this mean?

2. Read verse 6. Who planted? Who watered? Who actually caused the growth? What does this teach you concerning how God saves and sanctifies His people?

3. Read verse 7. What does Paul say “he who plants” and “he who waters” is? Who gets the glory in salvation?

4. Read verse 8. What does Paul mean by “He who plants and he who waters are one”? According to the second part of verse 8, what will those who plant and water receive?

5. According to verse 9, what are Paul and Apollos, and what does he mean? What are the Corinthian saints, and what does he mean?

Ekklesia Muskogee is a reformed baptist church that gathers for worship in Muskogee, Oklahoma. We confess the 1689 second London baptist confession of faith. We affirm the five solas of the Reformation as well as the doctrines of grace (otherwise known as the five points of Calvinism), and each of our pastors would not be ashamed to be called a Calvinist. We are a church led by elders, of which there is a plurality (also called pastors and overseers in the Scriptures). Our mission is to make disciples, love cities, and plant churches.