And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. I Corinthians 3:1-9
No one is unimportant. Thing about the food you ate at your last meal. Who is greater? The farmer who raised it or the grocer who sells it? The line worker in the packing plant or the truck driver who took it to the store? Each one must do their part to bring the food to you so your body can benefit from its nourishment.
In the family of God it is the same. The preacher is not greater than the pianist. Nor is the missionary greater than the intercessor. The one who invites is not greater than the one who evangelizes. We need each other to do our little bit to help our Heavenly Father do His work.
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