1 Corinthians 3:6&8

1 Corinthians 3:5-9

"What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building."

We are called to labor as Christians, planting seeds in people's hearts from the scripture just as Christ describes in Matthew 13:19-23.  Have you ever seen a seed planted in the ground?  Does it make a difference if someone twirls around, jumps up and down and drops the seed behind their back to plant it or if someone just simply puts it in the ground?  The manner in which a seed is planted matters nothing, but rather God who causes it to grow.  

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

"And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men?"

What is the place of a denomination but to say "I follow these sets of principles."?  Are you not following mere men?  

"As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him." 1 John 2:27

""But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come." John 16:13

"In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation --having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,"  Ephesians 1:13

1 Corinthians 2:2,6,10-11

1 Corinthians 2:2

"For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." 

How are we to make disciples?  Do you teach all the mysteries of God and wisdom from the Lord to a new believer?  Do you make known to an unbeliever the knowledge of how the body of Christ works in the church?  By no means!  Preach Christ to those who have not the Lord and who are new to the Lord.  "If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?" Psalm 11:3

Consider the soil: "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away."  Luke 8:13

Christians should be firmly rooted in the Gospel.  They should be able to exhort, teach, encourage, etc. others in the Gospel.  They should be able to pull from their hearts (Psalm 119:11) verses from the scriptures that describe the Gospel.  I don't picture someone firmly rooted in math and not having a full memorization of the times tables or how to do long division.  I don't think someone is firmly rooted in English literature that doesn't have some of Chaucer committed to memory.  Why is it any different when we come to the Gospel?

1 Corinthians 2:6

"Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;"

There is a place for wisdom among the mature in Christ.  However someone is not mature in the Lord (no matter how long they've been born again) if they do not have the knowledge and ability to speak and share the Gospel (Hebrews 5:11-14).

1 Corinthians 2:10-11

"For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God." 

Here's a fact that should encourage you in your understanding and ability to memorize and share the Gospel: You HAVE the spirit of God living inside of you if you believe that Christ, by grace, has saved you from the wrath of God, and pulled you from a life of corruption, to live not for yourself but for him (1 Corinthians 3:16, Ephesians 1:13, Revelation 20:15, 2 Corinthians 5:15)!  He will equip you for every good work (Hebrews 13:21).

1 Corinthians 1:17-18,25,30

1 Corinthians 1:17-18

"For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

Paul's main point in being among the Corinthians was not to do some religious act (which Christ's actually commands in Matthew 28:19), but it was to preach the gospel! Can you preach the Gospel? It should be of the utmost importance in a new believers life: learning & speaking the Gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:25
"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."

Just a reminder that if you do look like a fool among men for preaching the Gospel, it is not you that they consider a fool but rather God himself.

1 Corinthians 1:30
"But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,"

God has called you to his wisdom that which has been known since the beginning of time (John 1:1) and never shall fade (1 Peter 1:25).  Consider Romans 12:2.  Why would we be called to renew our minds if we already understood?