Which route are you on?

1 Cor 3 “First Class or Third Class?”

Look at your church, look at yourself, look at the world. Some people are traveling in first class, they are saved and they are maturing. Others are traveling in third class, they are saved but not producing fruit. And then there rather those who are riding in the baggage car, these are the unsaved and they are traveling with other’s baggage and also their own. This is an illustration of the Church in Corinth. (Compliments to Alan Redpath, British author and teacher) 

Paul wants so much for the Corinthians to mature but as he notes there is still strife which leads to divisions. He wants to feed them meat but they are like babies who can only feed on milk. He is reminding them that they are the temple of the Lord and should therefore live holy lives. 

As we read this chapter, the Spirit is challenging us to address which person we resemble. Are we traveling this route in life in first class or third class or worse are we in the baggage car?