In 2 Samuel 3 – 5 the battles rage on. Abner makes a covenant with David but David’s people kill Abner. Some people kill Saul’s son and David becomes the king of all of Israel. David is 30 years old. David takes Jerusalem form the Jebusites and it becomes the City of David. David gets stronger and stronger.

The Israelites had not completely defeated the Philistines yet. David asks God if it is time to fight them. God blesses David and the Israelites strike down the Philistines.

In 1 Corinthians 3 Paul is still addressing the quarreling over who the people are following. He tells them that he is unable to address them as spiritual people yet because they are still in the flesh, infants in Christ. As long as they are quarreling they have not attained the spiritual maturity they need to learn about deeper faith. They are thinking in human terms.

Each of those who has come to Corinth has come with a part of the gospel message. Each has his own God-given purpose for furthering their growth. The growth, though, comes from God. The people of Corinth are concerned about their human leaders and human wisdom. Paul admonishes them to concentrate on Christ and God’s wisdom.

Even today, we are lured by charismatic teachers, preachers, and leaders. We boast about the people that we follow or that we like over others. We may not accept new leadership because of our loyalty to the old leaders. We fail to realize that our only leader is Jesus Christ. All others are merely servants of the kingdom of God. They are not to be adored; we are only to worship Christ.