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(1 Cor 3:1-3 NKJV) And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Chr

(1 Cor 3:1-3 NKJV) And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. . {2} I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;.

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(1 Cor 3:1-3 NKJV) And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Chr

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  1. (1 Cor 3:1-3 NKJV) And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

  2. {2} I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;

  3. {3} for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

  4. KEY INSIGHT: In the Bible we find that God very clearly divides mankind into two groups - 1.) The natural 2.) The spiritual

  5. Those who are yet dead in trespasses and sins. Those who through faith in Christ have been born again and are now alive to God.

  6. KEY INSIGHT: The CARNAL MAN is NOT a third category of man.

  7. He is NOT a NATURAL man because he has truly been made alive to God. We might say that he is the UN - natural man.

  8. The carnal man is a real Christian. We know that because of the way that Paul addresses them -

  9. (1 Cor. 3:1 NLT) Dear brothers and sisters… Paul is CERTAIN that they have been born again into the family of God.

  10. (Eph. 2:18-19 NLT) Now all of us…. May come to the Father… So now you gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners… You are members of God’s family.

  11. The carnal man is a real Christian. But, though he is indeed a Christian, Paul is going to show us that he is an UNNATURAL Christian.

  12. He is an UNNATURAL Christian because he is in a state of retarded spiritual growth. Because of this the carnal man in many ways still resembles the natural man.

  13. That is why Paul calls this person CARNAL. The word CARNAL means FLESH.

  14. KEY INSIGHT: Though he has been born again, and has been united to Jesus, he is not satisfied with Jesus.

  15. KEY INSIGHT: One of the most easily detectable signs of carnality is that your joy is not found in Jesus alone, it is found in Jesus AND….

  16. Your joy is wrapped up in Jesus AND - Some possession; Some pleasure; Some position.

  17. The Scriptures clearly define the characteristics of the CARNAL MAN. Let’s examine them.

  18. Verse 1 …babes in Christ.

  19. KEY INSIGHT: The CARNAL Christian is someone who has never grown out of spiritual diapers.

  20. KEY OBSERVATION: The fact that many of the Corinthians had never grown out of spiritual infancy is seen by the words of Paul in Verse 2 -

  21. Verse 2-3a I fed you with MILK and not with solid food; for until now you were unable to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal…

  22. At birth infants are nourished on mom’s milk or formula because they can NOT digest solid foods. There are also certain properties in mom’s milk that help to develop immunities.

  23. Seeing mom with infant is a very beautiful and a very natural sight.

  24. But there comes a time when the infant matures and can begin to eat semi-solids. Then They grow teeth and can begin to chew and digest solid food.

  25. Remember how we said at the beginning that he is the unnatural Christian?

  26. Ladies, imagine that you are visiting a friend and their teen age child comes into the room and says, “Mom, I’m hungry. Can I have a snack?”

  27. Nothing unnatural about that. But just imagine your shock if your friend said “Sure honey,” and then unbuttoned her blouse and started to breast feed her teenager! UNNATURAL!

  28. That is exactly the picture of the CARNAL Christian. He is an UN-NATURAL spiritual man.

  29. He should be nourishing himself on the “meat” of the Word, but instead is a weak, anemic, milk drinking infant.

  30. He is a spiritual dwarf, never growing into maturity. After being away from him for five or ten years you would find his prayer life, and his witness have not changed at all.

  31. QUOTE: J. Oswald Sanders “True, nothing is more attractive than baby-talk, but what is charming in a child is tragic in a man. The Carnal Christian is a spiritual monstrosity.”

  32. KEY INSIGHT: This state of carnality is not only unnatural, it also leaves the carnal Christian in a state of being -

  33. KEY INSIGHT: The carnal Christian is HELPLESS and DEPENDENT on others for his spiritual development and well being.

  34. He incapable of feeding himself from the Scriptures. Remember we noted that the Carnal Christian lives on the milk of the Word.

  35. The fact that he is a milk drinker tells us that the carnal Christian is dependent upon others for spiritual nourishment, because what is milk but solid food that has passed through the another digestive tract.

  36. KEY POINT: The Carnal Christian has a poor appetite for the bible and is incapable of drawing nourishment from it’s pages.

  37. KEY INSIGHT: Because of his own helplessness in spiritual things he is INCAPABLE of serving others. Rather than SERVING he must constantly be SERVED.

  38. So the CARNAL Christian is characterized by: Spiritual Immaturity Spiritual Helplessness

  39. KEY INSIGHT: The CARNAL Christian is quick to argue over trifles.

  40. He has no real desire to know or defend the great truths of Scripture, but he will fight to the death over things that are INSIGNIFICANT or NON-ESSENTIAL to the Christian life.

  41. Here are some of the more significant issues which we have had tackle over the years -

  42. The color of doors. The pastor’s shoes. Where the pastoral staff came from.

  43. So the Carnal Christian is characterized by: Spiritual immaturity Spiritual Helplessness Arguing Over Trifles

  44. KEY INSIGHT: The Carnal Christian is guided by EMOTION rather than PRINCIPLE and TRUTH. As a result he is touchy and easily offended.

  45. His whole perception of the world around him is based on what he feels. As a result he is touchy and easily offended.

  46. Those around him must walk on eggs because they are always uncertain as to how he will react.

  47. So the Carnal Christian is characterized by: Spiritual immaturity Spiritual Helplessness Arguing Over Trifles Lives on Feelings

  48. (1 Cor 3:3-4 NKJV) for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? {4} For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?

  49. KEY INSIGHT #1 - Envy, Strife and Division are the inevitable by products of the carnal life.

  50. ENVY - A Carnal Christian can not rejoice over the success of another. They indeed sound childish - “Why does HE get to ____?

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