And so, this is normal to be SARKINOS. It's a babe in Christ. So, he says that because of that, I fed you with milk and not meat because you are not able to receive it. But he says that even now you're not able to.
Verse 3 says "For you are yet SARKIKOS, abnormal flesh." He says it's been five years. By now, I should have been able to start sharing the meat with you. But you are just as carnal now as you were when you first received the Lord!
Carnal is not just a spiritual condition. Remember, its flesh. That's what the word means. You are functioning according to a normal human being and not spiritual.
"For you are yet carnal, SARKIKOS, for as there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are you not SARKIKOS, and walk according to men? For while one says I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are you not carnal, SARKIKOS?"
Wait till he rips on us about the divisions in the body of Christ. According to God's word, every believer is under one name, and that's Jesus Christ! We chose all the other names to divide ourselves up. And Paul says that's carnal.
So, the spiritual condition of the church to whom Paul is writing is a very carnal church. They are very fleshy people. They are not spiritual at all. They are emotional. They live off of emotional energy. And they handle all the business of the church and the events of the church according to the human, not according to the Spirit of God or the bible.
This is information that you need to know before you begin reading 1 Corinthians because there is information at the beginning of Chapter 1 that you need to compare.
And so, this is normal to be SARKINOS. It's a babe in Christ. So, he says that because of that, I fed you with milk and not meat because you are not able to receive it. But he says that even now you're not able to.
Verse 3 says "For you are yet SARKIKOS, abnormal flesh." He says it's been five years. By now, I should have been able to start sharing the meat with you. But you are just as carnal now as you were when you first received the Lord!
Carnal is not just a spiritual condition. Remember, its flesh. That's what the word means. You are functioning according to a normal human being and not spiritual.
"For you are yet carnal, SARKIKOS, for as there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are you not SARKIKOS, and walk according to men? For while one says I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are you not carnal, SARKIKOS?"
Wait till he rips on us about the divisions in the body of Christ. According to God's word, every believer is under one name, and that's Jesus Christ! We chose all the other names to divide ourselves up. And Paul says that's carnal.
So, the spiritual condition of the church to whom Paul is writing is a very carnal church. They are very fleshy people. They are not spiritual at all. They are emotional. They live off of emotional energy. And they handle all the business of the church and the events of the church according to the human, not according to the Spirit of God or the bible.
This is information that you need to know before you begin reading 1 Corinthians because there is information at the beginning of Chapter 1 that you need to compare.
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