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Carnal Christians and fleshy minds
What is the meaning of a carnal Christian. A carnal Christian is simply some who have studied and learned the basic of the word of God, change little but continue to live their worldly ways. These are people who use the church as a mean to make themselves think they are better than others.
Below is a more convincing scriptures for your understanding. You have two versions of the same scripture.
1 Corinthians 3:1–3 King James Version (KJV)
1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
English Standard Version (ESV)
1. But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. 3. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh.
1. But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. 3. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh.
Above, you read that in most churches, if not all, and I believe all of today's churches, have many peoples in them that do not want to conform to the entire word of God when they know the truth. People still have in them and showing it in the church a lot of envying, strife and division in them. Full of troublemakers and the such.
"Walking as men" is having the same behavior and character as those of the secular world..... But wait a minute! It's the secular world these same carnal Christians. You see now days every one knows about Jesus. We are not living in the old ancient days two thousand years ago. Every one is in the know.
You see, folks went to Church and learned of Christ, the basic. This is just milk or the beginning of knowing. Many do not want the hard food because it cut off their planed life style. The writer gave them food but they spit it out early. So, he saw no need to give them solid food or go any further with trying to teach them things unknown because they can't and is not living by the smaller teaching already given.
People are forever learning but not coming to the understanding of the truth. Carnal Christians go to Church and today knowing more than the people that Paul, Peter and others taught, yet, they revert back to the basic because they still cannot swallow solid food or the whole word of God for self pleasure. Continue
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