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What is a ‘carnal’ Christian?
Although some have questioned whether it is so, the Bible clearly says a person who is born again may be either a Christ-centered “spiritual” Christian or a self-centered “carnal” Christian. 1 Corinthians 3 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; 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 For…
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It is self-evident ‘many’ Christians do not perceive what should be self-evident
A “self evident truth” is something that proves itself. It does not need further evidence if one is just honest with the truth or doesn’t try to explain facts away. There are many unsettling self-evident truths in the Christian faith that Jesus predicted will see “many” dismayed or rejected on Judgment Day after believing they had been faithful Christians in their lives. Unfortunately “many” today are unaware, or accept conditions as normal that the New Testament writers would have considered most abnormal. Without diving into specific doctrinal disputes, this article will call attention to a number of self-evident truths exposing an inconvenient truth in the macro-level, 30,000-foot view of Christianity…
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Disturbing parallels between post-apostolic Christianity and the unfaithful and faltering Old Testament Jews
If a testament were written beyond the New Testament chronicling “the church” since 100 AD, numerous unsettling parallels could be drawn between those who named Christ and the disobedient and unfaithful Old Covenant Jews. It is said hindsight is 20-20. And, it is historic fact that despite advantages over the Old Covenant granted by God and claimed in the post-apostolic age for the past 1900 years, many who called themselves Christ’s representatives failed to live up to God’s expectations in significant ways just as did the Jews. This article will show the root common denominator between failures in the Old Covenant era and New Covenant era, but first some qualifiers…
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Why God ‘commands’ His people to become spiritual – sermon audio
In 1 Corinthians 3 the apostle Paul rebuked the Christians for being “carnal” and not “spiritual.” This plus other New Testament passages indicate that becoming a spiritual Christian is thus required by God. We put the word commands in quote marks however because there is no actual command, but becoming spiritual is an effective injunction that God expects His people to know and follow through on. Jesus gave His life for His people to know the fullness of it.
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God’s Plan A for His people and what really happened – audio
This is a Bible study looking at parallels between the Old Testament Jews who did not have the Holy Spirit in their bodies and Christians who claim they do. The public face of the Christian faith – also known as church history – proves people naming Christ deviated from two of the Lord’s highest effective commands in John 13:34,35 and John 17:20-23. Jesus Christ tied the keeping of these as that which would provide the world a witness that He, the Almighty God, was surely among His people.
