WHAT MANNER OF MAN ARE YOU?
"Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God." —I Corinthians 10:32
Here we have God's ethnic division of the human race: Jew, Gentile, Church of God. The Jew is ever a Jew. Gentile means the heathen world. Everyone outside of Christ who is not a Jew is a heathen, or a Gentile. The Church, the body of Christ, the new creation stands utterly alone. Paul has another division in his writings: the natural man, the carnal man, and the spiritual man.
The natural man is one who has never yet passed out of death into life. He has never been born-again. He's never been recreated. He's never become a new creature in Christ Jesus.
The carnal man is a new creature. He has been born-again. But he's never developed or grown. It is sad but true that the carnal man may remain in this condition all his life long. He may never develop beyond the babyhood state of the new creation. He is governed by his body; by his physical senses, rather than by his spirit.
The spiritual man is one who has developed in divine things. His spirit has gained the ascendancy over his intellectual processes. And his spirit has gained the ascendancy over his body and his physical senses. God governs him through the Word. This state is the will and intension of God for us all because the was the state of the Adam when he was created before the fall of man or before he became carnal (ruled by flesh) and natural (spiritual death)
Let's look carefully at these three men to see which one we are, and what we can do about it.... And in doing this, the next article will be on the biblical concept of spirituality that is how do I become a spiritual man (if I am not) or how to be sure I am a spiritual man (if you feel you are)..
Enjoy the rest of the week.
REVEALED BY: An envoy HB
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