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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9

• All Penitent, Baptized Believers Are Joined By
  God To The Body Of Christ
• Acts 238,41,47
• The Corinthians Did The Same (Acts 188 1 Cor.
  114-16)
• This Placed Them In The Body of Christ, the
  Church (1 Cor. 130 1213 Eph. 523)
• However, Their Being In The Body Did Not
  Automatically Shield Them From Carnality

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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
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? (1 Corinthians 31-3)
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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
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?
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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
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?
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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9

• Carnal Brethren Are Described As Babies (1
  Cor. 31)
• All Converts Start Out As Babies, But They Are
  Not To Remain Such
• As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the
  word that you may grow thereby (1 Pet. 22 2
  Pet. 318)
• Hebrews 511-62 Ephesians 414

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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
Symptoms of Christian Babyhood

• Like Babies, They Dont Work!
• They Cry Like Babies
• They scream and squall when they dont get their
  way.
• They whine and complain when they are
  uncomfortable.
• They sulk and pout when they are rebuked.

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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
Symptoms of Christian Babyhood

• Like Babies, They Focus Mainly On The Wants
  Needs Of The Flesh (33 Gal. 519-21 1 Jn.
  215-17 Matt. 624-33).
• Like Babies, They Are Attached To The Humans Who
  Nurtured Them (1 Cor. 111-16 321-23 46)
• Like Babies, They Lacked Insight Into The
  Workings Of God (1 Cor. 36-9).

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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
Why Some Remain Babies

• They Are Perpetually Fed Like Babies
• Paul could not speak to the Corinthians as
  spiritual people (31)
• Many preachers preach fluff no doctrine, never
  challenge people to objectively analyze passages
• Many class teachers dont study to be able to
  evoke thought interest.

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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
Why Some Remain Babies

• They Are Perpetually Treated Like Babies
• Spiritual brethren often get into the habit of
  continuing to handle carnal brethren with kid
  gloves.
• Yes, we are to bear with the scruples of the
  weak (Rom. 151), and uphold the weak (1
  Thess. 514), but weak is not carnal!

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Two Kinds Of BrethrenCarnal And Spiritual
1 Corinthians 31-9
Spiritual Brethren

• Respect What Is Written (1 Cor. 46 110)
  Above Who Is Speaking!
• Are More Concerned With What GOD Thinks Of Them
  Than With What MEN Think Of Them! (1 Cor. 43).
• Glory In The Lord (131), Not In Men (321).
• Know Their Place (1 Cor. 39)