From Spiritual Immaturity to True Christian Growth

Paul highlights that the Corinthians are behaving like the world, aligning themselves with different leaders such as Paul and Apollos, which leads to jealousy and competition. This behavior is a sign of their spiritual immaturity. Paul emphasizes that true wisdom comes from God, not from human philosophy or allegiance to human leaders. [00:43:48]

Paul goes on to illustrate the Folly of human wisdom in contrasting that with God's wisdom. He highlights the conflict between the two forms of wisdom and he discusses the absolute absurdity that Jesus would die on the cross and he calls this the foolishness of the Gospel or the foolishness of the preaching of the Cross. [00:44:48]

Paul was committed to share the gospel with the Corinth people in a spirit of humility. He then delves into the distinction between the two types of wisdom foolish wisdom of the world and then God's wisdom and then two categories of people. The two categories of people were spiritual people and also natural people. [00:46:36]

Paul revisits his initial grievances as you remember in chapter number one Paul addressed the Corinthians based on a report that he had received from the house of Cl that there were divisions in the church at Corinth. Now many observers of this letter uh say that division was the primary concern. [00:41:41]

Paul said now Brethren could not speak unto you as spiritual or as as a saved man but as into carnal that word carnal means fleshly even as into babes in Christ I have fed you with milk and not with meat for here too you were not able to Bear it neither yet now are ye able. [00:40:21]

Paul explains his past Ministry his past Ministry look in verse number one he said and I Brethren what's the next two words could not speak unto you as unto spiritual he's not saying I I am not or I will not or can not he's saying that I could not what that does is that indicates a past Ministry. [00:50:12]

Paul here is comparing two things now number one he's he's comparing with his teaching meat versus milk the meat of the word versus the milk of the word and I believe that just by a couple of General thoughts we'll we'll get a little bit of understanding of this first of all as a pertains to meat versus milk. [00:52:50]

Paul said I could not speak to you as spiritual why did he bring up the past I believe it's because they criticized Paul's Ministry so Paul explains to them why it was the way it was he talks about meat versus milk from the teacher perspective from the listener's perspective. [01:02:12]

Paul says this in verse three are you not carnal and walk as men he said are you not fleshly are you not are you not acting like a lost man and walk as a natural man. [01:13:33]

Paul's comment of Brethren suggests that he believes in their genuine conversion but he expects that there'll be a return to spirituality so he talks about their Brotherhood but then he talks about their burden what was their burden this church has believers who are at a point that in which they they should be further than what they are. [01:06:05]

Paul told the book of Hebrews he said in a time in which you ought to have been teachers you're wanting to go back to the elementary stuff of the word of God and have people teach you if my existence in church Bradley was just me sitting on a Pew and somebody giving me milk every Sunday man that's not any existence at all. [01:20:36]

Paul says this in verse three are you not carnal and walk as men he said are you not fleshly are you not are you not acting like a lost man and walk as a natural man. [01:13:33]