CONTROLLED BY YOUR DESIRES?
Monday October 5, 2015
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:3
Memory verse: v 3
Paul
was obviously worried about the spiritual state of the Corinthian church. He
did not mince words in saying they were carnal. His reasons are the issues of
envy, strife, divisions among themselves. Though they were Christians, yet
their divisions and strife show that they are yet, in some degree, under the
influence of worldliness. Men who are governed solely by the principles of this
world evince a spirit of strife, emulation, and contention. One would ask,
where is the love for one another that Jesus gave as new commandment (see John
13:34)?
Envy,
as the root, bears strife, and strife breeds divisions and factions. Envy is a
pestilent lust; it makes another's good our grief. The devil rejoices at the
destruction of sinners and sows seed of discord amongst Christians. Again,
strife and contention, differences and divisions, are often found in the
churches of Christ, and among particular Christians and that so far as these
prevail in and among any, it evidences that they are carnal. Are these
evidences in you? See Romans 6:21; 8:7, 13 and Galatians 6:8.
Food for Thought: A carnal man cannot please God nor get His blessings.
Prayer: Lord God, deliver me from every form of carnality in Jesus name.
