Walking The Talk
Larry Wynn
I Corinthians 2: 14-16;3:1-3
A. Opening illustration: statistics of Members of mainline churches:
1. 50% are not certain of their Salvation.
2. 60% seldom attend church.
3. 70% give less than 1% to the Church.
4. 80% have no ministry within The church.
5. 90% have never been discipiled Or trained.
B. Church members in america are Living beneath their privileges as Believers.
1. John 10:10 ''i have come that you Might have life and have it more Abundantly.
A. In the middle of that verse is a Comma.
B. On which side of the comma are You living?
2. Are you walking as mere men, Or are you empowered by god For his will in your life?
C. We say there are two kinds of People in the world, saved and lost.
1. Actually there are three kinds.
A. Natural.
B. Carnal.
C. Spiritual.
2. I corinthians 2 andamp; 3 describe each Of these persons.
I. The natural man. 2:14.
''But a natural man, he says, does not accept The things of the spirit of god for they are Foolishness to him, and he cannot understand Them because they are spiritually understood.
A. Man is a tracheotomy:
1. Body: what you see.
2. Soul: the mind, emotions, will.
3. The spirit: the part that can Relate to god.
B. When adam and eve sinned the spirit Part of man died.
1. Now we are born natural Rather than spiritual in nature.
2. The spirit part of man cannot Revive itself.
C. I corinthians 2:14 says, ''the natural Man cannot accept spiritual things.
1. The word accept means to Embrace for themselves.
2. They are foolishness: this is The reason there is conflict in The world. If you are a Believer in christ you are Swimming against the current.
Ill. Your life springs from a Different source; follows a Different course; comes to a Different conclusion.
D. I corinthians 2:14 also explains Spiritual things are not understood By the natural man.
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Larry Wynn
I Corinthians 2: 14-16;3:1-3
A. Opening illustration: statistics of Members of mainline churches:
1. 50% are not certain of their Salvation.
2. 60% seldom attend church.
3. 70% give less than 1% to the Church.
4. 80% have no ministry within The church.
5. 90% have never been discipiled Or trained.
B. Church members in america are Living beneath their privileges as Believers.
1. John 10:10 ''i have come that you Might have life and have it more Abundantly.
A. In the middle of that verse is a Comma.
B. On which side of the comma are You living?
2. Are you walking as mere men, Or are you empowered by god For his will in your life?
C. We say there are two kinds of People in the world, saved and lost.
1. Actually there are three kinds.
A. Natural.
B. Carnal.
C. Spiritual.
2. I corinthians 2 andamp; 3 describe each Of these persons.
I. The natural man. 2:14.
''But a natural man, he says, does not accept The things of the spirit of god for they are Foolishness to him, and he cannot understand Them because they are spiritually understood.
A. Man is a tracheotomy:
1. Body: what you see.
2. Soul: the mind, emotions, will.
3. The spirit: the part that can Relate to god.
B. When adam and eve sinned the spirit Part of man died.
1. Now we are born natural Rather than spiritual in nature.
2. The spirit part of man cannot Revive itself.
C. I corinthians 2:14 says, ''the natural Man cannot accept spiritual things.
1. The word accept means to Embrace for themselves.
2. They are foolishness: this is The reason there is conflict in The world. If you are a Believer in christ you are Swimming against the current.
Ill. Your life springs from a Different source; follows a Different course; comes to a Different conclusion.
D. I corinthians 2:14 also explains Spiritual things are not understood By the natural man.
1. One transl ...
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