1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4, Identifying the Spiritual Man – Message 1

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Blessed Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church

Family Bible Camp 2017

14 June 2017

Message 1

Identifying the Spiritual Man

1 Corinthians 2:6-3:1-4 (KJV)

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (KJV)

6  Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7  But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8  Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10  But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11  For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13  Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15  But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16  For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:1-4 (KJV)
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?
4  For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

 

OUTLINE

  • A Perfect Man (Complete/Mature) (v6-16)
    1. Possesses the Wisdom of God (v6-9)
    2. Taught by the Holy Spirit (v10-11)
    3. Through God’s Revealed Word (v12-14)
    4. Appraise Things Rightly for Their True Value (v15)
    5. Possesses the Mind of Christ – View and Assess Things The Way Christ does (v16)
  • Not a Natural Man (v6-9; 14)
    1. Possess World’s Empty Wisdom (v6)
    2. Man’s Mind and Heart Lacking (v7-8)
    3. Man’s Natural Senses Limited (v9)
    4. Unable to Value Spiritual Truth (v14)
    5. Does Not Have the Holy Spirit (v14)
  • Nor a Carnal/Fleshly Man (v3:1-4)
    1. Spiritual Babies (v3:1)
    2. Feed on Milk and Not Meat (v3:2)
    3. Fleshly (v3-4)
      1. Plagued by Envy and Strife