6 Carnality Prevents Spiritual Growth

The believers at Corinth were living lives that matched those of the culture around them. They were not letting the Spirit lead them in appropriate thought and behavior. New believers behave this way. They still cling to the ways of this world thinking they can compartmentalize their Christianity and not open it up for the world at large to witness. They need to be discipled in Christ. They must be fed to grow. After regular feeding on God’s Word a new believer becomes less concerned with “what the world thinks” and only concerned with what Jesus thinks and wants. We become unashamed of the gospel (Rom 1:16). If you are still reluctant to speak of Christ as fact to others and have been a believer for a long time then you might still be in the early stages of Spiritual development. You might want to ask yourself why are you stuck here? For the Corinthians it was carnality