CARNAL OR SPIRITUAL?

The carnal man demands his rights. The carnal man wants to live at the edge of Sodom where he can flirt with sin without being marked by it. Such a desire is foolish for no flirtation with sin can leave us unmarked. Carnal man takes the blessings of God and uses them for his own enjoyment, promotion and comfort. The carnal man needs the law to bring control to his behavior he himself is not willing to control. The carnal man lives for himself.

The spiritual man understands that he has no rights. The spiritual man wants to live as far away from sin as he possibly can for he understands that even the passing shadow of sin will leave him scarred. The spiritual man recognizes the blessings that come from God to be vehicles of salvation for those who are yet to come. The spiritual man only needs the Word of God to direct him; it is the “LAMP UNTO HIS FEET” in a darkened sinful world. The spiritual man lives for others.

2 CORINTHIANS 6:14 “DON’T TEAM UP WITH THOSE WHO ARE UNBELIEVERS. HOW CAN GOODNESS BE A PARTNER WITH WICKEDNESS? HOW CAN LIGHT LIVE WITH DARKNESS?

Life is often difficult; there are few seasons of pure joy; where there are no heartaches or challenges. We cannot control what tomorrow brings into our lives, but we can choose how will respond to those challenges. Our response can determine the outcome of many more tomorrows; our tomorrows and the tomorrows of our children and our children’s children.

It is natural to seek to ease our pain, but we must be cautious for the most immediate answers are seldom the permanent solutions; “THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH. PROVERBS 16:25

Hear the voice of Jesus, “COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE BURDENED DOWN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. MATTHEW 11:28

The carnal man excuses his sin until it has grown and overtaken him and destroyed the blessings of God in His life. The spiritual man avoids even “THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL” that God might shine forth and strengthen his life for the difficult days ahead. Amen!