Henrietta Christian Fellowship
Submit to God
From Natural to Spiritual Life in Christ – Put On the Lord Jesus Christ
Romans 13:13-14 NASB1995
“Wisdom” that leads to strife and trouble
James 3:15 NASB1995
Temporary & Inadequate, Sensual – Driven by our appetites, Devilish
Immaturity in Faith and Fleshliness go hand in hand
1 Corinthians 3:3 NASB1995
Mere humans (as compared to what we ought to be)
The Natural Man is incapable of being anything else – In Life, we produce according to what we are
Thayer Definition:“Natural”psuchikos
having the nature and characteristics of the breath; the principal of animal life, which men have in common with the brutes; governed by breath; the sensuous nature with its subjection to appetite and passion.
Thayer Definition: “Spiritual” pneumatikos
relating to the human spirit, or rational soul, as part of the man which is akin to God; belonging to the Divine Spirit; one who is filled with and governed by the Spirit of God
What is a Spiritual Man?
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 NASB1995
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 NASB1995
Character of a Spiritual Man
· Has the Holy Spirit – Has the Life that is from God
· Knows the things of God & What he has from God
· Is Taught by the Holy Spirit – Is able to think with the
Mind of Christ (WWJD)
· Able to discern and Understand spiritual things
· Natural men are not able to understand the inner
workings of the spiritual man
New Life is in Receiving and Following the Spirit of God
Romans 8:9-14 NASB1995
1 Corinthians 6:19 NASB1995
Life at the Crossroads – Live to the Spirit or Live to the Flesh – Led by the Spirit or Grieve / Quench the Spirit
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 NASB1995
Ephesians 4:30-32 NASB1995
Receive the Spirit of Christ / Say “No” to the cravings of the flesh / Put to Death the practices of the flesh / Follow the Leading of the Spirit of God
You Are a Child of God – Your Life Is Not Of the Flesh, but Of the Spirit