First Corinthians 3 talks about this problem that existed in the church then and still is a problem to this day. "Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. 2 I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, 3 For you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?" A carnal Christian is a person who has accepted Jesus as the only way of salvation but they are still living as if Christ is not the Lord of their life. A serious committed follower of Jesus will desire to follow after the leading of the Holy Spirit and not after the sinful nature that ruled their life before. Carnal means fleshly or sinful nature. When a Christian is not acting as Jesus would then they are being carnal.
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