{"id":2199,"date":"2023-02-25T23:52:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2023-02-25T23:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:52:24","slug":"responding-to-the-issue-of-carnality-in-the-church-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2023\/02\/25\/responding-to-the-issue-of-carnality-in-the-church-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to the Issue of Carnality in the Church, by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on 1 Cor 3:1-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our previous lesson, we studied Paul\u2019s description of two kinds of people and spirits. In 1 Cor 2:14, Paul speaks about the natural man who lives in the Adamic nature and rejects the things of the Spirit. Paul also describes the spiritual man in 1 Cor 2:15 as those who understand the things of God. This lesson on 1&nbsp; Cor 3:1-5 &nbsp;focuses on the carnal persons who know the things of God, but in some ways are still characterized by the flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Carnal conditions in the Corinthian Church (1 Cor 3:1-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul confronts the carnal conditions of the Corinthian Church. The fact that Paul addresses the Corinthians as brethren implies that they belong to the family of God but they are not living like spiritual people. Thus, to Paul, the Corinthians lived as fleshly people who are immature Christians and babes in Christ. From Paul\u2019s line of thinking, these Christians think and act according to the flesh and not the Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Evidence of carnalities in the Corinthians Church (1 Cor 3:3-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul was of the view that the Corinthians were babes in Jesus and could not receive the solid meat of the Word, the deeper truths of the Scriptures (Hebrews 5:11-14) about the heavenly ministry of Jesus. He had to feed them with milk like a nurse! Just like little children they argued and divided themselves into groups, following human leaders. James 3:13-4:17 gives reasons why there are wars and divisions in the church and pictures the carnal state of the believer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ministers and carnalities in the Church (1 Cor 3:5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word \u201cminister\u201d used in this context is the same word from which we get our word \u201cdeacon,\u201d and it means \u201ca servant.\u201d For eighteen months Paul was Christ\u2019s servant in Corinth, feeding the people God\u2019s Word, disciplining them, encouraging them, and helping them win others. If there were problems in the Church, it was not Paul\u2019s fault. It was their fault for being such immature believers. They were babes. A true pastor must be a servant. He or she must have a servant\u2019s mind (Philippians 2) and be willing to put Jesus first, others second and self last. This is not always easy to do! We must pray for our spiritual leaders, that God will give them grace and strength to be servants to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion and application<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lesson has looked at the issue of carnality in the Corinthians Church. The problem of carnality centred around their relationships with humans which shows that they had a problem in their relationship with God. This revealed their carnality, fleshy way of thinking and lifestyle. Worth observing here is that the envy, strife and divisions in the Corinthian Church are not the only signs of carnality but they were most evident in the Church. As Christians, we are called upon to walk in the Spirit and not to do otherwise.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on 1 Cor 3:1-5 Introduction In our previous lesson, we studied Paul\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62474923,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25826],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4q0JC-zt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2265,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2023\/04\/15\/the-pastor-as-a-spiritual-father-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":0},"title":"The Pastor as a \u201cSpiritual Father or Mother\u201d by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu","author":"revfosu","date":"April 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg - Bible Study Material on 1 Cor 4:14-21 Introduction Paul has been addressing the issue of division in the church over their allegiance to various teachers. Using sarcasm, Paul challenged the immaturity and arrogance of the Corinthians in 1 Cor. 8-13. This study on 1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bible Studies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bible Studies","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/category\/bible-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2210,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2023\/03\/03\/belonging-to-the-local-church-as-a-spiritual-garden-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":1},"title":"Belonging to the Local Church as a Spiritual Garden, by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu","author":"revfosu","date":"M\u00e4rz 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study material on 1 Cor 3:6-9 Introduction We have studied 1 Cor 3:1-5 and learnt that Paul responds to the issue of carnality in the Corinthian Church by emphasising that ministers of the gospel are to be regarded as servants of God by using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bible Studies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bible Studies","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/category\/bible-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2090,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2023\/01\/29\/pauls-response-to-the-division-in-the-corinthian-church-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":2},"title":"Paul\u2019s response to the division in the Corinthian Church, by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu","author":"revfosu","date":"Januar 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: 1:10-16 Introduction\u00a0 In the previous lesson on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, we learnt that Paul introduces his letter in the form of an overture by commending the believers at Corinth. Paul does that by reminding them about their spiritual blessings in Christ. The Corinthians were called, graced and gifted by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bible Studies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bible Studies","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/category\/bible-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2364,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2023\/08\/12\/pauls-response-to-the-corinthians-issue-of-settling-disputes-in-court-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":3},"title":"Paul&#8217;s Response to the Corinthians&#8217; Issue of Settling Disputes in Court, by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu","author":"revfosu","date":"August 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on 1 Cor 6:1-8 Introduction 1 Cor 6 deals with the two main issues that Paul addressed in response to the questions that the Corinthians asked him. Paul seems to address multiple issues that may appear to be unrelated on the surface,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bible Studies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bible Studies","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/category\/bible-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2712,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2024\/04\/28\/exercising-spiritual-gifts-in-humility-and-unity-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":4},"title":"Exercising Spiritual Gifts in Humility and Unity, by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu","author":"revfosu","date":"April 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazing Grace Baptist Church Bible Study Material on 1 Cor. 12:21-30 Introduction This lesson serves as a continuation of our studies on Paul\u2019s response to the issue of Spiritual Gifts in the Corinthian Church. It is important to state that we are studying the subject in the light of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bible Studies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bible Studies","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/category\/bible-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2253,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2023\/04\/08\/ministers-of-the-gospel-as-spectacle-to-the-world-by-rev-dr-john-kwasi-fosu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2199,"position":5},"title":"Ministers of the Gospel as &#8220;Spectacle&#8221; to the World, by Rev Dr John Kwasi Fosu","author":"revfosu","date":"April 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on 1 Cor 4:8-13 Introduction This study on 1 Cor 4:8-13 identifies the impressions that the people of the world with particular attention to the Corinthians have on ministers of the gospel. \u00a0The word\u00a0spectacle\u00a0is from the Greek term that we get the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bible Studies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bible Studies","link":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/category\/bible-studies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62474923"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201,"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions\/2201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}