REJECT CARNALITY

1 Corinthians 3:1-3. KJV

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 

Apostle Paul called them "brethren", yet some were carnal, others were spiritual. As it was in the Church then, so it is now. Carnal believers are those who did not completely make the inward shift from the way of the world to the way of the Spirit according to the new life in CHRIST they possess. They once in a while still talk and act as if they are not born-again. Believers in CHRIST here are classified into 2 categories, (the first my focus today) carnal and spiritual. We will discuss spiritual believers, GOD willing, next Sunday. Mind you, we also have loads of agents in our midst pretending to be born-again. Those are not my focus today. Carnal believers are truly born-again but still manifest some traits and character far different from what a matured believer walking and living in the Spirit ought to manifest. Carnal believers are still petty, easily offended, jealous, walk in envy and strife, etc, in fact the Bible says they still "walk as men" Read how the amplified puts it. 

1 Corinthians 3:3. AMP

For you are still [unspiritual, having the nature] of the flesh [under the control of ordinary impulses]. For as long as [there are] envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard and like mere (unchanged) men? 

Note, by virtue of new life (the power of transformation) in JESUS, we are meant to be changed people. This must manifest in all we do; in business, in friendship, in speech, in family, in marriage, in association, etc. The inward change must manifest in outward conduct. New life in JESUS transforms us and make us different, just like a rebirth (born-again). 

Another version puts it this way, 

1 Corinthians 3:3. GNT

because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards? 

From the above, GOD does not expect us to be like the world controlled by the flesh (eyes, ears and body) we are not meant to be subject to devilish and carnal impulses that make people act in wicked and unbecoming manners. We do not envy one another, we do not gossip nor backstab one another, we do not lust after the opposite gender, we do not practice lies, cunning craftiness and manipulations, we do not talk the way they talk (no coarse or swear words, not throwing the name of GOD and JESUS about carelessly, etc), we do not tell lies, we do not deceive nor cheat people; we do not defraud, we do not make promises and proceed to break them, our yes must be yes and our no must be no. We are not meant to live by worldly standard. What does this mean ? We don't class ourselves on the basis of wealth, education or achievements; we must see ourselves as brothers and sisters and love one another fervently no matter what we have or do not have. There is no class in the house of GOD. The world is not like that and we also must neither think nor live like them. We live chaste before marriage, we don't run our courtship or marriage the way the world run its own; fornication and adultery is not part of our life. We do not fight and beat up one another, we live out of our spirit and not in the flesh. Believers in CHRIST are supposed to be changed people. We can live above what the Bible calls carnality because of the power of the new life in JESUS and the presence of the HOLY SPIRIT in our lives. These we are supposed to consciously yield to. It is when we do not yield to these and allow the flesh to run us that we manifest carnality (flesh controlled). The word "flesh" in the Bible connotes ungodliness in way of life. 

Actually, escaping carnality might also demand you allow GOD work on you. After Salvation you must be subject to rigorous mind renewal by constant study of GOD'S Word and an unlearning of all the wickedness you have learnt in the world. If you do not, you will be in the Church but manifest carnality simply because you don't know any better. The problem with carnality arise due to certain reasons. Many are coming from deep life of sin, their mindset have been set in wickedness; some inherited deadly genes and DNA (many have serpent genetic code they inherited) through recombinant DNA technology done in the invisible labs, that produced the parents that gave birth to them. These deadly genes and DNA becomes hereditary, passed from your parents to you and to your own children. Non human genes might be in you, quietly growing and running you. At a stage (quite often old age), it can override your human traits (programmed to be so by genetic recombination) and turn you to something else you never imagined you will be. When a father or mother can no more recognise their children or look at them like "who are you", the transformation is at work. Simple common sense, by divine ordination, humans, till death, will never stop loving and recognising their children. Humanity, in old age, never strip parents of the love for their children. Anything contrary to that is the handiwork of evil forces. I saw it somewhere and I understood. They forgot I went to school. Through the abuse of science, they can programme whatever they want into the creatures they produced, they can make it repetitive, the creators holding the remote control of every such thing in their blood. This control strategy is extremely deadly. It is the control in your blood. 

A large number of believers also need to go through various surgeries of GOD through diverse various painful process to strip them of carnality and animal impulses. Many flee this and remain carnal. A lot of believers still need to work on themselves in strong prayers to free themselves from all forms of carnality. A clear understanding of how to live and walk in the Spirit and newness of life is very important. This is why I ask you to go study this book

THE SPIRITUAL MAN by Watchman Nee 

and know what it means to live as a true believer in CHRIST. Actually if those outside CHRIST are not complaining about your new way of life, you have a problem. The truth is if you are different and walk in love, holiness, true spirituality in JESUS; evil forces will hate you and even seek to destroy you. Rejoice, for that is the evidence you are on course and a true believer in CHRIST. 

IF DEVILS IGNORE YOU, YOU ARE NOT YET ON FIRE. WHEN THEY BEGIN TO LAY SIEGE AGAINST YOU, THAT MEANS YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN. 

Beloved, you must get all carnality out of your life for many reasons. 

1. If you manifest carnality, you will easily fall into sin and evil forces will destroy you. 

2. Evil forces will easily use you. You will become a problem in the Church. 

3. You will be a lousy testimony as a believer in CHRIST. 

4. Carnality can drain your fire as a believer. Carnal lifestyle grieve the HOLY SPIRIT.

5. You cannot be carnal and still carry a heavy anointing.  

6. Your sensitivity to the HOLY SPIRIT will not be strong, carnal reasoning will cloud your receptivity to the HOLY SPIRIT. You will be so worked up in the flesh that you will miss divine signals. 

7. Carnality, if not checked, can eventually send you to hell for it has the potential of pushing you into grievous sin. 

All believers must learn to live, talk, walk and move as led and guided by the HOLY SPIRIT.  Say the following. 

IN THE SPIRIT CONFESSION 

am a person born by the Spirit, moving in the Spirit and led by the Spirit. I talk in the Spirit, I sing in the Spirit, I walk in the Spirit, I pray in the Spirit, I do all in the Spirit and I also partake of this service in the Spirit. I am in Union with the HOLY SPIRIT in all I do. I am alive in the Spirit through the new life in JESUS. I am a spiritually alive Spirit being inhabiting a body but not controlled by the body. I control the body. I am in constant communion with heaven and enjoy a life both of the fruits and gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT. 

Let's close with this scriptures. 

1 Peter 3:8-9. Living Bible Version 

[8]And now this word to all of you: You should be like one big happy family, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds. [9]Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t snap back at those who say unkind things about you. Instead, pray for God’s help for them, for we are to be kind to others, and God will bless us for it. 

Next Sunday, GOD willing, we will look at the truly spiritual believer. Let us pray. 

SALVATION IN JESUS 

Go on your knees and do it now. Pray like this. 

I acknowledge I am a sinner, GOD forgive me. Blood of JESUS cleanse me from my sins. I receive the sacrifice of JESUS on the cross and confess HIM as my LORD and Saviour. I believe and so I have confessed". 

Having done that, go to the foundation class page and follow it through. Don't ignore this. 

PRAYER

1.Now hit the floor in prayers and clear all carnality out of your life. Use Galatians 2:20, Titus 2:14. Reject with vehemence all carnal manifestation in your thoughts, words and deeds. 2.Commit your new week into GOD'S hands and cancel by fire all purposes of darkness against you in all areas of your life.

3. Go check our Wednesday prayer meeting prayers below and start praying them NOW ! 

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WEDNESDAY PRAYER MEETING

This is what we still do in our privacy privacy, preferably evening or any other time of the day convenient for you .

1. Start with thanksgiving.

2. Pray, Father, I am yours, proceed by your Mercy to work total deliverance in my genes, DNA, blood, bones and everything in me.

3. Pray, LORD, you created me human; ignite in me the process that will flush out of me anything not consistent with redeemed humanity.

4. Pray, I vehemently reject anything I inherited or that somehow got into me that will eventually turn me to less redeemed human. This is my Will in JESUS NAME.

5. All remote control of darkness that has ever been used or still been used or will ever be used against me through any strategy, catch fire and be destroyed in JESUS NAME.

6. Father, deliver me from anything that is making me or will ever make me become a devil's robot. 

7. Any move meant to turn me into anything else apart from what GOD intended for me, backfire in JESUS NAME and continue to backfire for as long as they attempt such against me.

8. LORD, you put Adam to sleep and worked surgery in him; work on me to make me radiant and bring forth that which you can call "good". 

9. Pray, All moves of darkness to ensure you are not completely delivered from everything wrong in you should backfire and continue to backfire.

10. As you pray, other prayer points will come to your heart, continue with them. 

CLOSING

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May God’s mercy and peace be upon all of you who live by these principles of GOD'S word and upon those everywhere who are really God’s own.

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The message is titled, as I earlier announced last Sunday, is THE SPIRITUAL MAN.

Thanks.