Title: The Danger of Carnal Christianity (16 of 66)
Series: The Supremacy of Christ
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Hebrews 6:1-3
This past week, on December 7th and 8th, leaders from 45 nations met in Tokyo for the Nutrition for Growth Summit. The nations pledged some $27 billion to fight hunger and malnutrition around the world.
According to the summit, more than 140 million children suffer from "stunting" and malnutrition is a factor in nearly half of deaths of children under five years oldaround the world.
Vowing to end world hunger by 2030, Japan's Prime Minister said this past Wednesday, "Now is the time for us to take action. No one should be left behind."
I think we, in this blessed nation, agree that it's tragic to see a child starve to death. To think that a child WANTED SOME FOOD but HAD NO FOOD.
But at the beginning of Hebrews 6, we continue our discussion of a group that is just as tragic although in a different way. The people envisioned here are not like those who WANT SOME FOOD but HAVE NO FOOD. No, these people are SURROUNDED BY FOOD but they don't WANT ANY OF IT.
They are like the people at Corinth of whom Paul said in
1 Corinthians 3:1 - "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."
Our last lesson in Hebrews was from the 4 preceding verses. And there the writer, as did Paul, rebuked his readers because they had to have spiritual MILK and could not handle any MEAT.
As we begin our study of one of the most controversial chapters in the Bible, we come face to face with this COLD HARD FACT:
While the Bible teaches that a genuine Christian may encounter moments, even seasons of carnality, the overarching danger with a typical view of carnal Christianity is that it may not be Christianity at all.
To quote the Apostle Paul from a different context, "What then shall we say to these things?" I mean, what does the Word of God say about these professing ...
Series: The Supremacy of Christ
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Hebrews 6:1-3
This past week, on December 7th and 8th, leaders from 45 nations met in Tokyo for the Nutrition for Growth Summit. The nations pledged some $27 billion to fight hunger and malnutrition around the world.
According to the summit, more than 140 million children suffer from "stunting" and malnutrition is a factor in nearly half of deaths of children under five years oldaround the world.
Vowing to end world hunger by 2030, Japan's Prime Minister said this past Wednesday, "Now is the time for us to take action. No one should be left behind."
I think we, in this blessed nation, agree that it's tragic to see a child starve to death. To think that a child WANTED SOME FOOD but HAD NO FOOD.
But at the beginning of Hebrews 6, we continue our discussion of a group that is just as tragic although in a different way. The people envisioned here are not like those who WANT SOME FOOD but HAVE NO FOOD. No, these people are SURROUNDED BY FOOD but they don't WANT ANY OF IT.
They are like the people at Corinth of whom Paul said in
1 Corinthians 3:1 - "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."
Our last lesson in Hebrews was from the 4 preceding verses. And there the writer, as did Paul, rebuked his readers because they had to have spiritual MILK and could not handle any MEAT.
As we begin our study of one of the most controversial chapters in the Bible, we come face to face with this COLD HARD FACT:
While the Bible teaches that a genuine Christian may encounter moments, even seasons of carnality, the overarching danger with a typical view of carnal Christianity is that it may not be Christianity at all.
To quote the Apostle Paul from a different context, "What then shall we say to these things?" I mean, what does the Word of God say about these professing ...
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